I'm fishing for any interest in a Seattle/Western Wa. mega get-together

May 23, 2002 4:14 PM

I'm fishing for any interest in a Seattle/Western Wa. mega get-together... I haven't seen anything about folks getting together recently and I figured I'd start the ball rolling.
posted by crankydoodle to MetaFilter gatherings at 4:14 PM (23 comments total)

I leave for the East Coast on the 11th. How about June 9th? or the 8th?
posted by jessamyn at 4:18 PM on May 23, 2002

i am currently living in corvallis, oregon but i'd love to make the drive. however, i am lame and under-21, so i couldn't hit a bar, unfortunately. the dates jessamyn suggested work beautifully for me.
posted by pikachulolita at 4:24 PM on May 23, 2002

The weather is getting nice out. How about an outdoors shindig?
posted by gluechunk at 4:46 PM on May 23, 2002

I like June 8th; say, ~7 or 8PM, personally... even that Friday would work for me. Where would be a good place to have this "get together"? Hailing from Kitsap county, myself, I'm not 100% sure I could suggest a place in Seattle that would accomodate us all comfortably.
posted by crankydoodle at 5:27 PM on May 23, 2002

There are some good places to go that are all-ages. There is, as gluechunk suggests, the great outdoors. There are even a lot of bar/foodplaces that have beer and allow folks under 21. If we chose outside, we'd need a raincheck locale. MeFi pick-i-nick? cookout?
posted by jessamyn at 5:39 PM on May 23, 2002

<homer_voice>
Mmm... barbeque.
</homer_voice>
posted by crankydoodle at 5:46 PM on May 23, 2002

That entire weekend, excepting the eveningtime of June 8th, works for me. If it started before the eveningtime (7:00ish), I'd be there for part of it.

I am very much down with an outdoor shindig.
posted by j.edwards at 6:44 PM on May 23, 2002

You can count me in for anything you cook up.
posted by kindall at 8:11 PM on May 23, 2002

I'll be coming back from San Jose the evening of the 7th, so we might be up to popping over on the 8th.
posted by NsJen at 8:54 PM on May 23, 2002

Hmmm. I might be tempted to venture out into the sunlight, if a crew of interesting Metafilterians were assembled somewhere lacking a roof. The big mean cancer ball in the sky spent all last week trying to kill me and failed, so I can probably survive an afternoon.

-Mars
posted by Mars Saxman at 8:17 AM on May 24, 2002

I'll be around that weekend for whatever.
posted by patrickje at 4:55 PM on May 24, 2002

We could meet on the Eastside at Marymoor park, assuming good weather.
posted by jeffbarr at 8:05 PM on May 25, 2002

Hey, I'd be up for most anything. Count me in.
posted by hincandenza at 8:31 PM on May 25, 2002

We could meet on the Eastside at Marymoor park

...but then we'd have to re-name it MeFiRed! I may be able to find my way out there, but I wouldn't mind the event happening in a Seattle park.
posted by gluechunk at 10:05 PM on May 25, 2002

Friday night or anytime on a Saturday is right up my alley. Laziness or fear would be my only excuse for not showing up. But ask the cats, I did show up at The Garage last time, but missed most of you. I had to work. Fridays and Saturdays I do not.

I'm in. Who's got the badminton gear?
posted by crasspastor at 1:29 AM on May 26, 2002

Gasworks would be a neat picturesque place to show off the MeFiSea '02 photos for all of our non Seattle MeFi brethren.
posted by crasspastor at 1:35 AM on May 26, 2002

Yeah, I've been meaning to get to Gasworks for some photographic fun anyway.
posted by kindall at 12:29 PM on May 26, 2002

gasworks is the BEST, from my opinion, and I don't even live anyplace near it. we could bring [I think] a cooker or have some sort of a pick-i-nick. What say ye? The 8th at maybe 5-6 pm? Potluck? We'll have to save the beer drinking for later if it's at a park but that's cool by me.

for more info: official city park site - map - more from google
posted by jessamyn at 2:38 PM on May 26, 2002

Mefi Gasworks Potluck sounds good - we're up for it.
posted by normy at 3:22 PM on May 26, 2002

Gasworks is probably the most easy to find and accessible for all, so Gasworks has my vote. What if it rains? Should we have an alternate spot? If so, where? :)
posted by crankydoodle at 5:20 PM on May 29, 2002

Well there is the shelter there--but hey, it's tourist season, the least rainy time of the year. And remember, don't eat the dirt--it's toxic.
posted by y2karl at 8:08 PM on May 30, 2002

Event ideas for Gasworks Gathering:

eat the dirt

steal kites from kids

posted by gluechunk at 11:53 PM on May 30, 2002

You forgot

make kids eat dirt.

posted by y2karl at 1:13 PM on June 1, 2002