[photopress:Innovator_finalist.jpg,full,alignright]Inman’s Most Innovator Awards will be announced at a the SF Connect conference on Wednesday (7/26) between 5PM and 6PM… I’ve had more than a few requests to have dinner/lunch over the two days I’ll be at Inman, so what I’d like to do is organize a dinner at one of my favorite restaurant in SF, House of Nanking, with anyone and everyone being invited. It is not a fancy place (and their service is definitely nothing to write a blog entry about), but the food is soooo good.
For those not familiar with San Francisco, House of Nanking is a long walk (or a short taxi ride!) from the Palace Hotel. It is on the border of Chinatown and North Beach (the Italian district) in a micro-neighborhood I’ll always associate with the Beat Generation. There’s Vesuvio, Caffe Trieste (warning: music!), and, of course, City Lights Bookstore, all of which are still operating and will always thrive within the writings of Jack Kerouac, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, and many others from the Beat Generation.
To summarize, if you’re reading this blog post, then you’ve been invited to join a group of us as we descend on North Beach on Wednesday evening (I plan to be at House of Nanking around 7:30 or so). Also, I’m covering the first round at Vesuvio’s for any and all real estate bloggers who were nominated by Inman! 😉
I *think* you can also take the Powell St cable car from Union Square, and then walk down Nob Hill at Jackson St, to the House of Nanking.
At least that’s the route I’m going to take. So, if I end up at Ghiradelli Square, we’ll know I got lost somplace. See ya’ll there.
Robbie,
While it would be possible to do what you suggest, I definitely wouldn’t recommend it from an “efficiency” stand point. The walk from the hotel to the cable car location at Union Square is almost as far as the walk directly to House of Nanking. (Here’s all three mapped out in Yahoo)
I can totally understand from a “fun” point of view why you might want to take the streetcar, but in that case, I highly recommend you take it “all the way” and maybe after a few beers at Vesuvio’s. 😉
And Robbie, you definitely get at least the first beer on me. (Maybe instead of $100 for comments, I should just offer a free drink!)
Robbie,
While it would be possible to do what you suggest, I definitely wouldn’t recommend it from an “efficiency” stand point. The walk from the hotel to the cable car location at Union Square is almost as far as the walk directly to House of Nanking. (Here’s all three mapped out in Yahoo)
I can totally understand from a “fun” point of view why you might want to take the streetcar, but in that case, I highly recommend you take it “all the way” and maybe after a few beers at Vesuvio’s. 😉
And Robbie, you definitely get at least the first beer on me. (Maybe instead of $100 for comments, I should just offer a free drink!)
Always the transportation engineer, eh? 😉
Well, my “hotel” is at Bush & Stockton, so the Powell line is only a block away from where I have to go anyway. So given that rational, it seemed easier than walking up hill all the way to the House of Nanking. And if it’s not, I’m going to need that beer, since I’ll be thirsty from the longer than necessary walk.
Would have loved to be there to meet you Dustin and Robbie. But alas, Connect 2006 is not an option for me this year. But, there’s always next! Have fun guys – I’ll be pulling for RCG in the Innovator Awards.
Looking forward to it. Joel, wish you could be there too.