Comments on: Coney Island, NY meetup!

Coney Island, NY meetup!

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:25:39 -0800

Come one, come all: Coney Island, NY meetup on Saturday, September 8th.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:25:53 -0800

For your meetup pleasure, we will be meeting at:
3 p.m. at the Wonder Wheel, for those who want to ride rides.
6 p.m. at the Tatiana Cafe, for those who want to drink drinks.

Brought to you by Stynxno, idest, and yours truly.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:32:43 -0800

Well. Don't mind if I do!

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:40:04 -0800

dot.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:53:56 -0800

Holy F train, Batman!

Wow. That's an ambitious meetup. 45 mins - 1 hour from the East Village. God, I'll try to make it, but no guarantees.

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:57:36 -0800

Considering it took me 3 hours to get to work yesterday, the 1.5/2 hours from Washington Heights seems like a cake walk.

By: hermitosis

hermitosis — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:58:08 -0800

Yeah, but at the end of that hour you're at CONEY ISLAND.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:58:47 -0800

Let's just get this out of the way now:

OMG THE BAR ISN'T IN THE EAST VILLAGE THIS SUCKS
OMG THE BAR ISN'T IN THE EAST VILLAGE THIS RULES

By: Skorgu

Skorgu — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:59:39 -0800

I'll be there, barring hell or high water.
*shakes fist at MTA*

By: empath

empath — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:01:55 -0800

Daft Punk is at Coney Island tonight, just FYI.

By: sonofslim

sonofslim — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:10:04 -0800

This is it. This is the one I make!

$5 says I don't make it

By: idest

idest — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:11:57 -0800

All the kewl kids will be there.

By: spec80

spec80 — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:26:22 -0800

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY

By: idest

idest — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:26:53 -0800

TPS, I just clicked the Wonder Wheel link. That music! it's so NOT how I feel when I get into one of the swinging cages.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:29:56 -0800

Haaaaaaa, I didn't notice the music!

By: nola

nola — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:45:12 -0800

Can you dig it ?

By: nola

nola — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:53:02 -0800

Also. I'm no were near Coney Island or I would love to come hang out with you fine folk , have fun without me.

By: langeNU

langeNU — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 14:55:18 -0800

Oh Yay! Fun. I'm in.

By: kkokkodalk

kkokkodalk — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:24:49 -0800

I'm gonna make this one. Since someone already brought out the Warriors ref, that's totally going to be the length of my trip...though I'm not starting all the way up at Van Cortlandt Park, I'm still starting from the Heights, and that's close enough.

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:33:46 -0800

OMG this looks so cool, I would totally be there if I were nearby.

By: These Premises Are Alarmed

These Premises Are Alarmed — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:51:10 -0800

I am starting all the way up by Van Cortland. At least it's a one-seat ride. I'd like to come, we'll see.

By: cobaltnine

cobaltnine — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:58:58 -0800

Since my usual Coney Summer trip did not occur, I will very, very likely come. Finally, a NYC meetup that isn't on a damn weekday night.

By: gaspode

gaspode — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:00:24 -0800

Oh that's awesome. I'm celebrating my birthday that day with dinner here, but should be able to make it out beforehand!

By: misha

misha — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:28:18 -0800

Are you all going to wear carnations in your buttonholes? Or come riding a pony?!

Seriously, this sounds like a great idea. You are going to have a lot of people show up. Maybe Metafilter shirts are in order.

By: jonmc

jonmc — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:45:28 -0800

Me and the missus are going to Coney on Sunday for the Cyclones game. No way am I taking the N train end to end two days in a row.

By: mr_crash_davis

mr_crash_davis — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:43:55 -0800

Candy-ass.

By: gen

gen — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:56:41 -0800

If I was not in Tokyo, I would be there. Pics pleeze.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 19:42:12 -0800

Cyclones game!!! Now that would be a fun meetup!! We went once this summer and it was so fun.

