Reminder: NYC Meetup is THIS Sunday, the 13th!

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Poor Nina Paley.jpg Oy, it is already Tuesday the 8th, which means that the NYCSM meetup is merely days away. There is much to plot and despite what a few of you have commented to me privately, I do NOT think that whatever we have come up with thus far is either “complicated” or, ahem, “a mess”. 😉 Really, since those of you who raised such concerns are NEW YORKERS, if you would like to throw in your randa paise, FEEL FREE. ItÂ’s your time to shine.

To refresh your drinks memories, the meetup is occurring this Sunday because Talvin Singh, Asha Puthli and a few other amazing types are performing for FREE at Summerstage, in Central Park. The show is from 3-7pm but “doors” open at 1:30; that is when a few hyper-dedicated souls have offered to mark our territory stake out a prime spot in the shade, slightly away from all the craziness. I would just like to state here that as a quondam sunbather (UC Davis quadÂ…holla if ya hear me), I am abiding by this arrangement because I want to hang out with as many of you as possible; I am in no way buying in to Ignorant Auntie and Cruel AuntieÂ’s bakwas about how if I let myself get a tenth-of-a-shade-darker, no boy will EVER look my way and I will die alone, my corpse half-devoured by wild dogs (yes, that last bit is from a much-loved filmÂ…but sadly, S + C Auntie are NOT similarly fictional). I reject all of this colorist stupidity. 😉 However, I wholly support a pleasant day spent getting faded in mutinous company.

Here is what we need to know, somewhat urgently:

  • WHO is coming on Sunday? This directly affectsÂ…
  • WHAT to bring, as well as how much of it.

Once we sort all of that out, memorize this: sadly, we have decided NOT to rendezvous at the bar around two. Instead, please meet us at 1:30pm at the park entrance at 72nd and 5th. The sooner you arrive, the sooner we can meander over to one hell of a picnic. Throwing the keys to Lil Cease is probably not necessary since they won’t allow us to bring alchohol to this event.

Joan, Zimbly, Pooja and I are all going to be there, as far as I know. I have linked to our pictures, so if you get there late, peer at all the Summerstage fans anxiously until you locate us (or our doppelgangers). Alternatively, just listen for the loudest, most obnoxious group possible and follow the sounds of laughter and screaming (not that I am in ANY way endorsing ice fights or similarly immature lunacy).

Do you have any other comments or questions? That is just what the thread below is for—- NYC meetup-related shtuff.

p.s. You DCers and EssEffites will each get your own posts in the next few days, that way we can keep this, um, organized (as if such things are possible with the brown). Now who is in and what are you packing in your “dry” pick-a-nick baskets?

100 thoughts on “Reminder: NYC Meetup is THIS Sunday, the 13th!”

  2. I *might* be there, by way of Alabama

    WOW. That just might obliterate the current world-record of Sepia Devotion which was set by our Hotlanta-based Chick Pea, when she came to the DC meetup! Go you! 😀

  6. Sounds very tempting. I’ll have to check with a couple of people and see if there is a plan for this on Sunday. I’ll repost my answer later on.

  7. Hmmmmm, I wonder if there are any North Carolina mutineers? That’s where I will be this weekend and all this meet-up talk is making me wistful. Two Nirali girls? That’s just too much 🙂

  8. Nagging Aunty concerns about fairness and darkness aside, it is a myth that brown can’t burn –you never know it can until it does and then it f—ing hurts. It’s also a myth that brown can’t get skin cancer. So do be please be sun-safe. Hats, long sleeves, sun block, after treatment with cold aloe vera and vitamin E. In particular certain drugs–Cipro and, I believe, certain acne, hormonal, and birth control drugs—can drastically lower your skin defenses.

    /end youthful aunty psa, brought to you by the number 7 and the letter S.

    Other than that, have fun kids!

  9. WOW. That just might obliterate the current world-record of Sepia Devotion which was set by our Hotlanta-based Chick Pea, when she came to the DC meetup!

    Ahh..;) Good memories…good times…good people…good fun…. Breaking records? Nahh…. Not a competition… But a time to meet really amazing folks with great insights, stories, experiences…

    Damn, I sound like a sappy bean today… just one of those days… Cheers Miss Anna!

  10. Nagging Aunty #2 ringing in to give Saheli an amen. Wear sun block peeps! I used to think myself immune to sunburn, but I’ve fallen victim since then.

    Looking forward to SF Meetup #2. 😉

  12. i am planning on being there, but not sure if i’ll make it by the time the show starts… i’ll call and check-in.

