On Valentine's day?
Ah, the romance of the internet.
I'll send you a dozen red roses with a note that says "Thinking of you", Tweety.
Not to threadjack, but I just confirmed that I will be in northern California in early March. I'm up for a meetup if anyone else is.
Where's Ellay? I never heard of Ellay
I can't even relate to that. Haven't gotten around and about much have you, Heebwise Gamgee?
Hey, this lurker would love to come if it's an open invitation.
But, you, it's valentine's day, so where something sexy.
"you know", "wear".
Speak english, Sifu. ENGLISH!
7: The key to finding everyone is to start at the first table and say "Who wants to sex Mutombo?!" If it's the first table, you're in! If it's not the first table, you're in in another table or ten, and those of us playing from home get a good story.
where something sexy to [sic] Mutombo.
Dress sexy at my meetup, my dear wife.
Teo, how do you feel about Other Minds?
There is a picture on facebook of teo lookin' good in a ranger outfit, not to mention the six pies.
I can honestly say that I have no opinion whatsoever about Other Minds. I think I'm going to be pretty busy with friends on those particular evenings, however.
17: I was just looking at those! There's a man that can wear a hat.
Well why don't you tell us when you are available, then, huh tough guy?
Ack, well I just realized its Valentines day, so, I guess count me out.
17: It's actually just a ranger raincoat, but thanks. My cousin just put up some of the pictures he took when he visited recently, and I liked that one so much I made it my profile picture. The pies were delicious, too.
The pies were delicious, too.
Sonuvabitch.
I just made Campari-orange sorbet. It is delicious, and was really easy to make.
21: PYC, bring her, him, or it along. It's just dinner and talk, not divorce court.
20: Wednesday, March 4th or during the day on Thursday, March 5th would probably be best. I'm going to be in Santa Cruz from the 5th through the 9th or so, which may make Bay Area events difficult to attend even apart from whatever particular obligations there I end up with.
28: I was just funnin' based on the travel thread.
[cross-posted to Standpipe's other blog]
Three of those pies were vegan, btw. Guess which ones.
Actually I can't remember which particular ones were vegan, so having other people guess would be pretty pointless.
30: I wouldn't bite.
33: No butter crust???
No butter crust???
I think butter crust was what kept the three non-vegan ones from being vegan.
Decent enough crusts can be made without butter (also, LB, without lard). It's true.
Indeed. The vegan pies were really good.
What does one use instead? Oil? I'm intrigued.
during the day on Thursday, March 5th
Some of us have jobs, yo.
Some of us have jobs, yo.
Let the economy take care of scheduling conflicts.
Ooh, yeah, I think it is. Just hyrdogenated vegetable oil. D'uh.
(D'uh at me for not realizing this was an obvious butter substitute for pie crust, not d'uh at you).
Some of us have jobs, yo.
Sucks for you, then.
More seriously, I'll probably spend most of the day traveling, so a midday meetup wouldn't be very likely anyway.
Would love to join, but prior commitment to significant other precludes.
Josh, will you and Magpie be around on Sunday? Maybe we should switch to lunch/dinner then, allowing the lovers to celebrate Valentine's Day and still come to a meet-up.
Either way, there will be cake.
I'm kinda figuring our dinner on Friday will be at an In 'n' Out somewhere near Bakersfield, so Friday is probably out. We could do brunch/lunch on Sunday though.
OK, you other folks - can you do brunch/lunch on Sunday?
Brunch/Lunch on Sunday after 11:30 would work for me. Still at Versailles, right?
Thinking about it, Saturday's probably a bad idea anyway. Versailles isn't exactly a romantic getaway, but are we sure we'd even be able to get in?
I used to live a block from that Versailles, and yes, it gets awfully hectic on Friday and Saturday nights. You can always get in if you're willing to wait a few minutes, but it'll be noisy and crowded then.
I'll try to show up on Sunday unless family obligations keep me from attending.
So, Versailles at noon on Sunday?
Lurker Tom! Tell your family to let you unlurk!
Sweet, thanks for the change, I'll see you all there, possibly with a +1
Thanks for the change; this goes from zero to give-it-a-shot on the possibilish scale.
Long way to travel from Thailand, Wrongshore.
I have to say I'm a little surprised at the number of people here who're actually celebrating Valentine's Day. I'm trying to remember the last time Magpie and I did anything for it, and failing.
Well, St. Valentine was apparently beaten by clubs before being beheaded, Josh. What says "romantic" and "just a special night between the two of you" like such a dramatic act of martyrology, eh?
I have plans for Valentine's Day!
First, go to a panel discussion!
Then, go to a jazz concert!
Finally, go to a taqueria!
beaten by clubs
What, all by themselves? Forget the martyrology, that's a miracle.
Beaten by clubs of people, with sticks.
67: that burrito's gonna get loved by a real man!
I'm going to get tacos, Sifu. It's a taqueria.
I unburden myself at greater length.
Their hearts beaten by clubs (queen high).
