Metafilter Oregon Coast Labor Day Weekend Beach Party Meetup: Lincoln City Edition

posted April 28, 2014 3:36 PM | |

Sat August 30 at 2:00 PM, Lincoln City Beach House! Temporary address

801 U.S. 101, Lincoln City, OR, USA (Map & Directions)

I have interest in this. We (myself, Mister Rabbit, Kid Rabbit) would not be staying there, as we have a pooch, but we may come hang. Saturday or Sunday, both are fine for a meetup.
posted by rabbitrabbit at 3:55 PM on April 28, 2014

I will be there!
posted by Secretariat at 7:38 PM on April 28, 2014

A little over a mile's walk along the beach there's this to check out - the photo they chose is pretty plain, but the "secret cove" sounds interesting. And Cascade Head is also nearby if we feel like a more challenging (and steep!) hike.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:17 PM on April 28, 2014

Woo!
posted by cortex at 9:26 AM on April 29, 2014

count me in for at a night or two!
posted by vespabelle at 1:15 PM on April 29, 2014

We would like to come, but have to check on a few things first, like the petsitter. I will get you a definite answer shortly!
posted by Sibrax at 3:11 PM on April 30, 2014

I wish we could have secured a pet-friendly location, but our options were limited and rental availability was shrinking quickly. Considering we talked a lot but didn't get off the ground last year, I think we are improving overall.
posted by mimo at 3:41 PM on April 30, 2014

Also, I will double-check to see if pets are okay on the porch/deck area. That way if someone wanted to bring their dog for a day at the beach, they could, though they'd have to stay outside. (Which means we'd have to hang outside with them too, who's a good dog, who loves the beach, yes you do)
posted by curious nu at 6:44 PM on April 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

Based on the description of that house (i know it's not much!) I feel like I was just at that house about two weeks ago. Weird.

I remotely possibly could go, but put me at the last of any attendance list if this starts filling up. Any chance you could memail me the address though, just so i can confirm or deny my suspicion?
posted by efalk at 12:44 AM on May 2, 2014

So, was it a good time? Was it horrible? Like, is the house haunted or something?
posted by mimo at 8:05 AM on May 2, 2014

I'll be all moved away from Portland by this time which gives me a big sad. I can't go but I will pour one out for you guys. And by pour one out I mean I will drink scotch from the bottle while sitting next to a pot full of salt water thinking about the ocean.
posted by Lutoslawski at 12:01 PM on May 2, 2014

When's the going away party?
posted by mimo at 12:16 PM on May 2, 2014 [1 favorite]

When's the going away party?

Y'know, I was just thinking about having a get-together at my house sometime in June...
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:22 PM on May 2, 2014

Doooooo iiiiiiit
posted by curious nu at 3:11 PM on May 2, 2014

Welllll I had a kind of awesome going away drunkening with many of you the last time I left Portland, and I kind feel like you can only milk the leaving town thing so much, so I don't know if a going away party explicitly per se is totally a necessary thing, but I would be much in favor of a June get together at Greg's house so I can see all your beautiful faces before I head for the Great Corn Sea.
posted by Lutoslawski at 7:41 PM on May 2, 2014

Meetup proposed, IRL post made, siderail concluded. Now, about this beach thing....
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:24 PM on May 2, 2014

We are officially in for this beach thing!
posted by Sibrax at 4:59 PM on May 5, 2014

So does anyone have any thoughts on whether Friday, Saturday, or Sunday night would be best for the official-meetup? I'm leaning towards Saturday but Monday is a holiday and hopefully no one has to go into work on, you know, Labor Day. So Sunday is fine too.
posted by curious nu at 7:51 PM on May 5, 2014

Either Saturday or Sunday is fine with me.

I don't think prices have been mentioned here yet. Maybe set up a spreadsheet so we can coordinate who's sleeping where, when?
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:09 PM on May 5, 2014

I hear that money is being discussed offline, which makes total sense in retrospect, and means that as usual I'm being an uncultured lout.

In that case, maybe somewhere down the line we can coordinate food planning instead of sleeping arrangements.
posted by Greg_Ace at 8:28 PM on May 5, 2014

After further consultation Greg is totally right and I should've put costs up front. I have edited the main post to reflect that!

