Comments on: DC meetup over Memorial Day? Any takers?

DC meetup over Memorial Day? Any takers?

Stewriffic — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:13:18 -0800

I'm planning a trip up to DC over Memorial Day weekend. Anyone wanna meet up? My days of travel are somewhat flexible, but basically somewhere between Thursday the 22 and Tuesday the 27. I'll be staying with a friend who recently moved to Adams Morgan, and I'm pretty much not in the know as far as what's around. I'll likely be carless, too.

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 08:16:17 -0800

Oh, I didn't specify that I'm talking about MAY. Hopefully Memorial Day is enough of a clue.

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 09:19:50 -0800

I'm in, probably. We should be moving to DC the week before.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 13:47:01 -0800

I'm up for a meetup on that Friday, Saturday or Sunday. Adam's Morgan works perfectly for me.

By: Sar HaPanim

Sar HaPanim — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:52:41 -0800

I would be interested in meeting you and some DC Mefites around this time.

By: waylaid

waylaid — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:12:07 -0800

I'd like to see another DC MeFi meetup - I have yet to make it to one (I went to the Mexico City one - my first), and i'd love to have one in my home city. How would Thursday, May 22 sound for people?

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:14:14 -0800

For me, at least, Thursday would be the least optimal day, as it's the earliest I could possibly get there.
I'm glad people are starting to answer though! I was wondering if there were any mefites in DC!

By: waylaid

waylaid — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:32:07 -0800

Ok, later is good. Let's hear some other suggestions.

And yes, there are tons of MeFi-ers in DC.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:48:22 -0800

Stewriffic: I think these threads tend to go more smoothly if the OP picks a date/time and puts a stake in the ground. As for location, I think the last meetup at Nanny O'Brien's went really well. It'd be convenient for someone staying in Adam's Morgan.

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:51:48 -0800

Well, if y'all had a good time there last time, excellent. It looks like MeFi has a facilitator/host at Nanny O'Brien's as well. I'll give him a heads up about it, what say?

OK Friday, May 23. Nanny O'Brien's. I'll memail peeedro.

By: hadjiboy

hadjiboy — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 07:57:40 -0800

I'll likely be carless, too.

I read that as Careless for some reason and was wondering why:)

Have fun!

By: waylaid

waylaid — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:05:49 -0800

I'll likely be carless, too.

That's fine. This is DC, many of us do not own cars.

By: MrMoonPie

MrMoonPie — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 15:23:05 -0800

Dang it! We'll be at Wicker Man.

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 20:12:22 -0800

I'll be in DC, too. I'll even bring a smile.

By: youcancallmeal

youcancallmeal — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 21:41:11 -0800

Aw, boo. I've have left for NYC for the summer by then.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:58:45 -0800

I added this to the sidebar.

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 10:16:42 -0800

Cool thanks. I wasn't sure of the logistics of when to do that.

By: waylaid

waylaid — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 15:30:02 -0800

Awesome. Looking forward to this.

By: necessitas

necessitas — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:36:53 -0800

count me in!

By: gsteff

gsteff — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:00:14 -0800

I'm only coming if our hostess is a pirate again.

By: somanyamys

somanyamys — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 18:04:03 -0800

I will definitely try to make this one. Hopefully I won't have to work ridiculously late again.

By: peeedro

peeedro — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:06:06 -0800

I wasn't thinking when I responded to Stewriffic, but I leave the 21st for two weeks of backpacking in Oregon and will not be in town for the meet-up. That shouldn't necessitate any changes in the meet-up plans; I can still reserve the big table in the back room and since I have more lead time for this meet-up I should be able to bully THE POWERS THAT BE to offer the MeFites some drink specials.

Also, for anyone sitting on the fence, the City Paper chose Nanny's as their best Irish bar. That, however, may only indicate that the staff at Nanny's have been sleeping with the right people.

I'm only coming if our hostess is a pirate again.

