PSA

[gwillen]

I will be in the San Francisco Bay area from July 12 to July 19. I'll be staying in the Mountain View area, and looking for housing around there, for August (ideally) or September (less ideally) move-in. If you want to hang out with me while I'm around, or if you have housing tips, or know someone who needs a housemate, reply here. :-)

Comments

[gwillen.livejournal.com]

Well, I don't think I missed it; I'm just saying I wouldn't go to such a restaurant without some other reason to justify the dressing-up. (I am not inclined to go to one if the only purpose is 'to eat food at a poncy restaurant.)

[bubblingbeebles.livejournal.com]

perhaps i should have asked it that way to begin with. keep in mind that if i am being excitable about a restaurant outing, it usually means the food experience is the primary purpose of the trip.

what would you consider "another purpose" to go? if i said "let's go eat extremely poncy food at this place that has no dress code", would that appeal to you instead?

[gwillen.livejournal.com]

perhaps i should have asked it that way to begin with.

Hmm? You mean, asked if I wanted to go to a poncy restaurant to eat food? That is exactly how I interpreted it to begin with; the only thing I failed to grasp was the connection between poncy restaurants and dressing up, because it has been years since I have had to dress up to go to a restaurant.

what would you consider "another purpose" to go?

To a restaurant which requires dressing up? Some occasion for which I would dress up anyway: a rare visit to extended family, or a wedding or other "serious" special occasion, e.g..

if i said "let's go eat extremely poncy food at this place that has no dress code", would that appeal to you instead?

Yeah, of course. (Modulo subtleties in the meaning of "dress code" of course -- but as long as it is a place where I could wear shorts and a t-shirt without risking being kicked out or seriously sneered at, definitely.)

[bubblingbeebles.livejournal.com]

oh, i think i misinterpreted your I am not inclined to go to one if the only purpose is 'to eat food at a poncy restaurant. as meaning "the only purpose of going to the restaurant" rather than "the only purpose of putting on nice clothes".

[gwillen.livejournal.com]

Ahhh, okay. Yes, I will happily go to a poncy restaurant merely to eat poncy food. I will just not happily dress up in order to do so. Hopefully this clears things up. :-)