The other side of the continent

[andyhat]

Having acquired a USB 802.11b wireless networking thingabob tonight, I'm now back on the Internet from the Residence Inn in San Mateo. I won't have Internet access from work for 3-5 business days; draconian network access policies sure are annoying.

The trip here last night was surprisingly pleasant; noise-cancelling headphones, an MP3/Ogg player, and a backpack full of books and magazines makes the time fly. I got through the current issues of The Economist, Computerworld, Columbia Journalism Review, The New York Review of Science Fiction, Swink (during which the iHP-120 randomly selected "Oh, the Pleasure of the Plains" from Handel's Acis and Galatea immediately followed by Laurence Lombert's Happyland, both of which are guaranteed to put a stupid grin on my face; together they nicely offset the rather depressing affect of most of Swink's stories), and I started Penn Jillette's new novel Sock, because how can you resist a novel narrated by a sock monkey?

Anyways, I know several of those who read my journal are in the Bay Area. So, where are the good restaruants? What's fun to do in the evenings? What should I plan on seeing the couple of weekends I'm staying in town?

Comments

[andyhat.livejournal.com]

Oh, I was in Chicago, but that was just for four weeks :)

I do have a rental car here, so going into SF itself is certainly an option for dinner. As far as I can tell, San Mateo and Foster City don't offer much other than the usual national chains, so I have no problem driving a bit for something good.

[capitalfellow.livejournal.com]

What do you like to eat? A genre if you will.

[andyhat.livejournal.com]

I don't like Mexican or sushi. I love pizza (though after 4 weeks in Chicago, I'd be quite surprised if any pizza place in SF can compare), and I love Italian and Thai. Chinese and American are good, too.

[capitalfellow.livejournal.com]

Chicago Pizza: you'll have to drive over to Berkeley or take BART, but if you're as big a fan of Giordano's as I am it is worth it: Zachary's
Italian: North Beach, U.S. Restaurant, order the gnocchi and a side of sauteed spinach.
Thai: Osha Thai. Take the BART to SF and hail a cab. You'll never find parking.

[capitalfellow.livejournal.com]

http://oshathai.com/

[andyhat.livejournal.com]

I tried Zachary's tonight, and that is indeed the best pizza I've had outside Chicagoland. Well worth the drive to Oakland. Thanks for the recommendation.