Comments on: DC = Beer

DC = Beer

youcancallmeal — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:00:47 -0800

So...DC/Baltimore area Meetup? Maybe the 27th or 28th of December? Is anyone interested in getting together for a few drinks during the mid-holiday lull? Or should we wait until after the New Year?

By: empath

empath — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:27:29 -0800

Yes, I'm up for it.

Also, since this is a DC area thread, I'm going to plug my dj gig this weekend: This friday, if anyone in the DC area wants to see Crystal Method for free, send me a mefi mail and I'll put you on the guest list.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:20:25 -0800

I'm probably up for it. Weeknights are tough for me, but Friday the 28th might work. I may be a later-comer if the meetup starts early in the evening. On Saturdays I have no problem.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:47:43 -0800

I can't do Saturday because my boyfriend comes back from Oregon that day and we're heading back to NYC shortly thereafter. Say....Friday at 8?

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 17:05:32 -0800

Hey, y'all, if you'll wait until like Sunday night and it's in Baltimore I could be there!

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:09:01 -0800

I could go to something at some point and it would be great if it was in BMD so that mygothlaundry could be there.

By: and hosted from Uranus

and hosted from Uranus — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:44:06 -0800

Out of town that week. :(

By: ShawnString

ShawnString — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:44:16 -0800

seconding the bmore location. I might actually be able to make that one. and either sat or sun would be cool for me.

By: Airhen

Airhen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:52:15 -0800

I'll probably out of town but could probably make any Friday or Saturday after the new year.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:54:50 -0800

Alas. If it's during the weekend, I will most likely have to miss it. You kids have fun.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:52:05 -0800

I'm up for a DC meet.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:55:11 -0800

I'd prefer DC because I'm lazy, but I could make it to Baltimore.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 21:27:39 -0800

Did the recent baltimore meet up go well?

By: sperose

sperose — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 22:51:04 -0800

I might actually be able to make one due to my finishing school.

By: robocop is bleeding

robocop is bleeding — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 05:46:56 -0800

I might actually be able to make one due to my finishing school.

Yeah, I hear that Miss Havisham's School for Fine Young Women is pretty forgiving when it comes to field trips. *drumroll*

My wife and I will be in the area, but I suspect our evenings are pretty much spoken for at this point.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 06:58:53 -0800

I'll be in town, though I'd prefer a DC venue, especially if it's during the week.

Also, the MrsMoonPie and I will be having our annual New Years Day brunch on, well, New Years Day, 1pm and following, about a mile east of the Capitol. Anyone who's interested, shoot me an email. I trust that youcancallmeal can vouch for the wonderfulness of the food and company.

By: mygothlaundry

mygothlaundry — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 07:44:31 -0800

Well, I'm up for drinks the evening of Sunday the 30th somewhere in Baltimore. Anyone wanna meetup?

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 08:40:35 -0800

Baltimore, please.

The 28th or 29th would work best for me. I've no idea where's good, though.

if anyone in the DC area wants to see Crystal Method for free, send me a mefi mail and I'll put you on the guest list.

Is that the same Crystal Method as the Bones theme song? If so: wow.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:19:19 -0800

We need a decider.

If we follow the NYC-meetup rule, youcancallmeal should pick a date/place that works for her. And if people still want to meet up in Baltimore on the 30th, then maybe that can be planned as a second meetup?

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:31:24 -0800

I think youcancallmeal should so that. It would be too bad to have a meetup to which the suggester could not come.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:24:51 -0800

Okay, so how about Friday the 28th of December at 8:00pm at....at... oh, hell why not Piratz Tavern in honor of our own Faint of Butt. Unless someone has another idea that won't be packed at 8pm on a Friday....'cause I got nothing.

By: grateful

grateful — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 06:45:41 -0800

Piratz 'tis, matey! Uhmm. Yep. Should be able to make it.

By: empath

empath — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:55:43 -0800

I swear I will actually go to this one.

By: empath

empath — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:56:12 -0800

Actually, fuck, I get off at 8 that friday :(

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:23:38 -0800

Come late! We never start on time anyway. :)

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 10:37:20 -0800

Is there a way to get to Silver Springs from downtown Baltimore without a car? I'm in town for a conference and I'm not sure if I'm going to rent/have access to one.

PS- The sidebar says Washington, DC.

