REMINDER: There will be a BAD meeting (FREEZE PARTY) at Jupiter in Berkeley at 7 pm on Wed 11 May 2005

[Tony Godshall]

[I quoted their website]

> > Jupiter - Berkeley
> > 
> > Jupiter is the creation of John Martin, founder of the
> > venerable Triple Rock Brewery in North Berkeley as well as
> > the operator of The Bear's Lair Pub, on the UC Berkeley
> > Campus.  Jupiter pours, on draft, its own brews plus up to
> > 30 of the region's best brews from other local brewpubs and
> > small breweries.
> > 
> > Jupiter is housed in a 1890s building that was once a livery
> > stable. The design of the Jupiter was inspired by the oldest
> > bar in Berlin. "I call it Beer Gothic", says John.
> > Bronze-colored pressed tin in a Gothic design panel the
> > walls, large Gothic church lights hang from the ceiling, and
> > pews from the St. John's Presbyterian Church in Berkeley
> > (now the Julia Morgan Theater) line the walls. The bar
> > itself is topped with copper, and the beer taps glow from
> > the front of a huge old-style wooden ice box. Large round
> > wood tables provide room for big groups. 
> >
> > ...
 
[I wrote]

> It's a mere block from BART (if that) on the mauka (EAST) side 
> of Shattuck between Center and Allston.   2181 Shattuck Av 
> for those who need specifics.  Not as handy for drivers as 
> Oakland, perhaps, but a nice place and way handy to transit. 
> 
> I very much liked the Hefe I had there this week, but a real
> Deutschlander will probably point out that it's not a real Hefe.
> ;-)  Hi, Erich!  You coming?
> 
> The various buslines that converge on Berkeley, such as the 51 and 
> 40 and Transbay F go right past it.  BART stop is Downtown Berkeley 
> on the Richmond line.
> 
> Start at 7pm ... open until past one. Depending on the
> weather, the outdoor beer garden might be the venue of choice.
> If you want to come early and start without me, feel free!
> 
> More, plus map, directions, menus, etc., available at ...
> 
>   http://www.jupiterbeer.com/berkeley/index.html

... 

[Erich wrote]

> Hi,
> for those who do not read the debian-devel-announce lists:
> 
> > Wait, that didn't come out quite right.  Let's try again.
> >
> >   Sarge is now frozen!   Wheeeeeee!!!
> 
> The planned release date now is May 30. So our BAD meeting
> next week is
> in fact a bit early for a release party, but we can call it
> a
> *FREEZE PARTY*. It will also be probably the last BAD
> meeting I will be
> able to attend, so I invite everybody for keysigning again.


See ya there.

BTW, it looks like meetup.com is trying to steer folks to a
competing Linux Journal meeting (I can't tell if a human
being initiated the invites or not) but come to Jupiter in 
Berkeley, not Pacific Coast in Oakland, if you are looking 
for the BAD meeting!  (Tho we may have the next meeting back 
there with the LJ folks if no one else cares enough to call 
shotgun for June.)

T