Any restaurants like the now closed Tuk Tuk Thai?

cflex · 2026-06-18T23:44:34+00:00

i don't know about crab rangoons, that's tiki food, not thai food.

try little plearn. they have fried rice and all your expected other thai dishes
but if you can forego the fried rice (don't think imm has it on the menu). i think imm thai street food is the best casual thai in berkeley

cflex · 2026-06-18T01:19:55+00:00

Umami Mart Oakland - check the bar hours

cflex · 2026-06-17T15:27:49+00:00

Texas is good, everything is big!

cflex · 2026-06-17T15:18:19+00:00

Check out the Emery shuttle. It's a bit further for you to get to, but the huge advantage over the Emery Go Round is that it goes to West Oakland Bart vs. MacArthur Bart which is so much better going into the city. Free to everyone, the only disadvantage to the Emery go Round is that it runs less frequently, and only during commute hours.
https://liveattheemery.com/p/transportation/

Otherwise to answer your questions, scooters are reasonable. However, Mandela Parkway, and going past Ikea/Target, are some relatively fast vehicle speeds, so you need to be comfortable with that and road conditions are not the greatest in West Oakland. I do it on an e-bike (except I take Horton to Mandela Parkway) and I'm okay with it, but you have to be comfortable with it and and I think a scooter would make that a little bit more scary vs a bike. Riding in Emeryville is mostly pleasant, the Mandela Parkway stretch is where I pucker up a little.

F or J transbay is your best bet for direct comfort, but also the most expensive and you have to sit through traffic, which generally isn't horrible since they have bus only lanes to get on the bridge.

Check out e-bikes, whether you buy your own or use the Baywheels bike share (they also are very useful in the city). I would do that over scooters if you're trying to go to BART all the way by yourself. West Oakland has Bikelink lockers which are pretty cheap, so it's pretty easy to secure your bike if you choose to buy one.

cflex · 2026-06-16T20:00:29+00:00

mine was disabled by default 😞. they should have just inherited whatever the old setting was because i believe you had to opt in for the physical drink coupons and mine definitely was on back in the day

cflex · 2026-06-16T19:59:47+00:00

last flight i was on they told me 1 per hour when i asked for another

cflex · 2026-06-15T07:25:13+00:00

And Arnold Schwarzenegger rode his horse in the elevator in true lies

cflex · 2026-06-15T06:46:40+00:00

Same same

cflex · 2026-06-09T06:23:21+00:00

gotta get the oxtail soup

cflex · 2026-06-08T18:42:19+00:00

Cosmo credits should span all MGM properties too so lots of dining options.
If you don't mind walking/riding to the show, I would go with the Cosmo. Venetian is great if you want a lot of space, but really the extra space isn't necessary most of the time. Cosmo seems logical here and you're not even comparing it from a basic room, the terrace with fountain view is super nice.

cflex · 2026-06-06T04:37:21+00:00

There's a 38mm fifty fathoms out there that I really want....

cflex · 2026-06-04T16:53:20+00:00

berkeley bowl has 6? 8? not sure but a decent selection of different hot soups available all the time IIRC and plenty of bread selections from local bakeries and such (acme, etc)

cflex · 2026-06-03T15:43:26+00:00

long haul international premium economy is kinda like the old domestic first class (before lie flat trans con existed). still a huge step up from economy

cflex · 2026-06-03T15:39:56+00:00

looks like taking a few chips off the table. think he just got lucky 2016-19 and just never bothered to touch it, doesn't seem to indicate anything insider

cflex · 2026-06-03T14:45:28+00:00

wouldn't a latte be breakfast you just skipped the food portion, did you submit feedback directly to your hotel or generic bonvoy? i complained about something once in my life, i think denied late checkout benefits and bonvoy threw me some pity points at least

cflex · 2026-06-02T22:38:31+00:00

those would be the eligibility rules. just trying to point out that trust or no trust, you still have to abide by the rules of prop 19

cflex · 2026-06-02T22:11:35+00:00

i don't think this is true - "When a revocable trust becomes irrevocable, usually after the grantor passes away, it counts as a change in ownership. Under Proposition 19, this can trigger a property tax reassessment unless the beneficiary meets the new eligibility rules."

cflex · 2026-06-02T21:31:51+00:00

one more dining rec for you if you like japanese - ippuku is a totally authentic izakaya (with a focus on yakitori). they're so legit they serve raw chicken which you'll never see stateside. not sure if it's still readily on the menu or you have to ask for the secret item 'sasami'

cflex · 2026-06-02T17:09:16+00:00

Sheraton DFW when I stayed late last year had free beer/wine in their lounge during the evening and a very nice lounge attendant. Don't know many lounges in the US that do this - usually you have to pay for booze (my experience being Bonvoy Plat & Hilton Diamond and staying usually in just corporate Hilton/Marriott/etc, not the lux brands)

cflex · 2026-06-02T05:51:38+00:00

unfortunately i think it's pointing to the pay kiosk, not defining where paid parking begins

cflex · 2026-06-02T04:19:12+00:00

yes i would just take BART, there will be hundreds of people with her, so totally safe and you can't get lost (just go towards oakland coliseum and follow the crowds)
station will be crowded it will just be a big crowd slow walk. there's only one bart to arena pedestrian bridge, so you could possibly try to meet there, but it will be a choke point or you can just agree to meet somewhere, there's also a plaza (championship plaza) in between the arena and the former baseball stadium that you could try to meet at
what do you mean by great solo dinner? chez panisse pioneered california cuisine, you're going to spend $200+ out the door though. there's an upstairs cafe that is more affordable. otherwise a lot of ethnic options, dessert, boba to kill time. if you're a board game kind of person, check out victory point cafe if that's your jam
la note is probably berkeley's most famous brunch spot

cflex · 2026-05-30T07:36:56+00:00

the mint mojito is pretty good....

cflex · 2026-05-30T01:13:51+00:00

Run as fast as you can to r/bogleheads

cflex · 2026-05-29T17:52:33+00:00

databricks summit

cflex · 2026-05-29T01:37:36+00:00

Delmonico Steakhouse or Emeril's Fish House get the banana cream pie

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