Michigan Meetup

April 5, 2002 4:32 PM

MeFi Michigan (Metro Detroit Area) anyone?
posted by tj to MetaFilter Gatherings at 4:32 PM (43 comments total)

What would Miguel think?

How about Ann Arbor?
posted by rodii at 4:47 PM on April 5, 2002

I'm in Hillsdale, about an hour and a half from Detroit and an hour from Ann Arbor.

I probably won't be able to, since I'm not 21, and right now I don't have a car. Maybe in a year or two.

Have fun though, in lovely snowy Michigan.
posted by insomnyuk at 5:04 PM on April 5, 2002

I live in Grand Rapids and have no car. Otherwise...
posted by Apoch at 5:07 PM on April 5, 2002

One of the most pathetic threads ever : )
posted by ParisParamus at 5:44 PM on April 5, 2002

Damn, insomnyuk, you're a bright under-21er. I had you fixed in the 30's, no offense.
posted by Ufez Jones at 5:49 PM on April 5, 2002

A2, unless the detroit crowd objects (suggest Machus Red Fox but its not there anymore;) perhaps ypsi. Insomnuyk- dohworrabouttit...i'll get you in. whats that writers bar near the engineering quad."you're a bright under-21er" Hillsdale tells me that-good school. Miguel would be fun...i can see him, shot-gunning in a 62, caddie blasting down John R with a stoggie and some Bombay gin, Sinatra cranking 'Saturday night'. go get kicked outta the ren cen (create minor diplomatic incident) then on the Windsor for some Roby Roys and ferro. oh ah, am i invited? apoch, this happens?, i'll come get ya.
posted by clavdivs at 7:52 PM on April 5, 2002

first rounds on Paxton.
posted by clavdivs at 7:53 PM on April 5, 2002

Thanks Ufez :)
posted by insomnyuk at 8:27 PM on April 5, 2002

I think
posted by insomnyuk at 8:30 PM on April 5, 2002

I might be in, depending on the date. A2 would be fine with me (although I'd prefer East Lansing!)
posted by pardonyou? at 8:37 PM on April 5, 2002

But insomnyuk has to be there...
posted by pardonyou? at 8:45 PM on April 5, 2002

Better do it before May 8, that's my last day of school, then I go back home to Ohio, in which case I'll have to go to MeFi Dayton or something. (yuk yuk)
posted by insomnyuk at 8:57 PM on April 5, 2002

mefi dayton?! ::rolls in laughter:: what kind of nonsense is that?

::goes back to writing up plans for mefi cincinnati::
posted by lotsofno at 10:20 PM on April 5, 2002

*misses Detroit, where I grew up*

Go Red Wings!
posted by adampsyche at 10:29 PM on April 5, 2002

meFi dayton...
posted by clavdivs at 11:18 PM on April 5, 2002

getem
posted by clavdivs at 11:18 PM on April 5, 2002

clavdis, thanks for the offer but it's too far to go at the moment. I'd love to go, but can't pull it off anytime soon. Maybe next time there's a MefiMI.
posted by Apoch at 11:20 PM on April 5, 2002

Ann Arbor would be great.
posted by gd779 at 5:45 AM on April 6, 2002

okey dokey, A2 it is. I haven't lived in A2 since 99 so, any suggestions where exactly?
posted by tj at 7:43 AM on April 6, 2002

blind pig?
posted by clavdivs at 8:06 AM on April 6, 2002

PP: "One of the most pathetic threads ever : )"

No, PP, I think that honor has to go to this thread.
posted by pardonyou? at 11:26 AM on April 6, 2002

Who's up for sushi?
posted by insomnyuk at 1:16 PM on April 6, 2002

Grizzly Peak? Its a brewpubby kind of place (on Washington between Main and Ashley). Full Moon (on Main, has good beer)?
posted by rodii at 5:37 PM on April 6, 2002

Grizzly Peak looks delicious.
posted by insomnyuk at 10:34 PM on April 6, 2002

Ann Arbor MeFi Gathering? I am so there.

Of course, my record for making local gatherings is just horrid, and April/May are my shaping up to be very busy months. But hey... I'll try.
posted by fujikosmurf at 10:13 PM on April 7, 2002

fujikosmurf, you're already making excuses for why you probably won't be there? How about a little positive thinking?

And I'll third the Grizzly Peak nomination. Looks like a consensus is developing. Now we need the when. tj? rodii?
posted by pardonyou? at 6:48 AM on April 8, 2002

I'm down with Grizzly Peak... I'm thinking the 20th.
posted by tj at 12:40 PM on April 8, 2002

Yeah, I'm horrible... But I could do the 20th, probably.
posted by fujikosmurf at 1:38 PM on April 8, 2002

April 20th? I can't make anything before May 1st. I have law school finals to deal with.
posted by gd779 at 3:06 PM on April 8, 2002

gd779, unless you're in your first year, that's no excuse. Also, you obviously go to U of M -- doesn't that mean you automatically get at least a "B"?
posted by pardonyou? at 6:17 AM on April 9, 2002

I'm good for the 20th, now I just need to find a car.
posted by insomnyuk at 7:57 AM on April 9, 2002

I just saw one!

20th at Grizzly Peak? What time? And how can we tell the non-MeTa reading MeFi general public?
posted by rodii at 8:39 AM on April 9, 2002

sounds like a bund rally...the 20th?, the walls of the Old German?
posted by clavdivs at 9:16 AM on April 9, 2002

That's right, it's the old Old German.
posted by rodii at 9:19 AM on April 9, 2002

mrs. jonmc(a U of Michigan graduate has asked all or any of you to go to Stucci's on her behalf.
posted by jonmc at 9:47 AM on April 9, 2002

i watched that building burn and was not Bimbos across the way?...too many bad.mem.ories.
posted by clavdivs at 10:03 AM on April 9, 2002

Bimbos was on the other side of Main, if I remember right. Or maybe that was the P-Bell.
posted by rodii at 10:37 AM on April 9, 2002

jonmc, I never need any motivation to go to Stucci's. But tell the Mrs. I'll be glad to add an extra scoop in her honor.
posted by pardonyou? at 10:50 AM on April 9, 2002

ok, how 7PM on the 20th at Grizzly Peak (although later or earlier may be better to avoid the dinner rush at that place if I remeber correctly)
posted by tj at 9:28 AM on April 10, 2002

Wait... how come this isn't happening in Flint again?
posted by Dean_Paxton at 10:15 AM on April 10, 2002

here's the evite
posted by tj at 4:44 PM on April 10, 2002

gd779, unless you're in your first year, that's no excuse.

I am in my first year. In fact, I got my first lawyer joke today. From my Mom, no less.

Q: What do you call a parachuting lawyer?
A: Skeet.

Ha-HA!
posted by gd779 at 5:40 AM on April 11, 2002

I'm a dork.. here it is again:
evite
posted by tj at 2:53 PM on April 15, 2002