San Francisco Drunken Historical Society

Kickoff & Brainstorm

January 24 · 7:00 PM
Palace Hotel/Pied Piper Bar

Let's get together, meet and brainstorm ideas for local drunken history affairs.

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Dimitri Papaioannou

I am also a Coursera addict. At some point I was taking 5 classes but I realized that I would have to give up the rest of my life. So now I am down to 3.
North Beach sounds great. I am looking forward to our next meeting.

0 · January 29
Mary

thank you for this...sounds amazing. I plan to try it.

0 · January 29
Solana Foo

So last year I found the BEST free resource online. It's called Coursera. I took the "A History of the World since 1300" class at Princeton, online for free: https://www.coursera.org/categor.... Check it out. Takes 2 seconds to register. There were 70,000 people in my class from all over the world. You get 2 hours of video lectures a week with Prof. Adelman, where he approaches world history from the perpective of globalization, starting with the neolithic revolution. ha! You can watch them whenever you like, answer little quizzes, do the assignments or not. No credit, but what an amazing resource. Then, live videotaping of in-class discussions/guest lecturers at Princeton!

1 · January 28
Brian Mulloy

Here are a few notes I took while brainstorming with Christina and Solana on events and venues.

## Events

* Drink & Show & Tell: Have folks read up on a specific area and shares stories at the meetup
* Book club - Richard
* Walking tours - Victorian, Alfred Hitchcok Nob Hill tour
* Chinatown
* Nob hill
* start at 11am
* SF: The Original Hollywood
* Topynym Night
* Diego Rivera Night
* Emporer Norton Night
* Mark Twain Night

## Venues

* Tosca -
* Sam Well - Chinatown restaurant
* The Old Ship - used to be a ship that became a bar
* Biscuits and Blues
* Visuvio -
* the huntington hotel - on nob hill - the big four
* vampires

1 · January 28
- Richard
  
  Vampires? Really?!? Lol.
  
  0 · January 28
- Solana Foo
  
  I am down for Diego Rivera night. Just looked into viewing his murals in the City - it's not so easy. I can do some research on him, though, and maybe research some other murals in the Mission. And Emperor Norton Night sounds hilarious. Might it involve dressing up? Oh, Sam Wo's is temporarily shut down :( here's some press about the restaurant: http://www.samwo-rest.... They made it onto Conan O'Brien's show!
  
  0 · January 28
christina marie

Okay History swillers! I believe our next meeting will be in North Beach...we have choices... Toscas http://toscacafesf.com/TOSCA.ht... or Vesuvio http://www.vesuvio.com/ both are near the Beat museum and City lights and the famous condor club....
toscas is easier to get a bigger table in the back...vesuvio has lostsa character.....any preference?

0 · January 26
- Solana Foo
  
  vesuvio has so much character. maybe we can try there first and if there isn't room we can go to tosca? unless tosca is more historically interesting?
  
  0 · January 28
Mary

great to meet so many intriguing, fun people...I'm looking forward to our next meeting!

1 · January 26
Solana Foo

that was great. looking forward to doing it again soon!

0 · January 26
John Arthur Milestone

That was a fun meeting of the minds.
Unfortunately I feel rather guilty for . . . . not getting drinking more ;) Cheers!

1 · January 25
- John Arthur Milestone
  
  Hick-up!
  
  0 · January 25
Richard

Good first meeting. I'll get going on "Season of the Witch" soon.

0 · January 25
christina marie

Great to meet everyone!!!
we really enjoyed it!

1 · January 25
Dimitri Papaioannou

It was excellent! Very glad to meet so many interesting people

1 · January 25
Brian Mulloy

I'm wearing a black hoodie. I have a table in the big room against the wall with a large green booth.

0 · January 24
stefan day

Would love to attend however there is an amphibious party trolley car assault being waged and I have a commanding role for the 4th wave of beaching marine corp.

In other news .. everyone be sure to check out the "Field Trip" app from google if you LOVE local history.

0 · January 24
christina marie

BTW just finished reading "season of the witch"(David Talbot)....it is FULL of SF history during the crazy late 60's to early 80's...
taught this native a LOT about her city!!!
cant wait to meet all tomorrow!

1 · January 23
Justin Jones

Hi guys! Not sure I can make this event as I might be in the playoffs for softball (wish me luck!) but I would love to hear any ideas and suggestions you come up with for events.

I co-chair FlipSide, which is a young persons group (read 65 and younger) within The San Francisco Museum and Historical Society. You can check us out here www.facebook.com/FlipSideSF

We're planning fun and exciting history events based around the historic Old Mint building. Some of the things that we're thinking are movie nights, bar crawls, basically alcohol + history ha.

To give you an idea, our first event is this month, which is a movie night showing Bullitt sponsored by Bulleit Bourbon. The event is listed on the FB page if you want to check it out.

Anyhow, I would love to speak with any of you about any ideas you have or even if you'd like to get involved with the group. The Old Mint is at our disposal to throw events so any ideas are welcome!

Cheers,
Justin
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0 · January 16
- Richard
  
  Sounds great — too bad the one this month is sold out. BTW, any chance you can get your sponsor to make their Rye available, too?
  
  0 · January 16
- Justin Jones
  
  Yeah we sold out in 10 hours actually. I was shocked! We'll have the next movie night in April but keep your eye on FB as we'll be having monthly events like these. The sponsors are pretty open to anything so I can ask specifically for the next event if you want ;)
  
  0 · January 16
A former member

Like Mike I have dogs at home waiting for me, so 6 pm would be ideal, although 7 works as well.

0 · January 10
christina marie

I also love the idea of meeting at the Palace bar, the pied piper...
original maxfield parrish mural behind the bar...and 2 paintings in the back room that include sf characters like Emperor Norton, Lotta Crabtree and Mark Twain!

1 · January 7
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- Brian Mulloy
  
  done. great suggestion. look forward to seeing everyone at the Palace Hotel.
  
  0 · January 7
- Solana Foo
  
  oh my god! is she right? does such a place exist!?! what!
  
  0 · January 8
- christina marie
  
  yup! had the tour of the palace hotel last month, beautiful bar!! amazing hotel...lotsa history!
  
  0 · January 8
Steve Lee

I'll be doing a comedy show at the Murphy's Pub starting 830pm. if u guys wanna meet there u can drink talk & laugh in one place.

0 · December 26
- Steve Lee
  
  I mean the same night, Jan 24th.
  
  0 · December 30
A former member

Now that sounds like a great idea!!

0 · December 27
Shella

I might be able to attend, but it will depend on the location and access to BART/Muni. I'm also up for co-hosting/cross-promoting something with the History Reading Circle.

0 · December 27
A former member

Sarah, sounds like fun if I can catch a ride with someone from The City. I don't drive.

0 · December 26
- Sarah Tenthorey
  
  Hi Ada, I think if we host it, maybe a carpool can be arranged :)
  
  0 · December 26
Sarah Tenthorey

Howdy! I'd love to host this 'brainstorming' party at the winery I work at in Sonoma. Could be a great outing to kick off the new year of drinking and mingling :)

0 · December 26
Amy Reardon

Have you ever been to the American Currency Exhibit at the Federal Reserve Bank of SF? Worth checking out during the noon hour on Fridays at 101 Market St.

0 · December 25