O. Felix Culpa and I will be having lunch at Joe’s on Rodeo Road Monday, June 19, at noon.
Any Juicer in the area is welcome to join us.
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O. Felix Culpa and I will be having lunch at Joe’s on Rodeo Road Monday, June 19, at noon.
Any Juicer in the area is welcome to join us.
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Not too surprisingly, the responses to my earlier request are few, and some of the responders live quite a distance away. I think what I’ll do is set something up with O. Felix Culpa and let you know about it. That will probably be next week or later.
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Valued commenter O. Felix Culpa has suggested a Santa Fe meetup. It would be after June 8, but I have observed that it takes some time to set these things up.
Please respond on this thread or by contacting me through the contact form if you would like to meet other Juicers at a Santa Fe restaurant. Also indicate what day of the week is best for you and which restaurant you prefer.
I’ll update as things come together.
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On April 22, people all over the world will March for Science. Will you join us? https://t.co/JtSSEa6ino https://t.co/8t0apuBUKU pic.twitter.com/0jEdSS010U
— March for Science (@ScienceMarchDC) April 6, 2017
Note from commentor Quinerly, whose Travels with Poco enlivened many early-morning threads:
It would be cool if a Front Pager would throw up a dedicated Meet Up thread maybe on a Wednesday before these marches. People could pipe in with their areas, pick places for Juicers to meet, if they wanted to….no pressure, no planning clusterfucks. Just a suggestion.
Look forward to meeting you [St. Louis, Missouri]. I just put up an invite on my Book of Faces page to generate some interest. My neighborhood peeps pretty much hang at Howards on Saturday and Sunday anyway. Soulard is a neighborhood of misfits, hippies, and derelicts….we like our music and cocktails…Ozark will attest to it from his days in the area.
I know various commentors from a number of cities/states have expressed their intentions over the past several weeks. If you’d like to meet up with other Balloon Juicers, or have questions, leave a comment below. (Or you can email me at annelaurie dot verizon dot net, but don’t expect to hear back until late afternoon or early evening.)
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Well, I hope so. I had a great time, and didn’t even feel anxious like I normally do at affairs like this, which speaks to the excellent company. I hope others have pictures because I just have, not surprisingly, a bunch of crappy ones.
And I don’t care what you say about EFGoldman, he’s ok in my book.
Also, if most people were as nice as everyone that showed up tonight, I would go out more often.
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Dear all,
To repeat the update below: We’re set for Asgard in Cambridge tonight. The reservation is under my name.
Time — 6 until the die-hards wander off into the snow/sleet/rain bouquet with which we aim to greet distinguished visitors.
Address: 350 Massachusetts Avenue (corner of Mass. Ave and Sidney St.) Phone no: 617-577-9100.
By the Red Line T: Central Sq. stop. The Asgard is on the south side of Mass Ave. about 350 yards east of the stop. That is: its on the side closer to the Charles River, heading back towards Boston from where one gets off the T.
Parking: There are several municipal lots, most on Bishop Allen St., which parallels Mass. Ave one block to the north, including the closest public lot to the Asgard, just off Columbia St. There’s more parking on Green Street, also parallel to Mass Ave., one block south.
I think that’s it.
Looking forward to seeing everyone.
Image: Édouard Manet, George Moore at the Café, 1878/9
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Update: Resolution!
Asgard made it easy: We’ve a reservation for 15-20 at 6 p.m. under my name.
Website. Address: 350 Massachusetts Ave. Parking: on street or various near-by municipal lots. (Lot 6 on Bishop Allen is probably the closest muni one.)
Nearest public transport: Red Line T, Central Sq. Station. Taking John’s location as the Greenwich Observatory of our new global map — with the Parker House at one’s back, turn left towards Boston Common on Tremont St. Pick up the Red Line in the Alewife direction at the Park St. Station, on the corner of the Common — Park and Tremont Streets. Three stops to Central Sq. Sit near the rear of the train and take the exit nearest that end. Asgard is on the corner of Mass. Ave and Sidney street, about 350 yards east (back towards Boston) from the subway stop.
See y’all there
Dear all,
We’re meeting up tonight with the Blogfather in attendence, weather be damned.
No details have yet been worked out, so here goes:
Unless howls of rage/despair suggest otherwise — 8 p.m. on the time?
Update: per John — timing is 6-9 —which probably makes the venue a little easier, as we’d sneak in ahead of the worst crush at more restaurant-y places.
Location…Been working on that this a.m., with some perplexity. So a time-limited appeal to the hive mind (and/or those planning to come) seems in order.
Here are the criteria:
Has to be able to handle a party of up to 20 on a (snow-struck) Friday night.
Not disastrous parking.
Decent public transit access. (Pretty much Red Line, in my experience. Demur if you must.)
More or less central. John’s staying downtown, right by the Common, so while there’s a reasonable circle of travel, not deep suburbs.
Not terrible: decent food for those hungry, not too expensive, not pure bar focus given the range of folks that like adult beverages, those that don’t etc. I don’t think we’re looking at a sit-down dinner thing for the whole gang, but could stand to be corrected.
I’ve been looking at the Cambridge axis from Kendall Sq. to Harvard Sq. and at some Boston venues — but I’m sufficiently house-bound these days to be a little unsure of some of the more recent options. (For the olds out there — I still miss Cronins.)
So some options:
Dive bar, often with reasonable space betw. Central and Harvard Square: People’s Republik (how not, for this gang). Cons: dive bar, could be crowded, probably too bar like.
Asgard, near Kendal Sq. — bland, generic Irish-ish bar-restaurant, but very spacious.
Russell House Tavern, Harvard Sq. — Friday night problem, but it’s a big place and very easy to get to. Again, nothing special on the food, more a convenience choice.
Mead Hall, Kendall Sq. — great beer list (epic); crowded, loud. I could show up somewhat early and try to colonize space, but it can be a zoo. (It is spring break at MIT, which might help, but still).
Za in Kendall Sq. — they could accomodate us in a standing/high top area. Not ideal, and constrained to Za’s mostly pizza menu.
In Boston, a BJ tweep has suggested Brandy Pete’s, which I don’t know; business district joint; parking issues, possible Friday night terrors.
I’m looking at some other stuff, but figured that the jackals may have a much better idea — so vote on the above and/or come up w. something better. I’ll check in on the comments and try to make a consensus or a command decision w/in the hour.
OK?
Yr feckless social secretary.
Image: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, At the Moulin Rouge, 1892