SF/Bay Area?

[Beric01]

It sounds like we have 5-6 people. When we finalize the details we'll probably get more.

Place: Guadalupe River park in SJ
Time: ???

I suggested the eighteenth kind of arbitrarily (it's the first weekend I'll be back after traveling). We can do it later if NoraLenderbee prefers. Does early afternoon (maybe 1 PM) sound good?

Fine with me, though if a different time works for people that's fine too!

[CanuckExpat]

It sounds like we have 5-6 people. When we finalize the details we'll probably get more.

Place: Guadalupe River park in SJ
Time: ???

I suggested the eighteenth kind of arbitrarily (it's the first weekend I'll be back after traveling). We can do it later if NoraLenderbee prefers. Does early afternoon (maybe 1 PM) sound good?

Hi Pmallory,

I took the liberty of creating a seperate poll/thread to select the date and also count RSVP and meet-up specific discussion. I took your arbitrary date, and arbitrarily added the next two weekends as options as well.
Hope that works

[Beric01]

It sounds like we have 5-6 people. When we finalize the details we'll probably get more.

Place: Guadalupe River park in SJ
Time: ???

I suggested the eighteenth kind of arbitrarily (it's the first weekend I'll be back after traveling). We can do it later if NoraLenderbee prefers. Does early afternoon (maybe 1 PM) sound good?

Hi Pmallory,

I took the liberty of creating a seperate poll/thread to select the date and also count RSVP and meet-up specific discussion. I took your arbitrary date, and arbitrarily added the next two weekends as options as well.
Hope that works

Awesome, thanks for taking the initiative!

[voidmain]

SF resident here. Can't make the South Bay meetup, but would love to meet up in the city with other folks at some point

[hexdexorex]

Burlingame here. Lets meetup once the weather warm up.

[KS]

I just bumped the old South Bay meetup thread. In case it turns into another meetup, I'm posting here for anyone who wasn't following that thread but might want to meet up somewhere south-ish:
http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/meetups-and-social-events/south-bay-october-meetup-san-jose-guadalupe-river-park/msg507872/#msg507872

[sobezen]

Any news on a new SF meet?  Cheers! :)

[dragoncar]

Any news on a new SF meet?  Cheers! :)

[marblejane]

FYI, doing a meetup in San Jose: http://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/meetups-and-social-events/march-south-bay-meet-up-whole-foods-at-the-alameda-in-san-jose/

[fireferrets]

What up SFers? Can we have a meet-up in SF city sometime ^_< South bay is so far...

[KS]

The mustache google group is scheming on one in SF... I mentioned they should post about it here as well but maybe they're waiting until they pick a date?

[AndHigherStill]

Correct!  We're still converging on a date.  Fill out this form to indicate interest and availability!

[AndHigherStill]

Poll results for this weekend: 22 for Saturday, 20 for Sunday.  My girlfriend and I will be in the Marx Meadow picnic area in Golden Gate Park tomorrow at 2pm.  I'll be available at 424-243-6344 and also switch on the Republic Wireless 3G.  Non-glass alcohol is permitted there, and we'll bring something to share :)

Topics suggested for discussion:

• The messed up Bay Area real estate economy (and potential for another crash)
• Bay Area-specific ways of saving
• Preventing bike theft
• Favorite finance books, blogs, wikis, &etc
• Philosophical disagreements with MMM
• DIY projects and skills and how you acquired them
• Cooking!
• Traveling for cheap
• Ideas for side income
• Expense and savings tracking tools
• Financing the time between retirement and Age 59.5

This has been cross-posted to the Bay Area Mighty Mustachians Meetup (BAMMM) list, and several people have already confirmed they can make it.  Come on out and be social!

We can put something together for later in April too, perhaps in the East Bay!

[hexdexorex]

Your post was at 1am so does tomorrow mean today Sat...or Sun? :)

[hexdexorex]

Your post was at 1am so does tomorrow mean today Sat...or Sun?

Nm your Google groups post was friday so I'll assume today :)

[AndHigherStill]

Yep! Today, Saturday, 2pm, Marx Meadow Picnic Area.

[AndHigherStill]

Great afternoon!  We were just short of a dozen in the park today.

Some of the stuff we talked about:
 • Chase Ink credit card (business card, but available to 'sole proprietor' individuals)
 • San Francisco Mead Company (right near Heron's Head Park - http://www.sfmead.com/)
 • lastmingear.com - last-minute outdoor gear, delivered!
 • Scoot - http://www.scootnetworks.com/ - scooter rentals
 • Zipcar, Getaround, Drivenow...
 • Foodrunners, Feeding Forward, Food Not Bombs, Leftover Exchange, Inglorious Fruit
 • Traveling for cheap, even with family





I'm proposing that we have another one at Lake Merritt on Saturday, May 2nd @ 2pm.

