Boston meetup January 2006 January 2, 2006 9:48 PM Subscribe
Boston Meetup! Inspired by donpedro's thread, anybody interested in a Boston meetup this week?
Sounds cool to Banjo'n me!
Let's skip all the "That's not in Boston!" comments from the peanut gallery that isn't going to show up this time, neh?
posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:27 AM on January 3, 2006
Let's skip all the "That's not in Boston!" comments from the peanut gallery that isn't going to show up this time, neh?
posted by robocop is bleeding at 4:27 AM on January 3, 2006
Any day Wednesday to Saturday, your choice of venue, preferably somewhere close to the T. Some suggestions in here.
posted by MzB at 5:40 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by MzB at 5:40 AM on January 3, 2006
Let's skip all the "That's not in Boston!" comments from the peanut gallery that isn't going to show up this time, neh?
If you do it in Boston, I'll show up. Brookline, even. Why are they always in Cambridge? Are we just, as a group, that pretentious?
posted by Mayor Curley at 5:43 AM on January 3, 2006
If you do it in Boston, I'll show up. Brookline, even. Why are they always in Cambridge? Are we just, as a group, that pretentious?
posted by Mayor Curley at 5:43 AM on January 3, 2006
Apparently, yeah.
Maybe the pretense gallery could open their own bjorkin' thread for a Cambridge meetup instead of constantly derailing when someone suggests Boston and then bitching about absentees.
posted by cribcage at 9:07 AM on January 3, 2006
Maybe the pretense gallery could open their own bjorkin' thread for a Cambridge meetup instead of constantly derailing when someone suggests Boston and then bitching about absentees.
posted by cribcage at 9:07 AM on January 3, 2006
Lets do the Public House in Washington Square, Brookline. T accessible if that's your thing, driveable if it isn't. Delicious food and the best beer.
posted by Mayor Curley at 9:50 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by Mayor Curley at 9:50 AM on January 3, 2006
Will try (finally) to get to a meetup - depends on timing. I can also vouch for the general goodness of the Public House...
posted by jalexei at 10:40 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by jalexei at 10:40 AM on January 3, 2006
Is the Public House what used to be the Hammond Lounge?
posted by yhbc at 10:47 AM on January 3, 2006
posted by yhbc at 10:47 AM on January 3, 2006
This is the bar, right? Looks good to me.
Which days are better: Wednesday/Thursday or Friday/Saturday? Should we start at 7-8pm?
posted by MzB at 10:55 AM on January 3, 2006
Which days are better: Wednesday/Thursday or Friday/Saturday? Should we start at 7-8pm?
posted by MzB at 10:55 AM on January 3, 2006
The Public House used to be Anum Cara, right?
Sounds good to me. Weds/Thurs is better for me and Banjo than the weekend.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:08 AM on January 3, 2006
Sounds good to me. Weds/Thurs is better for me and Banjo than the weekend.
posted by robocop is bleeding at 11:08 AM on January 3, 2006
Ah, Publick with a "K". No wonder I couldn't find it. The Hammond was around the corner on Washington Street.
I can't get into town either Wednesday or Thursday night this week, but I can't promise I can make it in this weekend either, so don't let me stop anyone.
posted by yhbc at 11:32 AM on January 3, 2006
I can't get into town either Wednesday or Thursday night this week, but I can't promise I can make it in this weekend either, so don't let me stop anyone.
posted by yhbc at 11:32 AM on January 3, 2006
The Public House used to be Anum Cara, right?
It was. and it's still wicked good.
posted by Mayor Curley at 11:39 AM on January 3, 2006
It was. and it's still wicked good.
posted by Mayor Curley at 11:39 AM on January 3, 2006
I'll have to say I miss the Hammond (now the relatively upscale Washington Square Tavern). "Dive-bar" and "Brookline" so rarely appear together anymore.
posted by jalexei at 12:25 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by jalexei at 12:25 PM on January 3, 2006
Yes. I've never made it to one of these things, but I intend to this time.
The Public House in Washington Square sounds ideal. That's the place on the left side of Beacon St if you're headed out of town, right? I've been there but didn't notice the name.
posted by killdevil at 12:34 PM on January 3, 2006
The Public House in Washington Square sounds ideal. That's the place on the left side of Beacon St if you're headed out of town, right? I've been there but didn't notice the name.
posted by killdevil at 12:34 PM on January 3, 2006
Oh wait a min, I was thinking of the Washington Square Tavern. Are these two different places?
posted by killdevil at 12:37 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by killdevil at 12:37 PM on January 3, 2006
yes - the Publik House is on the right heading outbound, a few storefronts past Washington Street - it was the (crappy) Kokopelli Chili place previously, and the (also crappy) Tam O'Shanter before that...
posted by jalexei at 12:48 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by jalexei at 12:48 PM on January 3, 2006
I vote for Friday or Saturday, since I have a bit of a drive to make.
posted by Miko at 12:50 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by Miko at 12:50 PM on January 3, 2006
jalexi, now I know where we're talking about. There's a video store right past the Publick House on the right, right?
