Comments on: Easter Week NYC Meetup

Easter Week NYC Meetup

Del Far — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:40:11 -0800

Anyone up for an Easter week NYC Meetup during March 22 - 29? Perhaps we could all do an activity like an Obscure Walking Tour, Hanging out and talking at a bar/restaurant, Seeing a Show/Movie/etc. It's just a thought, I just joined the community and it would be fun to have a meetup with a bunch of other Mefites, and I'm coming back to NYC on break from college and would love to do something.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:47:32 -0800

I'm going to be in town the weekend of the 28th and there may be a MetaChat meetup brewing for friday or saturday of that weekend. So possibly we could amalgamate the two?

By: My Bloody Pony

My Bloody Pony — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:00:45 -0800

If it's the weekend of the 19th, I might be able to make it.

By: onalark

onalark — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:10:37 -0800

I think I may have finally convinced the girlfriend to come to a Metafilter Meetup... I'm out of town on the weekend of the 21st. (What the heck is the weekend of the 19th? Whose weekend starts on Wednesday? Is your company hiring?)

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:14:06 -0800

I'm up for it! SassHat and Del Far, can you two decide upon a date that works for the both of you?

By: SassHat

SassHat — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:20:18 -0800

Having it the weekend of Easter itself might keep some people from coming. But I've clearly got a dog in this fight. :P

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:26:47 -0800

The actual weekend of Easter is terrible awful schedule-wise for me (and others, I imagine, who might travel), so the weekend after would be better.

By: My Bloody Pony

My Bloody Pony — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:28:13 -0800

I meant 29th. And my weekend starts whenever you want it to...

By: SassHat

SassHat — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:31:58 -0800

Yessss! Everything's coming up SassHat!

To sweeten the deal, if I can get an accurate head count before the meetup, I will come bearing Canadian-type presents.

No, it's not health care. Sorry. They won't let us take it over the border.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:36:32 -0800

:-(

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:41:21 -0800

Oh, and my vote is for Friday night.

By: Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America

Mr. President Dr. Steve Elvis America — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:26:53 -0800

Yes!

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 22:44:41 -0800

I think I can make this one.

By: kkokkodalk

kkokkodalk — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:05:37 -0800

I'm up for a meetup. My only thing is I might be on the road on the 29th or 30th.

By: Del Far

Del Far — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:36:32 -0800

I think friday the 28th would be sweet, I can do sat the 29th also but I'm planning on driving back the 30th so Friday is preferable.

By: hurdy gurdy girl

hurdy gurdy girl — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:18:52 -0800

Oh man! I am going to be in NYC for a conference the following week. :-( I was just coming in here to propose a meetup for April 4th or 5th when I saw this thread. Bad timing on my part.

Is there anyone who can't make it to the meetup on the 28th/29th, or, uh, anyone who won't be meetupped-out, who would like to get together on the 4th or 5th?

By: Eideteker

Eideteker — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 03:56:50 -0800

I'd like to register my vote for Saturday, because I need Friday night to drive down to NYC. And I'd sure like to attend!

By: grumblebee

grumblebee — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 04:59:38 -0800

Why not cap off the night with a great piece of theatre, directed by one MeFite and starring another? The critics love it, and it closes on the 23rd. I'll happily give a discount to mefites!

By: SassHat

SassHat — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:18:32 -0800

Eidelweiss my darling, we can party Saturday night too. You bring the clogs.

By: spec80

spec80 — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:54:01 -0800

I can make the weekend of the 21st but I have a birthday party to go to the night of the 22nd so I can make dinner beforehand if you guys are doing that.

And the 28th one and it will just have been a day after my Lasik surgery! So anything where I don't have to see that much would be great.

And the 4th/5th is clear for me.

By: piratebowling

piratebowling — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:21:07 -0800

I'm leaving for the West Coast on the 23rd, so I'd vote for something earlier rather than later.

By: Afroblanco

Afroblanco — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:07:54 -0800

I'm pretty much always down for a meetup.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:27:42 -0800

If it's also a metachat meetup, and maybe we can make it some other kind of meetup as well, perhaps hermitosis can still attend.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:06:09 -0800

Hermitosis will never cease to be with us!

By: rottytooth

rottytooth — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:40:57 -0800

Count me in!

By: hurdy gurdy girl

hurdy gurdy girl — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 11:06:15 -0800

I wish I could go to this meetup! It sounds like a lot of fun.

Thanks, spec80. I'll post a separate thread in case there are others who'd like to go on the 4th/5th, but can't make the 28th/29th weekend and don't click on this thread.

