Berlin Meetup August 23, 2007 2:57 AM   Subscribe

I'm hanging around Berlin for a few weeks. Are there any Mefites here interested in a meetup?
posted by muckster to MetaFilter Gatherings at 2:57 AM (25 comments total)

You're talking about Berlin, Germany and not Berlin, New Hampshire?

I don't know if I've earned the name Mefite since I've only been here a month. But a meetup in Berlin sounds OK to me. I live in Kreuzberg, which is home to the best bars in the civilized world. Like Würgeengel, Intertank, Bellman Bar, Kinskis, Möbel Olfe, Misliwska, Bateau Ivre, Cake...
posted by creasy boy at 5:27 AM on August 23, 2007


But alas, according to my profile: "There are no other MetaFilter members nearby".
posted by creasy boy at 5:49 AM on August 23, 2007


I'm gonna be in Berlin (Germany) from around August 28th to the 1st of September (I believe). I'll be with my folks but I can probably ditch them to hang out with internet strangers for a couple hours.
posted by piratebowling at 6:10 AM on August 23, 2007


Also, WTF, Muckster, you're in Astoria, too? What odds...
posted by piratebowling at 6:12 AM on August 23, 2007


That's embarassing. Fortunately my ego isn't hitched to my technical skills. There are all kinds of members near me. Möbel Olfe is packed on a Thursday and probably also Friday and Saturday. Bellman Bar (Gloguaer/Reichenberger) and Cafe Kreuzberg (Ohlauer near the Maybach Ufer) are quiet, the latter a little small. We could also meet up in the Markthalle of Herr Lehmann fame and eat Wienerschnitzel.
posted by creasy boy at 6:48 AM on August 23, 2007


Please to be suggesting a date, someone! :-) Wednesday the 29th, 7:30 or 8 PM works for me.
posted by Aidan Kehoe at 7:26 AM on August 23, 2007


Bellman's my favorite bar. Until a few months ago I used to live right on that corner, Reichenberger/Glogauer. Nice ambiance, they generally play good music, and the bartenders all wear ties. Relatively quiet but not at all spiessig.
posted by creasy boy at 7:29 AM on August 23, 2007


Yeh Wednesday works for me. 8 is better.
posted by creasy boy at 7:30 AM on August 23, 2007


Do we have to all wear outlandish hats so we recognise each other? Or how does this work?

Piratebowling, if you send me an email I can explain to you how to get there.
posted by creasy boy at 7:37 AM on August 23, 2007


Wednesday night sounds good to me, too. I'm in Mitte but don't mind checking out a different Kiez. We'll have to debate Kreuzberg vs Astoria, piratebowling!
posted by muckster at 8:19 AM on August 23, 2007


Woo hoo! Sounds great, I am down. Wednesday, 8pm.

Muckster, I'm staying in Mitte as well. This is just getting creepy.

As for recognizing one another, I'm the short one that's not a dude here. Look for something like that to come wandering in looking somewhat confused.
posted by piratebowling at 11:28 PM on August 23, 2007


Piratebowling: great, so once I find you I can latch onto you and be identifiable by proxy.
You can find locations here if you type in the address.
posted by creasy boy at 12:49 AM on August 24, 2007


I’ll be looking like this, but without the camera, and with Maria Rita playing in my headphones. So listen up for a tinny-but-subdued Cara Valente!
posted by Aidan Kehoe at 2:10 AM on August 24, 2007


Well, I don't look like much of anything, I look basically like a German even though I'm not, and I don't have any photos of myself. How about: I will be wearing a dark blue t-shirt, and I am blonde with glasses.
posted by creasy boy at 2:18 AM on August 24, 2007


Hooray, a meetup! Very exciting.

pb, how creepy is it that Marcy and I walk past your block (or at least past the coordinates listed on your user page) a couple of times a week, on our way to get coffee from the Italian bakery? BTW, Marcy asks if she can come even though she doesn't have a mefi account, and I tell her, of course of course. I'll try and get her to wear the silly hat. We've got baseball caps that say SUNSHINE.
posted by muckster at 2:21 AM on August 24, 2007


Ah, Berlin, I have a few fond memories of that sprawling town! Hell, I crossed Checkpoint Charlie, back when there was a real Checkpoint Charlie to cross. I remember the Wall! It was actually, I think, a more interesting place when it was "West" Berlin... and East Berlin, hey, don't even get me started... crazy memories of a particular visit to that place: a five-star (really) type restaurant that someone in the know took me to: no indication on the building facade that there was anything inside, but those who knew... we went in, and there were East german army officers dining on pheasant and such, with the serious babe-factor ladies at their side... wow, all too much. I could go on and on... Well, y'all have a nice meetup there in Berlin! And I'd second the vote for Kreuzberg, although I'm sure it's changed plenty in the last 20 years or so... I wonder if the Ballhaus is still there? Did a gig there, back in, what, '84? '85?
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:13 AM on August 24, 2007


I have "Eltern Abend" and can't get around it. Maybe next time - it sure would be nice to speak English with people older than four and/or with whom I don't live.

Second one I've missed...
posted by From Bklyn at 1:55 PM on August 24, 2007


Okay, in Berlin and psyched for tomorrow night.

From Brklyn, it's a shame you can't make it. We'll toast to you.
posted by piratebowling at 8:15 AM on August 28, 2007


Damn. I can't make it tonight either. And I saw this thread too late to make any other suggestions, such as the one I was planning to make, which is 15 September.

Thus, I wish you a grand time this evening, and, in case Germans like beer on more than one day (and in case anyone's still paying attention to this thread), tomorrow I intend to announce a (mini-)meetup for Saturday, 15 Sept., for anyone and everyone who can and can't attend tonight. I will be bringing a few people.

Can you make it on the 15th, From Bklyn?
posted by gramschmidt at 4:04 AM on August 29, 2007


Beer on more than one day! What a great idea!

My lovely girlfriend/wife's b-day is the week of the 15th, so I might, might not, depending on when she wants to celebrate: it's not a "big" b-day though so I would think it's a definite maybe.

I was hoping 'eltern abend' (think PTA) would be moved and I could maybe make it but as of this afternoon that's still on.

Otherwise I'm all for it. I'd like to suggest somewhere towards Mitte/Bergmann Kietz as I'd be coming from the far end of Charlottenburg...
posted by From Bklyn at 6:03 AM on August 29, 2007


It was great meeting everybody last night. Here are a few photos. Somehow Marcy managed to dodge the camera, but everybody else is here.
posted by muckster at 3:34 AM on August 30, 2007 [1 favorite]


That was indeed fun!
posted by Aidan Kehoe at 5:35 AM on August 30, 2007


Yay photos! It was super fun, thanks for everything.
posted by piratebowling at 12:24 PM on August 30, 2007


Hey those are great photos.
posted by creasy boy at 1:21 PM on August 30, 2007


Mmmmmm! Erdinger Weissbräu!
posted by flapjax at midnite at 6:06 PM on August 30, 2007


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