San Francisco Bay Area Furries

x-posted from my own journal

2008-10-02T05:58:18Z

Hey everybody open mic was a ton of fun! I played 2 original songs and 2 covers. heres a pic:

Thanks to those of you who came to support me, for those of you who couldnt make it... just to let you know i will be doing it again next time so you have another chance! So keep your eyes peeled for another SFSU open mic night!

Looking for a room/roommates in/around San Francisco

2008-10-02T03:59:12Z

I will be in need of a new place to stay by, the very latest, end of October. The lease on my apartment in Pacifica ends at the end of October, and my roommate just moved out; at the end of the lease the rent will go up a little higher than I'm willing to pay, plus I'm not a big fan of the management and maintenance crew here.

So, I'm looking to either find a room or look for an apartment/house to rent with other furs, preferably IN San Francisco, but also willing to look at the upper peninsula as long as it is close to a transportation corridor and I can get to the city quickly. I've lived in the Bay Area nearly my whole life and don't much care for suburbia ... I'd rather be in a more metropolitan setting, even if it means paying a bit extra.

I have full-time employment and can afford up to $1000/mo though realistically I'd like to pay no more than $700-800.

Well, some brief details about me: I am a 27-yo bi male ... fursona is a tiger ... I work full time but will also be going back to school on top of that starting in January ... Personality-wise I am pretty easygoing and mellow, responsible, not particularly loud but also very sociable. I have a preference for being outdoors rather than stuck inside all day. It's possible that you might not see a huge amount of me but I do contribute actively to the household and do my share of cleaning and upkeep; in fact in previous rooming situations I've often been the responsible one that keeps everything together, but other than paying rent and bills on time I'm not an order freak. It's true I am not hugely active in the fur community here (though that can always improve) but I have a circle of fur friends around the country whom I keep up with regularly, and I like attending conventions and traveling from time to time.

If anyone wants to go apartment/house hunting with me, or has a room for rent starting anytime in October, and you would like to get to know me further, please feel free to get in touch with me. My messengers are listed in my profile, if you would prefer to get in touch with me that way.

Regards,

Vidan

Tonight Only!!!

2008-10-01T07:06:25Z

Hey Everybody!

Tonight, Oct. 1st, at SF State thats_yer_lot and I are playing at the Open Mic Night. its from 5pm-7pm in the student center. C'mon out and support your local furs.

Also its FREE!!!

bafur @ 2008-09-30T21:52:00

2008-10-01T04:53:24Z

Hello all!

Well its the last Further Confusion party of the year and it will be at Silicon this Saturday night in room #249
I figure we will have the party start about 8:00pm, and yes there will be......

Drinks
Music
Trailer trash strawberry shortcake
At least one drunk obnoxious fanboy
two hula attempting fangirls
And a cute otter.

Please stop by and enjoy. Or just stop by and make weird faces, whatever floats your boat. :)

New to the Bay!

2008-09-26T21:27:13Z

Hello, folks!

I'm relatively new to the Bay (living in Berkeley). I'm a therianthrope, an activist, and a traveler. I'm hoping to get to know other animal folk in the area.

JapanTown trip Friday!

2008-09-19T01:44:04Z

Okay, guys, I'm not sure about the details entirely. It's going to be awesome, though, that's for sure. I just don't know 100% what time we should all meet. I'll say this, though, I get out of my classes at SFSU tomorrow at 2PM, and my guests, kalika_tybera and bigkittywolf aren't going to be available until the evening. Like, after 5:00. Perhaps earlier, but it's a stretch. Regardless, I don't think there's any real established time to meet at JapanTown, but we will be going for dinner at some point after 6 PM. If you want to show up earlier, it sounds good to me. If I come up with an update by tomorrow afternoon, I'll be sure to let you all know, that sound good?
Send me an email (FrostDemn at Yahoo dot com) if you have questions or want some other form of contact info or something. :3 I hope to see you all there!

Yes, it's a bit late, but the plans have been arranged sorta a few weeks back. I'm still excited and definitely going. I hope to see you all soon! ^^

Moderator- add this link!

2008-09-18T19:01:07Z

This link should be on the front page :)

http://furry.wikia.com/wiki/Bay_Area_Furry

-J

Visitor from Out of Town this week!

