Mountain View, CA meetup, 20 Apr 2007

April 11, 2007 4:56 PM

Remember the vaunted and only slightly overhyped Peninsula/South Bay (northern California) meetup? IT'S HAPPENING AGAIN. Friday, April 20th, 7:30, at the Tied House in Mountain View, California.
posted by tangerine to MetaFilter gatherings at 4:56 PM (36 comments total)

I'll be there for sure. So will scrump and raar.

Any celebrity fly-ins will be announced downthread.
posted by tangerine at 4:59 PM on April 11, 2007

Put me down as a maybe...I was planning on driving up to the Bay Area that weekend anyway, so this is just extra incentive. Woo!
posted by fuzzbean at 5:35 PM on April 11, 2007

420 dude.
posted by BeerFilter at 5:37 PM on April 11, 2007

Hmm... only 205 miles from my location, 202 of them straight on Route 101. Let's see if the Wendellmobile is up to the trip (and if anyone will allow me to crash and burn on their couch so I don't have to drive back right away).
posted by wendell at 6:26 PM on April 11, 2007

I have kinda a lot booked around then, but I'd love to be there. I'm a santa cruz maybeso.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 6:53 PM on April 11, 2007

Any celebrity fly-ins will be announced downthread.

Heh.
posted by cortex at 8:06 PM on April 11, 2007

Dude, this will so wendell.
posted by scrump at 9:20 PM on April 11, 2007 [1 favorite]

Oh. Maybe. I really should since it's right around the corner from my house. I might not be free, though. Anyway, this is me, thinking "huh, that's an idea" and I might show.
posted by livii at 11:36 AM on April 12, 2007

This time Mister Cheese doesn't have to call me out, I'll try to be there! We never did see DaShiv's pictures from the last one posted anywhere, how suspicious. Who knows where the pictures of foam shapes on heads ended up?
posted by wilky at 4:04 PM on April 12, 2007

wilky, I don't think DaShiv ever posted his pictures, damn him. However, I took a bunch with a couple of his lenses, so that's sort of half way there.

And god those were nice lenses.
posted by cortex at 4:32 PM on April 12, 2007

I get here expecting to have to post something so wilky would be embarrassed enough to go to the meetup and she's beaten me to the punch. I remember the days when she was too fraidy-cat to post in MetaTalk. Now she is a sassy willis.

PS cortex, it was Namco that created Pac-Man, not Taito
posted by Mister Cheese at 12:08 AM on April 13, 2007

Your hosts have decided that, because it's 4/20, everyone who comes to the MeetUp will get their very own pot.

..ted cactus.
posted by scrump at 8:09 AM on April 13, 2007

Well fuck me running.
posted by cortex at 8:49 AM on April 13, 2007

I'm new to the area and probably won't be doing anything, so why the hell not.
posted by zsazsa at 1:02 PM on April 13, 2007

I kinda think it should be here.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 2:00 PM on April 13, 2007

because it's 4/20, everyone who comes to the MeetUp will get their very own pot

Dude. I thought that was supposed to be a surprise.
posted by tangerine at 4:59 PM on April 13, 2007

Did I harsh the mellow? I harshed the mellow.

NOBODY'S GETTIN' NOTHIN'.
posted by scrump at 8:40 PM on April 13, 2007

I'll get there around 10:00. Please everyone get very drunk and be not able to leave so I can still have fun. Thank you.
posted by jewzilla at 6:24 PM on April 15, 2007

Anybody around going to drive up from santa cruz? Prolly not, huh? Well I might needs a ride to go.
posted by Ambrosia Voyeur at 8:56 PM on April 15, 2007

I don't know what time the last one broke up, but raar and I turn into pumpkins around 2300 or so because we have to pretend to be responsible parents.

Most people had shown up by around 2030 last time, IIRC.
posted by scrump at 7:37 AM on April 16, 2007

Wendell and anyone else who might need a place to stay on Friday night: I have a sofa, an aerobed, and floor space for intrepid campers.

There are a few caveats. I have to be up and out by nine at the latest on Saturday morning, so everyone else does too. There's a weird bathroom with a slow-draining shower. If you're allergic to or uncomfortable around dogs you'll have to cave the canem as well. But if you can cope with all of that, email me.
posted by tangerine at 11:25 AM on April 16, 2007

I can vouch for the viability of tangerine's lodgings, and the adorableness of the dog. Though he likes to kick in his sleep a lot.
posted by cortex at 11:39 AM on April 16, 2007

Also, if anyone decides to fly in, I can provide pick-up and drop-off at any of the local airports.

Well, I had to offer something to keep up with tangerine and her lodged dogs.
posted by scrump at 8:02 AM on April 17, 2007

Do we have a rough headcount? I'm going to make a reservation, and it'd be nice to know about how many people we can expect.
posted by scrump at 10:19 AM on April 18, 2007

Add me to some sort of preliminary list. I missed the last one due to being out of the state at the time, of course.
posted by JZig at 10:53 AM on April 18, 2007

Damn you all. Close enough for me, and I can't come. I really wanted to do my celebrity-fawning in person...
posted by po at 8:18 PM on April 19, 2007

Hey, scrump of the century, count me and wilky in, yo. Add two willises (willisi?) to your list of head rough counting.
posted by Mister Cheese at 11:39 PM on April 19, 2007

Okay. We're reservated at the Tied House for 1930 (7:30 for you 12-hour-clock types).

Last time, they stuck us in the back, but ask for Metafilter/Ashton, and they should be able to point you in the right direction.

If you don't immediately see us, don't leave! Wander around yelling "MARCO" until we "POLO" you, at least. If you really want to be sure, IM me for my "digits", as the kids say.
posted by scrump at 8:44 AM on April 20, 2007

It is possible. I'm not sure.
posted by ClaudiaCenter at 9:05 AM on April 20, 2007

One willis, two willes, I'd guess.
posted by tangerine at 10:56 AM on April 20, 2007

Two willies!
posted by scrump at 11:00 AM on April 20, 2007

Damn. I just saw this. I already have plans though. :(
posted by miss lynnster at 1:04 PM on April 20, 2007

Did anyone ever identify the mystery Stanford grad student who sponsored wilky and Mister Cheese? Because it might be to that person's advantage to show up.
posted by tangerine at 1:21 PM on April 20, 2007

Oh, that was just me. Sadly, I've got plans tonight, though I'd love to say hi.
(I don't think I ever knew their handles! Glad to see that the meetup initiation went well.)

Anyway, I'll stop by if plans fall through, so you better be having fun just in case!
posted by metaculpa at 3:47 PM on April 20, 2007

We had fun -- great conversation and I ate a huge platter of catfish corncakes (mmm).
posted by ClaudiaCenter at 8:59 AM on April 21, 2007

No pictures? Rar!
posted by metaculpa at 5:38 PM on April 23, 2007