NYC Meetup

November 13, 2001 10:58 PM

Since my last proposal was hijacked by others such that I was unable to attend, I will again propose a Mefi Get Together in NYC. But this time I'll go out on a limb, proposing a rough date--a Thursday or Friday evening in December--and the venue--most controversial, I suppose--the Blah Blah Lounge in Park Slope, a 24 minute F Train ride from the Broadway Lafayette stop. Cool place; a fireplace, a few couches; a sense of adventure in coming to the Slope (see the Statute of Liberty and Ground Zero from high above Brooklyn!). Also, if anyone wants to fly in from Europe, it's about 100 minutes from JFK on the A Train + F Train (very convenient).
posted by ParisParamus to MetaFilter-related at 10:58 PM (40 comments total)

Blah Blah Lounge. (This is not a PR-driven post or decision: just a cool place down the street from me.)
posted by ParisParamus at 11:21 PM on November 13, 2001

Close to me also. Sounds good. Plus it has couches. Neat.
posted by Doug at 11:25 PM on November 13, 2001

PS. Sorry for the possible faux pas of a large post on front Metatalk page.
posted by ParisParamus at 4:14 AM on November 14, 2001

Maybe if everyone does this we will recognize each other ahead of time.
posted by Voyageman at 7:36 AM on November 14, 2001

Well, you see.. that's not really in the City now, is it?

For those of us who may work in the city but live across the river, it would be most inconvenient.
posted by rich at 1:59 PM on November 14, 2001

And for those of us who live in Brooklyn, it would be convenient. Also, getting from Houston St. to the proposed locale is no more of an ordeal than getting from Houston to 72nd St. It just feels far.
posted by ParisParamus at 2:24 PM on November 14, 2001

I'm certainly not going to bitch about a MeFi thing in my nabe; but downtown Manhattan might in the end be more central -- no harder for Brooklynites than for uptown Manhattaners, and within post-work striking distance for folks who live in Queens/Bronx/NJ but labor in Manhattan.

But it is pretty here, and much less hipster-crowded. They do have good wine at Blah Blah.
posted by BT at 2:45 PM on November 14, 2001

Centrality? who wants that? Besides. Brooklyn and Brooklyn people are cooler than all others.
posted by ParisParamus at 4:09 PM on November 14, 2001

P.S.: that was a funny. But it is calm and peaceful here.
posted by ParisParamus at 5:18 PM on November 14, 2001

getting from Houston St. to the proposed locale is no more of an ordeal than getting from Houston to 72nd St. It just feels far.

But getting from 72nd Street to Park Slope is much more of an ordeal than getting from uptown to Houston St. :)

posted by andrewraff at 6:15 PM on November 14, 2001

I'm prejudiced since Brooklyn is just about as far as you can get for me (128th St. West side). But, I know how touchy you Brooklyners are about anything that even smacks of Manhattan. ;-)
posted by witchstone at 9:52 AM on November 15, 2001

Ok, this brooklynite now sees the advantage of doing it in Manhattan. Any suggestions? Is anyone even still reading this?
posted by Doug at 10:16 AM on November 15, 2001

Still game; what about the Parkside Lounge at Houston and Attorney? It's homey...
posted by BT at 10:56 AM on November 15, 2001

Well, I always go back to the Ace Bar in Alphabet city.. 5th and b.

Otherwise, anything in the village area is central for people, I would think.
posted by rich at 1:48 PM on November 15, 2001

Alternative Location Nominations?
posted by ParisParamus at 1:57 PM on November 15, 2001

May I add, I think traditional bars SUCK because of the noise and smoke. That's why I though blah blah was a good idea.
posted by ParisParamus at 2:04 PM on November 15, 2001

I'd love to go, but since I work in the city and commute from Long Island, any weeknight gethering in Manhattan would be best for me...Brooklyn's kinda pushing it. :(
posted by metrocake at 3:16 PM on November 15, 2001

is Sunday evening better?
posted by ParisParamus at 3:58 PM on November 15, 2001

I'm in New Jersey...but the Blah-Blah Lounge sounds like fun and we'll try to make it if you set it up. (Hm, I assume SOs are welcome?) We'd also try to make a meet in Manhattan. Why not just call venues when and where the fancy strikes you and see who shows up? Seems to me *any* random bunch of MeFites would be an entertaining evening out. Name the date, name the place (and make it sound as appealing at least as the Blah-Blah Lounge) and let the party begin!
posted by realjanetkagan at 9:35 PM on November 15, 2001

Is anyone even still reading this?

Crippled with envy, but yes.

posted by MiguelCardoso at 12:36 AM on November 16, 2001

Seems to me *any* random bunch of MeFites would be an entertaining evening out.

Cocktails with Haughey Some Lower East Side unpretentious lounge might be cool.
posted by ParisParamus at 5:41 AM on November 16, 2001

What is an SO?
posted by ParisParamus at 5:41 AM on November 16, 2001

You are kidding about the 'what is a SO' comment, I hope.