2008-09-15T21:44:45Z

Okay, ladies and gents. I should have posted it here way sooner. Many of you have seen it on the BAF Mailing list, though.
kalika_tybera and bigkittywolf are currently in the Bay Area on a little business/vacation type trip. We spent the day yesterday shopping a bit as they recovered from the plane trip, and they intend to go to the Berkeley furmeet on Wednesday this week (9/17). I hope lots of folks in the area can come to it!

Above that note, we currently also have plans for a trip out to JapanTown (On Geary Street in San Francisco) on Friday evening, and some walking around Downtown SF (Including Pier 39 for seafood and shopping and the like) on Saturday! I hope there are some folk interested in joining us! Bring some sketchbooks, we also want to do lots of artwork together!
Does anybody have suggestions? Can I look forward to seeing anybody? I certainly hope so!! :D

bafur @ 2008-09-14T08:06:00

2008-09-14T15:07:28Z

Hello all!

Ok I have worked out most of the details so here it goes.

There is going to be a Furry pub crawl on the 25th of October down in the Leather section of San Fransisco. It is open to all that are 21 or over. We will stop at each bar for one hour and then move on until finally stopping at the Eagle where the Castro Lions club are holding a Costume contest.

The Schedule is...

the Hole in the wall at 4:00
Chaps at 5:00
Powerhouse at 6:00
Lone star at 7:00

And then the Eagle at 8:00.

We will keep to this schedule EXACTLY. You can meet us at any bar or just show up at the Eagle for the contest (some of you might want to show off your less mobile fursuits) . I have talked to the Eagle and they say they can arrange changing space. I will work that out with them prior to the 25th.

Rules

You dont have to drink alcohol, They do serve other drinks there.
You do not have to be gay. These bars are very strait friendly ...at least during the daytime.
Please be in some type of furry attire. At the least wear a tail.
If your going to drink allot please plan on a way to get home and don't drive. I love you all way too much for any of you to die.

Cross posted to Bafur

LAN this weekend!!!

2008-09-11T18:32:57Z

Sorry for the short notice. A few of you had known about this already. Darkrage, Taurath, Feles, myself and Kel are hosting a lan at our new residence in San Jose from Friday the 12th through Sunday the 13th. We have plenty of space for anyone who would like to come. however it seems as if our table space is limited. If you have a fold up table, please bring it. Also, food, or money for food and drink helps too.

Please RSVP if you'd like to join in and let me know what you're bringing.

just wanted to say hi!

2008-09-10T03:18:28Z

Hi!
I'm new to the area, moving into eastbay california state university for fall quarter. I'm kind of shy, but friendly.

fur artist

2008-09-07T04:43:38Z

good morning all,
i was wondering since i'm new to the area, so does any one know a good, reliable, and cheap artist accepting commissions?

Hey everyone!

2008-09-05T18:49:10Z

New member here. :)

I just wanted to get some of your opinions on a potential move up to the Bay/surrounding areas.

Currently, I live with my boyfriend down in Pasadena, and we're both completely fed up with the city, and SoCal in general. We're both from the Midwest, and just aren't cut out for living in such a chaotic city like LA. I've always loved it up in the northern parts of Cali, and would love for us to move up there in the nearer future.

So, I'm just looking for some opinions/options as to places for us to start looking. We're open for looking at most areas; from San Jose up to Petaluma, (and anywhere around). We don't want to live in the middle of a city again, but somewhere quiet and relatively mellow. Lower housing prices compared to LA would be a big selling point, along with somewhere that has a lot of Nature around.

As for jobs, I'm an IT Professional, and my BF works in video games, so somewhere that's tech-friendly would be nice, too.

Thanks for helping a couple raptors out everyone!

Rainfurrest Newsletter for August 2008

2008-08-30T04:19:56Z

In this Newsletter...
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Hotel News
Events News
Registration News
Artshow News
Conbook News
Flickr Group
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Hotel News.
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We still have some rooms left, we have expanded the room block four times, and if you want to book, now is the time to do so, just a reminder however, our block closes on September 6th, 2008.

http://www.rainfurrest.com/travel.php

The Seattle Airport Marriott
http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/seawa-seattle-airport-marriott/
3201 South 176th Street
Seattle, Washington 98188 USA
Phone: 1-206-241-2000
Fax: 1-206-248-0789
Toll-free: 1-800-314-0925
Group Code: rairaia

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Fursuit Floor
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Our Fursuit floor is now full, if you sent in a request, before today, we should be able to accommodate you, however we do have a waiting list for those who are still interested in being on the fursuit floor, if you are please Contact us at http://www.rainfurrest.com/contact.php?contact_selected=Hotel.
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Events
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Our Event Schedule is now Online, please visit it at http://rainfurrest.com/events.php
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Registration News
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Thank you all for booking your pre-registrations! Current preregistrations are far greater than anticipated, and we've gladly had to increase our expected attendance even more than we thought! It's great to see so many furs as excited about attending as we are!

