James
Sorry, but I didn't find your youtube video very exciting. Of course, it took my computer 3 hours and 20 minutes to download the 2 minute video. Guess I'm a 'cheapie', when I can pay but only $2.89/mo for my phone/TV/Internet services over Dial-up from "Big Brother and The Holding Company" (AT&T). But my patience is satisfied!
As to San Mateo, it would be nice to have more Live Nightlife in San Mateo other than restaurants,,, at last count, about 17 restaurants per block thoughout the downtown. But they can be interesting, like the recently opened Mongolian Hot Pot, which has a line-up down the sidewalk almost every nite waiting for seats. (Of course, over 90% Oriental folks!) But, more interesting is the 231 Ellsworth Restaurant, right next door, with a Seating Charge of $190 per person for Dinner. Of course, Dinner is a 7-course meal that would take about 5 hours to eat, with a new bottle of wine in between each course especially selected to match the course-entree. My favorite wine is a French White Bordeaux, but the 231 will charge you $900 for that one bottle of wine! I used to get the same bottle of wine at the Playboy Club in SF for only $35 (in 1967), while enjoying a Live Show featuring Lenny Bruce, the Comedian! Then my wife and I would hop one block over to the hungry i on Broadway, for a Late Show of Glenn Yarbrough, "Live at the hungry i!"
But of course, speaking of the price of a bottle of wine, I understand there is a MacDonald's Restaurant in one of the Casino's in Vegas where you can order a bottle of wine with your 'Big Mac', everything specially-priced! The 'Big Mac' is only $3 but the bottle of wine costs $63,000! I guess that's cheap for Vegas!
Anyway, back to San Mateo! I'm not opening a club but, like I say, I wish there were more Live Performance venues that were really good! Check my Yelp Review here for the Pioneer Saloon in Woodside,here on Yelp and you'll see what I mean. When you can have a club that is patronized by the likes of Madonna, the U2 crew, Steve Young, Loni Anderson, Joan Baez, Neil Young, Joe Montana and others... Of course, San Mateo would have to provide a Parking Lot for all the limousines! I remember seeing a number of limo's in the parking lot at the Pioneer! Oh, I also remember seeing the Pioneer parking lot filled with Harley's, 'cuz the Pioneer was filled with the Hell's Angels!
So, James, are you going to bring a Top-Class Club to San Mateo, either Comedy, Live Music or? We sure do need such! And since we're right here in the middle of the Peninsula, with the price of gas today, I'd bet that something worthwhile like that here in San Mateo, would do a goldmine business!
