PDX Meetup

April 25, 2008 11:58 PM

Portland, OR Meetup? Looking back, it's been a looong time since a Portland Meetup. Any one interested?

I did a search and turns out the last one was November 2007.

I've never done one of these things before. Any suggestions from previous meetups?

posted by fiercekitten to MetaFilter gatherings at 11:58 PM (28 comments total)

Man, it has been a dang ol' while. I'm in.

No specific suggestions—my favorite meetup joint closed a while back—but in general I'd say we do pretty well with Saturday afternoons and beer, so that might be a decent place to start.
posted by cortex at 7:39 AM on April 26

Saturday afternoons +++
Beer+++
I'm still sad the Rose and Raindrop is shut, though.
posted by dersins at 8:47 AM on April 26

I'd be up for something and I don't care where.
posted by sleepy pete at 10:30 AM on April 26

I'm in. In my world, the Horse Brass fills the hole left by the closure of the R&R, but the Brass really is a stanky smoke pit, ill-suited to general purpose gatherings. Howzabout the Green Dragon at 9th and Belmont? They rotate through an excellent selection of taps there. I've never sat on the bar side, but it looks like it'd accommodate a decent sized crowd of Mefites, should they come out.
posted by mumkin at 10:57 AM on April 26

The Horse Brass is a little smoky even for me; I've never been to the Green Dragon, but I've read decent enough things about it that I'd be willing to give it a shot. East side, yo. (FYI I can talk that way by virtue of the fact that I am so street.)
posted by dersins at 11:28 AM on April 26

as long as this isn't the weekend of the 11th, I can drive down from seattle and drink beers with youse all.

Also, dersins, you are missed in 15931.
posted by mrzarquon at 11:30 AM on April 26

Heh. I'm in Portland right now, visiting from Berkeley, if there's anything going on tonight or tomorrow.
posted by team lowkey at 12:10 PM on April 26

I'd go for the Green Dragon or the shiny new HUB.
posted by turbodog at 4:56 PM on April 26

Heh, again. I'm going to the Green Dragon tonight, actually.
posted by team lowkey at 5:12 PM on April 26

Man, I was pissed about not being able to make it to Ground Kontrol last time, but I'm 21 now, so... yeah, meetup!
posted by OverlappingElvis at 11:25 AM on April 27

I hope you had some of the Dragon's particularly delicious fries, team lowkey. It has those to recommend it as well.

This thread is going to scroll off into oblivion tomorrow, so we should at least pick a tentative date for the meetup. That'll secure some of that all-important sidebar real estate to give the event visibility. May 24 maybe? It's a Saturday, is far enough out to maximize awareness, and is post-primary, so maybe we can have the audacity to hope for a politics-free meetup.
posted by mumkin at 11:50 AM on April 27

That sounds like a pretty good plan to me, mumkin.
posted by cortex at 12:56 PM on April 27

Marked as good for me. Someone sidebar that monkey.
posted by sleepy pete at 1:34 PM on April 27

Okay. Current plan is Saturday, May 24th, starting afternoonish, at the Green Dragon.
posted by cortex at 1:58 PM on April 27 [1 favorite]

i'll see if i can adjust my plans to come down for the weekend. There are peeps I need to harrass down there anyway.
posted by mrzarquon at 4:31 PM on April 27

Oh man, then we can longboat in person.

NOT A SEX THING
posted by cortex at 4:45 PM on April 27

Damnit, didn't move fast enough. I'm flying out of PDX at 2pm. I'm in town from Wednesday May 21 PM, though.
posted by dw at 6:33 PM on April 27

Whoa. Is that highlighty thing new?
posted by dersins at 10:08 PM on April 27

I was actually thinking the same thing. I guess it's been too long since I've been to a meetup.
posted by cortex at 10:32 PM on April 27

And dw, we could try to work out a miniature pre-meetup meetup. Beer on Friday afternoon at the pub across the street from my apartment.
posted by cortex at 10:34 PM on April 27

Great! I'm in. I like the Green Dragon too, this sounds perfect to me.
posted by ugf at 11:43 PM on April 27

Ah, Green Dragon. Good call. See you all then.
posted by not_the_water at 12:56 AM on April 28

Sounds fun. Wonder if Green Dragon is serving their absinthe now? I was told it "wasn't ready yet" last time I went in a few months ago.
posted by medeine at 7:30 AM on April 28

Mmmm...I love the Tuscan Bread Salad at the Green Dragon. Most excellent choice. And we can get our foosball on. I do believe that the 24th will work for me. I shall check with my social secretary (aka wife) and find out.
posted by afflatus at 8:41 AM on April 28

I'm aiming to be there. Look forward to meeting folks.
posted by msalt at 12:04 PM on April 28

I would like to attend. So I'm gonna!
posted by rokabiri at 3:05 PM on April 30

I'm not at all sure what the future holds, but Ground Kontrol was a hoot, so yeah.
posted by Nabubrush at 8:56 PM on May 6

I don't think I can join but if I can I will because the Green Dragon is my favorite haunt right now. It hits so many buttons.
posted by amanda at 1:05 PM on May 10