ANNOUNCEMENT: BAD meeting at Siam Kitchen, S.F. 2005-12-12 --> 2005-12-14

Sun Dec 11 13:44:17 PST 2005

I presume you intend and intended 2005-12-14,
December 14, 2005 - other details as stated earlier.

Anyway, 2nd Wed. at that venue sounds great to me :-).
I was looking for another "excuse" to eat there so soon again.

references/excerpts:
RULE 1: Each month, the BAD meeting will be on the 2nd Wednesday of
     the month
http://bad.debian.net/list/2005-December/003002.html
http://bad.debian.net/list/2005-December/003006.html

Quoting Tony Godshall <togo at of.net>:

> 
> Let's do it again!
> 
> BAD meeting at Siam Kitchen, S.F. 2005-12-12.  
> 
> We are going to Siam Kitchen, in San Francisco, for the
> December 12, 2005 BAD meeting.  Meeting will start at 
> 7:00 P.M.
> 
> It's just six blocks from Montgomery BART, according to 
> Google.  Here's a URL with directions, suitable for devices,
> even as small as cell phones...
> 
>  
>
http://www.google.com/xhtml?q=Siam+Thai&site=local&hl=en&lr=&sa=G&near=Montgomery+St+and+Market+St,+San+Francisco,+ca&latlng=37788770,-122401990,6349910158129346346&radius=0.000000&zp=ID
> 
> Or, for the wordwrap-impaired and the retypers among us...
> 
>   http://tinyurl.com/az8gp
> 
> All other details are the same as the October meeting, 
> so lazy^H^H^H^Heffective, efficient /me (can you tell 
> I've been working on my resume?) will just quote Michael 
> Paoli's well-written ANNOUNCE (can you tell I've been 
> working on my resume)...
> 
> > Who: Bay Area Debian (BAD) folks and those that want to attend our
> > meeting.
> > 
> > What: Bay Area Debian (BAD) meeting at Siam Kitchen (very good /
> > excellent Thai food, reasonably priced, in evening typically
> > not too crowded and may have more menu selections (usually
> > packed/overflowing for weekday lunches and may have a shorter menu for
> > weekday lunches)).  See also Details, etc.
> > 
> > When:
> > starting at 7:00 P.M. PDT, October 12, 2005
> > running until ~9:00 P.M. or ~9:30 P.M. PDT or possibly later
> > (I did call the restaurant again to confirm date and such,
> > they said they're open until 9:00 P.M., but if it's as I always remember
> > it and have seen it before, they close the kitchen and stop taking
> > additional customers at 9:00 P.M., and generally want to be able to shut
> > their doors around 9:30 P.M., or when the last customer leaves,
> > whichever comes first.).  If folks are interested in continuing
> > "meeting" beyond about 9:00 to 9:30 P.M. or so, we, or at least those
> > interested, could move to another venue/location, to be decided
> > at/around that time (there are many other possible locations, many quite
> > conveniently close by, that are open quite late).
> > 
> > Where:
> > Siam Kitchen
> > 668 Sacramento St.
> > San Francisco, CA 94111-2510
> > USA
> > 1-415-391-8988
> > It's in the Financial District, between Montgomery and Kearny.
> > See also Details, etc.
> > 
> > Why: Yummy Thai food :-), I was looking for an "excuse" to go there
> > again (haven't been there in a couple months or more now, and I keep
> > getting *very* tempted to go there again), and because nobody else has
> > yet called the 2005-10-12 BAD meeting (of course this notice/posting is
> > null and void if someone beats me to the list in calling the BAD
> > meeting).  See also Details, etc.
> > 
> > Details, etc.:
> > 
> > Location/Directions:
> > Siam Kitchen (668 Sacramento St.) is conveniently located in
> > the Financial District in San Francisco, a fairly short walk from the
> > Montgomery St. BART and MUNI underground station, and is rather to quite
> > close to several MUNI lines.  It's also a moderate to fairly longish
> > walk from the Transbay Terminal or CalTrain.
> >
>
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=668+Sacramento+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&spn=0.023392,0.042563&iwloc=A&hl=en
> > 
> > (the following directions are probably within about 15 degrees of their
> > true geographic direction)
> > 
