7/13 Wed 730pm: REMINDER: There will be a BAD meeting at the Pacific Coast Brewing Company. Keysignings welcome.

[Tony Godshall]

It's close to I-880, handy for motorists.

It's after 7pm, handy for traffic issues.

It's close to one of the main transfer-point BART stops, 
so it's also handy to the car-free among us.  I'll be
arriving from Berkeley by bike.  Cyclists are welcome to 
join me.

It's not nearly as loud as 21st Amend.

Soups are good and their kitchen should be back to full
operation by now (it was closed for renov at a recent mtg).

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> WHEN:  13 JULY, 7:30 PM
> 
> WHERE:
> 
>   Pacific Coast Brewing Company
>   906 Washington Street at 11th Street
>   downtown Oakland
>   http://www.pacificcoastbrewing.com/
> 
> WHY:
> 
> I like this place because it's closer to transit and not 
> nearly as noisy as some recent venues, plus it has good beer
> and non-beer.  It's almost Summer, so look in the outdoor 
> beer garden if the weather is nice.
> 
> For folks scared of the long commute to East Bay, it's
> actually just the second stop past the tunnel.  Closer to
> downtown San Francisco than parts of San Francisco (like the
> OAK billboard used to say).  Quite a bit closer than Berkeley.
> And easier parking.
> 
> The rest of this is still true, I think.
> 
> > ...  Highly rated beer, BART 
> > accessible and an open WiFi for those that crave it. 
> > 
> > Not sure about AC power though.  Beware of the
> > pointless java on the webpage though. 
> > 
> >  ... open until midnight. Depending on the
> > weather, the outdoor beer garden might be the venue 
> > of choice.
> 
> 
> FROM BART AND BUS STOPS:
> 
> It's a block South and a block West of BART Oakland City 
> Center, which is handy given how many BART lines and bus 
> lines go though there.  Directions on a satellite photo
> (thanks google!)...
> 
>   http://tinyurl.com/aug66
> 
> The easiest way to find it is to look for the Smart & Final
> on Broadway, and to walk across its parking lot (around to
> the right).  PCBC is on the left.
> 
> 
> FOR BICYCLISTS:
> 
> Embarcadero has a bike route nearly to Broadway, and then a
> sort of boardwalk route.  Traffic is fairly calm on Washington.
> http://tinyurl.com/dcwfs
> 
> Grand and Broadway also have bike routes to nearly downtown,
> but heavy traffic past that, and routes on the calmer West side
> Broadway are complicated by diagonals.  http://tinyurl.com/9okjs
> 
> >From Berkeley, I usually take a route West of 24/I-980, not
> quite this... http://tinyurl.com/dtd3a
> 
> 
> FOR MOTORISTS:
> 
> Local bus routes...
> 
>   http://www.actransit.org/pdf/schedulemaps/Oak.pdf
> 
> If driving, be aware that Washington is blocked, and 11th is
> one way (West, I think).  
> 
> Driving from the West or North...  http://tinyurl.com/a5dnh
> Driving from the East or Northeast...  http://tinyurl.com/bv3ov
> Driving from the South... http://tinyurl.com/dup7p
> 
> 
> Did I cover all the bases?
> 
> T