BARBARic Uprising

It's getting to be that time again. On the East Coast, Atrios and his keyboard-jockey pals have Drinking Liberally. Here on the Best Coast, we have the BARBARians. The esteemed Bay Area Resident Bloggers And Readers group is going to get its collective drink on for the third time, and woe be to those who miss out. The event is scheduled for this coming Thursday, Jan. 27th, at The Uptown on 17th and Capp Streets in San Francisco's historic Mission District. For those of you taking BART, that's one block south and one block east (despite my earlier confusion, those are the proper coordinates) from the 16th and Mission station.

Who is going to be there, you wonder? Our pal in blogging, the King of Zembla, has a list of likely suspects.

And how about some celebrity endorsements? Because we all know that nothing in this country really exists unless it has been endorsed by someone famous. Here's a short list:

"Uptown? Top ranking!" -- Althea and Donna

"I'd rather have an Uptown in front of me than a frontal Uptownomy." -- Tom Waits

"When you're alone and life is making you lonely, you can always go... Uptown." -- Petula Clark

"Fascism is capitalism plus murder." -- Uptown Sinclair

So there you have it. Bring beer money, a dirk if you have one and a change of liver. See you there!