By: annaramma

annaramma — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:59:51 -0800

Ooh, the sting of missing the SF meetup would definitely be softened by a NYC meetup.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:03:59 -0800

Ok based on how the thread is going, I propose Friday the 28th at around 7:30-8pm.

Place to be determined by people who actually know the city (central is better, I would assume?).

Del Far, usually the person who posts the thread gets to pick a place. Where would you like to meet? The best Mefi meetups I've been to have been a low key restaurants or quiet(er) bars where food is also served. Central and easy to get to is good as far as location goes.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:16:13 -0800

Woohoo, I'm excited.

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 15:41:10 -0800

This may be the fifth or sixth time I've said this, but I think I can finally make this one.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:37:25 -0800

How about Del Far or SassHat add this one to the meetup sidebar, now that we have a date (letting them do it so they can confirm they've decided on said date)?

By: Del Far

Del Far — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:41:44 -0800

I already sent a message to Sass about this, but I'm going to let him pick and organize our place of meeting, I'm not that outgoing when searching for great restaurants or bars, all I like to go eat at is Shake Shack (which is outside and you need to take the 6), Pom Fritte (which is really small and out of the way), and McManus (where a lot of the improvisors go to, great for stalking btw, kidding). And the only entertainment I ever see is at the UCB Theater, because its nice and cheap. So I'm gonna leave it up to Sass to decide.

Also I do have an idea for something we could do together, I have a great microphone for recording audio and if we go to a place I can plug my computer in and its quiet we can do a Metafilter Fan Podcast (in tribute to MattHowie and Jessamyn) with all the people who are at the meetup, we can each pick a story we like and talk about it, I think it would be hella fun to do together as a group.

Also the 22nd is World Pillow fight day and for NYC its in Union Square (E 14 St. & Broadway) at 3:00 PM, I know I will be there with Cape and Goggles on, if any Me-fites want to meet to do this I would love to get something after this because I know some can't make the Later date, just throwing it out there.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:24:32 -0800

I'd just like everyone to know, for the record, that I am an affirmed member of Team Vag and therefore not a "him." Del Far wouldn't have known this though.

I am going to ask around and try to scare down a location. Suggestions are welcome, I'm going to go ahead and sidebar it now so that it doesn't get lost now that it's off the front page of MeTa.

By: Del Far

Del Far — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 23:28:55 -0800

And I would like sass and everyone else to know that I wholehartedly apologize for thinking you were a guy because when I just assume things I'm only making an ass out of me.

But planning wise, does anyone want to use their weekly question to Ask metafilter for good places to meet and eat, and has big tables for all of us and is cool with loud discussion of the sort? I can not use mine because I'm saving it to ask a question about internships.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:27:19 -0800

Seeing as how the people who would know the answers are the same people coming to the meetup, it's probably best we just skip the AskMeta Q and decide amongst ourselves. I'm going to research and come back with a rec.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:11:12 -0800

A few of us think Congee Village would be a fun dinner place. We could do dinner there round 7:30, have some dollar dumplings across the street at Fried Dumpling after, and then frolic around the LES until the wee hours of the morning. How does that sound to everyone?

By: spec80

spec80 — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:14:45 -0800

Congee Village + 5 for $1 dumplings + LES hijinks = yay!

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 09:17:41 -0800

Fried Dumpling on Yelp.

By: Stynxno

Stynxno — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 11:19:59 -0800

I vote for Congee Village.

LET IT BE SO.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:06:37 -0800

That sounds AWESOME. I love dumplings. Also, the further downtown the better - my hotel's in the financial district. :P

So it is - Congee Village. 7:30 is good but I may be slightly late due to acts of god or traffic. Hopefully someone will be down for a beer after food.

By: sueinnyc

sueinnyc — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 04:37:24 -0800

I love, and dearly miss, Congee Village. Wish I could be there. Have fun!

By: kosem

kosem — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:08:14 -0800

This may be the fifth or sixth time I've said this, but I think I can finally make this one.

Likewise.

By: Del Far

Del Far — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:31:24 -0800

I'm really excited about this happening, and I'm definitely looking forward to cheap dumplings, I also suggest going to the Upright Citizens Brigade for a 9:30 improv show from the Stepfathers I was gonna go myself, but it would be fun to go with more people. Its a couple subway rides but it is worth it.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:51:11 -0800

Huh, weird, a friend of mine was just telling me to check out UCB. I think it depends on the timing of food, etc.

