Comments on: Tiki Fun at Longitude in Oakland

Tiki Fun at Longitude in Oakland

bswinburn — Wed, 29 Oct 2014 18:53:20 -0800

I'm going to be in the Bay Area for a few days next week, and as a huge Tiki fan, I'm very much looking forward to checking out the new, well pedigreed Tiki Bar, Longitude. I'm thinking 6-ish onward on Friday the 7th. Anyone interested?

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:07:20 -0800

I may not be able to make it there by 6, and actually I think I'll probably be later still since I feel I'd be better off eating something more substantial than little slices of pineapples with umbrellas sticking out of them, but anyway the bottom line is this sounds great

By: You Can't Tip a Buick

You Can't Tip a Buick — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 00:14:40 -0800

I'm down.

By: rtha

rtha — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 05:43:36 -0800

This is a thing that is possible.

By: bswinburn

bswinburn — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 08:31:34 -0800

Aubilenon: Longitude has a full food menu. Scroll down to the bottom of their website to see the food. However, the food doesn't seem to be the selling point of the place.

By: murphy slaw

murphy slaw — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:33:50 -0800

I should be able to make it.

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 09:38:40 -0800

Oh, great! I will get there less after 6 than I otherwise would!

By: Lexica

Lexica — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:33:55 -0800

Ooh, yes please!

By: bleep

bleep — Thu, 30 Oct 2014 11:36:21 -0800

Looking forward to meeting you all!

By: suelac

suelac — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 16:20:11 -0800

The food is pretty good there, especially if you have fond memories of "Chinese/Polynesian" restaurants in suburban New England, as I do. I may come; I've never met any MeFis and this place is a quick walk from my office...

By: murphy slaw

murphy slaw — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 20:49:33 -0800

But can you get a pu pu pu platter?

By: suelac

suelac — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 22:14:23 -0800

Yes, you can! Although it doesn't have the neon-orange pork ribs of my youth...

By: joseph conrad is fully awesome

joseph conrad is fully awesome — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:20:30 -0800

Darn it - this is on my birthday and I've made plans. Otherwise I'd SO GO. Have fun, everybody - take photos or it didn't happen! BTW, if you want to meet my partner, We had a deal, Kyle, a meet-up at Lexi's hangout, "The Trappist", would SO GET HIM.

By: joseph conrad is fully awesome

joseph conrad is fully awesome — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 19:20:52 -0800

[Lexi = Lexica]

By: missmary6

missmary6 — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 23:08:49 -0800

I really want to come to this. And I will totally admit *deep breath* that I tried to attend a meetup a few months back, but my social anxiety was so great that my bf (also a MeFite) and I sat NEAR you guys before I lost my nerve and walked out. I know, I know! I am embarrassed. I am such a sucker for a tiki theme, though, so perhaps this will push me over the edge to be brave and say hello in person.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Sat, 01 Nov 2014 23:28:02 -0800

I feel your pain, missmary6, and I've done similar things in the past. I hope you can make it!

By: Phire

Phire — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 17:35:30 -0800

Oh hey, I didn't realize this was a thing! I am also in town this week and I am totally crashing your meetup, bswin.

By: spitefulcrow

spitefulcrow — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 18:09:10 -0800

Been meaning to check out Longitude for a while, and getting a two-for-one with Phire visiting as well sounds great. I have alerted the SF/Oakland ~~cabal~~ crew I hang out with!

By: bswinburn

bswinburn — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 18:35:08 -0800

Happy to hear Phire and Spitefulcrow!

By: mollymayhem

mollymayhem — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 09:46:37 -0800

Missmary, I am way better one-on-one than in a group. Here's permission to drag me away for some one-on-one interaction, if that'd be easier. Assuming I make it. I never manage to make it to anything, because my job is stupid.

By: murphy slaw

murphy slaw — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 11:31:33 -0800

Missmary, this will be my first MeFi meetup, for similar reasons. Honestly I probably wouldn't have the nerve to show up at all if I hadn't had a recent success gathering some Internet Strangers for a weekly role-playing game. It reminded me that people are often nice and don't bite unless threatened.