By: and hosted from Uranus

and hosted from Uranus — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:01:08 -0800

If you can leave early enough to catch a commuter train, catch the MARC train to Union Station and then metro to Silver Spring (or some combo like that).

By: TheGoldenOne

TheGoldenOne — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:12:59 -0800

If anyone wants to actually have a meetup in the District, I'll go... and take pretty pictures. I don't usually go to Maryland unless I'm being paid.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 12:36:18 -0800

Huh? I'm as big a Washington snob as anyone, but Silver Spring is a $2.20 fare and 14 minutes from Union Station.

By: god hates math

god hates math — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:14:39 -0800

WAAHHHH THIS MEETUP IS NOT IN DC!!@!

Anyway. Piratz is .61 miles from the District line. Super-close to the Red line, as well as the 70, F, J, Q, S, Y and Z buses. We'll have the next DC Meetup on H street NE for those of you that won't^H^H^H^H can't make the trip.

So yeah, count me in, +1. Anyone that wants to slide over to Quarry House after, say the word. Beer + Tater Tots = happy ghm.

By: sperose

sperose — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:48:07 -0800

I'm totes in. First meetup ever.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:50:27 -0800

OMG, Silver Spring is DC. It's about two blocks from a metro. I picked it because 1) PIRATES 2) it's easy parking for those of us who are driving from Baltimore and 3) it's super metro-accessible. GoodLORD, people.

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:06:50 -0800

Still, as a native Washingtonian, it offends to pretend that Maryland is 'DC'.

Silver Spring is a a streetcar suburb, but still a friggin' suburb.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:22:32 -0800

It's been requested that I update the sidebar meetup listing. Everybody take a few deep breaths and let me know if all is right in the world now.

By: exogenous

exogenous — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:30:54 -0800

You the man, cortex. Come to DC^H^H Silver Spring and we'll buy you some drinks.

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:40:29 -0800

Sure thing. I'll entertain you with the story about the time I called Mountain View "San Jose" around a bunch of Mountianvedlians.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 14:49:12 -0800

I'm a tentative maybe. I hear they have gangs up there. Scary, suburban gangs.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 15:07:38 -0800

I live in Bethesda. Am I doing it wrong?

Anyway, I will try my damnedest to be there. See y'all then.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:08:41 -0800

I work in the office building right behind the tavern. :D

I've done some aerial reconnaissance.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:17:30 -0800

Is there a way to get to Silver Springs from downtown Baltimore without a car? I'm in town for a conference and I'm not sure if I'm going to rent/have access to one.

You can take the MARC train down to Union Station and then the Red Line on the Metro to Silver Spring. Last train departs Union Station at 7:30pm, though, and no Sat. service so I don't know how you'd get back.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 09:21:33 -0800

Depending where in Baltimore one is going, I can potentially offer a return ride.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:18:03 -0800

I think I'll probably come. (I grew up in DC, and sure, I disparaged people in college who claimed they were from DC but were really from Fairfax, or Gaithersburg, but sheesh, I think we're grown up enough to have a DC meetup in Silver Spring. I mean, you did go to Tastee, didn't you?)

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:25:14 -0800

I will have car, and will be driving back to Baltimore as well.

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:30:03 -0800

But that assumes that you want to drive with person who can't use indefinite articles.

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 21:55:35 -0800

Hurm. Damn. Missed the one at Dremo's, so maybe. I have a feeling this one is not close, but my comprehension of local geography sucks (ex-Clevelander), so who can say. Possible.

By: shoepal

shoepal — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 14:41:22 -0800

damn. out of town.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 16:53:52 -0800

OK, I'll commit--the MrsMoonPie and I will be there.

Yarr.

By: whoaali

whoaali — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 17:39:16 -0800

I might come or I might just sleep off my jetlag...

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 06:06:35 -0800

I'm looking forward to it.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 10:52:21 -0800

i might be a little late, but i'll be there.

By: sperose

sperose — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:25:01 -0800

So uh, how do we find each other? Does someone have a sign?

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:29:58 -0800

this is me. alternately, mr. moon pie is pretty easy to spot.

goddamn, i love flickr.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:36:01 -0800

Hah! I'll have metagrams.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:10:15 -0800

crap. this sucks...i'm not sure if i'm going to be able to make it. i've been feeling crappy all day and it's getting worse. i'll try to make it out, but the outlook is not good. :(

By: sperose

sperose — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:00:34 -0800

I'm getting out the door momentarily. Chinese food and a nap called my name. Be there in about 1.5, if Metro isn't taking FOREVER.