I'm pretty flexible as to date, myself.
posted by killdevil at 12:56 PM on January 3, 2006
I'm pretty flexible as to date, myself.
posted by killdevil at 12:56 PM on January 3, 2006
"Dive-bar" and "Brookline" so rarely appear together anymore.
Hee-hee. One of the teams in my fantasy football league is still named the "Hammond Lounge Hounds". We were there a lot.
posted by yhbc at 1:07 PM on January 3, 2006
Hee-hee. One of the teams in my fantasy football league is still named the "Hammond Lounge Hounds". We were there a lot.
posted by yhbc at 1:07 PM on January 3, 2006
There's a video store right past the Publick House on the right, right?
Yes
Hee-hee. One of the teams in my fantasy football league is still named the "Hammond Lounge Hounds". We were there a lot.
How gnarly was that bathroom? I also loved how you could openly puff on a cig, long after Brookline's smoking ban went into effect. Nothing like soiled linoleum and a bunch of crusty old guys eyeing you suspiciously over their (non-ironic) PBR tall-boys...
posted by jalexei at 1:14 PM on January 3, 2006
Yes
Hee-hee. One of the teams in my fantasy football league is still named the "Hammond Lounge Hounds". We were there a lot.
How gnarly was that bathroom? I also loved how you could openly puff on a cig, long after Brookline's smoking ban went into effect. Nothing like soiled linoleum and a bunch of crusty old guys eyeing you suspiciously over their (non-ironic) PBR tall-boys...
posted by jalexei at 1:14 PM on January 3, 2006
Christ on a cracker... can you folks not get it together enough to accommodate me, please??? This is like the fifth freakin' MeetUp in Boston and Chicago I'll have missed by a matter of days.
have fun!
posted by FlamingBore at 3:40 PM on January 3, 2006
have fun!
posted by FlamingBore at 3:40 PM on January 3, 2006
Venue: Publick House, 1648 Beacon St., Brookline
Date: preferences [brackets for possible], flexible not counted
W/T: 2(robocop & Banjo) + 1(jalexei)
F/S: [2(robocop & Banjo)] + [1(yhbc)] + 1(Miko) + 1(darsh)
We need more votes!
Time: 7-8pm (?)
Mayor Curley or killdevil, may I email you and give you my phone number in case there are any changes?
posted by MzB at 3:45 PM on January 3, 2006
Date: preferences [brackets for possible], flexible not counted
W/T: 2(robocop & Banjo) + 1(jalexei)
F/S: [2(robocop & Banjo)] + [1(yhbc)] + 1(Miko) + 1(darsh)
We need more votes!
Time: 7-8pm (?)
Mayor Curley or killdevil, may I email you and give you my phone number in case there are any changes?
posted by MzB at 3:45 PM on January 3, 2006
Wed/Thurs vote - (whatzit and paperdragon, maybe a third).
I, too, have not been able to make one yet, and the site sounds really cheesy. In a good way.
posted by whatzit at 5:10 PM on January 3, 2006
I, too, have not been able to make one yet, and the site sounds really cheesy. In a good way.
posted by whatzit at 5:10 PM on January 3, 2006
MzB, surely. Email away.
I've been wanting to visit the suggested meetup spot anyhow, so this provides an excellent pretext. To reiterate... Thursday, Friday, or Saturday would be fine for me.
posted by killdevil at 5:38 PM on January 3, 2006
I've been wanting to visit the suggested meetup spot anyhow, so this provides an excellent pretext. To reiterate... Thursday, Friday, or Saturday would be fine for me.
posted by killdevil at 5:38 PM on January 3, 2006
My vote is for Wednesday, Thursday, or Saturday. I can't make it on Friday, but I'm only speaking for myself on that, not Robocop.
posted by banjo_and_the_pork at 5:42 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by banjo_and_the_pork at 5:42 PM on January 3, 2006
i could quite possibly make thursday, friday or saturday. i'll check in periodically to get updates.
posted by brandz at 7:29 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by brandz at 7:29 PM on January 3, 2006
We require a command decision. Will it be Thursday, Friday or Saturday?
