Public outings in the bay area

As some of you have heard, I'm going to be in California at the end of the month. There are a lot of people I'd like to see--too many to make individual time for everyone unless I moved back. So I am once again planning to set a date where I say "I will be here and you should stop by sometime".
And I look to you to tell me when would be a good or a bad time and where would be a good or a bad location. I was thinking someplace like King of Clubs, which is good for wandering in and out and doesn't ask for a big personal outlay, but is kind of dark and noisy. Possibly a coffee shop, but the tables are a bit small. And it often smells like coffee.
Share with me! But soon, because I should start making actual plans.

The civilisations of the galaxy call it....

I started ME today. (I'm an Earther, a war hero, and a sniper.) I think I'm enjoying it more than DA at this point. The military model means that yes, I'm on rails, but I don't mind it as much. It feels more like "you have objectives to accomplish" rather than "go now do this thing". We met the geth, and I'm very pleased that there was a reason for the Vlad Dracul Portable Disposal kits aside from "it shows that we're evil". The cannon fodder caught me by surprise. I like the dial-a-conversation style of interaction a lot. And yay for computer assisted aiming!

I'm having trouble getting used to the interface, and I have no idea if I'm switching weapons or not. (EDIT: It looks like I switch weapons briefly and then go back to the pistol.) And I'm losing random bits of dialogue. No one character, and it seems to happen until the camera angle changes. I've had scenes where I could hear one character's lines but not the other's. Makes me sad. And, unfortunately, the strongest character so far has been Pvt. Fodder.