Again, if you're interested in some nights, please memail me and let me know. =)
posted by curious nu at 8:56 PM on May 5, 2014

So it looks like it is 100% not-pet-friendly. :( Very sorry everyone! If this works out well this year then next year we will make pets a priority.
posted by curious nu at 11:51 AM on May 6, 2014

Oh, I figured as much. That's fine! We will still be there.
posted by Sibrax at 4:34 PM on May 6, 2014

I thought we were all going to sleep in a giant cuddle puddle in the living room?
posted by vespabelle at 5:21 PM on May 6, 2014 [1 favorite]

a giant cuddle puddle

Hmmm, I dunno...who here is a snorer?
/raises hand
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:28 PM on May 6, 2014

*starts looking for another, different house...*
posted by curious nu at 7:37 PM on May 6, 2014

Also, I'm just going to go ahead and set this as confirmed for Sunday night. This is still over 3 months away so if we decide to make it a different night, that's not a big deal. =p

We don't get the address to the house until 72 hours prior to check in (because.. buh?) so the address is the downtown Portland library. I figure that'll give enough time for anyone looking for PDX-area IRL notifications to see this, and then carpools can be planned as necessary.
posted by curious nu at 8:28 AM on May 7, 2014

...so the address is the downtown Portland library

Heh...a cuddle puddle in the downtown library! Très Portlandia.
posted by Greg_Ace at 2:09 PM on May 7, 2014 [1 favorite]

I memailed curious nu, but I thought I'd let you all know that I am in as well.

(and that cuddle puddle crack was a joke. I'm way to squirmy.)
posted by vespabelle at 2:43 PM on May 7, 2014

And I don't snore. I swear. No, really!
posted by Greg_Ace at 3:29 PM on May 7, 2014

So we're currently at 7 people for Friday night, and 10 for Saturday + Sunday.
posted by curious nu at 6:14 PM on May 7, 2014

Yay!

Also, I hope mefites who live as close or closer to the beach than to Portland have their meetup radius turned up high enough to see this (pb? Matt? presumably there are a few others?). I wonder if we should adjust the location as the date gets closer, maybe early August?
posted by Secretariat at 8:45 PM on May 8, 2014

Yeah that sounds good. I'm not sure if it will send out another "in your area" notification but we'll see.
posted by curious nu at 5:43 AM on May 9, 2014

Still looking forward to it!
(dummy post just to keep this on my "Recent Activity" page - it disappeared for some reason)
posted by Greg_Ace at 3:23 PM on June 11, 2014

Hey, this disappeared from my recent activity, so I'm bumping it.

Also, full payment has been received from everyone staying over (thanks!) and the final payment has been made. This is really a thing that is happening.
posted by mimo at 7:59 AM on July 12, 2014

OH SHIT I THOUGHT THIS WAS AN ELABORATE DRY JOKE

I SENT YOU MONEY IRONICALLY
posted by cortex at 8:10 AM on July 12, 2014

Fortunately for you, currency isn't devalued by ironic intent. But you might have to put up with a little gloating for having fallen for it.
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:20 AM on July 12, 2014

I didn't know the house had little goats. That's awesome.
posted by cortex at 10:47 AM on July 12, 2014

Nah, I was just kidding.
posted by Greg_Ace at 11:50 AM on July 12, 2014

AND SCENE
posted by cortex at 12:06 PM on July 12, 2014

(☞ﾟ∀ﾟ)☞
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:15 PM on July 12, 2014

Per recent Green Dragon discussion, on one of the nights: Jurassic Park viewing party (if we don't do it beforehand. or both. who knows?!)
posted by curious nu at 11:54 AM on July 21, 2014

This may be a tad early, but it just occurred to me and I didn't want to forget to ask: Do we want to coordinate on meals and/or dining out? Go with Every Person For Themselves? Some combination thereof? Apparently the place has both an equipped kitchen and a grill, and I for one would be willing to be (co-) responsible for a dinner. For instance, we could buy fresh seafood and make a kick-ass bouillabaisse or grilled tuna steaks or something.

Relatedly: Does anyone own a fondue set? I have fond (ooh!) memories of a past beach house get-together during which we ate like kings and queens, including a session of dipping various appropriate food bits (fruit, biscotti, pound cake, etc.) in a melted chocolate concoction!
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:36 PM on July 26, 2014

We probably will want at least one communal grill meal. I thought one big breakfast would be nice too; maybe Sunday morning.
posted by mimo at 6:48 AM on July 27, 2014

Do we need to discuss carpooling? I would love to carpool.
posted by vespabelle at 12:11 PM on July 27, 2014

I like the carpooling idea. I can either chip in for gas, or drive (my car would comfortably fit 4 people and their gear).
posted by Greg_Ace at 12:37 PM on July 27, 2014

I own fondue forks, and I may still have some sterno someplace, but I have no fondue pot or rack to balance a pot on. In the past I've just heated up some chocolate or cheese on the stove then put it on a hot pad on the table, and just reheated on the stove whenever it got too thick. It's not exactly as convenient or classy as a fondue pot, but it turns out that for me this is easier than storing and never using a fondue set (which is what I also tried for a while). So if nobody has a set, we could try that.

