Comments on: mefite in hbg seeks other mefites for fun and boozing.

mefite in hbg seeks other mefites for fun and boozing.

sio42 — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 14:29:25 -0800

mefites in harrisburg pa?

i'm kinda new to the area and trying to get out and socialize. however, going to a bar alone is not my idea of fun.

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:11:37 -0800

Yeah, I'm there with ya (not right now, but I had similar experiences back in the day). If no MeFits rise to the challenge, you might try meetups.com.

By: Deathalicious

Deathalicious — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:11:55 -0800

Or MeFites.

By: fixedgear

fixedgear — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:37:32 -0800

Drink some Troegs Nugget Nectar for me.

By: MonkeyToes

MonkeyToes — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 19:27:15 -0800

Sub-question: Is there any interest in a Central Pa. meetup?

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:02:14 -0800

State College mefite here. Always up for a meetup.

By: scratch

scratch — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 07:22:17 -0800

YES! I'm stranded in (sigh) Williamsport! Where and when, I'm there baby! I'm unemployed, newish to the area, and thus have a lot of free time and am pathetically desperate for intelligent conversation. In fact I'm scaring myself a little here now. Just count me in. I have no problem driving to Harrisburg, but maybe we could see if there's a place centrally located based on where we would all be coming from.

MonkeyToes, where are you?

By: sio42

sio42 — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 11:13:42 -0800

a central PA meetup would be awesome! the ABC here has a nice upper floor with pool tables etc. i have never been to a meetup but would help in organizing one, whatever that may entail.

ps i will drink a nugget nectar soon, fixed gear, i promise :)

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:44:02 -0800

I could do a central PA Meetup, but not necessarily Harrisburg, that's a bit of a bump. I could do something closer to State College. Even considered hosting one myself.

By: dmd

dmd — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:20:48 -0800

miagaille and I might be able to make it, depending on the date.

By: scratch

scratch — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 09:41:06 -0800

State College would work for me, or sio42's bar sounds ok too. What about a weekend afternoon?

By: DWRoelands

DWRoelands — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 06:17:49 -0800

I'm in Paradise (Amish Paradise!). Dangit, where are the Lancaster County Mefites!?

By: sio42

sio42 — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 16:33:19 -0800

hmm... i wonder how many of us there in the tri city area - york, lancaster, harrisburg?

if more central PA folks are interested, we can try to figure out where a good middle ground would be.

By: MonkeyToes

MonkeyToes — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 18:15:49 -0800

FWIW, Lancaster would work best for me. Lancaster Brewing Company, perhaps? Some Saturday afternoon?

By: sio42

sio42 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 07:17:57 -0800

LBC, ABC - good beer, good food. any other takers for the LBC? i guess we should pick a date so we can post it as an official mefi meetup :)

the last two weekends in march are good for me, but that may be too soon. or not.

i have a wedding (not mine) in april sometime, but otherwise april is good for me too.

By: scratch

scratch — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 07:17:51 -0800

I'm afraid Lancaster's too far for me -- 2.5 hrs each way. Maybe we can do one meetup closer to State College and one closer to Harrisburg?

By: sio42

sio42 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 16:55:05 -0800

that sounds like it would probably be best. although gathering at that place in State College that's on the corner and has the baked ziti...damn what is it called? it's that famous-y restaurant and it looks like an old hotel...oh well...

point: 2 different meetups for logistical reasons sounds reasonable.

guess we'll just keep this thread open until we can find more mefites?
not really sure how we go about polling folks on meetup/location/date etc...

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 19:14:02 -0800

If a meeting were to occur in downtown State College, we ought to consider Herwig's. Nothing against the intersection room or whatever, but the food is much better at Herwig's and the rudeness of the staff is much more entertaining. I extend my invitation to host, but it would be in Linden Hall, several miles from downtown. If you're interested in a more rural meetup, with horses, cows, and kids, I would be happy to make pizza and provide beer.

By: sio42

sio42 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 07:41:03 -0800

ok. so do we make this an official State College/calling all Central PA etc Mefites Meetup?

not that i don't want to hang out with just Toekneesan by myself...but i was kinda hoping for more than two mefis :)

i've never been good at planning get-togethers.