posted by killdevil at 7:38 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by killdevil at 7:38 PM on January 3, 2006
If there is a tie, I have a slight preference for Thursday.
posted by MzB at 8:35 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by MzB at 8:35 PM on January 3, 2006
I think i'm going to be in boston in two weeks, if you'll wait. Please? I'll bring pictures of the Philly meetup if you do.
posted by filmgeek at 10:43 PM on January 3, 2006
posted by filmgeek at 10:43 PM on January 3, 2006
Feel free to email me and let's do Friday because Thursday is suddenly tomorrow night.
posted by Mayor Curley at 8:08 AM on January 4, 2006
posted by Mayor Curley at 8:08 AM on January 4, 2006
alas, i won't be on the planet Friday. maybe next time.
as in, I'll be on a plane.
posted by whatzit at 9:33 AM on January 4, 2006
as in, I'll be on a plane.
posted by whatzit at 9:33 AM on January 4, 2006
I'll give a definite maybe to any of the days.
One question: I've never been to the Publick House. Does it tend to be very loud? I'm hard of hearing, so, if it's loud, I may wind up staring dumbly at everyone and hopping into snippets of convo I can pick up (which is fine by me - but it's sometimes taken as being unfriendly).
posted by zerokey at 3:06 PM on January 4, 2006
One question: I've never been to the Publick House. Does it tend to be very loud? I'm hard of hearing, so, if it's loud, I may wind up staring dumbly at everyone and hopping into snippets of convo I can pick up (which is fine by me - but it's sometimes taken as being unfriendly).
posted by zerokey at 3:06 PM on January 4, 2006
Okay, I am going to the Publick House at 7:30 on Friday. Probably bringing my wife. How will you all recognize me?
posted by Mayor Curley at 4:56 PM on January 4, 2006
posted by Mayor Curley at 4:56 PM on January 4, 2006
Does it tend to be very loud?
It's probably toward the quieter end as bars go, though a Friday night crowd might make me a liar.
I'll need to help put the little one to bed, and probably be there by 8:15 or so.
How will you all recognize me?
I'm a big guy with close-cropped graying hair and black glasses. Will most likely be wearing a black pea coat. Wave to me when I get there...
posted by jalexei at 5:12 PM on January 4, 2006
It's probably toward the quieter end as bars go, though a Friday night crowd might make me a liar.
I'll need to help put the little one to bed, and probably be there by 8:15 or so.
How will you all recognize me?
I'm a big guy with close-cropped graying hair and black glasses. Will most likely be wearing a black pea coat. Wave to me when I get there...
posted by jalexei at 5:12 PM on January 4, 2006
All right. I just decided that I'm wearing cargo pants and and a v-neck sweater over a dark button-down. I'm 6'2", 210, brown hair, pointy nose, no chin. I may be with a strawberry blonde.
posted by Mayor Curley at 4:36 AM on January 6, 2006
posted by Mayor Curley at 4:36 AM on January 6, 2006
I'll have to say I miss the Hammond (now the relatively upscale Washington Square Tavern). "Dive-bar" and "Brookline" so rarely appear together anymore.
Oh my god. I know I'm wicked late to the game here, but hadn't followed this thread til i read you all were meeting in Brookline....
I grew up in the Hammond Lounge. Well, from infancy to 4 (when my dad quit drinking and dancing on tables)...my very first memory ever is of being totally entranced by the ceiling of the Hammond as I lay in the booth while my folks drank and shot the shit - it was this weird black cork with red splotches on it, I'll never forget it.
To this day (I'm 35) I am a complete pushover for dive bars of any kind, and find nothing in the entire world more comforting and lovely than the smell of cheap beer and stale cigarette smoke that hits you when you walk into a dive bar. It's the smell of the Hammond, the smell of my childhood.
posted by tristeza at 2:42 PM on January 6, 2006
Oh my god. I know I'm wicked late to the game here, but hadn't followed this thread til i read you all were meeting in Brookline....
I grew up in the Hammond Lounge. Well, from infancy to 4 (when my dad quit drinking and dancing on tables)...my very first memory ever is of being totally entranced by the ceiling of the Hammond as I lay in the booth while my folks drank and shot the shit - it was this weird black cork with red splotches on it, I'll never forget it.
To this day (I'm 35) I am a complete pushover for dive bars of any kind, and find nothing in the entire world more comforting and lovely than the smell of cheap beer and stale cigarette smoke that hits you when you walk into a dive bar. It's the smell of the Hammond, the smell of my childhood.
posted by tristeza at 2:42 PM on January 6, 2006
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posted by es_de_bah at 11:35 PM on January 2, 2006