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January 1, 2008 7:23 PM

NY Meet-Ups

Hello!

I'm new to NYC (4 month anniversary coming up) and now that the whole mess of moving and settling is finally done with, I am starting to realize that I don't know very many people here and I would like that to change. Things are starting to get pretty lonely.

I see postings for meet-ups that have already happened, but where do I look to find meet-ups that are being planned?

What are other ways that have proved successful for you all to meet new people? I'm relatively shy at first and I work long hours and often 6 or 7 days a week so it's very hard to get outside of my work environment. I work with great people, but I don't always want to hang out with them after being together all day.

Help!

Happy New Year! :)

posted by PaintMeRed9 to MetaFilter gatherings at 7:23 PM (34 comments total)

Over in the metatalk sidebar under "Upcoming Meetups:". They're always up for meet-ups so that shouldn't be a problem.
posted by puke & cry at 7:26 PM on January 1, 2008

well, when are you free?

if you want to meetup, it's good to just pick a time and a place. or else mention that there is free booze/food some place. that always works for me.
posted by Stynxno at 7:33 PM on January 1, 2008

If you're looking for a meetup to be planned, you should go ahead and plan one! Make a post announcing a date, time, and location. If you need help with planning, you could MeMail me, or another NYC Mefite you'd like to meet up with. When you are the one who wants a meetup, it's best to do all the planning before announcing it- "Whaddyawannado?" threads don't tend to go very well.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:34 PM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]

I'm a freelancer, so my free time is inconsistent. I'll work a bazillion hours with a company for two or three weeks and then I'll have anywhere from a few days to a few weeks without work.
posted by PaintMeRed9 at 7:37 PM on January 1, 2008

How far in advance do you know when you'll be free? Meetups with at least 1 and preferably 2-3 weeks notice are best, but people have thrown things together with less time, especially if there's a big event going on people want to go to (a concert or something).
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 7:42 PM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]

Well, if you have any used books to get rid of, come to 12th & Broadway between 9:30 am and 6:00pm, tuesday through saturday. unless I'm on lunch break (2:30 to 3:30), I'll be the guy unpacking. I'm kind of unique looking and hard to miss.
posted by jonmc at 7:46 PM on January 1, 2008

True. jonmc is seven and a half feet tall, weighs 113 pounds, has green hair down to his waist and a long pink handlebar mustache.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 8:17 PM on January 1, 2008

That's absurd. The mustache is magenta, not pink.
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:53 PM on January 1, 2008 [1 favorite]

Puce, dammit. and you forgot the pierced forehead and impish grin.
posted by jonmc at 9:02 PM on January 1, 2008

Oh heavens yes, speaking from experience, you do not want to wander in there and start talking to the guy with the pink moustache. Srsly.
posted by chrismear at 9:04 PM on January 1, 2008

unless I'm on lunch break (2:30 to 3:30), I'll be the guy unpacking.

I'm a big fan of the 2:30 lunch too! I'd come to an NYC meetup, but I'm scared of getting NYC beat up.
posted by "Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys at 12:30 AM on January 2, 2008 [1 favorite]

What are you, Tex, a Godzilla magnet? Or are you one of those Texas hayriders who're afraid of the subways?
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:34 AM on January 2, 2008

Yes... and yes.
posted by "Tex" Connor and the Wily Roundup Boys at 7:28 AM on January 2, 2008

I'm available for coffee on short notice. I'll meet anyone at least once.
posted by hermitosis at 7:44 AM on January 2, 2008

Puce? You're mad; it's clearly fuschia.
posted by Skorgu at 8:16 AM on January 2, 2008

Fuschia? I never met ya!
posted by languagehat at 8:42 AM on January 2, 2008

I like nyc meet ups. And waffles. And I would like an invitation to waffles.
posted by rmless at 1:25 PM on January 2, 2008

I'm down for an NYC meetup. If it's in Little Rock. Just sayin'.
posted by middleclasstool at 1:38 PM on January 2, 2008

I like nyc meet ups. And waffles. And I would like an invitation to waffles.

I'm inviting you to waffle. Or not. Maybe? Ok lets do it!
posted by langeNU at 2:22 PM on January 2, 2008

LOL, wafflecopter.
posted by Smart Dalek at 4:46 PM on January 2, 2008

"people have thrown things together with less time"

Impromptu meetup, tonight. In my pants.

Unfortunately, my pants are not in NYC tonight. It is rumored my pants will be in NYC sometime in the next 2 weeks, and I will almost certainly be in them, partying. You're welcome to join me; just follow the oontz oontz until you reach the fly. Knock twice, sharply, for admittance. If you knock too many or too few times, I can't guarantee the bouncer will let you in. They're kinda strict about passcodes. In my pants.
posted by Eideteker at 4:52 PM on January 2, 2008

Impromptu meetup, tonight. In my pants.

No way. That's a bad neighborhood. Full of nuts and assholes.
posted by jonmc at 4:59 PM on January 2, 2008 [2 favorites]

How about late January? Midweek, after work?
posted by amberglow at 5:21 PM on January 2, 2008

I'm not new to NYC, but I'm new to MeFi.

So if I have to share this site with allayouz, I damn sure want to meet you all so I know which ones I can take in a fight.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 9:39 PM on January 2, 2008 [2 favorites]

So if I have to share this site with allayouz, I damn sure want to meet you all so I know which ones I can take in a fight.

Oh yeah? You and what army? ; >
posted by amberglow at 10:24 PM on January 2, 2008

This is the thread that I will show to everyone when I explain why I don't live in New York.
posted by blue_beetle at 11:41 AM on January 3, 2008 [1 favorite]

Let's go to Clinton Street Baking Company. And then a bar.
posted by spec80 at 1:40 PM on January 3, 2008 [1 favorite]

Clinton St. Baking Co. makes excellent food.

seven and a half feet tall, weighs 113 pounds, has green hair down to his waist and a long pink handlebar mustache.

i've seen a guy matching this description barrelling down 5th ave on a bike. I fervently hope he's on metafilter.
posted by dubold at 2:18 PM on January 3, 2008

Let's go to Clinton Street Baking Company. And then a bar.

Is it actually possible to get a bunch of New Yorkers with dissimilar schedules to meet in one place, then to pick up and go to another place?

I mean, there's herding cats, and then there's teaching 'em line dancing.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 11:12 AM on January 4, 2008

... have you been to one of our meetups? We do this every time.
posted by spec80 at 11:34 AM on January 4, 2008

Hey I should scroll up. Yes. It is possible. And if I had a cat, it could herd and be herded. And it would be able to line dance. And then I'd shoot it full of coke and it would write the Next Great American Novel. My cat is Michael Chabon. Who is not a New Yorker. But you weren't talking about New York cats. Just cats. So my argument is still solid.
posted by spec80 at 11:39 AM on January 4, 2008

My cat is a new york cat.

She wakes me up at 6 am to be fed. She eats two bites and is then full. She then goes and cuddles up with my roommate in another room.

When I finally leave for work, she's sleeping on a couch in the room with the bunny and looks slightly hurt when I wake her up to say goodbye.

le sigh.
posted by Stynxno at 12:21 PM on January 4, 2008

Your superior catsmanship has convinced me. Name the date and time.
posted by The Pluto Gangsta at 8:35 PM on January 6, 2008

I'd be game for a NYC meetup too
posted by dcjd at 10:31 AM on January 11, 2008