Brian's shindig

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Did you wanna go?

 > From: Brian <http://www.eecs..edu/~bh>
 > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 18:23:47 -0700
 > Subject: BH turkey day 12/16
 >
 > This is the time of year when we gather together to give thanks that calories
 > eaten in late November and December don't count.
 > 
 > To avoid conflicts with family get-togethers on official turkey days, and also
 > with UCB classes and exams, the BH turkey dinner this year will be Sunday,
 > December 16.
 > 
 > Your S.O. and/or offspring, if any, is/are invited, too.  (If you are a
 > Thousand Oaks '06 kid/parent, and I don't have an email address for your
 > parent/kid, please pass this on.  And let me know if you'd like to propose
 > other T.O.'06 kids for whom I have no contact information.)
 > 
 > RSVP.  Please also let me know how many people you'll bring.
 > 
 > People who don't want to help cook should arrive around 5pm; the goal will be
 > to serve at 6, but it'll probably be a little late as usual.  :-)  But you're
 > welcome to come any time earlier, if you want to hang out and chat; the
 > turkey goes into the oven before anyone else is likely to be awake.
 > 
 > The menu violates every possible food restriction (e.g., vegetarian, Kosher,
 > lactose-intolerant, health-conscious, etc.) so if you are in one of those
 > categories, negotiate with me about it.  We generally have at least one vegan,
 > so I'm experienced in making alternate versions of things.
 > 
 > We'll have
 > 	turkey
 > 	Morton Thompson's stuffing
 > 		(see http://http.cs..edu/~bh/turkey.html)
 > 	ginger cranberry sauce
 > 	yummy sweet potatoes with lots of butter and stuff
 > 	token healthy steamed broccoli
 > 	Acme Pain au Levain (the big loaf, that tastes like the stuff you
 > 		get at Chez Panisse, not the Andronico's-sized loaf)
 > 	Double Rainbow pumpkin (and other) ice cream
 > 	wine, juice, Coke, Diet Hanson's, fizzy water, flat water, etc.
 > 
 > There's no need for you to bring anything, unless you are bringing an infant
 > who needs a high chair.  (The house is distinctly not childproof, though.)
 > 
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 > 
 > Directions to 954 Tulare Avenue:    (If you get lost, call 510 524-2349.)
 > 
 > FROM SFO:
 > 
 > Take 101 North (toward San Francisco) to 80 East (to Bay Bridge).  Cross the
 > bridge; after the bridge, get into one of the leftmost two lanes.  These
 > lanes will continue as 80 East [and also, amusingly, 580 West -- but really
 > facing north].  Take the Buchanan Street exit, a/k/a "Albany Exit."  (The
 > one before it is Gilman Street.)  From the exit ramp, take the right lane,
 > which turns right onto Buchanan Street.  The traffic light at the end of the
 > exit ramp does *not* count in the "From Buchanan Street Exit" directions
 > immediately below.
 > 
 > FROM BUCHANAN STREET EXIT:
 > 
 > Resist all temptations to turn left.  Count traffic lights.  At the second
 > light you cross San Pablo Ave; you keep going straight, but the name of the
 > street you're on changes to Marin Avenue.  Count three more lights (five
 > altogether); you are then crossing Peralta.  Now count streets; you want
 > the third right, onto Tulare.  (Just after Tulare is a white-on-blue sign
 > about the  emergency radio station.)  954 is the second house on
 > the right -- the white one, not the ugly orange one that comes after it.
 > 
 > FROM :
 > 
 > If you're on Solano Avenue, find King Tsin.  Imagine you are walking out the
 > door of King Tsin, and keep walking straight ahead.  That's Tulare Avenue.
 > Go one block, cross Marin Avenue, and then 954 is the second house on
 > the right -- the white one, not the ugly orange one that comes after it.
 > 
 > If you're someplace else, like say the UC campus:  Find Martin Luther King
 > Junior Way and head north.  Turn left at Marin Avenue, which is one block
 > before Solano.  (If you missed, turn left onto Solano and then follow the
 > directions in the previous paragraph!)  Pass one traffic light (Colusa).
 > Tulare is the next left, but before Tulare there are two other streets at
 > which you could turn right but not left.  If it's night, there isn't much
 > street light, so here's how to recognize Tulare:  Just *after* the
 > intersection there is a highway-style white-on-green "Welcome to Albany"
 > sign.  Turn left; then 954 is the second house on the right -- the white
 > one, not the ugly orange one that comes after it.
 > 
 > FROM MARIN COUNTY:
 > 
 > Take the Richmond bridge; continue on 580 East to the Buchanan Street exit,
 > a/k/a "Albany Exit."  THIS IS A LEFT EXIT!  (The one before it is Central
 > Avenue, El Cerrito.)  Now continue with the Buchanan Street Exit directions
 > above.
 > 
 > FROM LOWER PENINSULA, LOWER EAST BAY:
 > 
 > If you're on the peninsula, cross the bay by your favorite method: 237,
 > Dumbarton, or San Mateo bridge.  (If your favorite method is the Bay Bridge,
 > see "From SFO" above.)  Take 880 North toward Oakland.  After you pass the
 > Oakland airport, keep toward the left, following signs to San Francisco.
 > After the highway splits, you'll want to keep toward the right on the new
 > highway, because it too is going to split, and you want 80 East, toward
 > Sacramento.  Take the Buchanan Street exit, a/k/a "Albany Exit."  (The one
 > before it is Gilman Street.)  From the exit ramp, take the right lane,
 > which turns right onto Buchanan Street.  The traffic light at the end of the
 > exit ramp does *not* count in the "From Buchanan Street Exit" directions
 > above, which you should follow.
 > 
 > FROM HILLTOP MALL, NEVADA, EAST COAST, ETC:
 > 
 > Get on 80 West.  Get off at Buchanan Street, a/k/a "Albany Exit."  You'll
 > have to turn left at the end of the exit ramp (toward Albany) and then wind
 > your way through some construction before you actually get on Buchanan
 > Street.  Then follow the "From Buchanan Street Exit" directions above.