Significant Other.

I would say, sure, bring them alaong. But for me, I'd be too embarrased that I was going to meet all of you insane people to bring my wife.

During the week, like a Wednesday or Thursday, at a village or alphabet city located bar would be a Good Thing.

Unless, of course, no one wants me to show up, in which case I completely understand.
posted by rich at 10:24 AM on November 16, 2001

You are kidding about the 'what is a SO' comment, I hope.

Sorry. I'm 38YO (years' old) And didn't have a clue.
posted by ParisParamus at 10:31 AM on November 16, 2001

I thought an SO was some sort of 1337 thing that once again I didn't understand. But it's actually just a couple thing that I don't understand.
posted by witchstone at 10:53 AM on November 16, 2001

PS: eventually, you will be 38YO, and not understand what someone on MetaMatch.com or some other Metafilter site says.
posted by ParisParamus at 11:10 AM on November 16, 2001

Actually, Significant Other I always thought as being used by us pre-Gen X-cusp type people (that 30-40 year old crowd).

Someone IM'd me last week with a/s/l and it took me about half an hour to figure out 'location'.
posted by rich at 11:38 AM on November 16, 2001

Actually, Significant Other I always thought as being used by us pre-Gen X-cusp type people (that 30-40 year old crowd).

I think the term pre-dates me by about a decade; it's the abbreviation which tripped me up.

Just be sure to bring your Websters New Intergenerational dictionary with you to the get together. Assuming it happens. (thinking about date certain...)

posted by ParisParamus at 11:44 AM on November 16, 2001

Miguel: the airfares are cheap...
posted by ParisParamus at 11:48 AM on November 16, 2001

"PS: eventually, you will be 38YO, and not understand what someone on MetaMatch.com or some other Metafilter site says."

Actually, I've been there. I'm 55 and I just want to know what "snarky" means ;)
posted by realjanetkagan at 11:54 AM on November 16, 2001

[Please excuse me if this isn't the Done Thing, but... ParisParamus, I've been trying to reach you by the e-mail address you give in your MeFi profile and either I've sent you thirty copies of the same letter or, more likely, nothing's gone thru. Is that e-mail address still good? Should I call my frighteningly incompetent server and yell at them yet again?]
posted by realjanetkagan at 9:28 PM on November 16, 2001

I had a little trouble navigating back to this thread today -- it had dropped off the MetaTalk main page as I typically see it. I found it first through a search (interestingly, it was "couches" that found the post), and then through viewing the MeTa page via category, old-style as it were, instead of by recent posts.

All this to say, ParisParamus, that it may be worthwhile to post a new MeTa thread when you've settled on a date/location.
posted by BT at 8:47 PM on November 18, 2001

BT: noted: I'm keeping silent until Thankgiving to here more views on this controversial polemique
posted by ParisParamus at 6:52 PM on November 19, 2001

ParisParamus: 'Twas my server gone belly-up again.

BT: I found the thread with a Blah Blah search.... But I think you're right---when PP decides a time and date, he ought to repost.
posted by realjanetkagan at 11:46 PM on November 21, 2001

errr....decide exactly where/when as soon as possible (since it is practically december already) so that non-NYC people can attend too.

i live in DC, but often go up to NYC for the weekend. i'm sure other east coast people would also attend a MeFi event if it was on a friday.
posted by jennak at 9:34 PM on November 27, 2001

so maybe what i'm suggesting is pushing this back a month (to january or early february?) so it can be BIGGER! and BETTER!
posted by jennak at 9:34 PM on November 27, 2001

Oh....how come I looked in the new thread?!
posted by ParisParamus at 10:49 PM on November 27, 2001

The push-back idea's not bad. No Chanukah parties in January : )
posted by ParisParamus at 6:03 AM on November 28, 2001

cross posted:

why only one get-together? what about a monthly or weekly mefi happy hour, with a rotating schedule of venues (smoking, non-smoking, live music, ivy league club environment, bar, coffeeshop, abandoned subway tunnel, comic book shop, church youth group environment, strip club, central booking...) and perhaps a rotating schedule of neighborhood locations (park slope, east village, long island city, lower east side, hoboken, poughkeepsie, bridgeport, someplace in the poconos...).

but until i finish working on my mefipartycircuit.com website, i think, paris, that you — having seized the initiative enough to begin this thread — should keep on seizing the initiative: just pick a location, pick a date, pick a time, ask matt to mention it in the sideblog...and that will be the first mefi nyc party.

those that can come will come; those that can't come will have extra incentive to get busy planning the next get-together.
posted by mlang at 11:53 AM on November 28, 2001

sorry. network solutions doesn't save their query id's for very long. let's instead look at mefipartycircuit.com.
posted by mlang at 12:05 PM on November 28, 2001