Meetup Mania! (2 Updates)

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I’ve been a bit busy, so I haven’t been able to ask you about SM Meetups, but I promise I’ve wanted to do so for several weeks. Those mutinous, offline melas are very much on my mind these days, as I contemplate the end of summer and where I will spend it. You see, not only do I think it’s high time for the second-ever live mutiny in DC, it seems that excessively homesick-me will be in the golden state for much of early September (w00t Northern California!!!). I think it’s time to overwhelm Greco once again; let’s take that possibility from tentative to definite, shall we? Let’s also hope the wifi works this time, as it usually does. 😉

Amardeep inspired me (yet again) to post once he issued his gentle invitation to Philadelphia-area readers to join him for that city’s first meetup, before a very cool-sounding concert he just blogged about. Even if you don’t take him up on his tempting offer, I want you to know that it won’t be an anomalous event– Philadelphia is a great city and I’d love to hold regular meetups there, as well as NY and SF. What say all of you, and when I type that I mean ALL of you, wherever you are. Depending on how much demand and notice we get, we may be able to coordinate sepia soirees elsewhere, since many of us travel, some of us, far too much. 😀

DC: When should We Chocolate City mutineers will have our next carb-laden, veg-friendly fiesta on August 19th? August 26th. Who knows, if we don’t tell Abhi, we might be able to facilitate a “Yo Dad” appearance which ISN’T moderated! Imagine the possibilities for information-gathering!

SF: What about you, oh citizens of Baghdad-by-the-bay? How many of you will be around for Labor day weekend? I was assuming your answers would be a sea of “not me”s, so I was tentatively glancing at September 9. Thoughts?

Finally, as for you New Yorkers, any weekend you want to shriek and giggle until the Manager yells at us (cough LaLanterna cough) is fine with me. 😉

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Update #1: The people have spoken. DC’s meetup will be on August 26th. 🙂

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Update # 2: NYC’s loveliest saves the date and suggests something fantastic to meet up for– SummerStage at Central Park with a whole lotta brown choons. Pack your pick-a-nick baskets for Yogi and Booboo to plunder; New York’s meetup will be on August 13th!

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  1. and JOAT, we’ll need to coordinate this invasion. I am available to intimidate any uncles in the crowd. you’ll need to handle the aunties.

    It’s not Ravi Shankar man it’s Talvin (vat does he do for a liwing) Singh there will be no uncles and aunties except those who think they got game. Email me closer to the date if you want to coordinate getting there early and scoring space. We need a Mutiny Jhanda to draw attention!

  2. There will be no uncles and aunties except those who think they got game.

    Don’t be too sure, JoaT. I know a good number of (cool) aunties and uncles who know what he does and dig his stuff. (I am thinking of asking my parents to come along.)

    We need a Mutiny Jhanda.

    Yes!

  3. Don’t be too sure, JoaT. I know a good number of (cool) aunties and uncles who know what he does and dig his stuff. (I am thinking of asking my parents to come along.)

    Yikes taking it back! My parents won’t go near anyplace where the potential of running into 18 year olds desis who wear pants that show their buttcracks or underwear exists.

  4. Any word on whether the chica with all the tricks will be back from Sierra Lanka in time for the meetup?

  5. Hey, let’s not get crazy here!
    Isn’t that where our favorite Home Deepa Esq. lives?

    Isn’t she more of an Office Deepa these days?

  6. Isn’t she more of an Office Deepa these days?

    Quite true. (Confidential to Deeeeeeeee: “blah blah blah”)

    😉

  7. It’s slightly confusing with two meetup-related threads running simultaneously, so let’s recap:

    Philly: TONIGHT! (Amardeep)
    SF: August 6th (Ennis and Vinod)
    NYC: August 13th (me)
    DC: August 26th (me)
    SF: a soft September 9th (me)

    I write “soft” because we haven’t officially chosen that date. I don’t mind meeting the weekend before and I’m not booking my ticket until we finalize, but it seems like it will be the 9th…

  8. man i want anna’s life….bouces around DC, NYC, SF & has all the boys singin in the yard…..girl is there anything you don’t do? 😉 (btw….nice to meet you A N N A)

  10. Gaurav, I much prefer it when I do the girl-ass-grabbing.

    A N N A, I’m sure all the boys here prefer it too. Lipstick Les…., er, Lipstick Libyans are always appreciated by the average red-blooded randy desi.