I'm into the idea of shared meals and shared cooking/shopping responsibilities. Breakfast would probably be the one meal where we aren't all going to agree on the timing, but I don't think I've ever been sad to wake up to find breakfast already cooked (or, cooking breakfast and getting to eat it while it's hot).
posted by Secretariat at 6:55 PM on July 27, 2014

Well, I went nuts and snagged an inexpensive electric fondue set (and extra forks) on Ebay. So there that is. What the hell; I've got storage space for it, and I'm keen to try that recipe I linked to upthread.
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:10 PM on July 27, 2014

Since we can only have three vehicle on site, carpooling is a must. I'm not sure if that's only overnight or what we will do if people come for a day trip.
posted by mimo at 11:07 PM on July 27, 2014

Still planning on staying elsewhere but coming to hang at some point.
posted by rabbitrabbit at 11:57 AM on July 28, 2014

I think a communal grill meal and group breakfast are good. I don't eat seafood for allergy reasons and Nick doesn't do crab so something non-fish would have to be on hand.
posted by fiercekitten at 6:38 PM on July 29, 2014

Well there goes my plan to have us survive only on what we can catch of the sea's bounty! Arr!
posted by curious nu at 6:20 PM on July 30, 2014

I now have visions in my head of a Gollum-like curious nu chest deep in the surf, snatching at fish in desperation and ravenously gnawing on the few he manages to get his fingers on.

"Dude, come on in, we've got plenty of bouillabaisse cooking."

"No! Nasty hot stove ruins the fishes!"
posted by Greg_Ace at 7:26 PM on July 30, 2014 [1 favorite]

You have no idea.
posted by mimo at 8:17 AM on July 31, 2014

There's nothing wrong with a two protein meal. Depending on how severe allergies are we could even plan to cook one protein in the kitchen and the other on the grill (or I guess only consumed while chest deep in the brine, in the name of the drowned god), or something like that.

If I brought a chunk of dark chocolate to melt for a non-dairy chocolate fondue option, would others be interested? I guess the worst case scenario is that I'll have leftover chocolate.
posted by Secretariat at 8:49 PM on July 31, 2014

Regarding non-dairy chocolate fondue options: in the recipe I finally came up with, cream of coconut (or almond or rice milk) and a little coconut (or safflower?) oil could be substituted for the heavy cream and butter. The remaining ingredients - besides chocolate! - are vanilla extract and a pinch of kosher salt, which I think won't pose any dietary problems but of course speak up if necessary.

And at our option, we could add to the mix a few tablespoons of brandy, dark rum, or liqueur such as chocolate (Godiva), hazelnut (Frangelico), almond (amaretto), orange (Grand Marnier), or coffee (Kahlúa).

Suggested dipping foods:
- Fruit (banana slices, strawberries, pineapple chunks, raspberries, grapes, orange wedges)
- Starches (graham crackers, pretzels, potato chips, pound cake, biscotti, banana bread, shortbread-based cookies)
- Sweets (caramels, marshmallows, cheesecake, brownies, candied orange peel)
- Bacon
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:35 PM on July 31, 2014

For what it's worth, I also have a cheese fondue recipe consisting of Swiss and Gruyere cheese, white wine, a bit of cherry brandy, and an optional dash of nutmeg, if anyone's interested.

Suggested dipping foods:
- Cubes of French and pumpernickel breads
- Granny Smith apples
- Vegetables (ex. blanched broccoli/cauliflower/carrots/asparagus, boiled red potatoes)
- Small dill pickles
- Slices of salami or other cured charcuterie
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:41 PM on July 31, 2014

I'm up for alternate milks but I don't want to deny anyone creamy richness (although coconut is pretty rich too!). We could even experiment with a variety of recipes with different ingredients.
posted by Secretariat at 9:43 PM on July 31, 2014

YES CHEESE FONDUE
posted by cortex at 10:16 PM on July 31, 2014

YES CHEESE FONDUE

I will fight you for la religieuse.
posted by Greg_Ace at 10:40 PM on July 31, 2014

I am highly in favor of bacon chocolate fondue.
posted by rabbitrabbit at 11:43 AM on August 1, 2014

Melt things and eat them!