(and yea, what mr_crash_davis said, jonmc)

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:07:26 -0800

Perhaps subwaypools could be planned- people riding the N, meet on this platform at this time, people riding the A, meet here at this time.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:15:26 -0800

maybe....that's my birthday, so i'll have to see what my plans are.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:09:35 -0800

Awwww, maaaan! I likes me some Coney Island, sure enough. Wish I could come to this meetup...

Oh and,

gen writes: If I was not in Tokyo, I would be there.

You gonna believe a guy who hasn't showed at the Tokyo meetups that he himself started threads for?

You're gonna make the next Tokyo one, right gen? ;-)

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:13:44 -0800

Me and the missus are going to Coney on Sunday for the Cyclones game. No way am I taking the N train end to end two days in a row.

Hey, why don't you and the wife just sleep over after the meetup, down under the boardwalk! Then you'll be in the nabe early for the Cyclones game!

By: Item

Item — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 21:36:03 -0800

Hey, why don't you and the wife just sleep over after the meetup, down under the boardwalk...

From the park you'll hear
The happy sound of a carousel
You can almost taste the hot dogs
And french fries they sell

(Under the boardwalk) item wishes he could come
(Under the boardwalk) but he'll just have to hum
(Under the boardwalk) doo doo doo doo doo do...

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 03:58:56 -0800

In my my most wonderful dreams, I would go decked out in a fringed leather vest, headband and kneehigh, moccasin styled boots. hermitosis or jonmc would be there taunting me with three bottles on his fingers and a badass leather coat.

Alas, that won't be happening. Have a great time and take many, many pictures.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:00:34 -0800

(Yeah, I know I'm not original for the reference. So sue me, I luuurve that film and could watch it every day.)

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 05:43:59 -0800

I'd just like to say that looking at the sidebar and seeing "Coney Island, NY" as opposed to "New York, NY" is just way fuckin' cool and y'all totally fuckin' rule.

By: bingo

bingo — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:31:44 -0800

As long as we don't go to Manitoba's and Katz's afterwards this time. That would suck.

Warriors, come out and play-ay!

By: bingo

bingo — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 08:55:21 -0800

That said, I probably won't be there. Oh well.

By: terrapin

terrapin — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:39:36 -0800

Brought to you by Stynxno, idest, and yours truly.

Ummm, except it was MY idea, ThePinkSuperhero.

By: cobaltnine

cobaltnine — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:47:05 -0800

people riding the N, meet on this platform at this time, people riding the A...

End up nowhere nearby. Q or nothin', baby!

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:49:00 -0800

Incorrect- the N train now goes all the way out to Coney Island.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:49:26 -0800

And you only get planning credit if you plan to show up, terrapin :-D

By: terrapin

terrapin — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:58:23 -0800

*sniff*

it was my idea

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:05:24 -0800

FINE FINE

EVERYONE

THIS MEETUP WAS TERRAPIN'S IDEA
GIVE HIM ALL THE CREDIT

By: cobaltnine

cobaltnine — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:59:51 -0800

The N does, but the A doesn't really go anywhere nearby. If the punctuation had been more better in the quoted piece it wouldn't have been ambiguous.

By: Help, I can't stop talking!

Help, I can't stop talking! — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:17:25 -0800

Help, I Can't Stop Riding the Wonder Wheel! Count me in!

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:18:08 -0800

Whopeeeee. I think this time I want to go in one of the carts that swings back and forth. Life on the wild side!

By: jonmc

jonmc — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:21:46 -0800

As long as we don't go to Manitoba's and Katz's afterwards this time. That would suck.

Manitoba's and Katz's rule. and you know this. Any other circumstances I'd come, but I'm a working man again and my body's readjusting, so one outing a week is enough. Have fun though.

hermitosis or jonmc would be there taunting me with three bottles on his fingers and a badass leather coat.

Me and hermitosis share fingers? I like the dude and all, but not my scene...