By: Lexica

Lexica — Mon, 03 Nov 2014 13:59:10 -0800

Anybody feeling nervous about it, please do come! I think I spent most of the first meetup I went to sitting silently on the periphery with a slightly nervous smile on my face. After going to one or two more, I now feel comfortable wading into the conversation (until things get too noisy and my wonky hearing issues kick in, at which point I again wind up sitting on the periphery but now with a "I'm having a good time but let's not try to actually converse" smile on my face).

By: gingerbeer

gingerbeer — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 10:12:44 -0800

Looking forward to seeing everyone this evening!

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 11:43:45 -0800

Looks like my roommate, The Light Fantastic, will be coming as well.

By: rtha

rtha — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:01:17 -0800

Oooh, look at their spirits list (PDF). That is a long and lovely list of rums...

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 14:40:50 -0800

Oooh, look at their spirits list That does look good However, the presence of applejack in the whisk(e)y section raises my taxonomically pedantic hackles.

By: rtha

rtha — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 16:54:26 -0800

Now you now how I feel, when people here in California talk about the "blue jay" they saw on their way to work or whatever!

By: bswinburn

bswinburn — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:09:02 -0800

OK. I'm about to walk over to BART. Thanks to a bit of bad luck, I won't be able to logon once I leave here, but I'm about 5'8", brown hair, brown beard, cut short. Both with a touch of grey. I'll be wearing a grey button up shirt, brown cords, and a blazer style leather jacket if it's not too cold in the restaurant. If no other mefi's have come along I'll probably be reading. See you all soon!

By: aubilenon

aubilenon — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:11:18 -0800

I expect the alleged blue jay sighters don't know better, whereas at least some people working at Longitude certainly do know better.

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:43:14 -0800

Sarahnade Abu I are stuck in traffic on the Peninsula. Hopefully we won't be too long.

By: Lexica

Lexica — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 17:50:15 -0800

Heading over from 12th & Broadway. See you all soon!

By: rtha

rtha — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:02:52 -0800

We await BART.

By: halifix

halifix — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:06:58 -0800

We are upstairs!

By: Phire

Phire — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 18:47:08 -0800

We are about to head over, so see you guys in about half an hour!

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 19:01:56 -0800

Still on BART, almost there!

By: gingerbeer

gingerbeer — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 20:02:41 -0800

We're at still here, upstairs.

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:21:37 -0800

Thanks you all rescued me from a hellish week. Great venue and I wish I'd been able to stay longer to chat with everyone.

By: Noms_Tiem

Noms_Tiem — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 21:42:30 -0800

Checking out. It was great to see everyone!

By: Lexica

Lexica — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 22:04:26 -0800

Had a great time. Wish I'd gotten to chat with more folks (not naming anybody, but if I waved at you enthusiastically when you arrived, consider yourself included in this). Fully up for the various potential future meetups I chatted with others about (amari w/Aubilenon, SpaceTeam with several folks…). Thanks for providing the excuse to get together, bswinburn!

By: bswinburn

bswinburn — Fri, 07 Nov 2014 22:56:04 -0800

Thank you all for coming! I had a great time! I would really appreciate everyone who came to post here so I can add you all to my "met" contact list. If anyone one heads down to the Greater LA area feel free to drop me a line and we can meet up down there. Maybe you can come over to my place and you can see exactly how sadly into making tiki drinks I am!

By: ogooglebar

ogooglebar — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 08:04:54 -0800

Thanks to everyone for being so welcoming at my first meetup, but especially to bswinburn for the invitation and Lexica for the words of encouragement. I apologize for having left so early. I did extend your invitation to return to my wife after picking her up at the airport, but she was tired after traveling all day and we still had a long drive home. I look forward to future meetups.