> > >From BART or MUNI underground:
> > A) Go to Montgomery St. station, escape to street level, that should
> > put you on or exceedingly close to Market St.  If you're not already on
> > the North side of Market St. (or on Montgomery or Sansome streets (but
> > not New Montgomery)), proceed North (or Northwest) to the North side of
> > Market St.  (where Montgomery (but not New Montgomery) and also Post and
> > Sutter streets may be found - all on the North side of Market St.).  If
> > you're not already on Sansome or Montgomery street, proceed to either of
> > those streets (Montgomery is probably slightly preferable, but if you're
> > already on or much closer to Sansome, then Sansome would be the shorter
> > route from there). (continue with B))
> > B) Proceed North on Sansome or Montgomery St - if
> > you're not already on the West side of one of those streets, you may
> > want to cross to the West side when it's convenient - continuing until
> > you're on the North side of Sacramento St.  Then proceed West on
> > Sacramento St. to Siam Kitchen, 668 Sacramento St.
> > 
> > >From the Transbay Terminal or San Francisco CalTrain station:
> > These are longer walks (or one could hop local transit).
> > Proceed in a generally Northwest direction, typically along one of the
> > numbered streets (e.g. 1st St. or 4th St.) to Market St. and cross to
> > the North (Northwest) side of Market St.  Proceed Southwest or Northeast
> > along Market to the closer of Sansome or Montgomery streets (Sansome &
> > Market is Southwest of 1st & Market, Montgomery & Market is Northeast of
> > 3rd & Market, the numbered streets increase in number as one goes
> > Southwest along Market St.).  Proceed from B), above.
> > 
> > Driving:
> > I'm not going to attempt to tell you how to drive there, but parking can
> > be semi-reasonable (at least as far as San Francisco goes), particularly
> > if one's timing is good.  Most notably right after all the tow-away no
> > parking (generally many westbound curb lanes in the Financial District)
> > P.M. commute areas become available (~6:00 P.M.) there is ample free
> > parking ... at least for a while.  There's probably still a fair bit of
> > parking even later, but it might take some hunting to find a spot.
> > 
> > Rationale, etc.:
> > Venue meets shotgun rules requirements, and also does pretty well at
> > meeting much of the non-binding part part of the rules too.
> > I really like the food there lots :-).  So far, everyone I've "dragged"
> > there has also liked the food there quite a bit to a lot.  It's pretty
> > reasonably priced (figure roughly $8.00 to $16.00 USD for dinner,
> > including tip - $11.00 to $15.00 being pretty typical).  If most or all
> > of us are agreeable to it, I might suggest we eat "Chinese style" - i.e.
> > we share all the food dishes and divvy up the tab (that worked quite
> > well when we went to Henry's Hunan Restaurant for the 2005-08-10 BAD
> > meeting).  Other than great food :-), the place isn't all that fancy or
> > spectacular, but it's quite adequate.  The service isn't superb, but
> > it's generally quite nice and friendly.  The place is pretty conveniently
> > located for a San Francisco location (reasonably close to BART and MUNI
> > metro, and other MUNI lines), and also conveniently generally not too
> > crowded in the evenings, and has sufficient tables and seating and staff
> > to reasonably accommodate a typically sized to somewhat larger BAD
> > meeting.  I haven't checked to see if there's any WiFi access there
> > (none provided by Siam Kitchen last I was there), and there's probably
> > some AC power available but it may not be that conveniently accessible.
> > See also What and Why, above.
> > 
> > references:
> > http://bad.debian.net/
> > http://bad.debian.net/shotgun_rules.txt
> >
>
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=668+Sacramento+St,+San+Francisco,+CA&spn=0.023392,0.042563&iwloc=A&hl=en
> > http://www.511.org/
> > http://www.bart.gov/
> > http://www.mapsonus.com/