I've booked the Carl Hotel - which seems to be the Buffista hotel of choice. They're quite inexpensive, I'm getting a room on the first floor (steps are NOT my friend these days).

I'd looked at the Holiday Inn Civic Center simply because of good memories ... but reliving the 2006 F2F isn't worth what they're charging. I did want to visit General Bead, but I remember there's a BART stop right nearby. hmmm ... don't suppose my Metro SmarTrip card would work on BART, would it?

I've booked the Carl Hotel

Yay, I can collect you for breakfast, if you're so inclined.

Yay! ... I was going to say as long as it's not too early, but realized that my body will probably remain on Eastern time until I go home, so that won't be an issue.

Hoping for some quality time with my Buffistas. And David, you'll be pleased to hear that I just had my hair cut. Today it's looking a lot like Michelle Williams' hair (subject to change, depending on humidity ... which makes it curl wildly).

And David, you'll be pleased to hear that I just had my hair cut.

The thought of spending time with you is pleasing in itself, but...you know: Bonus!

Right now I've got that Sunday evening and Tuesday evening open!

I get in sometime Sunday afternoon. Have virtually no specific plans, so any time I can spend with people is good.

Maybe hit some museums, do a little sightseeing, see some places I wasn't able to get to in '06.

Does SF have one of those tour deals where you buy a ticket and you ride a trolley or something and can hop off, wander around for a bit, then hop back on? I've found they're a great way to get around to the tourist-y places with a minimum of hassle.

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It's possible, depending on client-load, that I can come in earlyish on Tuesday and wander with you (I am in Oakland).

Thanks, java!

If there are Sunday dinner plans, could you let me know? That week is going to be hard, because the summer associates are just starting, but Sunday evening might work.

I've booked the Carl Hotel

Yay! Less swanky than the Stanyan Park, but also less pricey, and walking distance from a ton of stuff; you'll have a Muni stop to whisk you away to downtown right on the corner, and you'll be walking distance from not only Chez Zmayhem but numerous yummy eateries, good bars, dreamy coffeehouses, and Haight Street (far enough that the funkier denizens thereof won't be hanging around the hotel creeping you out, but near enough to hit the bookstore, the thrift and vintage clothing stores, the taxidermied oddities store, the corsets and fascinators shop, and various other purveyors of baubles and trinkets and kinky fridge magnets and other items of general Buffista interest).