You may know from the comments or from the general meetup thread from a week or so ago, but NotMax will be visiting his Mom in NYC and is looking to meet up with some BJ pee.s!
Ideas / Possibilities from NotMax:
Looking at a possible Balloon Juice meet-up in NYC sometime over Labor Day weekend.
Soliciting input as to preferred date:
- Friday, September 1
- Saturday, September 2
- Sunday, September 3
- Monday, September 4
Preferred time:
- brunch
- mid-afternoon
- late afternoon/evening
- evening
Where?
Here are several unexplored possibilities convenient to mass transit; always open to any other suggestions:
The Baylander
https://baylander.nyc/Cantina Rooftop
https://www.cantinarooftop.com/Dutch Fred’s in Midtown
Also, places we’ve previously met:
Tir Na Nog
https://www.tirnanognyc.com/location/tir-na-nog/The Shakespeare
https://www.theshakespearenyc.com/Bryant Park Classical Theatre of Harlem presents Young, Gifted, and Black (Sept.1)
https://bryantpark.org/calendar/event/the-classical-theatre-of-harlem/2023-09-01Gonna toss in a slightly off-the-wall event which caught the eye, but it’s on Thursday, August 31 in the evening, way downtown:
ABBA Drag Bingo at The Cauldron (tickets are $15)
Out of the running
Mom’s
https://www.eatatmomsnyc.com/location/moms-kitchen-bar-midtown/
NotMax will be here to answer questions!
Open thread.
WaterGirl
No comments for 30+ minutes. Can someone confirm that you can see this post?
zhena gogolia
I can see it, I just have no plans to be in NYC!
WaterGirl
@zhena gogolia: Thank you, zhena!
AJ of the Mustard Search and Rescue Team
Can see post yes WG
Have fun with the meetup you crazy kids!
HinTN
ABBA Drag Bingo sounds like a hoot!
I agree with @AJ of the Mustard Search and Rescue Team:, Have fun, you wild and crazy kids
ETA: Plans never got made, although several Mountain View adjacent locales were discussed. I can report that I went over ther hill to Moss Landing and had a FABULOUS meal at Sea Harvest. They have nice outside seating overlooking the harbor although the marine layer pretty much ruled out visibility of the bay. There were otters.
NotMax
All present and mostly accounted for.
::twiddles thumbs, tunelessly hums::
:)
Yutsano
Alas, totally the wrong side of the country. Otherwise would gladly participate. Have fun pee.s!
(Please to note spelling in the main post!)
Anonymous At Work
Been seeing it announced that the Georgia Grand Jury will happen next week. If I didn’t have a lot of “stuff” happening next week at work, I’d be buying ALL THE POPCORN.
lowtechcyclist
Since this is an open thread, I’m posting from Anna Maria Island in Florida. The weather is here…
NotMax
@HinTN
Yup. While researching new locations came across that and could not resist giving it a mention.
eclare
@NotMax:
That sounds awesome! But NYC is a little far from Memphis.
Omnes Omnibus
I can think of a few things that are less appealing to me but most involve self-harm.
WaterGirl
@HinTN: I promise that in 10 days my time should be much freer, at which point i can follow up on any of the meetup [possibilities there were discussed in the meetup post from last week.
Labor day is getting close, but I don’t think there were timeframes attached to any of the others. Please correct me if I’m wrong!
Raven
@NotMax: I was able to track down the captain of the boat I went on 11 years ago. He and his family survived but they lost everything including his boat. I keep feeling like we should do something to help.
NotMax
@Omnes Omnibus
Diff’rent strokes and all that.
;)
brendancalling
All my favorite NYC hangs are gone—Old Devil Moon, 9C, Lakeside Lounge. I miss them.
consider the Jalopy Theatre?
WaterGirl
@lowtechcyclist: Wish we were beautiful?
Almost Retired
Are you changing planes in Los Angeles? We could have a mini LA meet up at the airport. Except that no one here would ever go to LAX if they didn’t strictly have to. So never mind.
Pete Downund
I grew up in NYC and would love to meet up, but 12,000 miles is a bit far to go for lunch. Really sorry to hear about Maui, glad NotMax escaped harm. Have fun and a slice for me.
Dan B
I have an observation. If people are presented with more than three options they are likely to make no choices. Two venues, two dates. The meet-ups I’ve been to were all decided by one person and we seemed to have a good time.
Pete Downunder
Sorry screwed up nym. I grew up in NYC but 12000 miles too far to go for lunch. Glad NotMax escaped harm. Have a slice for me.
arrieve
@NotMax: I would be interested in meeting up, and am pretty open that weekend. In terms of places, I remember Tir Na Nog from previous meetups and liked it, but would recommend against Mom’s–crowded and noisy and limited outdoor space.
