Rumor has it that the most mysterious mutineer of them all (hint: it sure as hell ain’t ME) might be in Manhattan on May 28th…so maybe we should have a mini-meetup? Maybe I should overcome my Malayalee proclivity to massacre sentences via massive amounts of alliteration.
Maybe.
I know everyone who LIVES in New York City will leave town, but that just means that this post is dedicated to those mutineers who, like me, will be visiting the area for the holiday weekend; I’ll be in Lawn Guy Land for a wedding on Friday and Saturday. I know I’m not the only one who’ll be there, if only because this wedding has 800 guests.
Anyway, I’m happy to postpone my return trip to DC on Sunday from lunch-ish to something a little later on, if there’s good reason to and I can’t think of better reasons than you.
I shouldn’t say this, but if we do meetup, there’s the possibility of a mutineer mole, i.e. someone who blogs for us but wants to just hang back at his first live SM orgy. So it’s possible that three mutineers will be in Manhattan on May 28th, though considering the moley-moley-mole (Thanks Austin Powers!), maybe it’s more like 2.5. 😉
Comment away if we should seriously consider this. Some of us have Amtrak tickets to book. 😀
P.S. That picture is from the September 11, 2005 meetup at the Indian Bread Co.
P.P.S. Yes, we will have another DC meetup shortly. Or longly. Vatewer.
ps: nice shoes anna (in the pic)
Comments # 38-41, can I put in a pitch for July 1 in Chicago if folks are serious about this?
Wahey, check out those strappy high heels ! Looks like Anna’s already adhering to the mandatory dress code for babes in Desistan 😉
Chandi:
Yes, but see complications in comment #30. But I just consulted the swami at the local mandir, and he confirmed that the planets are aspiciously aligned that day, so we should definately aim for July 1.
hmm..myabe i will come up to NYC too…..just for giggles.
I’m usually a lurker, but I’d be up for a Chicago meet up on July 1st. I know some other lurkers who might be interested as well. We should totally do this. Now if only we could get Ennis to come…
You mean, “host”. 😉
O.M.G. Ya’ll. I will be in NYC that weekend. I will also be in Chicago in July. Could this be? My first Internet –> real life friends? I’m so excited I’m gettin’ shaky.
Tex-Mex meetup anyone?
Wondering if the SMers in the heart of the cowland have gathered critical mass to be able to waste a Friday/Saturday/Whateverday listeing to each others anecdotes about the clogged traffic on 59 or the latest sleazefest joint on Hillcroft or how Karsh Kale absolutely rocked Social last week.
Friends,Houstonites,mutineers……lets ape the NorthEast.
That would be super. I will deffy stop by for an hour or so.
Will try to be there.
I’ll be at the NYC meetup, and I’ll see what I can do about Chicago in July. I’m travelling for business part of that time, but I might be able to make something happen on Devon/Diwan street one of those weekends.
Ennis:
Yes! July 1. That is ideal, don’t you think?
Oh, what do you say about SM’ers meeting at “Taste of Punjab” for lunch? Then, maybe we can all stroll together in a big herd along Devon/Diwan Ave, pausing every once in a while to look at the colorful saris in the window, buy some jewelry, shop for ghazal CD’s, and other delights.
Yes, yes please. The planets are aligning nicely for July 1 in Chicago. I don’t know if it’s auspicious for jewelery shopping though. Let me check with my local pundit!
Chandi:
According to my own Personal Swami, he said that the planets are definately auspiciously aligned for: jewelry shopping, eating at the “Taste of Punjab”, consuming barfi and other delicious mithai, and finally, SM buying me the $3000 sari that I saw in the window shop last week, along with 6 CD’s that I want to get: 2 ghazals, 2 Hindu filum geet, 1 Bhangra CD, and the Patel Rap CD.
Can’t wait!!
Ennis ~ If mutineers meet you in person do they get to find out your real name or will your nametag say Ennis?
Interesting question. I wondered about that too. Do people come out at these do’s or keep their web identities? Can you even do that when you are chatting in real time?
So…um….VENUE? Or do we plan to roam the streets and then all meet up simultaneously in a climactic emotional moment that will tug at the heartstrings, nay, tie them in clumps and play upon them as a stringed instrument?
Oh mein Gott…I’m WORKING on it. 😉 Am I the ONLY one who’s frantically trying to finish shit up on a Thursday afternoon so that she can leave somewhat early tomorrow?? You’re the third one to ask in five minutes, not that you needed to know. 😀
We have a proposed venue, the post will be up shortly. Leave this thread to those meetup-crazed midwesterners who want to be all, “CHICAGOooooo, it’s a wonderful town!”
ANNA:
Look at you— just hatin’!! It’s because you’re jealous. How you WISH that you out here in the Breadbasket of America. How you WISH that you were with us here on Devon/Diwan St, a place more South Asian than South Asia.
Chicago RULES (but not as much as San Francisco) –Cheap Ass Desi