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San Diego serenade

by DougJ|  April 1, 20137:20 pm| 31 Comments

This post is in: Meetups, Readership Capture, Blogospheric Navel-Gazing

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Commenter randandsyrup would like to organize a Balloon Juice meet-up in San Diego. Here’s his suggestion and contact info:

Proposed San Diego meetup:

Saturday 4/20 (just a coincidence) at the Duck Dive in Pacific Beach. Thinking sometime in the evening (6 or 7 start time?). We will have a reserved space. Food is pretty darn good there. Also, my wife is having an event during the evening that is sponsored by a well known vodka to help defray drink costs.

Can email me at my username at g mail dot com with questions, suggestions, etc. Looking forward to seeing y’all in meatspace.

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  1. 1.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    April 1, 2013 at 7:23 pm

    ranchandsyrup?

  2. 2.

    Gin & Tonic

    April 1, 2013 at 7:30 pm

    @Just Some Fuckhead: No, the libertarian cousin.

  3. 3.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    April 1, 2013 at 7:34 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: That aynt right!

  4. 4.

    PeakVT

    April 1, 2013 at 7:49 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: He goes by randandsizzurp.

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    Heads Up

    April 1, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    TBogg lives in PB. Somebody invite him.

  6. 6.

    jenn

    April 1, 2013 at 7:50 pm

    Too bad I’m not a left-coaster, sounds like fun!

  7. 7.

    Just Some Fuckhead

    April 1, 2013 at 7:56 pm

    @jenn: Where you be staying at girl? We can have our own private meetup.

  8. 8.

    White Trash Liberal

    April 1, 2013 at 8:06 pm

    PB on a Saturday? The meat market will be in full effect :p

  9. 9.

    BGinCHI

    April 1, 2013 at 8:13 pm

    I assume Cole will fly in anyone from anywhere with his recent windfall.

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    ranchandsyrup

    April 1, 2013 at 8:16 pm

    @White Trash Liberal: I hear ya. I’m open to other dates and locales.

  11. 11.

    Mike Lamb

    April 1, 2013 at 8:22 pm

    Anything that doesn’t involve either Pizza Port or one of the world class San Diego breweries is a traveshamockery of a meet up.

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    MikeJ

    April 1, 2013 at 8:23 pm

    @ranchandsyrup: I don’t believe WTL said that would be a bad thing.

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    ranchandsyrup

    April 1, 2013 at 8:26 pm

    @MikeJ: true. I’m just saying that suggestions are welcome. @Mike Lamb: Heh. I love pizza port.

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    Dr. Squid

    April 1, 2013 at 8:36 pm

    What’s the chance of a certain basset owner showing up? That is his ‘hood.

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    Nick

    April 1, 2013 at 8:38 pm

    I second going to a world class brewery. I’d suggest Alpine. Since it’s the best beer in the world, and all…. Albeit, a little out of the way. How about Pizza Port San Clemente, so it could be a San Diego/ Orange County meet up.

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    Scott Alloway

    April 1, 2013 at 8:43 pm

    Early Tom Waits reference. Love it. Seen the morning too many times, but can’t make it to San Diego. Stuck in Philly.

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    trollhattan

    April 1, 2013 at 9:16 pm

    Damn, just got back from a few days at Mission Beach. Sigh.

    But the weather was sweeeet.

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    dmbeaster

    April 1, 2013 at 9:24 pm

    Live in Ventura County and would like to come but that is a tough weekend – trial date Monday morning on an annoying case.

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    Hungry Joe

    April 1, 2013 at 9:29 pm

    Probably not a good idea for anyone (okay … me) to drive back to San Diego after an BJ/Orange County meetup.* How about Blind Lady Ale House in Normal Heights?

    *Why, yes, I’m fine with people driving back to OC after a BJ/San Diego meet-up.

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    Genine

    April 1, 2013 at 10:34 pm

    Sounds like fun but I’m too far north. :-(

  21. 21.

    The Moar You Know

    April 2, 2013 at 12:08 am

    And this is the reason I left San Diego for almost twenty years – nobody will commit to jack shit. Well, fuck it, I’m in. It’ll be early enough that the typical PB fratboy vomit spigots won’t be quite hammered enough to attempt to rape my car’s tailpipe.

    Pizza Port is fine as well.

  22. 22.

    SatanicPanic

    April 2, 2013 at 1:47 am

    Sounds like a good time. Count me in

  23. 23.

    Yutsano

    April 2, 2013 at 2:02 am

    @Genine: Me too. But probably a wee bit more north than you. :)

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    TBogg

    April 2, 2013 at 2:42 am

    @Dr. Squid: chances are pretty good he’ll show up.

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    Anne Laurie

    April 2, 2013 at 2:50 am

    @Hungry Joe:

    Probably not a good idea for anyone (okay … me) to drive back to San Diego after an BJ/Orange County meetup.

    It’s a weekend. Use your best puppy-dog eyes, you can probly con a local into letting you crash on their couch… as long as promise to pay any required drycleaning bills afterwards.

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    afferent input

    April 2, 2013 at 2:53 am

    I’m in, too. But I am also more inclined towards Pizza Port or a brewery. Whatever works, tho…

  27. 27.

    Denali

    April 2, 2013 at 11:12 am

    It makes perfect sense for me to leave Rochester in the snow for a meet up in San Diego.

  28. 28.

    Randiego

    April 2, 2013 at 2:35 pm

    I live in PB too; it would be a good excuse for me to get my old ass down to the boardwalk and out of my three block universe.

  29. 29.

    sharl

    April 2, 2013 at 3:20 pm

    I hope y’all are neighborly enough to invite the Mittster and his family. Trust me, they will be the life of the party.

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    SectionH

    April 2, 2013 at 6:13 pm

    That weekend is the LA Times Festival of Books, which will make it tough for us to attend, but it’s hugely tempting. We’d be more tempted by one of the breweries or beer pubs (BLAH, O’Briens, Pizza Port, Stone World Bistro which we live close to…) but would do our best to go wherever it’s decided.

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    Shabbazz

    April 2, 2013 at 7:35 pm

    Just for the record, Mojo Nixon will be playing with Joey Harris of the Beat Farmers that night at the Tiki House just 7 short blocks from the proposed meeting site.

    Count me in for the “undecided”, but it sure sounds like fun! will definitely keep it on the radar!

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