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Ask HN: What do geeks in Palo Alto do on weekend nights?

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Re: Ask HN: What do geeks in Palo Alto do on weekend nights?

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Post by leif »

dtrizzle wrote: post #22
hunterjrj wrote: post #15

Reading these posts it seems to me that there is a huge opportunity for an entertainment-oriented entrepreneur in Palo Alto. For Heavens sake, someone open up a bar for these guys and don't charge a cover for women!

Assuming you do charge a cover for men, this is a really good way to get sued. See Angelucci v. Century Supper Club, 158 P.3d 718 (CA 2007) and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladies_night#California

"Ladies' nights in Illinois have been upheld under the anti-discrimination provision of the Dram Shop Act.[11] The court determined that the discount was intended to encourage women to attend the bar in greater numbers, rather than to discourage attendance by males."

Illinois gets it. California doesn't. Way to be the state with the stick up your butt again, CA.

Re: Ask HN: What do geeks in Palo Alto do on weekend nights?

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Post by gnosis »

juiceandjuice wrote: post #39

I just moved here in October and I don't really know anyone. The more I'm here the more I wish I lived in SF. The ridiculous thing is that it takes me 25 minutes to get to work from where I live (the Willows in Menlo Park) to SLAC because the intracity traffic is so SLOW. Basically though, I think the bar scene here blows. It's cool that a lot of the food places are open late on University though. That being said, wh…

25 minutes is not a long commute. I used to do 2 hour commutes, and knew people whose commutes were even longer.

Re: Ask HN: What do geeks in Palo Alto do on weekend nights?

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Post by juiceandjuice »

dotBen wrote: post #24

Here's a different perspective to show the grass isn't greener on the other-side: I've lived in San Francisco for 4.5yrs and sometimes I feel lost for interesting places to hang out in the evenings here in The City. I'm not really interested in the pretentious hipster scene bars of Mission, I don't like the LA-wannabe scene of Marina and most of SoMa's clubs cater for East Bay bridge and tunnel crowd (before you thin…

A violet situation sounds like code for a homosexuals.

Re: Ask HN: What do geeks in Palo Alto do on weekend nights?

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Post by juiceandjuice »

gnosis wrote: post #42
juiceandjuice wrote: post #39

I just moved here in October and I don't really know anyone. The more I'm here the more I wish I lived in SF. The ridiculous thing is that it takes me 25 minutes to get to work from where I live (the Willows in Menlo Park) to SLAC because the intracity traffic is so SLOW. Basically though, I think the bar scene here blows. It's cool that a lot of the food places are open late on University though. That being said, wh…

25 minutes is not a long commute. I used to do 2 hour commutes, and knew people whose commutes were even longer.

Well, 25 minutes isn't bad. The thing that sucks is that it's 25 minutes over 5 miles. If I'm going to be in my car for half an hour and living in a place I don't really like, I might as well commute a bit longer and live in a place I like better.

The fact that live music is pretty much non-existant in this area is sort of a bummer as well.

Re: Ask HN: What do geeks in Palo Alto do on weekend nights?

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Post by ardit33 »

dzlobin wrote: post #38

This is something that has bugging me for some time; why is there such a lack of nightlife in Palo Alto? Does anyone know what the latest allowed time for a bar to be open? Anyone interested in opening a hacker friendly bar that's open late and has coffee/wifi during the day? Edit: I'm actually quite serious. I have restaurant experience and it sure as shit seems like its in need. Anyone at all interested should drop…

No girls. A bar full of dudes gets boring really fast. You go once, twice, then you don't go there anymore.

Better just stay home and code and drink a beer. I meet my friends at coffee places (Red Rock in MV., or Coupa Cafe in PA).

Re: Ask HN: What do geeks in Palo Alto do on weekend nights?

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Post by dzlobin »

ardit33 wrote: post #45
dzlobin wrote: post #38

This is something that has bugging me for some time; why is there such a lack of nightlife in Palo Alto? Does anyone know what the latest allowed time for a bar to be open? Anyone interested in opening a hacker friendly bar that's open late and has coffee/wifi during the day? Edit: I'm actually quite serious. I have restaurant experience and it sure as shit seems like its in need. Anyone at all interested should drop…

No girls. A bar full of dudes gets boring really fast. You go once, twice, then you don't go there anymore. Better just stay home and code and drink a beer. I meet my friends at coffee places (Red Rock in MV., or Coupa Cafe in PA).

a fair point, but where the hell do the ~6,500 female stanford students go every night/weekend?

Re: Ask HN: What do geeks in Palo Alto do on weekend nights?

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Post by citizenkeys »

I got another good tip:

Paul Graham's essay on "Where to See Silicon Valley" is a valuable primer for anyone not familiar with the area. A must-read for anyone that wants to "get" the area: http://www.paulgraham.com/seesv.html

The two tips I personally found the most useful:

* Red Rock is a great place to meet other people working on start-ups.

* Taking the 280 between Silicon Valley and San Francisco is infinitely more scenic than taking the 101. Plus, you can avoid the 101's frequent airport traffic.

Re: Ask HN: What do geeks in Palo Alto do on weekend nights?

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Post by billmcneale »

If you're single, you have flexible hours at your work and you want to meet girls, move to San Francisco. Period.

Once you get married and have kid, move to the Peninsula and wonder how anyone could ever enjoy living in the City.

All the single girls are either in SF or work for Google, so you know what to do.

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