West side is the best side

June 20, 2007 5:52 PM

NYC 6/22 Meetup Reminder. Please RSVP ASAP (in THIS thread) so I can make a proper rez...
posted by allkindsoftime to MetaFilter gatherings at 5:52 PM (40 comments total)

Clarification on the details:

We're still at Employee's Only, just north of Christopher on the east side of Hudson Street (banner says only "EO," creatively...hint: look for a fortune teller, if she's there that early).

Reservation will be for 7pm for dinner, however some folk have expressed interest in showing up earlier and bar-ing it (if they want to eat, they may not even need a rez that early). Feel free to indicate if you're in this crowd and not part of the 7pm dinner. I will make the reservation by mid-day tomorrow.

I will be buying herm's first drink. I will not have Hanson with me. Please come dressed as your favorite Narnia character, from the Bronx. (I'll be the guy with no hair and a black "To Write Love On Her Arms" tee-shirt).
posted by allkindsoftime at 5:53 PM on June 20, 2007

Please come dressed as your favorite Narnia character, from the Bronx.

Which would of course be Nunzio The Lion from Arthur Avenue.
posted by jonmc at 6:01 PM on June 20, 2007

Stynxno and I will be there.

Oh wait, Hanson won't be there? Never mind.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:38 PM on June 20, 2007 [1 favorite]

I will be there, as the white witch. Forgive me for skipping out on the whole costume thing.
posted by hermitosis at 8:27 PM on June 20, 2007

I'll be there.
posted by piratebowling at 6:30 AM on June 21, 2007

I'll be there as well.

I don't know who I'll be dressed as, but it won't be Breehy-hinny-brinny-hoohy-hah.
posted by langeNU at 6:49 AM on June 21, 2007

Umm, do we really have to dress up?

Otherwise, I think I could manage to stop by for a while.
posted by Afroblanco at 6:58 AM on June 21, 2007

No...it was a joke.
posted by allkindsoftime at 7:11 AM on June 21, 2007

i mean feel free to if that's your thing...
posted by allkindsoftime at 7:12 AM on June 21, 2007

When I was in kindergarten, this girl named Jessica got on the schoolbus one morning wearing an elaborate Wicked Witch costume, with green facepaint and everything. Onlyit so happened that the school Halloween party was actually the next day. We all sat there in our regular clothes, staring at her. The bus driver made her get off the bus and go home so she could change, and she arrived at school a few hours later looking really, really sad, her face still showing traces of green paint.

Don't be another Jessica, Afroblanco.
posted by hermitosis at 7:15 AM on June 21, 2007 [1 favorite]

I'll be there dressed as a shabby-chic Tilda Swinton. So, how I always look.
posted by Help, I can't stop talking! at 7:30 AM on June 21, 2007

I'm coming. I'll be dressed as, um...one of the guys who holds the boom mic on set. Yea.
posted by kkokkodalk at 8:02 AM on June 21, 2007

Ok, I'll just come dressed as Art Garfunkel, then. Should be pretty easy to pull off.
posted by Afroblanco at 8:40 AM on June 21, 2007

"Mr. Garfunkel? Ms. Minelli? Right this way please!"
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:14 AM on June 21, 2007 [1 favorite]

OK, reservation made for 8 people at 7pm tomorrow evening.

I would have gone ahead and made it for 10 total (as there were a number of people who replied in the orig thread that haven't replied here), but they required a credit card for reservations of 6 or more (wtf?).

If more people respond here before noon tomorrow, I'll call back and see if I can add a few to our 8, but otherwise this will have to be a kind of joint dinner / bar meet-up.

Can someone be responsible for bringing the camera? Mine broke recently and I haven't had time to shop for a replacement yet. See you guys tomorrow!
posted by allkindsoftime at 9:33 AM on June 21, 2007

Aww. Yeah I want to come.
posted by spec80 at 1:43 PM on June 21, 2007

To dinner.
posted by spec80 at 1:44 PM on June 21, 2007

"Mr. Garfunkel? Ms. Minelli? Right this way please!"

"Is Mr. Cusack sober enough to dine?"
posted by jonmc at 3:31 PM on June 21, 2007

have fun! (i have a pride party to go to instead) : >
posted by amberglow at 7:28 PM on June 21, 2007

Count me in...would have posted sooner, but verizon completely fucked up my phone and DSL.
posted by brujita at 8:26 PM on June 21, 2007

Looks like we have 10 people who are definitely in (which I think means there will be a few more stragglers).
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:48 PM on June 21, 2007 [1 favorite]

Can't make it, but have fun you guys!
posted by Zephyrial at 6:25 AM on June 22, 2007

I can't make it to the drinks part, but in case I arrive and you guys are seated, what name is the reservation under? Aslan?
posted by spec80 at 8:11 AM on June 22, 2007

Good point from spec80. So are we all meeting in the bar area around 7 ish then being seated or is this a come and be seated type of thing?
posted by kkokkodalk at 8:29 AM on June 22, 2007

OK I got it bumped to 10 people. We only have the table for 2 hours, they were real clear about it being booked at 9, and they said that all 10 of us

NEED TO SHOW UP ON TIME,

OK? Good.

Stragglers can hang with the bar crowd, which we can all join when dinner time is over.
posted by allkindsoftime at 8:35 AM on June 22, 2007

I'll be there 6:50ish to let them know I'm there, I guess we'll see how many of us are there by 7:00 but I got the distinct impression she wouldn't seat 6 or so of us at the 10 person table if not everyone was there. They just can't make these things easy I guess.
posted by allkindsoftime at 8:37 AM on June 22, 2007

Just a tad eponhysterical? :)
posted by spec80 at 9:03 AM on June 22, 2007

:) yeah sorry.
posted by allkindsoftime at 9:23 AM on June 22, 2007

Piktchars!!!
posted by spec80 at 7:50 PM on June 22, 2007

Highlights of the evening's festivities: Magnolia cupcakes, jump pictures, seeing fake Ashlee Simpson. Pictures from Stynx's camera coming shortly.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:06 PM on June 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

Hold the phone. We saw fake Ashlee Simpson?
posted by Help, I can't stop talking! at 9:09 PM on June 22, 2007

Invizible picjars
posted by langeNU at 9:21 PM on June 22, 2007

Yea, you missed out. She was totally sportin' a fake nose to throw us off her scent, but we knew the score.
posted by langeNU at 9:22 PM on June 22, 2007

YOU didn't, but WE did. At Angels and Kings. Girlfriend was clearly hoping people would think she was Ashlee Simpson- she had the hat, the hoodie, the long blonde hair, the leggings, the blackberry in hand. But she also had a big old schnooz.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 9:25 PM on June 22, 2007 [1 favorite]

I'd like to thank spec80 for taking possibly the most flattering picture I've seen of myself in a long time.
posted by piratebowling at 9:58 PM on June 22, 2007

PICSSSSSSSSSSSSS
posted by Stynxno at 10:01 PM on June 22, 2007

Ew who dresses up as pre-op Ashlee Simpson?

Also, piratebowling, yay! :D
posted by spec80 at 10:17 PM on June 22, 2007

Now I have to do another meetup just so I can redeem myself for the worst jump picture evar.
posted by allkindsoftime at 5:25 AM on June 23, 2007

More pics!
posted by hermitosis at 9:20 AM on June 23, 2007

Gah! I look hideous. MUST.NOT.SHOW.UP.AT.MEETUPS. WITH.UPPER.RESPIRATORY.AND.PINKEYE
posted by brujita at 9:16 PM on June 23, 2007