Just make sure to liveblog, peopoe.
Sure thing, Tweety.
Liveblogging starts now: Heading to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf for pre-meetup caffeine!
More liveblogging: why does Versailles' website direct you to MapQuest for directions? This isn't 1999.
Okay! On the edge of my seat, here.
More liveblogging! Spot any celebrities?
No celebrities, even though US Magazine says they're there *all the time.* So cheated!
Josh spilled his coffee, then I spilled mine reaching for the phone to liveblog his spill. OH NOES.
HIGH-TENSION COFFEE SPILLING EXCITEMENT! This is intense.
We are at Versailles. TJ and Susan and small person are here. Still no celebrities.
Small person? What kind of small person? Like, Verne Troyer? I guess he would count as a celebrity. Barely.
domineditrix and Biohazard are here and brought cake. They are not celebrities.
Is it celebrity cake? Like, made of rehab?
It is not celebrity cake.
Lurker Tom is here. Phone cannot keep up with all the excitement.
Is Lurker Tom perpetually in shadow? I bet he is!
Pitiful Young Cripple and Marie are here. If they're celebrities they're not telling.
Is Pitiful Young Cripple any or all of those things?
Biohazard is "The Biophysicist"?!?!?
Rob Halford is here, without wife and small child. Much garlic bread has been nommed, and Josh is having coffee issues again.
Hi everybody. Sorry I'm not there. I'm trapped under a mountain of dishes and bad.
Hi everybody from me, too. I wish I could come see you all, but I've got family obligations today, for which I am now late.
Watching Megan play Frogger across La Cienega... And now she's made it across safely.
Megan is here and made a beeline for the baby. /she and Soren have met before./
Aw, man, I didn't know there'd be a baby.
90: Wait, really? I missed that. Excellent!
Baby is locked in on the phone. Future liveblogger here.
The Biophysicist says he's hazardous.
The Biophysicist says he's hazardous.
Jeez. You think you know somebody, and then, BAM, you find out that you didnt know them at all.
Post pictures! Liveblog chewing!
I worry people aren't drinking enough.
I keep checking the flickr group. WTF?!?!?! No pictures yet>?????
You should supply the defect, Sifu.
Domineditrix is worried about the honeybees.
Because they're dying? Or because they're stinging you? Or because they aren't getting the grades they should?
Because they're exploited! Sheesh.
110: because they're disappearing, and may well be leaving the planet on UFOs.
Also, Biohazard wonders what the cultural significance of bacon is and why the Internet is so obsessed with it.
And now we're home again. Good food, good talk, excellent baby who is teh cute and well-behaved. Poor Young Cripple's +1 took a group picture. Now it's time for a nap...
Now it's time for a nap...
Yes, and I won't need ether to start it off, Sifu. That's good food and far too much of it. I had the Cuban equivalent of southern pulled pork barbeque.
The smallest human was indeed cute and well-behaved.
A different susant to the one you are thinking. This one is married to me. And produced the smallest human at the meetup.
And produced the smallest human at the meetup.
Now, now. Credit where do: someone else helped.
115:
Lechon Asado
Cuban Style Roast Pork
CLASSIC CUBAN ROAST PORK MARINATED IN VERSAILLES' UNIQUE GARLIC MOJO CRIOLLO SAUCE ROASTED TO PERFECTION
http://www.versaillescuban.com/menu_a.html
Post-meetup liveblogging: Santa Monica Place ist kaput. Yet another landmark of my adolescence gone away.
Apparently it's just being redeveloped. You'll be able to loiter there again someday, Josh.
I hadn't realized that embarrassing monstrosity was designed by Frank Gehry!
Good times. It sure was nice to see everyone. And boy was that cake scrumptious!
And produced the smallest human at the meetup out of a hat!
They might have been outdoors, Ben. The restaurant has a patio.
That is not how it went down. But the placenta was like dressed meat.
placenta
Obligatory archive reference. Obligatory archive reference that references previous reference.
133's links took me eventually to the Chinatown script (1974). Somehow it reminded me of something.....then it all came rushing back to me like the hot kiss at the end of a wet fist. Nick Danger, Third Eye, Firesign Theatre (1969). Q.E.D.
Instead of a Finance Czar, I think that Obama should clean up finance with the help of roving bands of unruly Finance Cossacks.
Instead of a Finance Czar, I think that Obama should clean up finance with the help of roving bands of unruly Finance Cossacks.
The cossacks work for the czar, Emerson.
They actually don't. Cossacks have a very mixed relationship to the Czar. But if you want havoc wreaked, the Cossacks are your go-to guys.
Great to see everyone and eat a cake. Hope to do it again.
But if you want havoc wreaked, the Cossacks are your go-to guys.
Supposing I want my havoc played, rather than wreaked? Can I rely on the Cossacks for that as well? Or should I be looking for something in a U-Boot fleet?
All I know is that dogs are your man for having your havoc cried.
140: But don't let them sell you just any dogs. They should be Dogs of War, and well lubricated ones at that.