Ah, the things you learn by talking to bloggers.

I had the pleasure of meeting up with a few of my fellow SF metbloggers at the Pied Piper in the Palace Hotel (in SF, natch) recently, and it was an enjoyable and enlightening experience. Met with Christiana Dominguez, Brian Lam, Cheyenne, Marc Canter, and Jason Defillippo (the latter few are probably quite familiar to a lot of you).

The entry title was quoted by none other than Mr. Canter, who claims that San Francisco streets like Minna and Jessie were named after whores. Apparently in exchange for a little nookie, the judges would grace the streets with their names. How incredibly San Franciscan. The only reason I’m not blogging that on the SF Metblog is because I can’t find a source (Darn you Google!).

There were many other interesting conversations that evening, most of which revolved around the world of blogs (“Which is better, XML or RDF?” “Am I a loser for sticking with Blogger?” “Let me tell you about this thing called blogrolling.” etc.) Ah, such geek fun. Us old-time San Franciscans also schooled newcomer Jason on San Francisco geography, as well as the best place in town to get a proper bed (It’s Sleep Train, natch).

Much alcohol was also consumed, which was a really bad idea on my part — ended up having a horror of an allergic reaction later on. Damn it. Should’ve remembered I’m allergic to vodka. Three days later and I’m still covered in splotchy rashes. Sigh.

Overall though, it was a fun evening. I’d do it again in a heartbeat. Minus the allergy thing.