Author Topic: DATE CHANGE: Bay Area Dinner - Thur 4/24 7pm (Read 1279 times)

bsd43 · « **on:** March 25, 2014, 01:42:00 AM »

Bring your appetite for some all-you-can-eat-sushi (or other items at a-la-carte pricing) at:

Sushi 85
1350-6 Grant Road
Mountain View, CA 94040
(650) 965-8898
In southern end of the same strip mall as Ranch 99 and Nob Hill Foods.

RSVP

bsd43 · « **Reply #1 on:** March 30, 2014, 10:28:35 AM »

(Bueller? Bueller?)

bluepoof · « **Reply #2 on:** March 30, 2014, 11:22:43 AM »

I'm likely out this month. I'm already asking Peter to watch the kids three times that week because of hockey tryouts, so I think asking him for a fourth night out would result in mutiny.

USAMEDIC · « **Reply #3 on:** April 01, 2014, 06:56:01 PM »

down to one car while I am recovering so I can't make it either

bsd43 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 02, 2014, 01:25:16 PM »

OK, overwhelming response, I see. Moving this dinner out 2 weeks, to 4/24. Does this work better?

Andrew · « **Reply #5 on:** April 02, 2014, 07:09:37 PM »

No, moving the date has one negative consequence

I am more likely to forget the date

R6Chick · « **Reply #6 on:** April 10, 2014, 07:45:54 PM »

Damn it! I had it on my calendar and everything. Glad I checked the site.

xsrider · « **Reply #7 on:** April 12, 2014, 11:09:18 PM »

I won't make it to dinner.

Nodaclu · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2014, 12:59:30 AM »

Woo hoo!! I'm relocating to the Bay Area this summer!

I've been wanting to go to these monthly dinners forever. But am I still allowed to attend if I'm between bikes?

R6Chick · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2014, 01:04:20 AM »

Of course you are! You would not be the only one between bikes.

bluepoof · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2014, 11:03:43 AM »

Hooray for relocating! Hooray for dinners! Boo for between bikes! I imagine there's quite a story here...anytime you need an ear, we're here.

(Which part of the bay area will you be in? Just you or the whole family?)

Papa Lazarou · « **Reply #11 on:** April 13, 2014, 03:47:24 PM »

Quote from: Andrew on April 02, 2014, 07:09:37 PM

No, moving the date has one negative consequence

I am more likely to forget the date

I've decided to move it to September 4th, 1963

Nodaclu · « **Reply #12 on:** April 14, 2014, 09:36:14 PM »

Quote from: bluepoof on April 13, 2014, 11:03:43 AM

Hooray for relocating! Hooray for dinners! Boo for between bikes! I imagine there's quite a story here...anytime you need an ear, we're here.

(Which part of the bay area will you be in? Just you or the whole family?)

Thanks Carolyn!

(Just remember everybody, she encouraged me to talk. Be careful what you wish for....lol.)

I've been trying to facilitate this relocation for quite a while now, and finally found myself in the right job at the right time.

Sold the KLR on April 1st and planned to buy another bike pretty much immediately.

At 10am the next morning, I got the call that my dad had passed away suddenly from a massive cardiovascular event (heart attack or stroke). He had minor ones of both in the past couple of years, and it was definitely one or the other, so my mom elected not to have an autopsy performed.

I was scheduled to learn about my promotion later that afternoon, and I would have told my dad about it that night. He missed it by a single day, which breaks my heart. But I had an idea it was coming and told him about it during our last conversation. He knew how badly I'd wanted this, and I know he was proud.

I ended up finding out about the promotion and relocation on my birthday this past Friday. Talk about bittersweet...

Anyway, his passing has thrown my life into a degree of chaos. My mom is in good shape financially, but there are always considerable expenses in the first few weeks and months after something like this. So my bike money has been repurposed for those reasons for now.

Sorry...TMI I know. I have a tendency to do that.

Also not yet sure if I want to have a bike in the bay area. If I was skittish about Sacramento traffic, what the heck am I going to do with 5 times the amount of crazies on the road?