By: Kadin2048

Kadin2048 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:43:55 -0800

The one weekend I'm out of town...

Oh, well. Hope it's a good time so that they'll be another one soon.

By: peeedro

peeedro — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 19:48:27 -0800

I'm sorry that I couldn't make it.

For a future meet-up (for what it's worth), I work at an Irish-themed watering hole in NW DC on Connecticut Ave, one bock from a Red Line station. I can arrange to reserve space and possibly food and drink specials. MeFiMail me for details next time a DC meetup is in the works.

By: sperose

sperose — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:13:32 -0800

It seems I was too late and missed everyone. (If I wasn't, and was just a spaz and didn't notice Mefites, I was the chick who came in at around 945, looking like something the cat dragged in wearing a blue coat and dark jeans. With blue shoes.)

By: god hates math

god hates math — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 07:58:33 -0800

Sorry I was so anti-social last night - I had two friends in from out of town, and after we spent half the night at Quarry House, they decided that they had to see the Piratz Tavern, but weren't quite up for the full Mefite experience. PLEASE DON'T HATE ME!@

By: blasdelf

blasdelf — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:01:40 -0800

We started filtering out after 11, so you probably just missed us entirely :)

By: mullacc

mullacc — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 10:24:00 -0800

It was nice meeting everyone. I look forward to the next one.

sperose: I don't know how we missed you...we were the large group near the front. We didn't have a sign posted up or anything, but we had a few of these lying around the table. Oh well, next time.

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 21:56:59 -0800

Photos are up!

I loved hearing about Disneyworld. Too cute. I'm looking forward to the next meetup already (please no spicy food!).

By: exogenous

exogenous — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 06:53:58 -0800

Woohoo, I got a shoutout! I regret not making this one - hopefully next time.

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 07:49:49 -0800

I was a bad cure-all and went to a philosophy party instead. Never fear DC mefites: this summer it's gonna be Kool-Aid pickles and piratical picnics fo' sho'.

By: kittens for breakfast

kittens for breakfast — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 12:29:00 -0800

Gahhhhhhh, I FAIL. Next time, dammit! (Really!)

By: sperose

sperose — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 21:42:51 -0800

Oh fucksticks, now I know what group y'all were. I thought that might've been you guys, but I was too chickenshit to say something.

Next time, for realz.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 06:32:46 -0800

Much fun, all. Thanks for the photos, cowbellemoo.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 11:56:42 -0800

GODS DAMMIT! If you're going to have a meetup at Piratz Tavern, will someone please notify me? I completely missed this whole thread, and didn't find out about it until Dallas (the bartender) told me last night.

By: empath

empath — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:24:02 -0800

Well, like, there was a link in the sidebar for like 3 weeks.

I couldn't make it cause I got out of work late.

By: Faint of Butt

Faint of Butt — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:15:30 -0800

I know it's my fault. I just completely overlooked the sidebar. Ah, well. We'll do it again soon, right?

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:37:20 -0800

FOB, I figured you knew, for some reason. I'm sorry I didn't think to tell you. We did miss you, if that's any consolation, and Jenesta, too.

By: and hosted from Uranus

and hosted from Uranus — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:49:59 -0800

We'll do it again soon, right?

/me hopes

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 06:09:41 -0800

I missed you too, anus.

By: grateful

grateful — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:41:04 -0800

We'll do it again soon, right?

We must! We've been promised cake.

By: Uther Bentrazor

Uther Bentrazor — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:38:34 -0800

dammit, I just popped on to check to see if there was a meetup coming soon.

Now I discover I missed not only a meet up, but Crystal Method as well!

Fucksticks.

By: Greg Nog

Greg Nog — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 05:02:51 -0800

We must! We've been promised cake.

THE CAKE IS A LIE

Anyway, I'm excited to see that I got a shoutout which included both a martini AND ceiling cat! Cheers!

By: cowbellemoo

cowbellemoo — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:43:19 -0800

omigosh! ceiling cat is watching your recognizance!

By: zennie

zennie — Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:26:13 -0800

We must! We've been promised cake.

Now look here, son. I said maybe.

Maybe I will bake you a monstrous ten-layer cake stuffed with home-made fudges.

That is, if I can forgive y'all for planning the Piratz while I was out of the country. ;p