Sep 8, 2016, 3:32 pm
SFO/OAK/SJC Bay Area Meetup/Happy Hour
Jan 21, 2020, 7:24 pm
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Jan 21, 2020, 7:47 pm
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Great! Majuki, anyone else, how does that overlap with you all? There's also the potential ryandc99 visit later in the month.
You're welcome. Just to clarify, when I listed a range of dates, I thought it would be interpreted as an implicit invitation to similarly look for and volunteer any overlap, but I apologize if that was unclear.
You're welcome. Just to clarify, when I listed a range of dates, I thought it would be interpreted as an implicit invitation to similarly look for and volunteer any overlap, but I apologize if that was unclear.
Jan 21, 2020, 8:06 pm
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No apologies needed. Organizing these get togethers is like herding cats. Since I was at the last one, I didn't want to push any particular dates that others might prefer.
Jan 21, 2020, 8:15 pm
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) which are good for crowd-sourcing good meeting dates/times, but they all more suited to organizing meetings in specific places (or online/video conference); I'm not sure the best way to adapt it to the situation here where people's enthusiasm for any given date could vary widely depending on where in the peninsula it is. Maybe a separate Doodle for each likely region, but that feels cumbersome.
Jan 22, 2020, 8:22 am
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Jan 22, 2020, 6:51 pm
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Jan 22, 2020, 7:22 pm
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thinking good thoughts for you and your family.
Feb 16, 2020, 4:35 pm
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Will be meeting up with ryandc99 next Sunday the 23rd. The current plan, such as it is, is DTF at the Westfied mall around 7pm* -- although they take reservations on Yelp, there's nothing available (but I am on the SMS waitlist if something opens up). Backup plan if the wait is too long is Ramen Nagi, although there are certainly other possibilities in the area as well.
*or whenever soon after he arrives at SJC
if that's too fuzzy to organize around, we could also set a definite meet-up time for drinks somewhere nearby and migrate to DTF after his flight lands.
*or whenever soon after he arrives at SJC
if that's too fuzzy to organize around, we could also set a definite meet-up time for drinks somewhere nearby and migrate to DTF after his flight lands.
Feb 16, 2020, 4:45 pm
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Will be meeting up with ryandc99 next Sunday the 23rd. The current plan, such as it is, is DTF at the Westfied mall around 7pm* -- although they take reservations on Yelp, there's nothing available (but I am on the SMS waitlist if something opens up). Backup plan if the wait is too long is Ramen Nagi, although there are certainly other possibilities in the area as well.
*or whenever soon after he arrives at SJC if that's too fuzzy to organize around, we could also set a definite meet-up time for drinks somewhere nearby and migrate to DTF after his flight lands.
*or whenever soon after he arrives at SJC
if that's too fuzzy to organize around, we could also set a definite meet-up time for drinks somewhere nearby and migrate to DTF after his flight lands.
Feb 16, 2020, 11:25 pm
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Hahaha -- I had a chuckle wondering what kind of restaurant would call itself "DTF." But then I figured out that you mean Din Tai Fung in the Westfield Valley Fair Mall (in Santa Clara/San Jose -- yup, the mall is in both cities). 
Feb 16, 2020, 11:30 pm
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Wandering OT but IIRC there was a Planet Money episode or segment talking about the fact that the mall straddles two different cities and either different tax or minimum wage/benefits laws created an interesting situation for the owner of two pretzel kiosks, one in each city, because they had to pay employees more at one of them or somesuch.
EDIT: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2...a-mall-divided
Feb 17, 2020, 10:55 am
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Will be meeting up with ryandc99 next Sunday the 23rd. The current plan, such as it is, is DTF at the Westfied mall around 7pm* -- although they take reservations on Yelp, there's nothing available (but I am on the SMS waitlist if something opens up). Backup plan if the wait is too long is Ramen Nagi, although there are certainly other possibilities in the area as well.
*or whenever soon after he arrives at SJC if that's too fuzzy to organize around, we could also set a definite meet-up time for drinks somewhere nearby and migrate to DTF after his flight lands.
*or whenever soon after he arrives at SJC
if that's too fuzzy to organize around, we could also set a definite meet-up time for drinks somewhere nearby and migrate to DTF after his flight lands.
Feb 17, 2020, 9:51 pm
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I've always found the acronym amusing
Wandering OT but IIRC there was a Planet Money episode or segment talking about the fact that the mall straddles two different cities and either different tax or minimum wage/benefits laws created an interesting situation for the owner of two pretzel kiosks, one in each city, because they had to pay employees more at one of them or somesuch.
EDIT: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2...a-mall-divided
Wandering OT but IIRC there was a Planet Money episode or segment talking about the fact that the mall straddles two different cities and either different tax or minimum wage/benefits laws created an interesting situation for the owner of two pretzel kiosks, one in each city, because they had to pay employees more at one of them or somesuch.
EDIT: https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2...a-mall-divided