We've been working to make this convention a memorable one, including some freebees just for weekend attendance... But shhh.. It's a surprise!

Remember, preregistration helps us to get a better idea of attendance and gets a potentially cheaper price to boot! If you haven't preregistered yet, visit www.rainfurrest.com/reg.php to register. "Coach" registration is only $35 until September 13th!
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Artshow
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We still have panels available for all Artists. Please visit our website for more information or to obtain registration forms.

http://rainfurrest.com/artshow.php
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Conbook
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Conbook is almost ready to go! After a last minute push for content we're buckling down and hashing out the details. We've got art from some big name artists, up coming names and new faces all in there. Along with some fresh new articles and stories, this year's conbook will be taking off with flight themed goodness.
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Flickr Group
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To make it easier for people to share and see pictures of the convention, we have created a flickr group.

http://www.flickr.com/groups/rainfurrest/
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Please Visit our Website for More Information - http://www.rainfurrest.com

Thanks.. and see you at the convention!

Xfire users:

2008-08-27T08:38:14Z

http://www.xfire.com/video/1fcd8/

PLEASE vote cool on my video so I can win a laptop. Thanks :)

visiting alameda

2008-08-21T04:10:56Z

hey all,
so anyway i'm going to be in Alameda for a few days, anyone want together for some drinks, sept 9-12.

200-cat colony in San Jose - TOWNCATS needs help!!

2008-08-19T21:26:03Z

I adopted my cats from a very similar place. And I want to help them for bringing such happiness in my life.

I read this sad story in the newspaper today, and I want to spread the word.
Please help the TownCats in anyway possible.

http://www.towncats.org/

You can help with just $5, the price of a fancy coffee at Starbucks, can help a lot. If you have PAYPAL they make it SUPER easy!! If you can help with volunteering, or any other way, please get a hold of them.

More articles:
http://cbs5.com/pets/sj.abandoned.cats.2.794766.html
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_10229693?IADID=Search-www.mercurynews.com-www.mercurynews.com

-J

point reyes

2008-08-14T01:56:55Z

greetings all,
so after long last, i have moved to the northern bay area. i was wondering if anyone lived in the area?

Respect to my children and then some.

2008-08-04T02:31:04Z

www.bigcatcare.org
Some of you know that I used to raise, train, and take care of tigers and other big cats for several years.

It has been many years, and the compound has been restructured into a non-profit group that houses nearly 60 cats.

Much of the cats I know either died or have been moved to other places. Some still remain but there are many others there too from more recent years.

This place sees to the cats in an effort to give them the best life possible but do so through donations and sponsorships. I am working on setting up donations from me, but if anyone else would like to help them out as well I would appreciate it as would the cats.

The site link is www.bigcatcare.org

These cats played a major role in my life and showed me a part of myself I was unaware of. If anyone has questions or anything else, feel free to contact me.

Thanks for reading.

Town Cats: Urgent Plea for Bay Area Fosters (Spreading the word)

2008-07-24T07:35:40Z

pocket_entropy just posted this to her own LJ as well as the cakepieces community. I'm sad to say I'm not a viable home for any of them due to allergies, but if I could do anything, it's spread the word. The following is her post:

Town Cats, the nonprofit feline rescue we volunteer with, is in the process of raiding a horder home in the area, 100 cats confined to one household. All we know so far is that the cats are friendly. We'll know more in a few days.

Town Cats itself can hold about 20 of these guys, and they've sent out an urgent plea for foster homes for the other 80. These cats will be destroyed at local shelters if we don't take them. Arty and I will be fostering what we can. I am hoping that none of them end up going to shelters, which is why I'm putting a call out here.

If you are in the bay area, CA, and are willing to foster or adopt, or know someone who is here and may be willing, please let me know. And please feel free to spread the word.

(My own siamese cat, Red Dog, was rescued from a hording situation--he's probably the best cat I've ever had. That's a big reason as to why I feel so strongly about helping out with this.)

