going to Potlatch?

[calimac]

Anyone considering flying from Seattle should be aware of this:

The Virgin America sale requires travelers to buy tickets on its Web site, www.virginamerica.com, by Dec. 11 and commence travel on or after Jan. 6. All travel must be complete by March 1. The deals include $59 fares one-way between San Francisco and three destinations - Las Vegas, San Diego and Seattle.

Sunday, March 1, by some wonderful coincidence, is the last day of Potlatch. There are flights leaving San Francisco at 4:45 and 8:59 PM, which are late enough to keep you from missing the convention and its fabulous Banquet.

We have been recommending that, all things being equal, travelers fly to San Jose, as it's only 7 miles away. But the San Francisco airport is not hard to get to, either: it's 33 miles by road from Sunnyvale, which is about the same distance to SeaTac from, oh, Edmonds. (And the freeway traffic isn't usually quite as bad.) This shuttle quotes $35 for the first passenger, $9 each additional, from zip code 94087 where our hotel is.

Group up! Pass it on!

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[n6tqs.livejournal.com]

And you can take two buses at a total cost of $3.25 from SFO to the hotel, but only with carry-on luggage.

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

I have not yet decided whether to attend this year's Potlatch since it's been moved out of the very convenient SF location to the burbs. I had the SJ airport and, after having flown in and out of it a couple of times swore never to do so again. Unfortunately, if I fly into SF I can no longer just hop on BART and go straight to the hotel. I also note that the hotel page on the Potlatch site talks about the restaurants within a 3/4 mi walk of the hotel. Um. That's farther than I can/will walk on most days, esp in rainy BA February weather. So all in all I'm not really encouraged about coming since the SF location worked so much better for me.

On the other hand, I've been to all but 2 of the Potlatches and it would be a shame to miss one. I just don't know. But I do know I wish you all hadn't moved.

MKK

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

Dammit. Proof read MK. That should be, "...hate the SJ airport"
MKK

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Good lord, if I'd thought for a minute that "3/4 mi walk of the hotel" might be read as code for "none of them are much closer than that," I would have been much more specific. I fixed a generous distance to be as inclusive as possible.

There are several restaurants very near. Korean, Japanese, Afghan, Thai, and Fish Market are within, like, a block. The selection within a short walking distance is actually better and probably larger than at our past San Francisco location.

It could be raining, yes, but much less likely than in Portland and Seattle. And there will be Friends With Cars who will be happy to take you to even more places even farther away.

We had various reasons for moving - notably the desire for a good inexpensive hotel that wasn't shoddy, as our old SF hotel (which has changed names and management again since our last visit) and its neighborhood have become. Another reason was to show off the South Bay, which some of us who live here think is much better and more interesting than its reputation.

So please come.

[marykaykare.livejournal.com]

Well, frankly, when someone says "within a 3/4 mile walk" I *do* tend to read that as most things are further away than closer. Because it seems to me that they'd mention it if there was lots of stuff *really* close. At least it's been my experience that people tend to write it that way. Perhaps my experience has been unusual.

I didn't find either the old hotel or its area to be problematic. I loved that hotel -- real Tiffany glass windows! I have to say, unless it has changed dramatically since the last time we were there I do not understand what was wrong with the neighborhood. I never felt endangered or unsafe there nor did any of the other folks (all female) I talked to. Sigh. I grow old and curmudgeonly and dislike change.

And it'll still be a hassle arranging transport from SFO.

MKK

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Other people do write like that. It's merely that I am without guile. (Well, without that sort of guile.) Interpretations like this don't occur to me until someone points them out. What I wanted to counteract was the view of the South Bay as a vast suburban wasteland where there is literally nothing to eat for miles (which in spots is true, just not our spots). I will prepare more specific info for PR3.

The SF neighborhood wasn't exactly dangerous, though it is on the edge of the Tenderloin, which is plenty dicey. The problem is that it's shoddy, run down, and surprisingly devoid of good close-by restaurants, especially surprisingly for San Francisco.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

I've put together for PR 3 the list of restaurants within 2 city blocks (that's 0.25 mile):

Afghani
Japanese (2)
Sushi (2)
Korean (2)
Korean bakery
Korean bbq buffet
Korean supermarket with deli
Indian
Indian bakery
Indian chatpot
Indian fast food (2)
Indian tandoori
Indian market (2)
South Indian vegetarian (2)
Thai (2)
Vietnamese pho

And for less adventurous tastes:
Burger King
Carl’s Jr.
Denny’s
Fish Market (American fish restaurant)
KFC
Pizza Chicago
Subway
Taco Bell
Starbuck’s
Lucky’s supermarket with deli