Edmonton's first ever meetup

posted November 11, 2011 11:09 PM | |

Wed December 7 at 7:00 PM, Sugarbowl

All great meeting place ideas. I'd clear any weeknight for this.
posted by Municipal Hare at 12:48 PM on November 12, 2011

Same here - I'd show up on any weeknight, and all of these locations sound great to me.
posted by Fully Completely at 12:55 PM on November 12, 2011

Sounds dandy to me.
posted by Doug Stewart at 6:54 PM on November 13, 2011

Those are all pretty decent options. I'm typically free on weeknights, although I occasionally have to work, so the more advanced the notice the better.

Beer or wine might be best, since social lubricants tend to help when meeting a bunch of strangers.
posted by asnider at 9:16 PM on November 13, 2011

How about Sugarbowl, then? How does Thursday, December 8th at 7pm work for folks? Feel free to suggest alternate dates and times...
posted by sanitycheck at 9:23 AM on November 14, 2011

Early December makes sense to me. Once you start getting too late into December, people are a lot less available, so I'd go with the 8th (I'll confirm my own attendance once I have my work schedule for the month). If that doesn't work for people, then maybe jumping ahead to January would be best.
posted by asnider at 10:27 AM on November 14, 2011

I'm busy on the 8th, but I'm free every other night that week.
posted by Fully Completely at 11:03 AM on November 14, 2011

I am also busy on the 8th, but I can swing any other day.

Also, I am down with the Sugarbowl as a venue.
posted by selenized at 3:46 PM on November 14, 2011

Another vote for Sugarbowl- I think it'll be close for many of us. I have almost no restriction on date.
posted by Doug Stewart at 4:40 PM on November 14, 2011

How about Wednesday December 7th at 7pm?
posted by sanitycheck at 7:26 PM on November 14, 2011

I'm good with that.
posted by selenized at 9:58 PM on November 14, 2011

All fine by me.
posted by Doug Stewart at 10:16 PM on November 14, 2011

Aw, man! I can't believe I moved away right before this. There in spirit.
posted by beepbeepboopboop at 11:16 PM on November 14, 2011

I could likely do Wednesday the 7th. We'll need a reservation at Sugarbowl most likely as it's usually pretty busy there by 7pm. I'll switch my RSVP if something comes up between then and now.
posted by Kurichina at 6:21 AM on November 15, 2011

The 7th at 7 is good by me, too.
posted by Fully Completely at 9:16 AM on November 15, 2011

I should be able to make the 7th work.
posted by asnider at 3:28 PM on November 15, 2011

Just a heads-up that the 7th is last day of classes at U of A, so the Bowl (and various other near-campus watering holes) might be extra busy.

In as a maybe.
posted by hangashore at 7:51 PM on November 15, 2011

Thanks for the tip hangashore. I will make the reservation well in advance to ensure space for our meetup.
posted by sanitycheck at 8:04 PM on November 16, 2011

Reservation made under my name (Karen) and also there should be a note that its for "MetaFilter". Currently for 6 people but if some of the maybes are leaning more towards attending I can bump up the reservation count a bit.
posted by sanitycheck at 3:48 PM on November 30, 2011

I can now confirm that I'm in for sure, barring a massive catastrophe with my impending term paper.
posted by asnider at 11:24 AM on December 1, 2011

Well, if you have a massive catastrophe with your term paper then you should want to come hang out, if only to have people to drown your sorrows with.
posted by selenized at 5:29 PM on December 1, 2011 [1 favorite]

Argh, last minute business trip to Calgary means I might be late getting back into Edmonton tomorrow night. Can someone else volunteer to have their name on the reservation, and I will call and add it? I may not be able to get there until 8pm-ish now...
posted by sanitycheck at 2:38 PM on December 6, 2011

I'd volunteer, but I might be a bit late as well.
posted by asnider at 6:48 PM on December 6, 2011

Okay, I am going to change the reservation to just be for "Metafilter." It's for 8 people. Whoever arrives first just go with it and grab our table. :)
posted by sanitycheck at 10:08 PM on December 6, 2011

Yeah, I was going to say: I don't think it actually matters whose name the reservation is under as long as someone is there on time to "claim" it.
posted by asnider at 3:11 PM on December 7, 2011

I'll be there too. Looking forward to it.
posted by kitcat at 3:24 PM on December 7, 2011

I'm killing time at Remedy across the street, so I'll be there right at 7 to get the table.
posted by Fully Completely at 5:01 PM on December 7, 2011

Depending how busy they are you might be able to snag the table now and kill time in the Sugar Bowl.
posted by selenized at 5:03 PM on December 7, 2011

They mixed up and thought it was 7 people at 8pm instead of 8 people at 7pm. They're trying to find space for us. Until then, I'm at the bar.
posted by Fully Completely at 6:01 PM on December 7, 2011

Argh! I called TWICE to confirm. I hope you guys have a table now. En route into the city from Calgary and will be there sometime after 8.
posted by sanitycheck at 6:45 PM on December 7, 2011

Thanks again for organizing this, sanitycheck! It was a fun evening!
posted by Fully Completely at 10:27 PM on December 7, 2011

That was fun...but remind me who is who so I can recognize you on the main site?

I remember that:

- selenized is Allan
- asnider is me (Adam)
- hangashore is Bob
- Municipal Hare is Jason
- sanitycheck is Karen

The rest of you, I either didn't catch your user name or I forget...please refresh my memory!
posted by asnider at 10:43 PM on December 7, 2011

Yes, thanks for organizing, sanitycheck!

It was good to meet you all. I admit I partially came for the waffle-and-chicken, but was glad for the conversation as well.

Also: Kurichina is Christina.
posted by Kurichina at 8:35 AM on December 8, 2011

I had a lot of fun, and we should definitely do it again sometime.

Thanks sanitcheck for getting us all to finally have a meetup!
posted by selenized at 3:05 PM on December 8, 2011

Kudos to sanitycheck for instigating and organizing. Echoing everyone above: this was good fun, and totally calls for a sequel.
posted by hangashore at 3:13 PM on December 8, 2011

Since we're talking about a sequel, I'm going to suggest Pub 1905. It is central (Jasper Ave) and it is a lot quieter than most pubs, so we might be able to have conversations that include more than just one half of the table (although, being seated in the middle meant that I could jump back and forth between both conversations, which was kind of nice).
posted by asnider at 7:00 PM on December 8, 2011

Pub 1905 seconded.
posted by Municipal Hare at 5:54 PM on December 9, 2011

Pub 1905 is great, I'd be there.
posted by Fully Completely at 5:48 PM on December 11, 2011

Awesome.
posted by asnider at 8:44 PM on December 20, 2011