I'll be working in the financial district in SF, so I'm looking at Alameda because it's close and quiet, and the north 680 corridor (Martinez, Pleasant Hill, Concord) because I'm most familiar with that area. I'm also open to suggestions from bay area veterans, as I don't know other parts of the region quite as well.

I'll be moving alone for now....and probably for good. We'll see. Another long story there, but I'll self-censor for now...lol.

Did you know that the bay area is a *really* expensive place to live?

I may end up trying to rent a room somewhere as opposed to trying to rent a 1 bedroom apartment.

Nodaclu · « **Reply #13 on:** April 14, 2014, 09:40:23 PM »

Doh! Duplicate. Since I can't delete it, here's a talking kitty video for you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qC9AWpLRzY

Andrew · « **Reply #14 on:** April 15, 2014, 06:49:08 PM »

Quote from: Papa Lazarou on April 13, 2014, 03:47:24 PM

Quote from: Andrew on April 02, 2014, 07:09:37 PM
No, moving the date has one negative consequence

I am more likely to forget the date

I've decided to move it to September 4th, 1963

Found one of them funny phone booths did Ya

goldylocks303 · « **Reply #15 on:** April 20, 2014, 04:50:37 PM »

I'd love to make it especially since things are settling out at home.... BUT that is my first day back at work and I think the wife will need me home ASAP to give her a break. I'll see everyone in May

eD

bsd43 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 22, 2014, 05:08:59 PM »

So I'm losing count -- should we just wait another couple of weeks for critical mass?

R6Chick · « **Reply #17 on:** April 22, 2014, 05:10:51 PM »

I am in. I think the hubby might be coming too.

bsd43 · « **Reply #18 on:** April 22, 2014, 09:54:49 PM »

Ok, I'll be there! Anyone else?

coho · « **Reply #19 on:** April 22, 2014, 10:05:41 PM »

Through sheer chance, I will be in Berkeley Wednesday and Thursday nights, so I'll come.
I live in Region 1.

I am even now Googlling for directions to Sushi 85.

bsd43 · « **Reply #20 on:** April 23, 2014, 01:50:05 AM »

Awesome, see folks Thursday night.

coho · « **Reply #21 on:** April 24, 2014, 08:46:47 PM »

I just go out of my last meeting and I'm still nearly fifty miles away.

I seem to be out. Also very disappointed.

R6Chick · « **Reply #22 on:** April 24, 2014, 10:48:13 PM »

If I tried to eat another bite I would have puked. It was soooooooooooooo good

bsd43 · « **Reply #23 on:** April 25, 2014, 02:40:48 PM »

One of 5 plates of sushi we consumed among the 3 of us:
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bsd43 · « **Reply #24 on:** April 25, 2014, 02:41:48 PM »

Hey, we didn't discuss next month's location. (Dim sum? Or we can go back to sushi!)

R6Chick · « **Reply #25 on:** April 25, 2014, 02:42:48 PM »

That sounds good!

coho · « **Reply #26 on:** April 25, 2014, 07:26:45 PM »

Quote from: bsd43 on April 25, 2014, 02:40:48 PM

One of 5 plates of sushi we consumed among the 3 of us:
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Nodaclu · « **Reply #27 on:** April 26, 2014, 12:55:34 AM »

Quote from: bsd43 on April 25, 2014, 02:40:48 PM

One of 5 plates of sushi we consumed among the 3 of us:
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I'm struggling to see exactly where the burgers, pizza and barbecued pulled pork is hiding on that plate...

Papa Lazarou · « **Reply #28 on:** April 26, 2014, 01:43:49 PM »

You've all missed it. It was at my house in 1963.

coho · « **Reply #29 on:** April 26, 2014, 09:09:51 PM »

Quote from: Papa Lazarou on April 26, 2014, 01:43:49 PM

You've all missed it. It was at my house in 1963.

I was totally at that one.

Don't you remember, right after you ate that brown acid I said "thanks for having me at your party, James, it's big fun and I'm sure I'll remember it after I'm born eight years from now."