New York Firefly Meetup! WAY COOL! :)
POSTED BY: QueenTiye
UPDATED: Saturday, August 21, 2004 00:53
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Hey, all;
I don't think I'll be able to make the meetup, since I just came from NYC this past week-end and have many things to do on the home front (including letting my finances rebound!). However, I thought I'd chime in with a suggestion on the matter of venues.
On Saturday, 8/7, a bunch of friends and I met for my birthday (8/5) at a place called "Southwest New York" at the end of Liberty Street, just off the World Financial Center. It has a prodigious outdoor space, with a lovely view of the harbor, yummy eats, and killer flavored margaritas (VERY tasty, but bewaaaare!).
If y'all are feeling particularly ambitious, you might do what came next on my birthday adventure and book a two-hour charter on a two-masted sailing ship (not called the Minnow)which takes you around New York harbor, for less money than you'd think ($45/person, or $35 for parties of 8 or more). The web site is:
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showCode=SHE21
It's a lovely little boat (well, not so little; it can accomodate around 40 people), Captain Matt is a very cool fellow, and one of the mates is named Zoe (though he's a guy. No jokes or he may spit in your beer)! The views were spectacular!
Hope this helps, and that y'all have a truly shiny time, whatever you end up doing. Please do raise a glass for absent noocytes!
Keep flyin'!
P.S. Hope to see you at the PA Shindig-Under-The-Stars!
Department of Redundancy Department
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Hey, Nooctye. Sorry to hear you won't be joining us.
The boat trip's a pretty interesting idea; speaking for myself, though, one of the attractions of a Meetup at a local restaurant is: it's cheap. 
But if the Meetups continue, and go well, and we end up with a nice little community in the NY/NJ area, hey, might not be a bad idea to consider something of that nature.
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"Take my love, take my land, take my wife -- please." -- Henny Youngman performs the Firefly Theme.
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Originally posted by Unovis:
Would that be the place near the White Horse you were telling QT about?
Yes -- Caffe Sha-Sha. It's a good place to sit around and talk because they don't mind people spending an hour over a cup of coffee. There's a back garden and fireplaces in the winter. It's mainly a coffee shop, but they have a weekend brunch until 4. Seating is around tables, not in booths.
But hey, there are a hundred places in the city.
-Unovis-
I did, in fact, check Meetup.com's list of "official" meetup venues, and Caffe Sha-Sha is not, alas, on it. But again, depending on how everyone's preferences run, we may not have to be limited to their choices.
The only thing that makes the official Meetup venues somewhat more convenient is, apparently they've agreed to be official venues and are used to dealing with groups like us. Also, apparently some of the venues customarily close up during a Meetup event, making it in effect a private party,
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"Take my love, take my land, take my wife -- please." -- Henny Youngman performs the Firefly Theme.
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Sounds like fun. Count me in among the "hope to make the next one" crowd.
Might be needing a larger venue for the next one.
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Hi All! :)
Um, I haven't signed up yet, but whatever we agree to is fine with me. I like Meetup though, because it sends reminders...,
As Clandestiny said, a big draw here is that its cheap. I don't have an extra 45 bucks to do this. The holiday weekend is fine for me...
QT
QueenTiye, Companion Academy drop-out!
Shamelessly gushing over Mal...
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Cheapiness is shiny! Like them there Sacagawea golden dollars that were supposed to change the U.S. currency system. 
I'm good with the holiday weekend, too. I'd welcome a relative central location in Manhattan if possible, but I'm not picky. As long as I get directions to where we're supposed to be (i.e. which subway line) I'll be there.
As also mentioned, it would be a good time to discuss strategies for the PA Shindig as far as travel and accomodations. Those of us with cars can brainstorm with those of you without, and see what we can do to get everyone to PA.
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"Revenge!"
Vince in Rex the Runt
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Your Regularly Updated NY Meetup Bulletin -- brought to you by Beel-Ze-Bubbly, the Soft Drink From Hell:
Members Who Have Definitively Stated That Labor Day Is Not A Problem:
Clandestiny
QueenTiye
RhymePhile
Members Who Haven't Said Anything About Labor Day But Sound Like They're Gonna Wanna Be There:
Whedoneqsue
Unovis
Members Who Hope To Make It:
Arodin
Let me take this opportunity to remind everyone that the voting on the site of our next Meetup begins on August 14 at http://firefly.meetup.com. Also, you may want to peek into the Meetup message boards and read my inspiring message of welcome, in which I do my best to sound like Julie, Your Cruise Director.
Discussions have already begun between a few NY members about the PA Shindig. If anyone else of our number wants to jump on the bandwagon, now's a really good time to start.
Please direct any questions, comments, inappropriate remarks or offers of large sums of cash to me here in this thread, and I will do my best to help the process along.
Now, if you'll all excuse me, I just bought my shiny new DVDs of KILL BILL VOL. 2, Tod Browning's FREAKS and SEALAB 2021, so I'll see y'all later.
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"Take my love, take my land, take my wife -- please." -- Henny Youngman performs the Firefly Theme.
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COUNT ME IN!I just signed up(tightpants is my name)SEPT 4th sound shiny!
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Um...At this point, the holiday weekend meetup looks like a go for me. I may be a bit groggy because I am working the night before, but I don't mind getting up a little early to spend some quality time with fellow browncoats. I really have no preference as to the venue at this point. It does look like we need a place that can accomodate a large group (Yay!).
Hey, Clandestiny, have you posted anything on the OB about this? I know a few people over there who live close by and might be interested in joining us. I don't mean to imply that it is your responsibility to do so, but I won't post it if you already have, ya know?
I am very interested in attending the PA shindig, too. It sounds like it is going to be shiny indeed!
We've done the impossible and that makes us mighty. Mal - Serenity
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