# SF Bay Area last minute dopefest? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679 "2013-09-12T17:29:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/1 "2013-09-12T17:29:40Z")
**Cat Whisperer** and entourage are touring the western US (see [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=701987) thread) and will be stopping in San Francisco on their way back to Canada. They don’t know when yet. But I, big mouth that I am, suggested a few local dopers might like to meet up with them and each other when they are here. So in advance of knowing when, maybe we can establish where? I think preferably in SF itself or northern Peninsula, I don’t know how far afield they are going to want to go after all the driving they will have already done. Suggestions for location? Possibility of actually making such a meeting on short notice? Comments? I missed the last SF dopefest so I look forward to meeting with some of y’all. **CW** , drop in to this thread and let us know what’s up. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/2 "2013-09-12T18:08:41Z")
I’m on call this week, but I can make it up to SF next week after work. Someplace within walking distance of BART would be best for me. ---
**Author:** ![Valgard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Valgard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Valgard)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/3 "2013-09-12T19:25:00Z")
I’m a maybe; if it’s in SF then something near BART is also good for me. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/4 "2013-09-12T20:57:18Z")
How about somewhere near 16th and Mission then? ---
**Author:** ![Sassy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@Sassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2013, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/5 "2013-09-12T21:11:27Z")
Possibly - near transit is best for me. I’ll keep an eye on this thread ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/6 "2013-09-13T01:14:13Z")
I’m good with the 16th/Mission suggestion, or anywhere else along the BART corridor. I wouldn’t mind hitting the Palace Hotel Bar to check out the newly-restored [Pied Piper](http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Restored-Pied-Piper-returns-to-namesake-bar-4754251.php) or cruising the Embarcadero food trucks. I guess it depends on where our intrepid Canadian Road Trippers are staying…eh? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/7 "2013-09-13T05:25:36Z")
Hi Everybody! Finally getting a few moments to catch up - vacations are exhausting. 🙂 We plan to start heading north out of San Diego some time on Saturday most likely, reaching San Francisco on Sunday. We will probably be staying in San Francisco for Sunday and Monday, leaving on Tuesday. Monday would be our best night for meeting people for dinner. We don’t know where we’ll be staying in the San Francisco area - where dinner will be doesn’t really matter to us, since we are travelling by car. If you guys know a good place, that works for us. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dread_pirate_jimbo/32/3897_2.png) [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dread_Pirate_Jimbo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/8 "2013-09-13T05:27:43Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > \ > > I guess it depends on where our intrepid Canadian Road Trippers are staying…eh? **Cat Whisperer’s** entourage here. I’m campaigning to stay in Cupertino our first night in the area so I can be as close to the Apple homeland as possible and worship at the altar of Our Lord Steve Jobs, but we have no firm strategy on locations just yet in the area. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stendhal_Syndrome)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/9 "2013-09-13T08:14:11Z")
I live around 15 mins away from Berkeley. I am a single mom and Monday is a school night. I would love to meet some fellow dopers however!!! I’ll see what I can do. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/10 "2013-09-13T16:12:46Z")
> [@Dread\_Pirate\_Jimbo](#): > > **Cat Whisperer’s** entourage here. > > I’m campaigning to stay in Cupertino our first night in the area so I can be as close to the Apple homeland as possible and worship at the altar of Our Lord Steve Jobs, but we have no firm strategy on locations just yet in the area. 🙂 If you’re a computer nerd at all, the [Computer History Museum](http://www.computerhistory.org/) is well worth a visit. If you do end up staying in Cupertino, I’m about 10 minutes away. If you can’t make it to SF, I’m up for meeting up in the south bay somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/11 "2013-09-14T03:21:13Z")
Monday night? I am interested and not too far away. Please keep us posted. Work has been crazy lately and I might not be able to escape. I’d like to meet some fellow local dopers too. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/12 "2013-09-14T04:05:16Z")
I work Monday nights, but I vote for the Pied Piper, and the chance to visit the Palace hotel, which survived the '06 earthquake & fire. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/13 "2013-09-14T05:03:31Z")
Give us a time and a place - we’re really easy to please. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 10:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/14 "2013-09-14T10:34:29Z")
Well, it’s _ **your** _ trip, and _ **your** _ itinerary… do either (or both!) of these two work for you? **6pm Sunday 9/15 at Aqui Cal-Mex restaurant in Cupertino** (close to Apple HQ) 10630 S. De Anza Blvd, Cupertino (De Anza, south of Stevens Creek Blvd, between I-280 & Hwy 85) > **[Aqui Locations • Aqui Cal-Mex • Natural, Wild, Organic](https://www.aquicalmex.com/locations/)** > > Real food with California, Mexico & the Southwest influences. Stop by one of the 5 Aqui locations closest to you or visit them all! Google Maps link: [Google Maps](http://goo.gl/maps/jhK7j) and / or **6pm Monday 9/16 at the Pied Piper Bar and Grill at the Palace Hotel (meet at the bar)** 2 Montgomery Street, San Francisco (Montgomery at Market) > **[Luxury Hotel in San Francisco, CA | Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel](https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/sfolc-palace-hotel-a-luxury-collection-hotel-san-francisco/overview/)** > > Delight in Palace Hotel, a Luxury Collection Hotel, San Francisco boasting exceptional hotel packages and some of the best hotel reviews in San Francisco, CA. Google Maps link: [Google Maps](http://goo.gl/maps/70JjB) Do those work? One time and place, or both? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/15 "2013-09-14T18:41:13Z")
I can be at the Palace Hotel on Monday at 6pm. For those taking BART, it’s about a block from the Montgomery station. I’ve never done a dopefest before, how do we recognize each other? Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2013, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/16 "2013-09-14T20:09:58Z")
Make the reservation for Cecil Adams. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/17 "2013-09-15T04:17:27Z")
Now that I suggested the when and where, I don’t know if I can be there because of work. Oh well, if I’m not there then raise a glass for me. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/18 "2013-09-15T05:34:40Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > I can be at the Palace Hotel on Monday at 6pm. For those taking BART, it’s about a block from the Montgomery station. > > I’ve never done a dopefest before, how do we recognize each other? > Roddy It looks like Monday at the Pied Piper will work best for us - we have a long day of driving on Sunday, and don’t want to make an appointment that we might not be able to keep! We recognize each other by the people who come in and start looking around, looking kind of lost. 🙂 Hah, just kidding - Jim will be the guy in the Los Angeles Dodgers Lasorda t-shirt. I’ll be with him. How do we recognize _you_? ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2013, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/19 "2013-09-15T15:48:28Z")
An update on our hotel - it looks like we’re going to try to get a room in Pacific Heights - the Pied Piper should work great then! ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 16, 2013, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679/20 "2013-09-16T00:50:03Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > How do we recognize _you_? I’ll be wearing my “I LOVE IDAHO!” shirt. (just kidding, I’ll have a blue baseball cap on). I’ll check the thread for any changes in time/place before I head up after work tomorrow. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sf-bay-area-last-minute-dopefest/668679.md?page=2)