On another topic:

I'm thinking the best day for an "open house" would be Saturday afternoon/evening; we're leaving Monday morning and doing last-minute clean-up is not the most fun thing in the world.

I'm also thinking (if mods and everyone else are okay with it) of posting a metatalk thread, since not everyone pays attention to IRL threads. Does that sound alright?

LESS THAN A MONTH UNTIL PARTY TIMES, PEOPLE.
posted by curious nu at 5:16 PM on August 1, 2014

On further thought, I'm leaning against metatalk; some of the reasons include a) parking is already probably going to be a problem, and b) anyone who's too iffy to drive might have difficulty finding a place to crash. So maybe this first year we'll just keep it moderate and see how it goes.
posted by curious nu at 7:53 PM on August 1, 2014

Although additional peoples are welcome for a gathering, too many additional peoples may be problematic given the apparent high-strung nature of the rental property owners. We could consider a separate post here or MetaTalk once we have sussed out the location and determined a specific gathering time and location. We still don't know the exact location of the rental. Maybe we could propose a second gathering at a nearby picnic area or on the beach.
posted by mimo at 7:56 PM on August 1, 2014

Doh!
posted by mimo at 7:57 PM on August 1, 2014

I am signed up for Saturday/Sunday so if anyone wants to carpool, send me a memail.

I have at least one (and maybe two) old school fondue pots and forks. They're not that great, but I can bring them (at least we'll have lots of forks.)
posted by vespabelle at 8:43 AM on August 2, 2014

If we want to give a more representative address you could put the location as the D River State park. It's right off 101 in the middle of town.
posted by fiercekitten at 11:35 AM on August 2, 2014

Information for Lincoln City about beach fires (tl;dr - allowed, depending on fire danger rating) and other things. I also found this.

Firewood bundles and kindling are available at the Safeway Store in Lincoln City.
posted by Greg_Ace at 2:09 PM on August 8, 2014

Thanks, Greg!
posted by mimo at 2:45 PM on August 8, 2014

Eager about the trip - moi? Gosh no!
posted by Greg_Ace at 3:32 PM on August 8, 2014

So I think we're planning on just buying some foodstuffs in town. We're going to bring some spices, salt/pepper, etc. And probably a good kitchen knife or two, because our experience is these places have terrible knives.
posted by curious nu at 5:42 PM on August 14, 2014

Did we officially decide how to split up meal responsibilities? I was thinking of doing something like bringing or making a quiche or two to share for a breakfast or lunch. Would a spreadsheet be ok, or would people rather wing it?
posted by Secretariat at 11:47 AM on August 16, 2014

So if we can only have three cars on site for the overnight guests, I think that restricts our carpooling options quite a bit. If I have this right:

Arriving Friday (2 cars):
curious nu
mimo
Greg_Ace
Secretariat
cortex
Sibrax (+1)

Arriving Saturday (1 car):
fiercekitten
nickthetourist
vespabelle

We live the farthest out, so I think it makes sense for us to drive. We can take 2 other people, maybe 3, from the first batch.
posted by Sibrax at 3:38 PM on August 16, 2014

Also a spreadsheet for items to bring sounds like a good idea!
posted by Sibrax at 3:38 PM on August 16, 2014

Sibrax, if it works for you, I think we need to carpool with you guys- if I remember right the other three first-nighters are already pooling.
posted by Secretariat at 12:01 PM on August 17, 2014

Secretariat, that is correct.

I think a spreadsheet of things food-related and otherwise of things people are bringing would be helpful. Has everyone staying over seen the listing? If not, we can send a link or look at what they say will be provided. Also, I can forward the terms and conditions of the rental if you want to see those.
posted by mimo at 12:00 PM on August 18, 2014

Sibrax, if it works for you, I think we need to carpool with you guys- if I remember right the other three first-nighters are already pooling.

Sure, no problem.

Has everyone staying over seen the listing?

I don't think I've seen the listing. Could you send it?
posted by Sibrax at 4:07 PM on August 18, 2014

I am happy to carpool or I can park my car off site too if carpooling doesn't work. I'll leave it up to Nick and fiercekitten.
posted by vespabelle at 1:54 PM on August 19, 2014

Here's a food etc. spreadsheet. The first tab is meals, the second tab is a per-meal guestlist (so if you're cooking, you can estimate how many people you might be cooking for) and the third tab is for whatever other stuff should be listed. Does that make sense?

