The election is over, and it leaves our community divided. We have happy macacas, upset macacas, indifferent macacas, and those who object to the term macaca. But surely the one political development of the last couple of days that has won broad-based approval is the apparent defeat of Sen. George Allen, for the reasons we all know. And in response, there have been calls for a party.
We’d love to fly all of you out to the bunker, where we could throw an outrageously debauched event away from prying eyes. Maybe someday. But for now, we offer the next best thing. On behalf of the whole crew, Vinod and myself invite you to The Sepia Mutiny “November to Remember” New York City Meetup, Saturday, November 18, 5:00 – 7:00 PM, at Epistrophy Cafe, 200 Mott Street (between Spring and Kenmare).
We’ve chosen this timing so that folks can join us and still go on to their fabulous New York evening activities, so no excuses! Epistrophy is a low-key, high-quality wine-oriented cafe with small food, both veg and non-veg, and reasonable prices. It’s owned by a couple from Sardinia and named for a Thelonious Monk classic. After 7, those who are so inclined can move on to dinner somewhere, but in the spirit of Monk, we’ll improvise.
FAQ: Regulars are welcome. Lurkers are welcome and encouraged. Aunties and Uncles are welcome. Aishwarya Rai, Kal Penn, M. Night Shyamalan, Dr. Sanjay Gupta, Bipasha Basu, Jhumpa Lahiri, Arundhati Roy, Dr. Vijay, Salman Rushdie, Laloo Prasad Yadav, are all welcome. Macacas and non-macacas are welcome. Exotifiers and orientalists are welcome. Those who aren’t welcome are velcome.
Please to kindly RSVP in the comment thread, so we get a sense of numbers and whether we need to move the party to Bungalow 8 or Madison Square Garden. Zindabad!
lurker here
im in! looking for to meeting all of you!
Well I understand that you need to spread the brownness but letÂ’s look at the facts. Most of the bloggers have an affiliation with DC, Anna lives here, Abhi’s parents live here, Amardeep was raised her. And the N. Yorkers can drive down. Dont hate, DC wins, mega meetup in DC!:)
Kenyandesi, we cant have a meetup on Sunday, I cant have a hangover on Monday! 🙂
you bet… but i get anal leakage walking around dc machang. too much military props and slogans on display. i suppose one could score the majors on a 2-D scale of momentum and ambiance if one had nothing better to do.
Chi – M L DC – H M NYo – H H SFr – H * LA – H M Hou – M L Atl – M M Tor – L H Aus – L H Sea – L M NOr – M H
I’ll be there with camera.
Texas comes third in the top hits and we haven’t had a single Texas meet up yet?
I’ll drive anywhere in Texas to meet the cool Mutineers. Don’t make us wait till February!
Please, when is the next SF Bay Area meetup?
I’ll be there (possibly with a posse; if so, I’ll post again). See you next Saturday!
I wish I could be there, but I’ll be at a wedding in Philly on Saturday…if it had been Sunday… 😉 Yenjoy yourselves– and smile for all the pretty pictures Preston will take, I can’t wait to see and hear all about it.
we are gonna ROCK nyc!
hmm seattle meetup. paging razib. though he’s in portland but this might be as close as it gets at least for the near future.
Wish I could be there, but will be in DE for the weekend (with a Republican friend :-P). Know that I celebrate along with all macacas. (By the way, since the etymology of “macaca” as an insult to a particular group never has been fully established, I’m happy to adopt it as “stupid non-Indian guy’s attempt to insult an Indian, reclaimed for our community” type word, like “queer” for LGBT folks.)
Will definitely try to be there…. Sounds huge!