[carozy]

My family celebrated Easter a day early, so I had to miss the SF MMM meet up.  I've calendared the May 2nd one at Lake Merritt so I hope many others can make it!

[CanuckExpat]

I'm proposing that we have another one at Lake Merritt on Saturday, May 2nd @ 2pm.

We've been meaning to explore East Bay area, so this might be a good excuse to make the trek up there and make a day of it. You can count us tentatively in (2 and a half-ish people) .

[dragoncar]

Are these meetups non-hipster friendly?  Can we meet at Brook's Brothers?

[vulgar_girl]

Posting to follow.  I'd like to meet up!

[CanuckExpat]

I'm proposing that we have another one at Lake Merritt on Saturday, May 2nd @ 2pm.

Is this one for next week still on?

[carozy]

I won't be able to make the May 2nd one.  2 birthday parties to attend.  Until next time!

[Bakari]

Lake Merrit!!
Why that's my neck of the woods


May 2nd!!!!
Why thats about the only day I have free for over a month!!!!!!!


It'd be fun to bring my partner - I met her indirectly though the last meet-up I went to (her roommate attended, we became friends, and then he set me up with her)

[isaakthepirate]

Let's do it! How about we meet under the arches on the west side of the Lake (near Embarcadero)?

[Bakari]

I'm proposing that we have another one at Lake Merritt on Saturday, May 2nd @ 2pm.

Is this one for next week still on?

Well, its close to home, and I have nothing else planned, so I'll head over to the lake either way


"under the arches on the west side of the Lake (near Embarcadero)"  since that's what's already been suggested

[vulgar_girl]

My kids birthday is this weekend and we have something planned.  Totally interested in the next one!

[AndHigherStill]

West side, arches, Embarcadero... Melanie and I will see you there!

[electriceagle]

Will there be anyone with a sign.

[Bakari]

We're here on a green sheet right next to Terry's ice cream cart will mount the car is leaving now so by a tree on the green sheet




EDIT: ^ that's what happens when you dictate your sentence to Siri :P

[AndHigherStill]

Hahah, we kinda goofed on the location description.  We were at the Pergola at Lake Merritt, which is actually the easternmost point of the lake (GPS coordinates 37.8085,-122.2495).  'Pergola' comes from the Latin 'pergula', a projecting eave.  Learn something new every day!

Discussion topics included:
* LendingClub—apparently it's pretty easy to cash out on FolioFN!
* Mango Money—earn 5.28% on $5000 or 4.95% on $10000 in an FDIC-insured savings account!
* BART bike stations—who knew bike storage ('valet parking') was free if you pick it up the same day?
* Republic Wireless Labs is beta testing a 'pay for what you use' (a la Google's Project Fi) data plan!
* Funding Circle—like LendingClub for companies, accredited investors only!
* Puddle—share an emergency fund with responsible friends to stretch your liquid cash further !
* One of our own quit his 9-5 job this year and has joined the ranks of the financially independent!  Huzzah!
* Another recently moved to San Francisco and has successfully recareered into computer science with App Academy!

Who's available on Sunday, May 24th of Memorial Day weekend?  I'd love to have another meetup in Berkeley, on the campus or in one of the great parks!  If you haven't been to Indian Rock, that's also worth a short walk. We're organized across a lot of different media, so I created a page specifically for keeping track of these events.
* #BayAreaMMM on Twitter
* Google+ Event
* Google+ Community
* Google Group Email List

[BlastinNRelaxin]

I would definitely like to meet some like minded mustachios! I am out in Hayward Please add me to any list of meet ups or is there a specific person that took charge of this?

I have so many questions that I don't even know them yet.

[wynr]

Living in Fremont.  Trying to get the family on board the MMM wagon.  Would love to meet up this weekend but Memorial day would work better for me.

Cheers,
Wyn

[hexdexorex]

Looks like there is a meetup this Sunday...

https://plus.google.com/events/cbq5lts0lg8nqppgp3iahdcdv4g

[carozy]

I will be biking there from Bart.  Where in the park are we meeting?  I have never been to that park.

[Alrecenk]

Hi, I'm a newish (~6 months) Californian looking to meet some mustachians in the area. I'd like to make the meetup this weekend, but I'm carless in San Jose, so it's a bit far (2.5-ish hours each way by public transit). Is there anyone going by car from the south bay I could catch a ride with? Alternately, is there anyone who wants to have a meetup closer to San Jose/Milpitas/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara?

