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

[glen martin]

Any parking around there at that time of night, or am I strongly advised
to park at a BART station closer to home?

glen

On Tue, 2005-05-10 at 20:05 -0700, Tony Godshall wrote:
> [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
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