My thought was that people could remove or add themselves for group meals as desired. The count on the main tab updates automatically. By default, I put everyone who is staying overnight as present for breakfast and dinner, and nobody as present for lunch. I assumed rabbitrabbit and inkytea would come over on Saturday. (Which is not to say you're not welcome at other times- but check in and see if anyone is around, in case we all went for a walk on the beach or something.)
posted by Secretariat at 12:14 PM on August 20, 2014

Looks like we are staying in Netarts, and will be down Saturday afternoon/evening and not any other time. I will add stuff to the spreadsheet.
posted by rabbitrabbit at 5:45 PM on August 20, 2014

Will anyone have room in their car to bring a bucket and shovel for putting out the beach fire? I have a pickle bucket but not sure how much room we'll end up having...
posted by Greg_Ace at 1:08 PM on August 22, 2014

I can bring a bucket for sure (if I have to, I'll pack my clothes in it or wear it on my head or something) but I don't have any sort of a small or folding shovel. Are we talking about a trowel? I can bring a trowel.
posted by Secretariat at 2:23 PM on August 22, 2014

Actually, after re-reading the page I linked to upthread, I guess we don't need a shovel for burying the fire, just a bucket for water to douse it. Unless you just want to bring the trowel to build sandcastles, of course!
posted by Greg_Ace at 2:54 PM on August 22, 2014

M wood is in buckets so we can douse coals and make mega sand castles!

I was thinking of bringing a smoked chicken and meats and cheeses from edelweiss for Saturday lunch.
posted by vespabelle at 3:34 PM on August 22, 2014

vespabelle: I am happy to carpool or I can park my car off site too if carpooling doesn't work. I'll leave it up to Nick and fiercekitten.

Riding over with us should be fine.

Should we bring any games along? I mean, besides Cards Against Humanity?
posted by nickthetourist at 12:09 AM on August 24, 2014

Sibrax+1 are bringing a game that sounds like fun. Nu and I are bringing some light games. Does anyone have Pictionary or Cranium? Something like that might be fun, or we could just do old-school charades. I think a lot is going to depend on the weather and what we feel like doing on the spur of the moment. Currently, it looks like it may actively rain on Saturday, which may mean more inside time if it's raining hard. Also, we are planning on bringing a Jurassic Park for movie night.
posted by mimo at 8:28 AM on August 24, 2014

I have Pictionary. I also have some Marx Bros. movies on DVD if anyone's interested.
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:27 AM on August 24, 2014

We have Cranium and can bring it along.
posted by nickthetourist at 10:24 AM on August 24, 2014

Games-wise, we'll be bringing Sherlock Holmes Consulting Detective, which is great fun and really has no maximum number of players; all the CAH expansions; JS Joust; and maybe something else if there's room.
posted by Sibrax at 12:06 PM on August 24, 2014

Along with the actual fondue sauce ingredients, I'm bringing bananas, Tabrizi bread cubes, and Granny Smith apple slices for chocolate and cheese fondue dipping. But I'd like to request that people bring additional dippables, depending on what they wish to indulge in. Suggestions below:

For chocolate fondue:
- Fruit (ex. strawberries, pineapple chunks, raspberries, grapes, orange wedges)
- Starches (Graham crackers, pretzels, potato chips, pound cake, biscotti, banana bread, shortbread-based cookies)
- Sweets (caramels, marshmallows, cheesecake, brownies, candied orange peel)
- Pieces of cooked bacon

For cheese fondue:
- Cubes of pumpernickel bread
- Cut vegetables (ex. blanched broccoli/cauliflower/carrots/asparagus, boiled red potatoes)
- Small dill pickles
- Slices of salami or other cured charcuterie
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:19 PM on August 24, 2014

Cortex was talking about maybe running a Fiasco game. Not sure if that's still on the table?

Also: oh man, pineapple + cheese? That might be.. the best thing?!
posted by curious nu at 5:28 PM on August 24, 2014

No, bacon + chocolate is unequivocally The Best Thing.

I personally can profess no love for pineapple + cheese, but people are welcome to do what they feel the need to do.
posted by Greg_Ace at 5:54 PM on August 24, 2014

I can provide bacon for fondue (I'll just bring more than needed for breakfast). I can also bring dill pickles, and maybe some zucchini bread (yes, I can confirm that chocolate and zucchini bread tastes great together!)

