We have a tentative meet-up date: August 17th. Now all we need is the place! Our launch party thread turned up a number of great ideas:
• Lost Art Salon (S. Van Ness between 13th and 14th)
• Cortez at the Hotel Adagio (550 Geary)
• Lime (upper Market in the Castro)
• Rosewood (732 Broadway, near Columbus)
There was a resounding lack of interest in meeting at a design store, as they did in Chicago. But we've included that option in the poll below anyway, just in case there's still some unvoiced interest.
Rosewood is a great choice, especially since the owner did the entire remodel himself, on a shoestring budget.
I like the Cortez becaus it's accessible by BART for those of us in the East Bay.
For me, I like the location Rosewood & Cortez far better than the Lost Art saloon - right near lots of transit and less weird at night than S. Van Ness & Mission area.
ANother vote for considering east bay denizens