October 2006 NYC meetup photos

October 14, 2006 6:29 PM

Photos from the NYC meetup!
posted by hermitosis to MetaFilter Gatherings at 6:29 PM (34 comments total)

Wish I had taken more.
posted by hermitosis at 6:29 PM on October 14, 2006

hermitosis, you look a little thin. Maybe you should eat more.
posted by bingo at 7:58 PM on October 14, 2006

Photos from the NYC meetup!

Save me the effort of browsing and potentially being disappointed. Did anyone die at said meetup?
posted by Mayor Curley at 8:02 PM on October 14, 2006 [1 favorite]

It's probably still going on. It's like 11pm right now, I just got home, and when I left there were like 10 people still there.
posted by bingo at 8:02 PM on October 14, 2006

I love you, bingo.
posted by hermitosis at 8:24 PM on October 14, 2006

priceless:


posted by quonsar at 8:26 PM on October 14, 2006

Ryvar + Tyler Durden = hermitosis?
posted by Ryvar at 9:31 PM on October 14, 2006

Yaaaaay, cute pictures!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:37 PM on October 14, 2006 [1 favorite]

Meetup summary:

Party at the Double Down- bacon martinis and ass juice were consumed.
Knoshing at Katz's Deli- pickles and Cel-Ray Soda.
Snacking at the BAMN! Automat- shaved ice and mac & cheese krokats.

So, basically, we're all fat pigs.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:40 PM on October 14, 2006 [1 favorite]

What can I say, Ryvar... that's hot.
posted by hermitosis at 9:41 PM on October 14, 2006

Snacking at the BAMN! Automat- shaved ice and mac & cheese krokats.

Please tell me you didn't walk all the way up from Houston for BAMN. If you read the comments on the other post, I told you all not to go there.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 12:32 AM on October 15, 2006

hermitosis = Mint Sauce (UK MeFite)

I'll put down a marker for a NY meetup late Jan/early Feb. My last one nearly ended in Atlantic City but I'll be prepared this time...
posted by i_cola at 1:28 AM on October 15, 2006

Please tell me you didn't walk all the way up from Houston for BAMN. If you read the comments on the other post, I told you all not to go there.

We went there SPECIFICALLY to piss you off.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 5:38 AM on October 15, 2006 [1 favorite]

I'm glad you're thinking of me.
posted by TheOnlyCoolTim at 7:16 AM on October 15, 2006

Flickr's acting weird. I'll upload mine soon.
posted by jonmc at 8:42 AM on October 15, 2006

JonMC, are you a recovering Beastie Boy?
posted by DenOfSizer at 11:22 AM on October 15, 2006

No, I'm a goy and I'm far too handsome.
posted by jonmc at 11:55 AM on October 15, 2006

Knoshing at Katz's Deli- pickles and Cel-Ray Soda.

And sandwiches large enough to feed a small country for a week.
posted by jason's_planet at 12:39 PM on October 15, 2006

Hey, the BBoys are handsome too! I wasn't saying you're not!
posted by DenOfSizer at 12:51 PM on October 15, 2006

Much fun, all. The venue was just about perfect, and the turnout was suprisingly large--what, about 20 of us? My non-MetaFilter friend was quite impressed that so many folks would come out. Really--those who complain about how hard it is to meet people have no excuse if there's a meetup in their area.

I'm just sorry we had to leave early. We had an excellent dinner at Barolo, though I was feeling some rather umcomfortable after-effects from that fucking bacon martini; I think maybe the pork had been fermenting a bit too long.

Thanks, all, for showing us such a good time. Seriously--you must let me know if you come to DC.
posted by MrMoonPie at 6:33 PM on October 15, 2006

Yay, we loved meeting you, too!

The venue was just about perfect
Uh, yea, except for the freakin' porn on the TVs. Glad we tried it (and the mechanical pony was fun weeee), but now we never have to go again.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:39 PM on October 15, 2006 [1 favorite]

Yeah. Too much damn diversity in that place.
posted by bingo at 7:41 PM on October 15, 2006

Uh, yea, except for the freakin' porn on the TVs.

You know, drinking, viewing porn, and eating food dispensed from a machine perfectly describes my usual workday.
posted by horsewithnoname at 8:57 PM on October 15, 2006

My non-MetaFilter friend was quite impressed that so many folks would come out.

He's a cool guy! You should get him an account.

Nice meeting the two of you.
posted by jason's_planet at 9:17 PM on October 15, 2006

Apparently I, unknowingly, walked right past, without so much as a how-do-you-do. Oops.
posted by kickingtheground at 9:19 PM on October 15, 2006

I had a great night. I'm awaiting the rest of the pictures.
posted by piratebowling at 10:35 PM on October 15, 2006

email me, piratebowling... I have something I want to send you, but you don't have any contact info!
posted by hermitosis at 4:58 AM on October 16, 2006

the freakin' porn on the TVs. Glad we tried it

Err....


Kidding aside, I had a good time, it was great meeting Messr. Moonpie and companions, and seeing the newlyweds, and so forth :) And yes, the porn was freaking disturbing, but otherwise it was a great place.

The ass juice was, unfortunately, rather underwhelming, but after a whiff of the bacon martini, I'm glad I made the choice I did.
posted by cyrusdogstar at 7:36 AM on October 16, 2006

And yes, [it] was freaking disturbing, but otherwise it was a great place.


Well they're some sad things known to man
But ain't too much sadder than
The tears of a clown
when there's no one around
posted by jason's_planet at 11:31 AM on October 16, 2006

*scrubs brain to get that image out of his head*

And yet I still find myself wondering who put that video together. Was it all some GWAR...thing...or was it actually a bunch of discrete clips that some punk film student sewed together?
posted by cyrusdogstar at 12:24 PM on October 16, 2006

I know that the midget-in-a-suitcase was from a fairly well known internet porn star.
posted by jonmc at 12:59 PM on October 16, 2006

Ooooops.

("There are" not "they're". That's what I get for copying from a lyrics site.)
posted by jason's_planet at 1:47 PM on October 16, 2006

man, I wish I would have gone. next time I will be there. cross my heart.
posted by milarepa at 2:24 PM on October 16, 2006

It's OK, milarepa. We had lunch in your honor on the way out of town.
posted by MrMoonPie at 2:47 PM on October 16, 2006