[kumach]

Hi, I'm a newish (~6 months) Californian looking to meet some mustachians in the area. I'd like to make the meetup this weekend, but I'm carless in San Jose, so it's a bit far (2.5-ish hours each way by public transit). Is there anyone going by car from the south bay I could catch a ride with? Alternately, is there anyone who wants to have a meetup closer to San Jose/Milpitas/Sunnyvale/Santa Clara?

Hi Alrecenk. I am also fairly new living in Santa Clara and would like to meet people around the area :) We had a fun meetup recently in San Jose and would love to have another one if there are those interested in meeting up locally. Feel free to PM me if you would like to meet or chat!

[AndHigherStill]

Bay Area Mighty Mustachian Meetups: bammm.andhigherstill.com

As advertised, a couple of us are meeting in Berkeley this Sunday.

San Jose, June 13th, 2PM?  Where's a cool place to meet up down there?  How is Cunningham Lake?

[iamlindoro]

San Jose, June 13th, 2PM?  Where's a cool place to meet up down there?  How is Cunningham Lake?

It's right in the middle of the east side hellmouth.  If you want to meet at a lake, Vasona in Los Gatos is wonderful, and Lake Almaden is reasonably nice. 

[carozy]

Unfortunately, another MMM meet up I'll have to miss.  Have fun today!

[WaffleIronMaiden]

I live in SF, but we would be into meeting in San Jose on June 13th at 2pm!

[CanuckExpat]

San Jose, June 13th, 2PM?  Where's a cool place to meet up down there?  How is Cunningham Lake?

It's right in the middle of the east side hellmouth.  If you want to meet at a lake, Vasona in Los Gatos is wonderful, and Lake Almaden is reasonably nice.

If you are looking to meet in San Jose, and don't mind being near a river or creek as opposed to a lake, these locations might be more friendly for the carless (increasing distance from the transit hub)

1) https://goo.gl/maps/QN845
2) https://goo.gl/maps/zT21y
3) https://goo.gl/maps/cauuw

We had a small-ish meet-up at the first location before, the second is a largish green space but not sure about picnic tables and such, I'm not familiar with the last one.

Not that I wouldn't mind an excuse to visit a nice lake in Los Gatos.

[Mrs. Pomodoro]

San Jose, June 13th, 2PM?  Where's a cool place to meet up down there?  How is Cunningham Lake?

It's right in the middle of the east side hellmouth.  If you want to meet at a lake, Vasona in Los Gatos is wonderful, and Lake Almaden is reasonably nice.

Another vote for Vasona park! It's very dog and kid friendly and shadier than Lake Almaden.

[tonysemail]

i'm planning to attend on 6/13.
vasona lake or cunningham lake both sound good to me.

[Alrecenk]

It looks like I'll be able to attend on 6/13 as well. The places CanuckExpat mentioned are definitely easier for me to get too as they're all near Light Rail stations. Lake Almaden isn't too bad either. I can do Cunningham Lake or Vasona lake as well if it's a better place, but it adds a bus ride and 30 minutes each way. I haven't been to any of these places, so I'll have to defer judgment on their quality.

[AndHigherStill]

Something has come up and I will not be able to attend next weekend, but if someone wants to step up and say "we are meeting in Vasona Park at 2PM on Saturday, 6/13" I'd be happy to advertise it on the BAMMM site and email list.

[CanuckExpat]

Something has come up and I will not be able to attend next weekend, but if someone wants to step up and say "we are meeting in Vasona Park at 2PM on Saturday, 6/13" I'd be happy to advertise it on the BAMMM site and email list.

Let's do it and meeting in Vasona Park at 2PM on Saturday, 6/13!
Has anyone been to the park before? Is there a good spot there for us to meet and find each other?

[POINTS of ER]

I will try to make it this Saturday. Just to let you guys know there is a parking fee into this park. So if you plan on driving in I believe it's a $5 fee.

[iamlindoro]

I will try to make it this Saturday. Just to let you guys know there is a parking fee into this park. So if you plan on driving in I believe it's a $5 fee.

There's no need to pay a parking fee.  You can park for free along University Avenue close to Blossom Hill, where there is almost always plenty of parking.  There's a pedestrian entrance on University Ave as well.

Here's a Google Street View image of the entrance (you can see plenty of parking on the street):

https://www.google.com/maps/@37.241745,-121.972584,3a,75y,122.11h,75.71t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1sSAejo39bwX7OZmTBo3sHMA!2e0

There's a picnic/Barbeque area just down the hill from that entrance, too, which might make a nice place to meet.

[iamlindoro]

I am currently travelling in the Bay area (Petaluma) and will probably still be here on Sat (unless this rain stays around) so might try to join you guys. Is that park dog friendly as I have my dog with me.

Yep, you can bring your dog.  Vasona is dog friendly (on-leash).