January 2001

Monday, January 1st at 3:00 PM
New Year's Day Recovery Party

Join MAX on 01/01/01 to recover from your New Year's Eve festivities - no matter what they might have been. We want everyone - from the migraine packing party animals to the genteel suburbanites who couldn't quite stay awake until midnight - to watch reruns of the well-pickled Dick Clark posing in Times Square. Let's get together over cocktails and a snacky brunch buffet. Please note that discussions of New Year's Resolutions are strictly forbidden. The festivities will be at Rick Sneed's, 577 27th Street #1, near Castro and 27th. Make your reservation online. Members $15, non-members $25.

Monday, January 15, 7:30PM
Gay Author Book Club

The title of the book is "Queer Fear" - Gay Horror fiction with 18 short stories. The book costs $16.95 at Books Inc. on  Market Street or Different Light Books on Castro. The meeting place for this month will be the Java Source Coffee House, 345 Clement Street between 4th and 5th Avenues in San Francisco. This is an old, large coffee house with reasonable prices, interesting character, and a lot of chairs! We will meet in the back of the shop and you should be able to recognize us. We really do start on time and go until about 9:30, but you can come late if you must. You need not buy the book or read it to attend the meeting. For more information contact Bill Serbin or Richard Radandt.

Wednesday, January 17, 7:00PM
TASTE at Nasturtium

Join fellow MAXers at Nasturtium Restaurant, an elegant restaurant in the Avenues. Chef Michael Hart is a graduate of the California Culinary Academy, and his professional experience has included stints at Zingari at the Donatello Hotel, American Bistro, Roti and Masons at the Fairmont Hotel. Prior to opening Nasturtium, he worked as executive chef at the Canterbury Hotel in San Francisco. At Nasturtium, your delectable three-course meal will include a goat cheese tart or caesar salad, pan seared salmon, pork tenderloin or rabbit three ways (roasted leg, grilled loin or house sausage), and creme brulee or semifreddo. Dinner with tax and tip will be $50.00 (Members) / $60.00 (Guests). Please reserve online or call Bill Funke at  431-2928. A full bar is available for pre-dinner cocktails. For more information about the restaurant, click here. (Nasturtium, 4134 Geary Boulevard at 5th Avenue,  387-1090)

Thursday, January 18
Dive Dining at Gombei's

If you like Japanese food and have ever been to Japan to see how things are really done, you will like this place. It's too clean and well run to be a dive but you will feel right at home anyway. They feature all the basic Japanese fare except sushi (although they do have sashimi specials every so often). Combination plates are typically served with miso soup and tofu - try the mackerel or chicken/beef yakinuku for a change of pace. The donburi here is good as well as Udon noodles for a warm up in winter. Gombei's is at 193 East Jackson Street, San Jose. Call Blair Cambra at 408-473-2205 to reserve your place at the table.

Saturday, January 20th at 12:00PM
Splendors from China's Imperial Palace

Join us on a docent led tour of the "Secret World of the Forbidden City" at the Oakland Museum of California. This exhibit offers a rare glimpse into the opulence and rituals of the Chinese Imperial Court during its final dynasty. Exquisitely crafted objects, clothing, and a furnished throne room shed light on the public and private lives of all-powerful emperors. Tickets are $13.00 (Members) / $23.00 (Guests). Reserve your tickets online. The Oakland Museum is at 1000 Oak Street, Oakland.

Sunday, January 21, 2:00PM
Annual Townhall Meeting

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! MAX Calls a Town Hall Meeting! It's time for the annual all-MAX get together to hear the State of the Union, MAX style! Your humble Board of Directors will be in attendance to give you the lowdown on finances and plans for 2001. Chairman Mike Barsul promises it will be fun! See you there! (Most Holy Redeemer Church Fellowship Hall, 100 Diamond Street, San Francisco)

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