OT Re: You guys have LIVES?

[Vu Pham]

On Tue, 2007-05-01 at 02:45 -0700, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> Vu Pham wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 20:00 -0400, Ric Moore wrote:
> >> On Mon, 2007-04-30 at 07:18 -0700, Tony Alfrey wrote:
> >>> Ric Moore wrote:
> > 
> > Everybody tells about special restaurants, food places  every where
> > except San Francisco where I am going there next week. Anyone suggests
> > any special restautant, places I should go ? 
> > 
> > 
> > Vu
> 
> We'll think about a bit.  I assume you are coming into town for some 
> conference and they've parked you at the Marriott?  The problem is that 
> the places with great views of the city are the touristy places with 
> horrid food.  The locals eat at out-of-the-way hidden places with great 
> food but often no "ambiance" or stuck in the warehouse district South of 
> Market.  So I would suggest staying away from "Fisherman's Wharf", the 
> canonical tourist trap.  But I *would* suggest going to the Ferry 
> Building, a large, converted warehouse/pier area on the Bay with a wide 
> variety of restaurants and farmer's-market-like places where you can 
> walk from place to place.  A great place to go in the late afternoon.
> 
> And then there is Green's Restaurant which is right on the water at Ft. 
> Mason which is a good combination of tourist experience and good food at 
> the same time.
> 
> The problem is this:
> I could send you to one of the best restaurants in California:
> Chez Panisse
> over across the Bay in Berkeley (if you could get a reservation ha ha)
> but that wouldn't tell you much about the city.
> 
> So tell us where you're staying and how long you'll be in town and we'll 
> give you some other recommendations.  And don't try to drive:  take a 
> friggin' cab, unless you're staying with a local.

Yes, I am going to SF for the JavaOne conference at the Moscone center
which is about 3-4 blocks away from where I stay. I will fly next Monday
and will go back next Friday night.

In fact, I was there last year for the same conference but at that time
I had to bring some projects with me to finish so I didn't have time to
go around. 


Vu