Vancouver meetup, April 2004

April 20, 2004 4:08 PM

Vancouver MeFi Meetup
Date: Friday, April 23, 2004 < -- i.e. *this* friday
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Doolin's Irish Pub
Website: http://www.doolins.ca/ (menu, beer prices)
Map: link — (of course, the wonderfully up-to-date TELUS map thing still lists the location as Babalu's which burned down years ago)
Special Guest: five fresh fish

Previously discussed here and here. [continued within]
posted by filmgoerjuan to MetaFilter Gatherings at 4:08 PM (14 comments total)

I'll act as the central contact person for anyone who wants to attend. E-mail me at the address on my user page and I'll give you my cell number so that you can ask for directions, let us know you're running late or if you just want to scream at someone while driving around looking for parking on a Friday night.

Also check out Doolin's virtual tour thingy — you can tell they're an authetic Irish pub because a) they have a map of Ireland on the wall and b) they serve Guinness
posted by filmgoerjuan at 4:09 PM on April 20, 2004

Sorry about last night. That was tough to watch.
posted by loquax at 4:50 PM on April 20, 2004

I would just like to go "See? There's nothing wrong with having a meetup in an Irish Pub." at all the MeFiMeetAmsterdam people.
posted by fvw at 5:40 PM on April 20, 2004

an Irish pub wouldn't have been as good as that Engelbewarder place, IMHO--and they're Canadian anyway--what do they know? ; >
posted by amberglow at 5:42 PM on April 20, 2004

So sad, I am going to be in Vancouver - the week after. :(
posted by Quartermass at 7:12 PM on April 20, 2004

Mark this East Coast visitor as a "maybe". I'm in the Van for several days, so I'll give it a shot if I get my bearings after a trip to the mountains.

I'm never around for any of my local meetups, so might as well try a foreign port.
posted by myopicman at 7:59 PM on April 20, 2004

Hmm...it might be worthwhile taking you next week out to UBC to the Pit Pub if only for the sci-fi in-joke of Quatermass and the Pit.

*debates informing Quartermass that it's actually spelled Quatermass, then thinks better of it*
posted by filmgoerjuan at 9:28 PM on April 20, 2004

There's nothing so special about the special guest, folks.
posted by five fresh fish at 9:26 AM on April 21, 2004

Anyone from Seattle driving up to this?
posted by gluechunk at 12:23 PM on April 21, 2004

I would still really like to go to the Yale and listen to some good blues.
posted by five fresh fish at 2:03 PM on April 21, 2004

I'm teaching a class Friday nights in Burnaby :( Have a beer for me? Cheers...
posted by sharpener at 2:19 PM on April 21, 2004

Things don't start at the Yale until 9:00, Mr. Fish. If we're still rollin' by then maybe we can stagger the three blocks up Granville.

Or maybe we should crash sharpener's class.
posted by timeistight at 3:26 PM on April 21, 2004

Crashing the class would be a lot of fun... imagine the chaos we could create. I'll make a call to the local media, see if we can get live TV coverage and all that.
posted by five fresh fish at 4:00 PM on April 21, 2004

So did we scare you into cancelling class, sharpener?
posted by five fresh fish at 1:12 PM on April 23, 2004