By: rtha

rtha — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 08:31:20 -0800

That was excellent. It was wicked nice to see everyone I hadn't seen in a while and wicked nice to meet those I hadn't met before. As always, mefites are awesome!

By: rtha

rtha — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 09:22:57 -0800

Oh, books we talked about, so I can have help remembering! I recommended: Station Eleven (only $5.99 in kindle format right now!) Mirror Empire Lexica, I accidentally deleted the note I made about a series you talked about - Heartland? Heartsomething? The top result in search on amazon is a Western romance of some sort, and I'm thinking that's not the series/book you meant. Help?

By: bswinburn

bswinburn — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 09:51:31 -0800

Oh, good idea on the books. For missmarysix I recommended "Murther and Walking Spirits", about a man whose murdered and then sees an after life film festival about his ancestors' lives. The other book I recommended was "Solomon Gursky Was Here", about a disreputable Canadian family generational epic sprawling over rum running, cattle rustling, The Terror and The Erebus, and a reoccurring spirit that infests some members of the family. It was the example I was using of an author who kept writing "the same book" until they got it right. Fantastic novel. I guess I was in a Canadian frame of mind last night.

By: halifix

halifix — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 09:52:35 -0800

I also have tabs open for Accelerando and Ancillary Justice on my phone. It was unexpectedly big, and fun! I like listening to people smarter than me.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:30:43 -0800

What a great time! Thanks everyone!

By: Lexica

Lexica — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:46:36 -0800

Wait, I left before the Robertson Davies part of the discussion? Darn! The book I mentioned was book 1 of Chuck Wendig's Heartland trilogy, Under the Empyrean Sky — corn, corn pirates, the war against bloodthirsty corn, and more!

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 11:47:11 -0800

Oh, I believe Lexica was talking about the Heartland Trilogy but Chuck Wendig. I made a note of that as well.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 14:16:10 -0800

Uh. By Cuck Wendig. BY.

By: missmary6

missmary6 — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 15:47:12 -0800

Thanks for adding a booklist -- rtha, I've got Station Eleven newly on my Kindle, and for the rest I tucked a list in my purse. I'm always popping into used bookstores, and then cursing myself for never remembering what I was hunting for.

By: BrotherCaine

BrotherCaine — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 16:40:49 -0800

Oh no I missed the discussion of books! Good to see the recommendations. Always hard to find new authors.

By: sarahnade

sarahnade — Sat, 08 Nov 2014 20:26:42 -0800

Ah, MeFites are always lovely. Thanks for getting me out of the house and providing wonderful conversation in a lovely atmosphere! Keep an eye out for a meetup for pub trivia on the Peninsula- Alexander (Space Coyote) is the Quiz Master and we all know a MeFi team would KICK BUTT!

By: Lexica

Lexica — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 14:07:24 -0800

Oh hey... Rosamunde has a "no electronic assistance allowed" weekly trivia night. I can't think of a bunch of people I'd rather be on a team with. Plotting now...

By: Space Coyote

Space Coyote — Sun, 09 Nov 2014 22:28:52 -0800

One book I mentioned was The Lean Startup by Eric Ries, when talking about how a business gets started and how to build from having ~12 customers to having 50 to having 1000, etc. Great talking to you all, had a lovely time.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 00:48:22 -0800

Lexica, consider me a teammate of questionable utility!

By: Phire

Phire — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 08:18:11 -0800

I had a fantastic time! Just what I needed after a long and arduous day. Thanks to bswinburn for calling the meetup and to everyone who came out who made it the awesome meetup it was. That second floor is a great space, huh? Especially when there's enough of us crowding around that bemused non-geeks just stick their heads in and wander off again.

By: murphy slaw

murphy slaw — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 09:33:59 -0800

Excellent venue and excellent company! I'll be sure to make it out the next time everyone gets together in Oakland. I may be available for sausages and trivia, depending on what day and time.

By: suelac

suelac — Mon, 10 Nov 2014 11:37:43 -0800

I'm sorry I missed it, although I'm happy to hear there's a big upstairs room at Longitude.