    Not by me, of course. I think that young South Asian people have far too much freedom these days and that any homoerotic activities should be confined to dodgy-looking lanky moustachioed men back in the motherland who fondle each other in public far too much yet insist that they are “like brothers”. Everyone else should be as chaste as possible before marriage and ideally after marriage too. Any canoodling is purely for procreation and should be undertaken with the lights out, under the sheets, and the distasteful monkey-business should be completed as quickly as possible so that everyone can get back to normal and insist that Indian babies are delivered by storks.

    Now if you don’t mind, I’m going to get back to admiring the flower of British womanhood in all those tightum-tight clothes that the foxy ladies are wearing due to our current heatwave in London, along with daydreaming about tanned lovelies in bikinis and strappy high-heels and whatnot.

  12. I’m going to get back to admiring the flower of British womanhood in all those tightum-tight clothes that the foxy ladies are wearing

    Hahahahah Jai you are killing me man. Too bad you won’t be at the NYC Meetup I’d really enjoy meeting you.

  13. hullo my brown kittens – I’m back and missed y’all terribly. Will be at the Aug.13th meetup fo sho. mr.cicatrix might make a very special appearance too.

  14. ~raising hand in the air~

    (and somewhat diffidently:)

    will there be another nyc meetup soon? ‘Cos i’m not sure if y’all always plan meetups this way, and if there is a mailing list or something, i’d like to be on it.

    On another note, any news on the Austin meetup? –that’s where i’m gonna be visiting while i miss the nyc one.

    signed, Ms. New to SM

  15. ‘Cos i’m not sure if y’all always plan meetups this way

    This IS how they always plan meetups. No mailing list. PLEASE do not suggest one. I haven’t slept in four days, don’t give them any ideas.

    whimpers

  16. A “maybe” for central park summerstage, but YESSS for the event @Knitting Factory(thanks for the link Gaurav).

    The closer I can get to Talvin, the better 😉

    If some of you guys are heading there afterwards, I’d love to introduce myself and meet you mutineers.

  17. I haven’t slept in four days, don’t give them any ideas. *whimpers*

    Ohh… are you one of the monkeys interns from the bunker? If so, THANKS!!! and pleased to meet you 🙂

  18. YOur welcome Kavita….problem with me promising either the day or the nite meetups is that I start a new rotation come August 7 – so no clue what my schedule will be like. :/

  19. and ohh… re.

    I haven’t slept in four days, don’t give them any ideas. *whimpers*

    i’ll keep mum

  20. DAMN IT!!!! A N N A! ! ! I’m out of town on the 26th celebrating my 27th in Veg-ASS. Can we have another meetup in September for those who are leaving DC and are konkani? And can we do a SM meet up in SF in October or November? 🙂

    Can we just work around MY schedule? haha.

  21. Isn’t that where our favorite Home Deepa Esq. lives? Isn’t she more of an Office Deepa these days?

    Yes Office Deepa, Esq. is making her home and office on the Peninsula (for now), but SF is waaaay more fun – so let’s kick it up there.

    Didn’t someone mention Chaat Cafe? (which the fabulous brimful introduced me to, btw.)

  22. Janeofalltrades,

    Too bad you won’t be at the NYC Meetup I’d really enjoy meeting you.

    That’s really nice of you, I’m sure meeting you would be fun too. Although I’m scared of what happens at these things once the gates slam shut behind you and you’re suddenly surrounded by all these strangers in masks discreetly taking off their saris. And that’s just the men.

  24. Although I’m scared of what happens at these things once the gates slam shut behind you and you’re suddenly surrounded by all these strangers in masks discreetly taking off their saris.

    Hahaha the last one I went to was super. It was a lot of fun and I got to meet all the people I’ve admired here. I also ran into people I knew, you know the 2 degree of separation rule with desis. It was really just a very pleasant experience. After having encountered so many Indian message boards out there with a bunch of nimrods who drain your brain it was personally very exciting for me to meet other desis who are the complete opposites.

  26. whats the record for the oldest person showing up at these meets (the dc one)? records are meant to be broken.

  28. is the DC SM bloggers meetup only for SM contributers? I’d be more than willing to come along if you’ll let a fellow desi blogger (albeit blogger-lite) join the convoy : )

  29. Jay (nice name by the way),

    I’d be more than willing to come along if you’ll let a fellow desi blogger (albeit blogger-lite) join the convoy : )

    As far as I know they let anybody turn up to these things, as long as you sign a confidentiality agreement and complete the form in triplicate confirming that you won’t sue anyone for any injuries you may sustain during the meetup…..