Birthday in the Bay Area

November 7, 2008 10:58 AM

Original birthday celebration ideas for 30ish-year-old in SF Bay Area?

Have a friend with a birthday in 11 days. Not looking for gift ideas, but something original/fun to do in SF or Bay Area for a group of people in their late 20s and early 30s? Could be a group of 5-10 people. Dinner & drinks are obvious, but what else? For the sake of argument, consider cost open (but not unlimited), and a weekend available. Specific or general ideas are welcome.

posted by wubbie to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (7 answers total)

You can rent the Tactile Dome at the Exploratorium for private parties (contraindicated for claustrophobics, people with disabilities, hugely pregnant women, etc). It can be a ton of fun for the right people.
posted by Quietgal at 11:44 AM on November 7, 2008

Paintball. It's amazingly fun to shoot your friends.
posted by craven_morhead at 12:11 PM on November 7, 2008

Movies, pizza and beer in Oakland?
http://www.picturepubpizza.com/
posted by rmless at 12:46 PM on November 7, 2008

Spend the night looking at the stars! Camp out at the Robert Ferguson Observatory (near Santa Rosa) with observatory privileges and a guide.

Assuming you are all geeky and would like that sort of thing :)
posted by Joh at 2:38 PM on November 7, 2008

Pinball Gallery in Alameda
Go-karts in Burlingame
posted by otherwordlyglow at 2:49 PM on November 7, 2008

Skydiving. Indoors or out.
posted by nat at 3:18 PM on November 7, 2008

Jackson Arms, before drinks.
posted by bendy at 12:47 AM on November 8, 2008