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Seattle Meetup

spinifex23 — Mon, 12 Sep 2005 22:52:31 -0800

Hey Seattle!

Another meetup? This time, let's do Ethiopian. Queen Sheba has been suggested as the restaurant of choice.

So, when do we want to do this? Ideas?

By: matildaben

matildaben — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:23:46 -0800

I'm in. Oh, am I ever in!

By: matildaben

matildaben — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:24:40 -0800

P.S. OK to invite the MeChatters?

By: librarina

librarina — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:30:07 -0800

When when when? Ooh I want to come!
I have been here for two years now and have not managed to make it to Ethiopian food yet. I'm wasting away (spiritually, I guess, and taste-bud-ly, not physically)!

By: spinifex23

spinifex23 — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 08:31:49 -0800

MeChatters? Sure! More the merrier.

So - date ideas? I'm not available Sept 23-25, but the rest of the time is free.

By: Captain_Tenille

Captain_Tenille — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:35:54 -0800

I have been here for two years now and have not managed to make it to Ethiopian food yet.

You think you have it bad? I've lived nearish Seattle for nineteen years and still haven't gotten around to having Ethiopian food yet.

I keep meaning to make it up to Seattle for a meet (since I don't think anyone would really want to come down to Olympia for one (although that might work sometime for a combined Port Land/Seattle get together...)) and Sept. 23-25 would have been fabulous. Whatever people decide, I'll try and make it, but I can't make any promises.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:46:27 -0800

Not available 9/17, 9/21, 9/23-25, or 10/2.

By: TedW

TedW — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 09:55:29 -0800

I won't be coming from GA, but to those of you who haven't had Ethiopian food yet, it is fantastic. My wife turned me on to it last year on a trip to Houston.

By: warbaby

warbaby — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 12:48:39 -0800

I'm in town next Saturday.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:52:42 -0800

I'm going to the Rollergirls Saturday night. Lunchtime would work, though.

By: spinifex23

spinifex23 — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 13:59:42 -0800

How about Sunday, September 25th? 7 pmish?

I'll be at Foolscap Con in Bellevue, but it'll be wrapping down by Sun afternoon. I can easily make time for Ethiopian food by Sun evening.

By: fatllama

fatllama — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:41:26 -0800

Loves ethiopian. Will be there.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 15:43:19 -0800

Will be driving back from Eastern Washington on the 25th and probably not fit for human company.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:09:51 -0800

I have to grab some stuff at IKEA later this month, so I'd be up for it as well.

By: spinifex23

spinifex23 — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 16:40:09 -0800

*faints*

Dear Leader will be there!

If the 25th will not work, please suggest other dates/times. I'm open to most, aside from the dates I mentioned before. Sat, 10/1 would also work for me, but maybe not for others.

So: Sun, 9/25, or Sat, 10/1? Those seem to be the options that fit into most people's schedules, of those of us that have problem schedules. (Really - that made sense in my head.)

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:03:30 -0800

I'd go for Sat. 10/1.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:04:42 -0800

10/1 works for moi.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:05:08 -0800

Can we get caitlinb too?

By: jonmc

jonmc — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:19:26 -0800

OK, matildaben, say hi to mathowie for me.

By: spinifex23

spinifex23 — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 17:28:32 -0800

OK - say Saturday, 10/1, 5pm?

Queen Sheba?

Be there, or be kifto.

By: mathowie

mathowie — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 20:20:59 -0800

Google Maps

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:42:31 -0800

10/1 it is. Heck, I can walk to this one! Lookout!

/makes series of bad faux karate moves, falls, down, hurts self

By: agropyron

agropyron — Tue, 13 Sep 2005 23:04:50 -0800

Phooey. I just sent out a buttload of evites to an event I'm hosting on 10/1, until 7 pm.

Have fun, everyone...

By: deborah

deborah — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:13:44 -0800

Although I'm a food wimp, I'll do my best to get to this meetup. Hey, I can always stop in at McD's first, eh?

*ducks*

By: tristeza

tristeza — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 09:28:23 -0800

Do they have booze there or what? I cna't imagine a meetup w/o beer, frankly.

By: spinifex23

spinifex23 — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 10:11:18 -0800

Tris - According to the Seattle Weekly, Queen Sheba has beer and wine.

By: warbaby

warbaby — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 14:07:19 -0800

Pfui. I won't be there...
*grumbles*

By: kindall

kindall — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 17:53:44 -0800

Just out of curiosity, what is Ethiopian food like?

By: black8

black8 — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 20:11:05 -0800

Spicy, robust, tangy...

Go here!

By: vito90

vito90 — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:56:46 -0800

I will once again be tending bar that evening, which means I offer myself as pre-funk purveyor of libations. There are many here that know of the locale of which I speak.

By: kindall

kindall — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 08:45:01 -0800

From black8's link:

But it is not a "tablecloth" at all. It is the Injera, the sourdough pancake

Okay, it's on.

By: mwhybark

mwhybark — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 11:08:52 -0800

deborah: if you must, there is a Dick's just around the corner. But the Ethiopian food is supremely delish.

The beers I favor here are Moretti's.

FWIW, I have mild concerns about the check-split, as this food is so much about the sharing, and the restaurant may be a bit freaked by an unspecified number of large group attendees.

Suggestions?

By: deborah

deborah — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:21:12 -0800

I've actually become a little bit more adventuresome, mwhybark. I even tried Vietnamese food earlier this year (and enjoyed it!). It really sucks being so picky food-wise.

I just hope I can make it this time - the mister is going in for minor surgery on the 27th.

By: freshgroundpepper

freshgroundpepper — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 14:35:52 -0800

Damn, I'm going to be in Michigan at a wedding on 10/1.

For those that haven't eaten ethiopian before here is a quick primer posted on lifehacker today.

By: agropyron

agropyron — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 15:38:34 -0800

warbaby and freshgroundpepper: let's do everything we can to make sure this meetup does not take place.

By: tristeza

tristeza — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 16:35:32 -0800

mwhybark - would it be hard to split the entire bill by the number who show up, and everyone shares the dishes? You really only order Ethiopian family-style, right? He who gets a beer kicks in a couple bucks more.

By: matildaben

matildaben — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 11:32:48 -0800

Tristeza's solution makes sense to me, as well. So long as we assume people will be honest.

I'm just wondering if jojoinjera will show up.

By: librarina

librarina — Sun, 18 Sep 2005 10:48:21 -0800

I was wondering about splitting the bill, and tristeza's solution is good but does not necessarily take vegetarians into account ... maybe two plates & two bills, so we veggies can do our silly no-food-touching thing?
Or is it just me?