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Ba.food added back in to followups.  I can read replies in either.

In article <8llbmo$nfe@steam.stanford.edu>,
Meg Worley <meg@steam.stanford.edu> wrote:
>
>So, nearly half of the threads on ba.food these days are about
>drinking, and several folks (lurkers and regs, both) have expressed
>by email the wish that those silly boozy threads would just go 
>away.  I think there is demonstrated interest, particularly in
>light not only of the number of drunks like myself in ba.* but
>also of the number of wine-country enquiries.
>
>Consequently, I'd like to suggest a ba.* group dedicated to
>the hard stuff.  I don't have strong feelings about the name,
>except that I hate the rec.food.drink model and would prefer
>something that is a sibling to ba.food.  

Well, I'd certainly be interested in participating in any such group, but
I am wondering why people who aren't interested in reading about, say,
bourbon or aperitifs or the wine country are doing reading threads with
said titles.  I mean, I'm not particularly interested in random South Bay
or Peninsula restaurant reviews since I neither live nor work down there,
but I just zap the threads that look like they're about them.  

For me, it's part of the dining experience usually - I don't want to feel
obligated in some way to discuss the food one place and the wine or bar in
another.  And sometimes going out for drinks (and maybe some nice snacky
things) is fun.  (Actually the only time I was in Masa's was with some
women friends, at the bar.  The cocktails were not the greatest I have
had, but the price was good and the bartender comped us a round.) 

I like the give and take in ba.food.  Mind you, I think any
"spinoff" would probably be interesting, but at the end of the day I'm
wondering if this is a split that needs to happen.

CLB
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