Year of the Dog Meetup!
posted January 19, 2018 3:49 PM   RSS | iCal | +googleCal

Sat February 3 at 1:00 PM, Szechuan Taste
6404 Tryon Rd, Cary, NC, USA (Map & Directions)
The arrival of the Year of the Dog seems as good an excuse as any to have a meetup!
Lunar New Year falls on February 16, so let's have a meetup in February.

I am leaning towards Szechuan Taste in Cary, but welcome all suggestions!
posted by research monkey to Meetup (33 comments total) 3 users marked this as a favorite

If I make it to this (and the fact that I haven't been to a meetup yet makes my response definitely Maybe), ordering family style is fine with me. I'm assuming chili paste is available on the side.
posted by kingless at 2:19 AM on January 20, 2018


I will be ordering the Chonquing Chicken.
posted by ardgedee at 5:02 AM on January 20, 2018 [1 favorite]


Sunday, Feb 18; Saturday, Feb 24; Sunday, Feb 25 all work for me!
posted by oceanjesse at 8:42 AM on January 20, 2018


I wanna come! I’ll be out of town the last weekend but otherwise available.
posted by something something at 11:28 AM on January 20, 2018


Yay and yum!
posted by GrammarMoses at 7:22 PM on January 20, 2018


Saturday the 18 is going to be rough because it’s the first weekend after Lunar New Year. The place is going to be packed with extended families celebrating the new year.
posted by ardgedee at 6:26 AM on January 21, 2018 [1 favorite]


The last weekend is also not great for me, but pretty wide open other than that.
posted by Rock Steady at 6:57 AM on January 22, 2018


I’ve never been to Szechuan Taste, and I am excited to try it!
posted by oceanjesse at 4:56 AM on January 26, 2018


So if we're going to avoid the actual LNY weekend, and the last weekend in Feb is not good for some folks, can we push it to early March? Or try for pre-new year on the 2/10 or 2/11?
posted by wens at 6:09 AM on January 27, 2018


How does Feb 3 or Feb 10 sound? Meet for a late lunch?
posted by research monkey at 11:08 AM on January 27, 2018


One vote for Feb 3
posted by ardgedee at 1:31 PM on January 27, 2018


Hey! Lab tech at UNC, love dance & biking in my free time. Long time MeFi reader but finally sprung for an account. I'd love to join if y'all are okay with (cool) strangers. I'm free the 3rd and the 10th
posted by lentils at 5:54 PM on January 27, 2018 [2 favorites]


THe 3rd works for me; am out of town on the 10th.
posted by GrammarMoses at 6:25 PM on January 27, 2018


lentils, all mefites are welcome!

I’ve put up a date and time for meetup, I’ll need a headcount by Thursday.

For those folks who can’t make it, surely this won’t be the only local meetup this year, I hope we have some more meetups proposed!
posted by research monkey at 5:03 AM on January 28, 2018 [1 favorite]


Ah, I have other plans for the 3rd! I could make the 10th if it's not set in stone yet.
posted by wens at 5:46 AM on January 28, 2018


Out of town that day. Next time!
posted by Stewriffic at 4:49 PM on January 28, 2018


1:00 is probably too early for me to make it, but I'll catch you all next time.
posted by Rock Steady at 5:39 AM on January 29, 2018


I’m in NOLA from feb 7-14
posted by oceanjesse at 7:08 PM on January 31, 2018


We doing feb 3?
posted by oceanjesse at 7:11 PM on January 31, 2018


Oh wait I scrolled up and saw what you meant. Yeah me + strawberryrhubarb are down for this.
posted by oceanjesse at 7:14 PM on January 31, 2018


Please update your attending status on the right side of the page - I will be calling in the reservation soon and I will be going by the number marked ‘Attending’. You will not get counted if you only leave a coment in-thread.
posted by research monkey at 5:57 AM on February 1, 2018


I'm in for sure!
posted by something something at 7:02 AM on February 1, 2018


Thank you research monkey - both for making the reservation, and for making me aware that what I see on mobile is not what folks see on a desktop. I logged in on a desktop and marked attending. Hopefully this helps other folks.
posted by oceanjesse at 8:49 AM on February 1, 2018


Oh I see - on mobile it puts “Joining Us?” at the bottom. Man I’m still not used to the new theme I guess.
posted by oceanjesse at 9:19 AM on February 1, 2018


Reservation made for Saturday 1 pm, under name “Metafilter”.
posted by research monkey at 11:35 AM on February 1, 2018


Oh no, I didn't see this till now, think they'll be able to accommodate one more?
posted by Maecenas at 11:23 PM on February 1, 2018


Maecenas, I don’t think it will be a problem.
posted by research monkey at 4:07 AM on February 2, 2018


Guys, I woke up with a cold. At least, I hope it’s a cold - but with this brutal flu going around I don’t want to risk passing anything along. I’m really sorry to miss it - it’s been too long since I’ve gotten to make a meet up!
posted by something something at 7:16 AM on February 3, 2018


ETA 13:15
posted by oceanjesse at 9:44 AM on February 3, 2018


Ask for ‘Angela’ - for some reason they didn’t recognize Metafilter
posted by research monkey at 10:05 AM on February 3, 2018


We’re seated at a long table way in the back, past the glass display case
posted by ardgedee at 10:10 AM on February 3, 2018


I enjoyed meeting all of you yesterday!

I hope everybody's taste buds are recovered from the ma la assault, especially the Spicy Storm Fish. I wish I'd taken a picture of the table, it looked like bowl after bowl of dried hot chili peppers.

And happy Year of the (Earth) Dog!
posted by research monkey at 8:50 AM on February 4, 2018 [1 favorite]


Thanks for organizing, research monkey! Lots of fun!
posted by Maecenas at 9:52 PM on February 6, 2018



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