Can you pay cash on the bus?

Yep. Costs a buck fifty, and you ask for a transfer. The transfer is good for at least 90 minutes and you can use it on any flavour of MUNI that isn't the cable cars. Folding money is fine, but remember, they don't make change, so I'll just load you up with six quarters and out you go.

Would anyone else like to go for dim sum Saturday morning? (And if so, can any locals recommend a place? Carts preferred to menus!)

I'd be up for that.

Dim sum sounds good to me.

Dim sum, yum. And if it means a little early (or not so early) wandering of interesting streets, all the better.

Sounds yummy to me Jessica, and while I'm a local, I'm not local enough to make a recommendation. Though if no one speaks up, I can do some poking around.

Jessica, I would be interested in that, for sure, and probably Tom too.

Here is the Slashfood article that gave me the idea -- Yank Sing is the one reviewed, and I checked their website and they do have carts.

drool. Want.

I too have the fear wrt committing myself to going to anything - but dim sum sounds fabulous. And so does the haunted house, actually. Provided it doesn't clash with other stuff. Does it class with other stuff? I ought to make a table, or something, probably, so I can keep track of What's Happening When.