CHANGE OF VENUE

Okay I originally wrote a huge email to send to everyone - but no one reads my emails, so I'm posting on here instead. I've made an executive decision to change the venue because I think 9:30pm is too late for everyone (see the post below about the 9:30pm reservation at MYTH).

Especially since some people are driving up from Menlo Park.

So I've gone ahead and made 8pm reservations at a restaurant called INDIGO. It is in HAYES VALLEY and looks lovely. It also has a fab 3 course prix fixe deal where you get to choose appetizer, entree (excluding specials) and dessert as well as unlimited wine from a select list (visit their site and click on SPECIALS and scroll down for the wine list they are pouring from). All for a lovely $49.

Plus (as an added bonus) the general manager went to college at INDIANA UNIVERSITY - BLOOMINGTON (go hoosiers!).

If INDIGO is not acceptable as a substition, I've also listed a few other options for us to choose from. email or post and let me know if you aren't happy with INDIGO. I still have time to change it...

And my apologizes for not being able to get MYTH or QUINCE.... Quince may not be possible with such a large party (the largest party they seat in their dining room is 6. and they refuse to slit the party up into two tables). MYTH is still possible but I'd have to make it much more in advance to get a reasonable hour.

If people are hardcore about going to MYTH though, let me know and I can keep the 9:30pm reservation and cancel the INDIGO reservation. If not, I'll see about getting MYTH for another month...at a more reasonable time.

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Other restaurant options:

7:30pm ILUNA BASQUE - Delightful and festive Basque cuisine, tapas. Over in North Beach.

7:45pm LULU - SOMA Provencal French restaurant. It's actually quite nice and rather large. They have great pizzas and a nightly rotisserie special (which on a Thursday would be squab).

8pm OCTAVIA LOUNGE located near the GAY and LESBIAN center on market, they have a "Jazz with the masters" open mic/jam session going on. The food seems pretty eclectic california.

8pm FRINGALE - an excellent south of market french/basque bistro. Vegetarian option is a crispy polenta with spinach, piperade and frisee.

8pm LE PETIT ROBERT - another French restaurant on Russian Hill restaurant. Vegetarian option is an artichoke mushroom cheese lasagna.

8pm LE CHARM - another SOMA French Bistro. They have a prix fixe along with ala carte options. Vegetarian options is a gnocchi with wild mushrooms.

8:30pm LUELLA - ex ANDALU alum opened this lovely california/mediterranean inspired Russian Hill Restaurant.

see ya next week!