- Vinci

Please, if anybody is able to help, please do so!

Rainfurrest is only 10 weeks away!, Here's what going on for July 2008.

2008-07-18T23:55:30Z

Last year we had a wonderful event, and we knocked a lot of furs socks off with how fun rainfurrest was. This year our goal has been simple and clear. If we do something, we do it to the best of our abilities or not at all. We hope that everyone who comes will see this throughout our con. With that we'd like to take a chance to invite you to read below to get up to date with what's happening with Rainfurrest.

In this Newsletter:
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Hotel.
Food and Beverage.
Con Book.
Dealer's Den.
Art Show.
Registration News.
Dances.
Events.
Staffing.
Closing.
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Hotel.
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Our hotel room block has sold out several times already and the hotel itself is starting to get near sold out entirely. We keep expanding the room block, but we have already broken last years room block size by a substantial amount and eventually the hotel will sell out. This is GREAT news. Unfortunately it means some people calling the reservation line got told by the telephone rep that the event code was both invalid, and no longer there. If this happens to you please contact our hotel rep through the website, or just simply phone in and try again the following day. Or if it's a real urgent situation please call Aloha at 425-223-3969. Currently we are pushing 250 roomnights right now, and continuing to grow, if need be an overflow hotel will be looked into, if you have questions about our event, please be sure to check out our webpage.

Some quick things to note are as follows:
* Deadline to book a hotel room is September 5th, after that you'll be stuck with the regular room rate.
* If you booked a room and it's not at the convention rate, please contact us.
(http://www.rainfurrest.com/contact.php?contact_selected=Hotel
* For hotel room rates please see http://www.rainfurrest.com/travel.php
* Parking rates are 5$ per day for all attendees, and 22$ per day for valet.
* When contacting the hotel, our room booking code is: rairaia

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Food and Beverage.
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The Dinner will be at 7pm on Saturday, and the cost is $15.00 for Coach and Business Class Attendees, and free for First Class.

The Menu is:
* Caesar Salad
* Orange Ginger Chicken
* Garlic Broccoli
* Sesame Fried Rice
* Brownies and Beverage Service.

Cartoons and Cereal will be served at 8am to 10am on Saturday morning in the main theatrical area, we are working our hardest to have both soy, and rice milk alternatives for those who come early and need it.

Ice Cream Social, our ice cream social will be spectacular this year with three different kinds of Haagen Daz ice cream, and a multitude of toppings.

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Con Book.
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Our con book this year is still looking for submissions from artists, writers, and advertisers who want to be published in this years book. Please contact us right away as the publishing deadline is fast approaching. http://www.rainfurrest.com/contact.php?contact_selected=Con%20Book

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Dealers Den.
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The dealers den is also starting to sell out, so if your looking to sell at this years convention please act quickly. The dealers membership is $80 and provides you with your convention membership and one dealer table 6 feet in length. For more information, and Information on how to purchase a table, please visit http://rainfurrest.com/dealer.php

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Art Show.
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Welcome to RainFurrest Airline's 2008 Art Show. Our panels are selling quickly and we'd like to see all of the favored artists in our community participate. We'd like to see all of you there and are looking forward to seeing you.

Art show panels will be $10 each. Our panels are approximately 4 feet wide and 6 feet tall and are the same as pretty much every other convention out there. There will also be an additional 10% commission fee on all sales in the art show. For More Information, on how to Purchase a Panel, please visit http://rainfurrest.com/artshow.php

This year our artshow is going to be staffed by Angel, however, this will be his last year being our artshow lead, because he wants to move on to other departments next year. This means that there is a opening for a new artshow lead for 2009. If you think you have what it takes to be the artshow lead in 2009 please come forward and volunteer this year with Angel so that we can get to know you. If no one comes forward, we may not have a artshow lead for 2009, and thereby no artshow.

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Registration News.
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Registration numbers are coming in strong! We are already 3 times larger this year than we were last year at this time, and we still have 2 months to go! How you decide to join us at Rainfurrest can make a significant difference in how we can run the convention.

Your registration can help the convention in additional ways! Our premium 'Business Class' and 'First Class' options allow you to show your support of the convention, receive VIP treatment, and get some great freebies in return! We're working hard to have some very unique, themed giveaways for our flight-themed year!

