November 21, 2005

3:26 PM

Seattle Meetup anyone? I'm thinking Saturday, December 3, 8pm, at Sunset Bowl in Ballard. Rocketman may be here from Kansas, and I hope warbaby can come down and wow us again with his bowling skills.
posted by matildaben to MetaFilter gatherings at 3:26 PM (32 comments total)

Dec.3? That's my 35th birthday. Down one on my behalf.
posted by jonmc at 3:43 PM on November 21, 2005

Rocketman's in Wisconsin, FYI. I'll email him this thread, in case he doesn't see it.
posted by interrobang at 3:49 PM on November 21, 2005

Thanks ?! - I had some email with him last week so he knows about it.
posted by matildaben at 3:57 PM on November 21, 2005

Yeah, I fly into town at 8:30 local time. We're staying downtown at the hostel.

Where's Ballard?
posted by rocketman at 5:13 PM on November 21, 2005

Where's Ballard?

A few miles north of downtown. Google map to the Sunset Bowl.

Getting there promptly from the airport will require either a car or the placement of rocket boosters on the number 197 (SEA to downtown) and 15 (downtown to Ballard) buses.
posted by fatllama at 5:42 PM on November 21, 2005

Since you're probably stopping at the hostel first, you may not get there till 10:30 or so, maybe by then we'll be totally liquored up and hooting it out in the karaoke lounge.
posted by matildaben at 6:25 PM on November 21, 2005

Damn. I keep not being able to come. That weekend is: my mother in town, with her car we're thinking about buying; stet's dad in town; my company holiday party; the weekend before the last week of classes.

Ugh.

I'd rather sit around with all y'all.
posted by librarina at 7:54 PM on November 21, 2005

hey that sounds fun! I had a bowling night a few weeks ago but i might be down again. Gotta save up the magic to get that high score of 70 or so. ;)

though nobody knows me really from here.
posted by freudianslipper at 8:26 PM on November 21, 2005

freudian: show up, it doesn't matter.
posted by matildaben at 8:57 PM on November 21, 2005

If you did it the following week, the Sunset Bowl would be smoke-free! (Oh well, I can't go anyway, so it doesn't matter.)
posted by litlnemo at 9:50 PM on November 21, 2005

it's uncertain - we have a christmas cruise thingy which ends at an unknown hour. I'll drag viv over anyway for latenite.
posted by mwhybark at 9:53 PM on November 21, 2005

oh is the "no smoking" bill in affect that soon? cool!
posted by freudianslipper at 9:54 PM on November 21, 2005

It'll be a stretch, but I'll see if I can c'mon down the the big city and bright lights. I have a deep and unsettling need to visit Boeing Surplus.

My mechanical mad-scientist jones is getting ramped up again. See the muzzle-loading sausage gun at the testing range. We'll be moving up to a breech-loader soon, then maybe a revolver, followed by a gatling gun.

I'll stand outside smoking and dare people to call the cops. My plan to deal with the smoking prohibition is to encourage anybody who makes noise about it to dial 911. Hopefully, after a while the 911 dispatch operators will go totally insane.

And you're all in deep trouble -- I have a new bowling ball.
posted by warbaby at 10:34 PM on November 21, 2005

I remember meeting Jessamyn and Mars Saxman at the Sunset Bowl back in the day when I went to my first meetup. I guess I missed the karaoke action in the lounge later on. That I regret in retrospect. Jessamyn is a firecracker in person. I rather doubt, for various reasons, that I will appear.
posted by y2karl at 11:33 PM on November 21, 2005

ballard isn't paris. FYI
posted by jdg at 2:02 PM on November 22, 2005

Bummer. I still owe Karl a drink I promised him last summer.
posted by warbaby at 2:41 PM on November 22, 2005

ballard isn't paris. FYI

Nope, but it could be Seattle's new Paris. Or was it Seattle's old Fremont?
posted by fatllama at 5:37 PM on November 22, 2005

I think it's the new fremont...but who gets the old ballard? and what happens to the old fremont?
posted by freudianslipper at 7:52 PM on November 22, 2005

Don't forget Freelard.
posted by warbaby at 9:39 PM on November 22, 2005

Getting there promptly from the airport will require either a car

...which I won't have...

or the placement of rocket boosters on the number 197 (SEA to downtown) and 15 (downtown to Ballard) buses

...which ain't going to happen.

We'll probably be taking the bus from Sea/Tac airport to the hostel, and depending how I feel, I might catch a bus from there to Ballard.

The 15, you say? I'll check out the routes, and if I can catch it nearby and get back at a semi-reasonable hour, I'll make the trek.
posted by rocketman at 6:27 AM on November 23, 2005

But the desire to sing karaoke is strong, very strong. Ain't no mountain high enough, to keep me from singing with you.
posted by rocketman at 6:51 AM on November 23, 2005

Damn. I wanted to buy y2karl a drink just for throwing a bucket of water on the dhoyt chimera.
posted by FYKshun at 9:36 AM on November 23, 2005

15 or 18.

bus info
posted by freudianslipper at 12:00 PM on November 23, 2005

my gf will be moving up finally in a week so she's interested in going. she loves bowling. our conversation went something like:

"hey..you know that geeky site i go to all the time?...wanna go bowling with a bunch of people from that site i dont know?"

"sure!"

true love.
posted by freudianslipper at 12:11 PM on November 23, 2005

I'll probably be there.
posted by O9scar at 12:42 PM on November 23, 2005

You have not lived until you've seen rocketman drubkenly singing karaoake.
posted by interrobang at 3:43 PM on November 23, 2005

LA WOMAN

LA WOMAN

LA WOMAN GONNA HAVE TO DO
posted by rocketman at 7:53 PM on November 23, 2005

Rocketman: the LandYacht USLS Indominable will be available for towncar service if I make the trip as planned. Let's confer as the date approaches. You can ride in luxury. We are equipped with a full-service portable bar.
posted by warbaby at 6:34 AM on November 25, 2005

warbaby: Which way are you coming from heading into Seattle?
posted by Captain_Tenille at 11:49 AM on November 28, 2005

I'm heading south from Bellingham either Friday afternoon or Saturday morning. The goal is to hit Boeing Surplus early and then TAP Plastics on Westlake. What are you drinking?
posted by warbaby at 6:53 AM on November 29, 2005

I'll probably be there, too. Do they still serve Bud in bowling pin shaped bottles? (Not that I really want to drink a Budweiser, though.)
posted by luneray at 9:32 AM on November 29, 2005

OH CRUD. i had the wrong day on the calendar.

damn!
posted by freudianslipper at 3:05 PM on December 4, 2005