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:23:17 -0800

Propose a date. How about the 27th of this month?

By: sio42

sio42 — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 15:18:09 -0800

the weekend of the 27th will be rehearsal stuff for a wedding the following weekend.

how about April 25th? that's about a month away and should give folks time to plan to attend.

*reminds self to check back to this thread sooner than 10 days from now*

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:06:57 -0800

I could make that if it were in State College.

By: sio42

sio42 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:18:37 -0800

ok - we'll go with a state college meet up on 4/25 at 2 pm.

herwig's looks interesting but i'm not too keen on so much sausage and pork ;)

By: sio42

sio42 — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 07:22:05 -0800

i have posted this on the meetup calendar.

perhaps we will get some more suggestions on places to have it.

otherwise, it will you, toekneesan, and i bonding over schnitzel and lager! :)

By: amicamentis

amicamentis — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:07:12 -0800

sio42: are you thinking of the Corner Room? Great milkshakes!

Wish I was back in State College, if only for the meetup.

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 10:37:50 -0800

I'll be there, Herwig's or otherwise! Though, it may be worth noting to the Bacchanalians that Herwig's does not have a bar. I would suggest either the Corner Room or Zeno's.

By: octothorpe

octothorpe — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:54:55 -0800

Oh man, Zenos. I lost many brain cells there in the eighties.

By: sio42

sio42 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:51:27 -0800

yes, the Corner Room! thank you! i kept thinking "it's on the corner, what's it called?"

i have had really great baked ziti there several times.

do you think it would be terribly busy that time of year? should we reserve something?
or would this zeno's be better? i have not been to zeno's.

By: jefeweiss

jefeweiss — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 09:37:57 -0800

Not in SC anymore, or I would be there.

If it's on a Saturday night, Zeno's will be packed. And if they have a band, there won't be much in the way of conversation it's not big and really loud. Zeno's doesn't get really noisy until the band starts, so even it would be a good option if you get there earlier. And if you like beer, that might be your best option in State College. Zeno's has a very good selection of beers. I spent way too many hours and dollars in Zeno's during the time I lived in SC (late 90s until just recently).

http://www.zenospub.com/

There's a link to see what's scheduled. It's nice and quiet in the afternoon, most of the time.

I'm not sure what would be a good bar to have a conversation later on a Saturday night. If you start around dinner time and get a table somewhere, you probably would have some choices. Upstairs from Zeno's is Bill Pickle's Taproom, it's a new place owned by the same company. I think they have many of the same beers.

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:10:50 -0800

I agree that Zeno's will be packed. Anyone up for Cajun? How about Spats? Kinda spendy but great food and good libations. Less likely to be totally packed. Bill Pickle's could work but they might also be a bit busy on a Saturday night. There's also Mad Mex for the more thrifty but that could also be kind of crowded.

A place I know a lot of faculty go to get away from students is Whiskers out at the Penn Stater. It's a bit square but it's also a bit more adult.

Sounds like this is actually going to happen. This is exciting.

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:13:28 -0800

BTW, Zeno's is one of my favorite bars in the world, so if we decide on that, I'll survive the students and the crowds. I might not hear much of the conversation but I will be there.

By: sio42

sio42 — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 18:50:35 -0800

i was hoping we could do a mid-afternoon thing, like around 2 or so.

i would be driving up and back the same day.

i'll defer restaurant choices to those who are more familiar with the choices available.
i have no special diet things going on but i really don't like seafood. i cannot watch people eat crabs. i have a very special reaction that is probably something i should talk to my therapist about.

anyways, as long as there will no be crab eating, i think i'll be fine :)

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:15:04 -0800

Heck, 2 changes the density factor. Most students will still be sleeping off Friday's drunk. I think we could go anywhere at 2. Let's say Zeno's at 2. It's in the dead center of town. We could easily walk somewhere else if folks want fancy food. Herwig's is two blocks in one direction, Spats two in the other direction, though how do you feel about watching people suck the head out of a crayfish? Spats might not work. But there are about thirty other choices within five blocks.