I think pineapple sounds awesome in either chocolate or cheese.
posted by Secretariat at 8:31 PM on August 24, 2014

Cortex was talking about maybe running a Fiasco game. Not sure if that's still on the table?

Sure! I'm up for giving it a shot. Short version is it's a pen-and-paper role-playing game that's mostly just collaborative story-telling, with everybody collectively brainstorming the plot and character details of a plan-gone-wrong sort of heist/neo-noir/etc film. Coen Brothers Film: The Game, seems to be the big inspiration for the folks who wrote it. Here's their website, which has a little bit about it.

I've never run it before but think it's the sort of thing that would work pretty well for our particular beer-and-bullshitting meetup vibe; it's really light on rules and heavy on coming up with entertaining or silly shit as a group.

Anybody who's interested, feel free to drop me an email and I can give you more details so you can have a better idea of what the deal is. With the minimal rules it's not something where everybody playing needs to have read through the rulebook ahead of time but it'd probably help if at least a couple other people besides me have so that there's a little more shared understanding of the basic mechanics. The game doesn't technically have a GM, everybody's just a player, but the folks who know how it's supposed to work will be able to help facilitate it so it runs more smoothy I figure.
posted by cortex at 11:11 AM on August 26, 2014

Fiasco, you say?
I'm in.
posted by nickthetourist at 2:32 PM on August 26, 2014

There's a two part Tabletop for it that's pretty good.
posted by fiercekitten at 10:44 PM on August 26, 2014

I also have the download for it if anyone needs it.
posted by fiercekitten at 10:47 PM on August 26, 2014

I forgot that we were getting a vegetable box delivered this week, so I'm going to have some spare stuff too. Maybe green beans, bell pepper, tomatoes, carrots, a few beets- it sounds kind of like a salad to me. So I could make a side salad for one meal.
posted by Secretariat at 8:19 AM on August 27, 2014

Lincoln City weekend forecast. Perfect bonfire weather!
posted by Greg_Ace at 9:44 AM on August 29, 2014

We are here!
posted by curious nu at 4:30 PM on August 29, 2014

We'll be a while yet, got a late start. But we did spend a while behind a car with the license plate MOMSLV, so.
posted by cortex at 4:59 PM on August 29, 2014

Is that supposed to be "mom's love" or "mom, solve"?
posted by nickthetourist at 5:06 PM on August 29, 2014

fiercekitten thinks it could be "mom slave"
posted by nickthetourist at 5:08 PM on August 29, 2014

Do you have a rough ETA, for dinner coordination?
posted by curious nu at 5:18 PM on August 29, 2014

Probably an hour and a quarter? And Mom Slave is very much the consensus in our vehicle.
posted by cortex at 5:39 PM on August 29, 2014

"Don't give swords to goats. What's your problem?"
posted by cortex at 5:00 PM on August 30, 2014

If Mister Rabbit and Kid Rabbit ever wake up from their naps we will head down.
posted by rabbitrabbit at 5:45 PM on August 30, 2014

And the lazy Rabbit Family just woke up. Since we are an hour up the coast, I think we will not show our faces tonight. Maybe we can stop by tomorrow during the day?
posted by rabbitrabbit at 7:26 PM on August 30, 2014

Heck yes!
posted by cortex at 8:41 PM on August 30, 2014

Cool, we will be down around 3.
posted by rabbitrabbit at 9:35 AM on August 31, 2014

We are on the beach, check your memail for info!
posted by curious nu at 2:22 PM on August 31, 2014

So long and thanks for all the fondue!
posted by rabbitrabbit at 8:21 PM on August 31, 2014

I think everyone is home now!

This was a good weekend!

Post your pictures!

(So tired!)
posted by curious nu at 2:21 PM on September 1, 2014

I had a blast! Thanks to all.

I've posted a short-list of group and interesting pics (see link at top). Many more artsy ones to come later, but it'll be a while for me to go through the post-processing...process. I'll try to make sure everyone gets notified when those are finally up.
posted by Greg_Ace at 4:48 PM on September 1, 2014

Thanks to Mimo and Nu for setting this all up. I had a great time! And thanks to the weather gods for the blue skies.

but i'm not going to eat cheese again until October....







(just kidding, I am eating cheese right now.)
posted by vespabelle at 5:52 PM on September 1, 2014

Woo, thanks everyone for the good food and fun. It was a great weekend.
posted by Secretariat at 8:00 PM on September 1, 2014