Ok, sorry I am getting on this a little late ... Yes, Ape takes place the 16th and 17th.
Personally I'd prefer go to APE on sunday and take my time ... and draw on the sketchcrawl, would be a little hard to draw at APE.
But I could see that a quick visit to the con on saturday could be fun too.
Here's a possibility, on the 16th there's also these public dance performances happening
http://www.epiphanydance.org/They are free and happen around the N-Juda. The first spot they perform is DUBOCE PARK at 11.
What if we started at the Duboce Park Cafe' at 10am?
http://www.doloresparkcafe.org/ Map
http://tinyurl.com/2gyc666Check the performance at 11 in the Park ...
Then make our way to Market and down toward Hayes Valley (Blue Bottle Coffee is a must-stopOver) from there we can also go to Civic Center (since some people mentioned it)
and then people could still walk to APE if so inclined
What do you say?
Here's the possible itinerary .... using MapMyRun ...
http://beta.mapmyrun.com/route/detail/2 ... ive_done=1Bit of a walk if one wants to make it all the way to APE ...
OR second option, we could also do the sketchcrawl mostly in SOMA, to make it easier on who wants to go to APE ...
it certainly would be a more gritty side of SF... highways passing overhead, old warehouse buildings side by side with brand new lofts ...
Around the concourse, tradersJoe and such ...
Maybe it's worth putting it to votes ...
How do you make a poll on this thing? I can't seem to find it in the options ...
enrico