Need directions?

http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&q=Zeno%27s+State+College&fb=1&split=1&gl=us&cid=0,0,15049475643578271686&ei=PQ7OSf_yC87ulQfdrPXZCQ&ll=40.800199,-77.86118&spn=0.015756,0.028582&z=15&iwloc=A

Zeno's is downstairs.

See youns there.

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 05:20:40 -0800

Oh and why don't you add the tags State College and Pennsylvania to this post. Maybe that will catch the attention of a few lurkers.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:04:32 -0800

This is so cool. My brother lives right near State College (Rebersburg,) and I was just telling him about metafilter, and how they were everywhere, and that though us New Yorkers reign supreme, even a State College meetup would draw at least a few people.

By: amicamentis

amicamentis — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 08:33:38 -0800

Rebersburg? Wow! My friend in college (Penn State, natch) was a descendant of the guy that founded the town. I believe he also had a building named after him on campus.

You could send your brother as your State College proxy.

By: slogger

slogger — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 09:56:47 -0800

You're not meeting at Otto's?

WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE?!?!?

I miss State College...

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:43:39 -0800

I would point out that Zeno's offers over 300 different beers and they are current serving, I believe it's a Stout, that Otto's is brewing for them exclusively. In other words, I think you can actually get more different kinds of Otto's beers at Zeno's than you can currently get at Otto's.

Of course the food at Otto's is much better, and mostly local ingredients.

By: jackflaps

jackflaps — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:08:58 -0800

Sweet, I didn't miss this. Pretty sure 4/25 is Blue and White Weekend, so it's basically a home football weekend here if that's the case. Though 2:00 would probably be during the actual game so it might not be as bad.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:14:09 -0800

I'm not sure if my brother will attend, but if anyone wanting to go this needs a place to stay, I might be able get you a bed at his place. Memail me.

If there's a home game, lodgings will be scarce.

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:47:46 -0800

Damn you blasted contest! 'Tis Spring! Must you foul every season with your inebriated and rioting masses‽

*shakes tight fist at Beaver Stadium*

Be prepared to shift into contingency mode.

By: sio42

sio42 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 09:06:08 -0800

wow, my years at PSU satellite campus failed to inculcate me in the rituals of PSU football.

i wonder if traffic going up will be outrageous.

ugh. *sighs, shakes head at Beaver Stadium*

By: sio42

sio42 — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 09:43:50 -0800

*sighs again for different reason*

i have been informed by boyfriend that the Thing with His Parents we thought was next weekend is, alas, tomorrow. *sigh* not that Thing with His Parents won't be fun but....

toeskneesan - i hope somebody still shows up!
thanks for your participation in this thread/meetup attempt!!!

-5 pts for me not being able to attend my own thing i planned.

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 17:28:53 -0800

Well, I'll still show up. I've got a beard, round glasses, and a long ponytail. I'll also subtly be wearing my Metafilter t-shirt.

By: The White Hat

The White Hat — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 20:02:37 -0800

I'll be wearing a white shirt, may or may not be sporting stubble, and will be standing near the guy in the Metafilter t-shirt.

By: jackflaps

jackflaps — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 08:51:28 -0800

I'll be the one in the White Sox shirt staggering in fifteen minutes late after his 30-mile bike ride.

By: StickyCarpet

StickyCarpet — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:58:17 -0800

My brother won't make it mid-afternoon. Fishing season just opened, and he's running around stocking ponds and lakes with the trout he's raised in his fish farm in Rebersburg , and delivers in a modified antique fire truck (Elk Creek Fish Hatchery, if you drive by and see a crusty, survivalist, bearded gent, stop in and introduce yourself).

By: jackflaps

jackflaps — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 16:16:30 -0800

Sorry I missed this; I've been trying to get over a bug the last couple of days so after the bike ride I needed to go sleep for a couple of hours. We should try another one sometime...

By: Toekneesan

Toekneesan — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:03:39 -0800

No pics, just me and The White Hat. Couple of hours of who are you and why do you do that. It was great but I owe that to the company. Hope to see more of youns next time.