Comments on: PDX Meetup

PDX Meetup

fiercekitten — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 23:58:36 -0800

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?

By: cortex

cortex — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 07:39:34 -0800

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.

By: dersins

dersins — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:47:42 -0800

Saturday afternoons +++
Beer+++
I'm still sad the Rose and Raindrop is shut, though.

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:30:30 -0800

I'd be up for something and I don't care where.

By: mumkin

mumkin — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:57:28 -0800

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.

By: dersins

dersins — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:28:00 -0800

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.)

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 11:30:38 -0800

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.

By: team lowkey

team lowkey — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 12:10:21 -0800

Heh. I'm in Portland right now, visiting from Berkeley, if there's anything going on tonight or tomorrow.

By: turbodog

turbodog — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 16:56:36 -0800

I'd go for the Green Dragon or the shiny new HUB.

By: team lowkey

team lowkey — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 17:12:43 -0800

Heh, again. I'm going to the Green Dragon tonight, actually.

By: OverlappingElvis

OverlappingElvis — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:25:36 -0800

Man, I was pissed about not being able to make it to Ground Kontrol last time, but I'm 21 now, so... yeah, meetup!

By: mumkin

mumkin — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:50:38 -0800

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.

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 12:56:19 -0800

That sounds like a pretty good plan to me, mumkin.

By: sleepy pete

sleepy pete — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:34:02 -0800

Marked as good for me. Someone sidebar that monkey.

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 13:58:09 -0800

Okay. Current plan is Saturday, May 24th, starting afternoonish, at the Green Dragon.

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:31:53 -0800

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.

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 16:45:46 -0800

Oh man, then we can longboat in person.

NOT A SEX THING

By: dw

dw — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:33:33 -0800

Damnit, didn't move fast enough. I'm flying out of PDX at 2pm. I'm in town from Wednesday May 21 PM, though.

By: dersins

dersins — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:08:43 -0800

Whoa. Is that highlighty thing new?

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:32:16 -0800

I was actually thinking the same thing. I guess it's been too long since I've been to a meetup.

By: cortex

cortex — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 22:34:41 -0800

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.

By: ugf

ugf — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 23:43:43 -0800

Great! I'm in. I like the Green Dragon too, this sounds perfect to me.

By: not_the_water

not_the_water — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 00:56:13 -0800

Ah, Green Dragon. Good call. See you all then.

By: medeine

medeine — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:30:10 -0800

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.

By: afflatus

afflatus — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 08:41:51 -0800

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.

By: msalt

msalt — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 12:04:26 -0800

I'm aiming to be there. Look forward to meeting folks.

By: rokabiri

rokabiri — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:05:03 -0800

I would like to attend. So I'm gonna!

By: Nabubrush

Nabubrush — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:56:43 -0800

I'm not at all sure what the future holds, but Ground Kontrol was a hoot, so yeah.

By: amanda

amanda — Sat, 10 May 2008 13:05:07 -0800

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.

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:13:39 -0800

I just booked my hotel room (mini vacation for me) for the night of the 24th. I'll be driving down early in the day, and hanging out all saturday / sunday.

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 12 May 2008 12:33:59 -0800

what part of town you staying in, mrzarquon?

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Mon, 12 May 2008 14:36:33 -0800

I'm staying up by the convention center. Really because the hotel rooms are cheap, and its just inside the free ride zone on the red line.

By: dersins

dersins — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:37:10 -0800

Ooh-- a reasonable drunken stumble from one of my favorite divey bars. You in the Holiday Inn?

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:07:31 -0800

Red Lion actually. Big ole convention center hotel, so its pretty empty on weekends. Free wifi, and my last job used to put me up there (and it was a lot nicer than the la quinta).

By: mrzarquon

mrzarquon — Mon, 12 May 2008 17:13:44 -0800

(also, i found the 5th quadrant to be quite enjoyable also)

By: click

click — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:20:28 -0800

Sign me up!

(for the meetup, not Red Lion. Although I'm sure it is a fine establishment.)

By: bhance

bhance — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:50:30 -0800

Danke to mumkin for pointing this out. Bunnycakes and I are moving to PDX around the 23rd, would like to say hola.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 14 May 2008 08:52:39 -0800

Awesome! Definitely come by.

By: dersins

dersins — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:26:01 -0800

More people! Huzzah!

By: bhance

bhance — Wed, 14 May 2008 09:39:40 -0800

Sweet jeebus the place is like 4 blocks from our house, too. We can stumble home!

By: Caduceus

Caduceus — Wed, 14 May 2008 12:07:15 -0800

Huh. I can probably make this. I'm glad I stumbled on this through that Comcast post in the green.

By: alan

alan — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:36:59 -0800

About fucking time people.

By: cortex

cortex — Wed, 14 May 2008 13:38:35 -0800

Oh, hey, is your friend Alex going to be able to make it?

By: alan

alan — Thu, 15 May 2008 00:05:48 -0800

Nope, Alex can't make it. He'll be hanging out with Alana.

By: Secretariat

Secretariat — Fri, 16 May 2008 07:55:26 -0800

I'll be there. Not sure I'm that experienced with longboating, but I do appreciate vikings.

By: afflatus

afflatus — Fri, 16 May 2008 11:23:18 -0800

Nuts, it turns out that I'm going to be in Eugene for a show on the 24th. Cortex, if you do the pre-meetup meetup with dw, could you drop me a line? I think I can wrangle some time on Friday before I drive down to Eugene.