Perhaps we can try to get a count so we can make a reservation?

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 08:35:28 -0800

I asked spec80, and she doesn't think we need a reservation, which is good, because trying to get a count and have everyone show up at the same time would be like herding cats.

By: SassHat

SassHat — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:07:02 -0800

Oh good. I'm allergic to cats.

By: chan.caro

chan.caro — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 06:33:02 -0800

I'm a newbie to this meetup thing, but I'd like to go too! Where do you think you'll all end up at around 9, 9:30? I have plans a little bit earlier, but if you are indeed frolicking until the wee hours, I'd love to join in =)

By: SassHat

SassHat — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:56:55 -0800

From the sounds of it we will be at Congee Village, across the street at the dumpling place or around the corner eating gelato. Can you tell where my priorities lie?

By: SassHat

SassHat — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 07:59:02 -0800

Or some people may be departing for UCB at that time.

By: chan.caro

chan.caro — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:17:48 -0800

I'm right there with you, Sasshat. Is there any way to get in touch with someone if I can't find the MeFiMass at any of those locations?

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:21:21 -0800

Yes, please call me on the phone- 727.475.4373. Around 9ish I do not believe we will be at either Congee Village or Fried Dumpling, but I could be wrong.

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:29:53 -0800

I have to work tonight after all, but may get out early (which for me is eleven or so). If not, I'm off work for next week's meet for certain.

By: onalark

onalark — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 08:54:26 -0800

I'll be there or be square. Looking forward to seeing a bunch of you again.

By: Del Far

Del Far — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:17:38 -0800

Ok, so I booked 10 tickets for both a 9:30 show of the Stepfathers or the 11:00pm show with Death by Roo Roo, if we do actually plan on going to see them, we probably won't. Its rather far out of the way from Congee Village, we would need to take the 6th subway if people want to go, but like i said, we don't have to go, it's also costs 8 bucks, so thats kind of expensive compared to cheap dumplings.

Also, my number is 1 914 310 7516, just in case you can't reach the Pink Super Hero.

Can't Wait :-)

By: brina

brina — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:53:03 -0800

Durr. If I come ... which location of Congee Village will y'all be at?

Not that I'm making any promises. You all know I've flaked out on every single one of these meetup type events.

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:57:17 -0800

100 Allen St.

By: annaramma

annaramma — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:55:53 -0800

I'll definitely be there for Congee Village. Tonight is my last hurrah before heading back to the West Coast.

By: Bookhouse

Bookhouse — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:23:42 -0800

Well, forget me having an early night at work. Have fun, everybody.

By: Del Far

Del Far — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:56:53 -0800

we gave up on congee village and we are now in the cake shop and we'll be at the cake shop, once again call or text me or pink and we'll update you

By: SassHat

SassHat — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:33:41 -0800

I've added a few crappy phone cam shots, just because I like to be FRIST!!!1

By: SassHat

SassHat — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 22:43:47 -0800

ALSO...y'all better add me as a contact, mofos! :)

It was great to finally meet everyone, I'll be around through sunday so feel free to memail me if you want to hang out again!

By: ThePinkSuperhero

ThePinkSuperhero — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:01:53 -0800

Fun times had by all! So nice to meet all of you- and what a crowd! I was shocked!

By: rmless

rmless — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 23:10:13 -0800

Sorry to have missed it :(

By: Admiral Haddock

Admiral Haddock — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 07:58:52 -0800

My first meetup. Lots of fun. But now I have eye crabs! Help me, Dr. Mark!

By: Del Far

Del Far — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:08:38 -0800

"Is that Racist?"

By: annaramma

annaramma — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:15:21 -0800

For your Octopus Necklace purchasing enjoyment. A Lovecraftian version will be forthcoming.

It was delightful seeing you all.

By: jason's_planet

jason's_planet — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 20:22:55 -0800

and what a crowd! I was shocked!

Yeah! I recognized less than half the people in those photos.

And that is just too damned nifty.

By: spec80

spec80 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:18:30 -0800

Sorry I missed this one. I told TPS that I was getting Lasik a couple of hours before. I'll be at this Saturday's though. Plus my eye shields and wraparound sunglasses are kind of crazy.

By: GrammarMoses

GrammarMoses — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:39:29 -0800

I'll be at the one next weekend if spec80 promises to wear her Geordie LaForge getup.

By: spec80

spec80 — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:40:17 -0800

I'll bring it and put it on. Like a monkey. Like your personal performing monkey. ARE YOU HAPPY NOW. I will burn you with my laser eyes.