By: vronsky

vronsky — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 17:43:10 -0800

I got on the wrong train late one night after leaving my girlfriend's apt. in bklyn. I was new to the city and didn't know that the trains run different after midnight. Instead of going back to nyu, I ended up riding all the way to Coney Island at 2am. I thought I would just ride the train until it reached the end of the line and turned around instead of getting off at some stop and getting more lost. Problem was that the train stopped at CI and they turned the freakin lights off.

I wandered around the subway yard and finally found some old dude who helped me get on the right train back to the city. Oh to be young and dumb again in NY.

have fun!

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 21:57:58 -0800

The N does, but the A doesn't really go anywhere nearby.

psssst! some of us live on the A train in upper manhattan and know that we need to get on the A and transfer to the D at 125th and ride the D straight to Coney Island. It was a reference to those few mefites (i.e. me) who live way up there.

By: cmgonzalez

cmgonzalez — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:01:30 -0800

Finally, a non bar MeFi meetup, and it's only 15 minutes away from home instead of 1 hour+ into Manhattan somewhere.

This will probably be the first one I make.

By: idest

idest — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 04:22:41 -0800

Ummm, except it was MY idea, ThePinkSuperhero.

What?! It was MY idea!

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 07:49:07 -0800

See, that's what I thought!!

Now FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT

By: idest

idest — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 09:19:57 -0800

Feh. Terrapin was drunk. He can't remember anything.

By: FlamingBore

FlamingBore — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 12:18:14 -0800

Um, folks?

Are you sure that anything will be open on 9/8? Astroland and Coney Island Park both seem to be closed that day.

I ask because I have promised myself that I'm going to make it down before everything is closed up. So I either have to venture down tomorrow, next weekend or wait until this meetup. But, yeah - I want to be sure stuff is open, yo!

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:39:23 -0800

What makes you think they are closed? The websites for both Astroland and the Coney Island Wonder Wheel say they are open weekends in September and October.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Sat, 18 Aug 2007 20:41:04 -0800

I see that "Coney Island Park" is closed, though- I'm not even sure what that is (has a pool, I guess?) Anyway, don't think it was on the agenda, so we're safe.

By: idest

idest — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 05:48:16 -0800

Astroland (which includes the Cyclone) and Dino's (for the Wonder Wheel) is pretty much the bulk of Coney Island these days. Having other bits shut down will only add to the decrepit charm of the place. Plus it won't be so crowded.

By: FlamingBore

FlamingBore — Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:02:38 -0800

okay, seriously - when I looked at Astroland's website yesterday it didn't say anything about any dates beyond 9/3. Or perhaps I was tired. Cool. I'll be buying my Fung Wah ticket this week unless any other Bostoni area Mefites want to carpool.

By: brujita

brujita — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 21:29:12 -0800

We'll need reservations for Tatiana(I'm in).

By: roomthreeseventeen

roomthreeseventeen — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 10:19:23 -0800

Hmm..... I want in

By: safetyfork

safetyfork — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 14:29:06 -0800

Looks like good fun! I'm sorry I will miss it.

By: dance

dance — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:56:47 -0800

Just out of curiosity, why has davey_darling favourited all of thepinksuperhero's comments in this thread?

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 10:04:54 -0800

I paid him.

By: SisterHavana

SisterHavana — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 21:54:32 -0800

Oooooh, I wish I could be there! I haven't been to Coney Island in forever!

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 13:15:23 -0800

CONEY ISLAND MEETUP ON SATURDAY.

Be there or be square.

By: smackfu

smackfu — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 19:00:27 -0800

Aren't they tearing down Astroland after this summer? This might be the last chance to visit.

By: brujita

brujita — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 21:34:24 -0800

TPS, have you called Tatiana's?---what's come up on the web says it's best to get a reservation.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:07:02 -0800

Yup, I got it under control.

By: idest

idest — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 06:37:55 -0800

Afraid I can't make it due to some family issues. Have fun everyone and ride the Cyclone for me, please!

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 08:21:58 -0800

It's the day of the meetup! Yahoo! Anyone who gets lost can call my GrandCentral number: 727.475.4373

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 21:20:58 -0800

Pictures!