I don't know if that was ever explained fully, but we call our manager The Pirate Captain as a reference to Anthony Bourdain's description of his formative restaurant experience in Kitchen Confidential. The pirate ship is an apt metaphor for our little bar (and probably most others) as the people I work with are singularly motivated by booty. And I mean that both in terms of treasure and sexual exploits: the bar staff is driven by the opportunity to make mostly tax-free income in the manner of cash-in-hand at the end of the night while they are all on a mission to sleep their way through the city's population that is attractive, willing, or drunk enough to fit the bill. They lie, they cheat, they steal anything that's not bolted down or on camera, they drink Jameson and Jäger as if it's their daily multivitamin, do drugs and pop pills, fuck anyone, and take pride and comfort in their freedom from desks, rules, dress codes, and a normal life. But they do observe a moral code, which is not set down in writing, and I am just starting to figure it out.

At the center of this chaos is The Pirate Captain--sometimes holding things together, sometimes stirring the pot to make a bigger mess.

By: empath

empath — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 16:36:34 -0800

Sounds like a party.

By: somanyamys

somanyamys — Fri, 02 May 2008 07:16:17 -0800

Argh. Just realized I'll be at wolf trap that night. There is a cosmic conspiracy keeping me away from meetups.

By: zazerr

zazerr — Fri, 02 May 2008 12:55:02 -0800

I always miss them, but I think I can make this one.

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:02:16 -0800

You know, Memorial Day is the 26th... any chance we could do another pickle picnic?

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:27:59 -0800

What's a pickle picnic? (Dreading the answer for some reason)

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Mon, 05 May 2008 07:34:48 -0800

Pickle Picnic.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Tue, 06 May 2008 13:24:13 -0800

I am a single parent on the 23rd and the 26th, but I'm sure the baby would love a red pickle.

By the way, anotherpanacea, whoever's stool sample that is should really get themselves to a gastro-interologist post haste!

By: phrontist

phrontist — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:16:00 -0800

I'll be there.

By: Kadin2048

Kadin2048 — Mon, 19 May 2008 15:33:55 -0800

About what time do people think they'll be showing up and staying 'till? I'm flying back into DC that night, and I'm not totally sure when I'll be getting in; it might be fairly late but if there's a good chance people will be around I'll try to make it over.

I missed the last one but had a great time the one before that...be great to see everyone again.

By: waylaid

waylaid — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:57:31 -0800

Do we have a meetup time for this?

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Thu, 22 May 2008 15:20:42 -0800

I'm in DC now!!

By: gsteff

gsteff — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:30:52 -0800

Does 7:00pm work?

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Fri, 23 May 2008 04:19:54 -0800

Sure. Let's say 7. Do I have to do anything special? I don't have any metafilter signs printed up or any of the special accouterments I've seen in other meetup pictures. Anyone care to help on that front? This is me if anyone needs someone to recognize.

By: danOstuporStar

danOstuporStar — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:22:50 -0800

I'll be wearing a shirt.

By: parmanparman

parmanparman — Fri, 23 May 2008 05:24:56 -0800

see you all tonight!

By: danOstuporStar

danOstuporStar — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:58:34 -0800

Turns out that it's a tee shirt. Green tie-dye with the number 34 on it. A lot like the one I was wearing week when Ollie North walked by me at Glen Echo. The same one, in fact.

By: phrontist

phrontist — Fri, 23 May 2008 22:54:49 -0800

Just FYI everyone, stewriffic is not a guy.

By: Stewriffic

Stewriffic — Sat, 24 May 2008 04:27:39 -0800

Most certainly not.

By: footnote

footnote — Sat, 24 May 2008 06:48:37 -0800

That was fun. Especially trying to explain metafilter to the civilians, who looked on confusedly.

Next time, a Go tutorial hosted by Phrontist?

By: anotherpanacea

anotherpanacea — Tue, 27 May 2008 18:07:22 -0800

My move was delayed and so I spent the meetup unloading. However, I'm hoping there'll be a repeat... and pictures!