  13. Yeah! What Saheli and Brimful said! ;D

    I got a sunburn ONE legendary time, b/c I used Clinique Turnaround cream by accident during the DAY and had alpha-hydroxy acid on my face vs. the usual SPF. That shit hurt sum’n awful. Which is why I wear sunblock. And hats.

    /angelic A N N A…out 😉

  15. i am planning on being there, but not sure if i’ll make it by the time the show starts… i’ll call and check-in.

    I hope you make it there soon after…I’m on the 7pm back to DC, so I’ll be handing the meetup reins to Siddhartha, the Ayatollah and Fidel, not joining them. I wish this were going down on a Saturday vs. Sunday…

  17. I’m coming, and I invited some other people. Maybe they wil come… But anyways, I want to see you all again!

  18. Abhi, I’m in Wilmington, North Carolina-on the coast and a nice place to visit. Do drop in if you are anywhere near me. We’re near some nice beaches and it’d be a pleasure to host you.

  22. just planned a last minute getaway trip for the weekend before I hand over my soul to an internet startup the next day … i hope all of you have a blast =)

  25. I’m bringing finger food, spicy chicken fingers desi style, fruit & one bigass blanket!

    Throwing the keys to Lil Cease is probably not necessary since they wonÂ’t allow us to bring alchohol to this event.

    BTW you can buy booze there!

  29. can’t come, but holla at sunbathing in the UCD quad…not now though, summer session 2 just started. Damn my over-achieving ass…

  30. how much food can a person bring? I was wondering what they would say to us carrying in those huge beautiful aluminum trays that serve us here in lieu of shining steel vessels.

  31. Kundi my ass – that\’s a tuchus.

    I may join y\’all for a while before the crowds/noise/insanity of the park overstimulate me. Not to mention Anna\’s wandering hands.

  32. WOW. That just might obliterate the current world-record of Sepia Devotion which was set by our Hotlanta-based Chick Pea, when she came to the DC meetup! Go you! 😀

    hee hee, we’ll see how things transpire. I’ll know more in the next day or so.

  33. As the gratuitous slashes indicate, I\’m still having to post through a web-proxy \’cause my home computer is still blocked from commenting here, like a common troll. Boo-hoo. Won\’t you please fix it and let me back in? After I let sepiamutiny.com grope my thigh and everything? This is so cruel.

  36. Central Park be most favouritest haunt of The Cereal Killer of the peoples. He be watching you brown peoples from the bushes but not partcipating in meet-up because that be compromising cerial killer ethics and code of conduct. Please be wearing SM badges, I not wanting mutineer victims. Also if there be extra beers, please be leaving two cans in the bushes for the much appreciation and consumpshion of the Cereal Killer. SM peoples enjoy. P.S: Sun screen of SPF 15+ is making enjoyment better.

  39. I am in too. 🙂

    I am a noob here .. never been to any SM meetups ..though always wanted to 🙂 but this looks like an awesome place to meet all of ya .. Gods, Demigods and Princesses 😛 ..

    Will bring Chips, Orange Juice for the fitness types, a Camera with a huge ass lens ..:)

    – Yuvraj

  40. I was goin to see this concert anyways, and i enjoy the SM way…so i may drop in, altho 1:30 is kinda early for a sunday…as for the meet up, what are you bringing??? should i bring something, i don’t have much to offer other than some greenery

  42. 1:30 is kinda early for a sunday

    I know, but apparently, if we snooze we lose…our spot. Don’t you want prime partying acreage? I do. Just show up when the show was going to start, though by doing so, you risk missing out on tandoori whatnots and other assorted yumminess. Mmmm, pick-a-nicks… 🙂

    I didn’t lock Nina out– not after she let me feel her up. That’s cold, yo.

    Now WHO is bringing WHAT food, drink, sugar, brownies cough…???

  44. Hey guys:

    I am a first timer, and if I can come, and I will surely try, I will bring some goodies from good old Oak Tree Road in Edison.

    Ankur

  45. according to yahoo:

    Sunday: Abundant sunshine. Highs in the mid 80s and lows in the low 70s.

    not bad at all…

  50. I was wondering what they would say to us carrying in those huge beautiful aluminum trays that serve us here in lieu of shining steel vessels.

    I DEMAND that edibles be brought in a sparkling tiffin, because EVERYONE knows that some sort of alchemy occurs within those precious, shining containers; simple chor, mor and urzhilakarengah merrukaparatti (now I want a nap: that’s “aloo sabji” for you Northies) tasted ten times better on the road, after chillin’ in those stacked, locked towers o’ perfection. Am I right? I’m so right.

    Don’t know what I can bring on AMTRAK, so I might see what else everyone’s signing up for and then just do a last-minute Food Emporium/WF run once I get to the city…