MeFi IRL

Hold on to your butts: we're having folks over to watch the original Jurassic Park, because dinosaurs, on Saturday, December 20th. [more inside]

I'll be in Wellington for the second week of December, and have nothing to do on the Wednesday night (Dec 10th). Anybody up for a few quiet midweek beers after work? [more inside]

The New Bedford Whaling Museum hosts the 19th annual Moby-Dick Readathon the weekend of January 2-4. I think it's a great way to start the New Year and I'll be there most of the weekend. Would love some MeFite company for breakfast/coffee/reading/event-going. [more inside]

Shepherd and I will be in the area visiting my family from December 27-31. Anyone interested in a lovely leisurely pub lunch during that time? Surely Greenvegas has MeFites!

Some friends and family are meeting at the Wild Animal Sanctuary, please join us for viewing lions, tigers and bears as well as avoiding Black Friday crowds.

I will be speaking at the Mill Valley Library on December 2 at 7:00. The subject will be my book, Fat Tire Flyer.

Come and support your fellow MeFites as they sing, dance, duck, and weave while competing for the FCK Belt! Plus, you'll get a warm, fuzzy glow by helping to raise money for Chicago's own Windy City Rollers! [more inside]

edit: Friday, December 26 at the 4th Ave Pub it is then! See you all there! Original: NY Mefites! I'll be in New York from Christmas Day till New Year and I'd like to meet any and all of you. My schedule is open so far* and a date between 26-30 would probably work best. I'll be staying in Brooklyn (near DeKalb Ave) though venturing outside the borough is fine too if most people prefer that. Shall we have the last meetup of 2014? [more inside]

Alternately known as "100 Days to Anvil of Bacon Crom". Same Goat time, same Goat place, followed by same Frog place, same Frog shenanigans. [more inside]

The holidays are upon us, and I'm not going to be able to organize a final gaming meetup, because my weekends are pretty much booked until the end of the year. (If someone else wants to organize one, please feel free, though! I'll pick it up again next year.) But a bunch of random weeknights are free... anyone feel like drinks and/or dinner, on December 8, 9 or 10, maybe? Confirmed for Dec 8 at RFD in Chinatown.

Stardate November 21, 2014. As acting captain of the USS MeFiDC, I will be posting tonight's Star Trek happy hour event. On tap this week: "The Arsenal of Freedom": Trapped on the surface of an abandoned planet, an away team becomes unwitting participants in the demonstration of an advanced weapons system. Oh, and also alcohol. Plenty of alcohol. [more inside]

A meetup in the leafy suburbs of the East Bay: Walnut Creek. Venue: Pinky's Pizza. Good beer in bottles and on tap, and decent pizza. Also: Addams Family pinball machine. [more inside]

Mallory Ortberg will be appearing at Pegasus Books reading from Texts from Jane Eyre in Berkeley on Saturday, November 22 at 7:30 pm. Any MeFites planning to attend? Any interest in meeting up before or after?

It's been a long while. Let's meet up at the The Caledonian for drinks around 6 p.m. on Sunday, 16 November. Who's in?

A compendium of Utopian negation, Nein Quarterly At Ada's Technical Books and Cafe [more inside]

lunch, Tuesday the 9th of December (calendars are hard). Ramen place on the north east corner of Wells and Lake called Ajida(maps are hard).

Edited to make it a Thing which is Happening. So I'm coming States-side in a bit over a week. It's mostly a family-visiting trip, rather than a tourism trip, and I'll be spending quite a bit of December in Dobbs Ferry. From there, it's pretty easy to get on a train to the city and do meeting type things there too. Anyone feel like meeting up? [more inside]

After checking in with Celsius1414 I'm re-posting this since it didn't get off the ground last time.

Food! Drink! Games! Friends! Food and drink and games and friends at the same time!

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I stumbled across a mention of gaming nights at Grand Central Market in DTLA and tracked down this press release and then this page.

Game Night at Grand Central Market

Looking to unwind after a tough day at work? Searching for fast, amazing fare to satisfy your foodie cravings? Planning a non-cliche date night? Whatever your Downtown LA dilemma, the city's oldest food hub has your back.

Enter Game Night -- eat, drink and play every Thursday until 9 pm. Grab dinner and drinks from our late hours vendors over an assortment of classic and new games: ping-pong, cornhole toss, Jenga, Uno, Cards Against Humanity, Scrabble, and many more. Just head over to the Hill St. Platform to get started.

We broached the subject of a gaming night at our last meetup (mmmm ramen), so this "proposed" post is more of a means to continue that conversation than saying it should be here at GCM necessarily.

Update 9/5: The consensus during our Ethiopian food meetup conversation seemed to be that with everybody being spread out, it's difficult to make a game night plan on work nights. If someone else wants to propose game/trivia/movie meetups for their individual environs, that might be the better way to go. [more inside]

This is where and when we get together to wrap the gifts for the annual drive going on over here. Date, time, and location are up for discussion. [more inside]

Boldly continuing with Star Trek: TNG episode showings at the Black Cat on Fridays! This week's episode, "Heart of Glory", the crew encounters Klingons and Worf finally gets some backstory. [more inside]

Next up in the UPCA's "Classic NYC Movies at the Palace with Lin-Manuel Miranda" film series is Elf. Doors open at 4pm, stage show at 5pm by Broadway Performing Arts Center, movie starts at 5:30. Tickets are $10 online, $15 at the door.

Hello Mefites, Slush tech and startup conference is happening in Helsinki on 18th and 19th November. Is anyone flying in for this? [more inside]

We'll meet at Draughts, at 337 Acton Mews; we might choose another place nearby if it is overcrowded. I will randomly say 4pm (but really we're discussing timing below). [more inside]

That's right ladies & gentlemen, there are only THREE more trivia days 'til Christmas. Act now and receive this special set of Ginsu knives*, plus a life-sized replica of Ron Popeil!** [more inside]

I'm planning on moving to the area next Spring, and this is my research trip. I've wanted to do this since 1977, so it's long overdue, and I'm ridiculously excited. I'd love to have a meetup! I'll be there Wednesday afternoon and I'm leaving early Tuesday morning. (Crossposting to Seattle, also.) [more inside]

Hi, PNW! I'm going to be visiting the Seattle area next week (11/12-11/18) and would love to meet some of you guys! I'm open to any kind of activity or venue. [more inside]

I recently-ish moved back to my hometown, and it looks like there have only been a few IRL events here. If you're a Cincinnati MeFite, chime in, and let's drink beer and eat food from whatever food truck is parked outside MadTree. [more inside]

Are there any MeFites who live in or are going to be in Istanbul 25-29 of November? I'll be finishing up two weeks traveling in Turkey and would love to get together, particularly at any places locals or more experienced folks recommend. [more inside]

Boldly continuing with Star Trek: TNG episode showings at the Black Cat on Fridays! This week's episode, "Coming of Age", focuses on those young whippersnappers, the Starfleet cadets. [more inside]

Southern Northern New England Mefites: December 19 at 7PM at Martha's Exchange in Nashua! Reservation is under my name, "Erin." [more inside]