Berkeley Bloggers Dinner, Jan 26

January 18, 2006

Let’s have a blogger’s dinner in Berkeley on Thursday, January 26, 7PM.

We got the place, Taste of the Himalayas, 1700 Shattuck Ave.

It’s a big restaurant and probably can accomodate up to 20 to 25 people, we can have a loud conversation or two. I’ve eaten there many times, the food is good and not too expensive. Nepalese food is a lot like Indian. Lots of curries, sauces, some spicy stuff, rice.

Anyone can come, no RSVP required although it would be appreciated. Include a bit about yourself in a comment here.

Maybe we’ll make this a semi-regular thing?

Let’s have fun!

PS: It’s five easy blocks from the Downtown Berkeley BART station.

PPS: When you arrive say you’re with the “Blogger” party. :-)

48 Responses to “Berkeley Bloggers Dinner, Jan 26”

  1. Sylvia Paull Says:

    How Nepal-Berkeley can you be? It’s about time we had a regular high tech dinner in the East Bay for all those budding entrepreneurs hiding in the hills and the uncovered creeks.

  2. Susan Mernit Says:

    I’m starting a new job, so with that caveat, count me in.

  3. Kathy Says:

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  4. Niall Kennedy Says:

    I plan to be there.

  5. Jeff Clavier Says:

    I will try to re-arrange my schedule to make the dinner.

  6. George Girton Says:

    Now that I have a nice photo of the Berkeley hills on my blog, and it seems I’m writing about Berkeley more and more often, I definitely have to be thinking about joining you all for dinner even though I’d have to fly up from Los Angeles to do so. If it were a Saturday I’d be there.

  7. Robert Anderson Says:

    Count me in. I can be the rare .NET voice at these events.

  8. Dan Gillmor Says:

    See you there…

  9. Scott Rosenberg Says:

    I intend and expect to be there!

  10. Joshua Hayworth Says:

    2nd the .NET voice comment. I’ll be there.

  11. Raines Says:

    I love things in my neighborhood, especially at a place I haven’t been to in a while. See you there!

    Raines

  12. laughingsquid Says:

    Sounds great. I’ll be there.

  13. Scott Beale Says:

    Sounds great. I’ll be there. (sorry about the double comment, WP had me logged in on the wrong blog).

  14. Scott Mace Says:

    Yes! It’s now on my calendar, naturally.

  15. lchiles Says:

    Dave, i was trying to add some Feedburner info to my html but can’t figure out how to edit to while i’m on wordpress.com blog. Please, any ideas?

    I pasted some htm in the notes section of some of the links but no dice it doesn’t show up.

    Thanks

    Lawton

  16. Noam Lovinsky Says:

    Sounds fun. I’ll be there.

  17. Zach Coelius Says:

    I think I ought to be able to make it. We are working on a new system for blog advertising and the feedback is always useful.

  18. Rafael Ebron Says:

    I’d love to crash since it is only 5 minutes away from my house.

  19. Shel Holtz Says:

    I’m not too far and it sounds like fun. Count me in.

  20. Lance Knobel Says:

    Look forward to it. Great idea.

  21. Tracey Taylor Says:

    I would love to come. Thanks.

  22. Halley Suitt Says:

    Darn, I’ll miss it by one day. I’m heading to SF Jan 27 - Feb 1. Have fun! (It’s Chinese New Years on Jan 29).

  23. Robyn Levin Says:

    Great idea.
    I look forward to seeing you and meeting other bloggers.

  24. Don Hopkins Says:

    Great idea — that’s a wonderful restraunt. I’m working half a block up the street, and I’ll be starving by 7, so count me in!

  25. Reg Cheramy Says:

    I’m in Palo Alto (visiting from Canada) … I’ll be there assuming I can find an easy way to get there. Hint appreciated.

  26. dorai Says:

    I will be there. Looking forward to it.

  27. Enric Says:

    I’ll be present — looking forward to it.

