When do we play Buffista Jeopardy???

Aimée, what is it?

Oh, a game Davis sometimes plays in-thread. We were buggering bugging him to play it at the F2F. He gives a quote and you guess the Buffista that said it.

Entertaining. I wouldn't have a chance, though.

P-C! We shall meet!

As for housing, Sparky and her DH live very close to the Gourmet Ghetto, off of Cedar, IIRC, which is a marvelous area. Lots of old multi-unit buildings, walking distance to the Berkeley BART station (well, a long walk), and convenient to important places like Black Oak Books and the Cheese Board (::drool::).

I lived for a while on the North Berkeley/Albany line, just off Gilman, which is a gorgeous neighborhood but possibly no longer reasonable (I was in a shared house) and a bit of a walk to BART. It's mostly fab old Craftsman bungalows, and the occasional duplex. Still, walking distance to Solano Ave is nothing to sneer at.

The thing about Berkeley is that it's very much a college town, so proximity to the University means students and everything that comes with them. But there are some fabulous neighborhoods.

Wow, I think I'm getting overstimulated just reading this thread.

Why isn't Raq going to the A's game?

Because my flight leaves at 6:00 that night, which means I have to start heading for SFO at 4:00. That's the official reason. The unofficial reason is that my DH is already so jealous of my going to the Bay Area and eating good food that he would probably explode if I also went to an A's game.

Although I've been sorely tempted.

I've been having computer-related (probably pilot error) difficulties getting the Alcatraz ticket, so I may have Friday night open for the DeYoung (which I really want to go to).

I'm not in for thrifting (although OMG how much do I want to go to Dark Garden) due to going to the Winchester House.

All other temporal-spatial coordinates of Raq TBD.

One of us could reserve the ticket for you Raq.

I bet Juliana could get us good recommendations..

Ummm... I could if I could remember the actual names. Lemme wander this weekend and write down the names instead of remembering the storefronts.

'suela, will do. But can you e me your cell? I'll get that out to you in the morning, first thing.

We now have a second coffee pot for the HS. Long story.

About to go squee my brains out in GWW, apropos of F2Fing. I got put in charge of the HS for the HWA convention and I'm cooking dinner for Peter Straub and his wife Saturday night.

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP.

I'm pissed, though. HIGG gave them a GINORMOUS hospitality suite, although it's $150 a night more.

Thanks, ND, but I think I'll just call and reserve a ticket when I get to the States this weekend. Their site seems to always be down in the times I can be online (which, since it's after midnight PST isn't a terrible surprise).

Argh. I thought I was done packing, but then there's all this Random Baby Stuff. I had accepted that I can no longer travel with just one carry-on, but one huge suitcase and two carryons should be enough, you'd think.