We are doing all we can to make your 'flight' an exciting one! For more information or to register now please visit: http://www.rainfurrest.com/reg.php

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Dances.
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We're pleased to announce that the dances at RainFurrest have been expanded this year! We will be rocking the house on Friday and Saturday nights from 9PM all the way until 2AM, with DJ both old and new. Friday night will see Digi-fox starting us off, followed by Jango's DNB groove. On Saturday night, we'll get the evening rolling with EarVelvet and finish up with DJ Angel, straight from the Rainbow Tiger in Second Life.

We've also created some fursuit-friendly times during the dances. 9-11PM on Friday night, and 9-10PM on Saturday night, there will be no strobe lights active. The strobes will also be doused on Saturday at midnight, and you'd all better show up, because we're going to do the Time Warp again!

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Events.
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Most if not all cons have a masquerade or cosplay where we get to show off, but our poor plushies sit in the room all alone. Now we at RainFurrest we think our plushy friends should get there time in the spot light too. So we will be having a Plushy Costume contest, with a twist. You have from now until Saturday September 26th, 2008 at midnight to get registered for the contest.

Gaming this year is ramping up with Rock Band, Super Smash Brothers Brawl, Golden Eye, Pokemon Trade/Battle(DS), a DDR Tournament, and Halo Free for all, just to mention a few.

For more information about any of these events, please go to http://rainfurrest.com/contact.php and choose the appropriate department (Art, writing, gaming, or events scheduling) from the drop down menu.

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Staffing.
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We are in the unfortunate situation to be looking for a replacement hospitality lead this year. Please contact us if you're interested.

This year our artshow is going to be staffed by Angel, however, this will be his last year being our artshow lead, because he wants to move on to other departments next year. This means that there is a opening for a new artshow lead for 2009. If you think you have what it takes to be the artshow lead in 2009 please come forward and volunteer this year with Angel so that we can get to know you. If no one comes forward, we may not have a artshow lead for 2009, and thereby no artshow.

We are now recruiting for a web designer for 2009. For all of those who think they have the skill and the talent to make our website great, please come forward, we'd like to have the 2009 web design finished before the convention starts.

We are still accepting staff for this year in certain areas, please come forward if you'd like to volunteer for this year.

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Closing.
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While this was a somewhat longer newsletter than your probably used to, I think that you'll agree that this is chock full of great new information. As a final note, we already have a hotel contract for 2009 with the Marriott on the condition that this year goes smoothly and the majority are happy with the hotel. Be sure to come by the opening ceremonies of the convention, there's lots of progress happening with Rainfurrest!

furry chicken

2008-07-10T14:04:02Z

Hey all,
im gonna try to check out the furry meet at the chicken place tonight. I'm new to the area, so I'm looking to meet some local furs. I'll probably wear my cat ears, so hopefully I'll see some of you there! =p
~Leo

berkeley meetup

2008-07-09T01:53:00Z

Can someone IM me with more info about the berkeley meetup? I am going out to dinner tonight but would love to come hang out later if it's an option. You can find me on AIM here: Maddi and if i'm not on just leave a note on here! <3 thanks loves

room available - mid peninsula

2008-07-06T16:37:43Z

Feles is moving in with Darkrage, Taurath, etc., so the Belmont house has a room available beginning the 15th July, $500 for 1 person or $325 each for 2 persons.

No deposit is needed, unless there's a pet.

Room is 14ft x 11.5ft

2 closets, one for hangars, the other with shelves

Large northeast-facing windows with screens and blinds

White carpet

House comes with:

Washer/Dryer

Dishwasher

Bar

Entertainment center

2nd floor deck with view

Side yards and back yard

Comcast
-most cable tv channels
-top tier internet (16dn/2up)
-completely free calls phone service

We(the remaining furdorks: Anfang and myself) have an indoor cat and a bunny. An additional pet would need to be met and reviewed.

Smoking is fine but must be done outdoors(on the deck usually)

If you would like to see the place or have any questions, call my cell (650) 533-4264 (answering machine says drew hundley's computer consulting) or call the house phone (650) 832-1386. Email works too, s h e n r y y r a t c o m c a s t . n e t

Collars

2008-06-30T19:29:12Z

Hey a friend of mine makes custom collars, meant for dogs but y'know you want one.

she makes only for medium and large dogs which means they're bigger collars. you can see some of her works here on here etsy page: http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5916255

by the way i figured its bay related since she's from sunnyvale, she doesnt have a live journal so i told her i'd post for her.

thanks