WaterGirl
@Almost Retired:
“Hey, what are you doing on Saturday?”
WaterGirl
@Dan B: Like trying to choose an insurance plan? Eyes glaze over?
eclare
@Dan B:
There is a whole book about this phenomenon, The Paradox of Choice.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paradox_of_Choice
PBK
@NotMax: Sadly the timing is off for me, but while you twiddle your thumbs I’d like to ask you a very OT, long shot question. Seeing your recommendation of The Shakespeare reminded me.
I’m not sure if you were still in NY in the mid 90’s but back then here was a restaurant that had a Shakespeare related name…possibly Bard something? It was located somewhere between 6th and Madison Avenues on either 28th or 29th Street. You went down a short flight of steps to enter. It was dark wood paneled with old time theater pictures and playbills from the 1900’s and the bathrooms had ancient fixtures dating from that era as well. Steakhouse type menu, lots of meat, potatoes in various forms, and creamed spinach.
I absolutely cannot remember the name of this place, nor can the few people I’m still in contact with from that time. Every now and then I’m reminded of it as I was just now and figured it’s worth a shot to ask!
Also I’m very glad that you are safe.
🐾BillinGlendaleCA
@WaterGirl: Workin’…I work retail.
WaterGirl
@🐾BillinGlendaleCA: well, at least you can’t answer “nothin”, where they follow with “wanna take me to the airport?”
Almost Retired
@WaterGirl: Exactly
NotMax
Just to add to the choices, gonna stick in one more possibility in midtown (which I totally forgot about when putting together the e-mail to WaterGirl).
Dutch Fred’s.
WaterGirl
@NotMax: Added that up top.
NotMax
@arrieve
So noted. Mom’s scratched off. Thanks for the caveat.
@PBK
No clue. Escaped from NYC area to Maui in 1983.
WaterGirl
@NotMax: I took Mom’s out of the running up top.
NotMax
@brendancalling
New one on me.
What hanging out I did back when was occasionally at the Ear Inn or once In a while Smokestack Lightning.
NotMax
@WaterGirl
Danke.
LAO
@NotMax: Didn’t we do Old Town, one year? I may be misremembering. Really good burgers. Lol. Clearly, I’m hungry.
ETA: not that I’m suggesting a bar in my neighborhood. 😬
Alison Rose
@PBK: Dang, I hope someone figures this out, because now I’m dying to know.
NotMax
@LAO
Could well have been, but likely not held at a time I happened to be in the area.
Almost Retired
@Dan B: So we need to appoint a series of Meet Up Czars?
strange visitor (from another planet)
i’m down. will probably attend, but wanna have an open air venue, even though last year i went maskless and got covid at bryant park.
mz visitor has covid NOW. will most assuredly be masking up whatever the plan is.
NotMax
@strange visitor (from another planet)
Baylander seems to fit the bill for open air?
strange visitor (from another planet)
@NotMax: i’m coming from kensington. wanna do the promenade?
NotMax
@strange visitor (from another planet)
Kensington as in Long Island?
NotMax
@strange visitor (from another planet)
Promenade? No capiche.
strange visitor (from another planet)
@NotMax: brooklyn. kensington as in east of borough park and west of ditmas park.
the brooklyn heights promenade. at the end of montague st. near court st station.
WaterGirl
@Almost Retired: We actually sort of did in the meetup post last week, where I added:
when someone volunteered to coordinate a particular meetup.
Of course, I should have made it MEETUP CZAR instead.
lowtechcyclist
@WaterGirl:
My thoughts aren’t too clear, but don’t run away.
NotMax
@strange visitor (from another planet)
Ah, I see. Only Kensington was aware of is in Nassau County.
(Did someone say Brooklyn?)
NYCMT
I’ll be there, wherever it is, unless I am sitting shiva or an onan for my dad, who is dying of biliary tract cancer.
PBK
@NotMax: Thank you. Thought that might be the case.
JAFD
Gotta hit ye road for a ‘warking vacation’ tomorrow morn. Should be at whatever time and place gets picked, good Lawd willin’ and the Passaic don’t rise.
HinTN
@WaterGirl: No worries. It was just conversation in thread. H
HinTN
@Dan B: Worked well so long ago in Seattle, didn’t it.
Tom Q
Been out all day, only just saw this. It happens I’m leaving town, but not till the day after Labor Day, so I’m good for any of those days.
I’m coming from the Upper West Side, so of course I’m partial to places convenient from there. Tir Na Nog is the only place I’ve ever met up, and it was fine both times. But anything not too far south or east works for me.
WaterGirl
@lowtechcyclist:
:-)