  28. Kevin Burton Says:

    I’ll try to be there but I might have a conflict… Om already invited me to another dinner this night… ug

    Kevin

  29. Gil Friend Says:

    I’ll be out of town (in Phoenix) but hope to make the next one!

    Gil

  30. Owen Barder Says:

    Though I am a mere policy blogger, I’d like to come to learn from the experts and hear about what is coming next in this marvelous new world …

    Owen

  31. Jay Cross Says:

    I will be there. Is Berkeley destined to become the epicenter of the Blogosphere?

  32. steephill.tv bike travelogue Says:

    It’s about a 1.5 mile bike ride to the restaurant so I can’t pass it up.

    Steve Hill

  33. Raines Says:

    Jay, it already is. Hadn’t you noticed?

  34. Steve Gillmor Says:

    Now that I know you can just show up anyway, I’m in.

  35. marccanter Says:

    What - where are the kids?

    This soireee needs two bubbling little girls - like Mimi and Lucy.

    But they’ll want edamamee and Udon noodles.

    Dave Winer snaps his fingers and the entire blogoshere adheres. Me - I’m just back from the road and have plenty of AOL and London stories ot share.

    BTW Dave - Ted Leonsis wanted me to give you a big fat kiss.

  36. Shannon Clark Says:

    Well since I just yesterday officially moved to Berkeley I’ll definitely be there this evening as well.

  37. Carl Mercier Says:

    Count me in as a .NET/Rails voice!

    I’m from Canada, visiting the Valley for a month. I am looking for partners for a startup, or for an opportunity in a great startup.

    I have great skills both on the business and technical side. I have been running a software dev shop since 1998.

    I’ll see you all tonight!

  38. Edward Piou Says:

    Never been to a bloggers’ dinner, sounds like it’s time to start…

  39. Dan Gillmor Says:

    Apologies, but I can’t make it after all. I’m just back from a trip and trying to finish something on a deadline before tomorrow morning.

  40. Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Getting your dots in order Says:

    [...] So I say “good luck” to Dan.  Hopeflly I’ll see him at the dinner tonight. [...]

  41. Marc’s Voice » Blog Archive » Getting your dots in order Says:

    [...] So I say “good luck” to Dan.  Hopeflly I’ll see him at the dinner tonight. [...]

  42. Enric Says:

    I’m assuming the dinner is around 7 pm, right?

  43. Nik Cubrilovic Says:

    Nik and Geoff from Omnidrive and Gabe will be there.

  44. Gabe Says:

    Coming

  45. Reg Cheramy Says:

    Thanks Dave for a fun event!

    I posted links to those in attendance.

    http://web2.0central.com/archives/163

    Reg
    http://www.zigtag.com/

  46. Laughing Squid » Berkeley Bloggers Dinner Photos Says:

    [...] Dave Winer organized one of his infamous Blogger Dinners last night in Berkeley. Here are a few photos that I shot. I agree with Dave that it’s better to have these dinners be less formal and structured, in order to enable better “circulation”. Often at the sit-down type dinners, you are only able to talk to the people who are sitting near you. Photos from the Berkeley Bloggers Dinner [...]

  47. Dave’s Wordpress Blog » Berkeley Bloggers Dinner #2, Feb 9 Says:

    [...] The first dinner was great, but we can do even better. We’re shopping for a new venue, and may have it, the Afghan Oasis restaurant, in the Shattuck Hotel, 2086 Allston Way. The SF Chronicle describes it as “the cavernous dining room where diners can sample chef Naim Amir’s Afghan dishes.” The food is excellent, and the room is huge and was virtually empty when I last visited. Sylvia Paull, Marc Canter and myself are meeting there for lunch on Wednesday at noon to have a look and see if we can arrange a fixed-price buffet and a space for mingling, eating and schmoozing. [...]

  48. Fubar Says:

    Crap. I missed it. And I live only ten minutes away from the place. I’ll try to make the #2 dinner.

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