"Aratzio" <
a6ah...@sneakemail.com> wrote in message news:4svum59395rm0fdh1...@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 7 Feb 2010 22:58:47 +0000 (UTC), in the land of
> alt.usenet.kooks,
c...@green.rahul.net (Charlotte L. Blackmer) got
> double secret probation for writing:
>
> >In article <
stqrm51rggdq6je99...@4ax.com>,
> >Aratzio <
a6ah...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> >>On Sat, 6 Feb 2010 20:18:45 +0000 (UTC), in the land of
> >>alt.usenet.kooks,
c...@green.rahul.net (Charlotte L. Blackmer) got
> >>double secret probation for writing:
> >>
> >>>In article <
brhrm5l968v68jssu...@4ax.com>,
> >>>Aratzio <
a6ah...@sneakemail.com> wrote:
> >
> >(yes, we know the way to San Jose)
> >
> >>>>I spend a lot more time on the road these days. So I've had to learn
> >>>>all the side routes now.
> >>>>
> >>>>I have to be in Emeryville the 25th, all day. Bestest part I have to
> >>>>get through the maze and be there around 8:30. I am thinking, go
> >>>>early, have some breakfast. I hate the maze. I cannot imagine
> >>>>commuting that every day. I have a gig in SF one day a week but that
> >>>>is a simple BART commute.
> >>>
> >>>Is there an Emery-Go-Round or BART shuttle route to your destination?
> >>>E'ville pretty much sucked for public transit when I worked there, but the
> >>>EGR is filling at least some of the gaps.
> >>
> >>No clue. One of the hotels.
> >
> >E'ville got another couple of hotels during the boom so that doesn't
> >narrow it down for me. Your best bet is to call the hotel.
> >
> >Re breakfast and hang-out joints (ba.food might know more):
> >
> >Woodfin Suites is walking distance from the Emery Bay Public Market, which
> >is a giant food court with a Borders. Several places that serve
> >breakfast, and a Peet's.
> >
> >The one down on the Marina whose name keeps changing is not near a lot
> >food-wise except the Chevy's mothership but there is a Peets in one of the
> >office towers.
> >
> >Sheraton Four Points is in Powell Street Plaza, which has a Trader Joes
> >and a Starbucks. Also walking distance from Public Market, although I
> >presume they will be feeding you hotel lunch. Has a coffee shop.
> >
> >There's a new one down by the Bay Street center, between there and the
> >Ikea. I don't see a coffee place listed on the Bay Street roster but I am
> >sure there is something around. If you have the car you could try the
> >Brown Sugar Kitchen on Mandela Parkway. N.B. if that is the hotel, I'd
> >suggest calling a gathering to eat shrimp wontons at the PF Chang's ;).
> >
> >Rudy's Can't Fail Cafe serves breakfast, and there are other options, more
> >than when I started at Chiron in 1991 thanks to the increasing business
> >base. You can find more than McDonald's on the stretch of San Pablo
> >between Ashby and Alcatraz. We used to pretty regularly haul out to the
> >Homemade Cafe or the late lamented Brick Hut in Berkeley.
> >
> >>Its an all day conference thing. They want
> >>me to play panelist and I REALLY do not want to be on ANY panels. It
> >>is not the panel so much as the incredible level of stupid that they
> >>attract as audiences. Explain something in rather good detail and they
> >>ask you whether what you said means what you said or if it really
> >>means some hobby horse of theirs...
> >
> >And this is different from the intarwebz exactly how? ;)
> >
> >Charlotte
>
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