For our year-end meetup, we’ll be at the Tap House Grill in Downtown Seattle on 6th and Pike starting at 5:30pm on Thursday December 20. The location is all ages and, of course, quite well-served by public transit. There will be a surprise guest and lots to discuss.
If you’re planning on attending, let us know in the comments so we can get a rough headcount.
Awesome, I’ll be there! For those not young like me, Tap House has lots of awesome beer…So I’ve heard.
So there. :)
I’m interested in attending but I’ll have to put myself down as a “maybe” until further notice. It’s a convenient location for me, though – right across the street from my office building and around the corner from my bus stop.
Looking forward to it.
I’ll be there and I may bring a friend.
I’ll drop by at 6.
I’ll probably do the same – on my lunch break at work.
Open bar I assume?
:p. I’ll be there. Try an rope the old lady in as well.
+1
If by “open bar” you mean “the bar will be open for the purchase of drinks by you” then yes. :)
Boo! I mean, come on, I turned Adblocker Plus off for STB, that should get me at least a drink token! :D
If I don’t have to work, will be there.
Mark Dublin
I’ll be there.
Will be there if I can get away from the office in time. Looking forward to meeting you all!
Unfortunately my flight comes in at 9pm. I’m expecting an exciting write-up :)
I’m planning on coming. What time should I arrive to catch the guest?
6
I should be there, but may be a bit late.
I’ll be there!
Yay Galen – it’ll be good to see you!
75% chance I’ll be there.
I am NOT coming.
We look forward to it.
While I doubt that is actually Norman (notice the spelling), if he or Sam had the balls to show up I’d buy them a beer.
Like most trolls though I imagine they are too cowardly to show their faces in public.
Hell, I’ll give props to John Bailo for at least using his real name, and behind apparently sincere in his (inaccurate) beliefs. If he shows up I’ll buy him a beer as well.
To be fair to Norman, he does use his real name. See his flikr. http://www.flickr.com/photos/51332149@N02/
Bailo was in fact present at the public-presentation portion of a prior meetup.
I’ve met John Bailo in person at a seminar. I thought he was a personable and I wouldn’t mind having a beverage with him.
If we videocast the event, Norman could telecommute to it.
Mike wins the internet.
The Bailoman first used a pseudonym when he came here, then switched to his real name.
(As if I knew whether it’s his real name or not…)
I ain’t falling for that again, but I would buy Norman a beer, provided we could agree not to discuss Link. Perhaps how to improve Rapid Ride?
I’ll be there.
I’ll be there too.
I’m a maybe, depending on whether I get the evening off.
Definite maybe.
I will be there.
It’s on my calendar, and about 90% sure I’ll be there
Probably not, its a date night…nice dinner kind of date night, not “let’s go to the transit blog meetup kind of date night :-D But who knows, maybe I can finagle something.
Count me in.
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I plan to go!
Why don’t we all guess how long it’s going to take Crapid-Ride from Ballard. Then, d.p. can bring a stopwatch and when we’re there, we reveal our guesses. Whoever comes the closest gets a free beer!
(Or, will d.p. be taking the 40 instead?)
DP will take the 40, to ensure he won’t miss the event.
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I’ll be there. Luckies.
Would if there were a return Sounder at night.
Some time you guys should do a field trip to Kent to see what the 21st century looks like.
The bazaar, not the cathedral!
Sorry it is me didn’t mean to use a nym.
Why don’t you Kentians arrange something and invite us?
Naked Pizza maybe? It’s right near Kent Station…bring your bikes and we can tour “suburban apartment complexes”.
Probably wait for better weather though…
I’m thinking about getting a bike again this spring. Partly inspired by your rides to Algona and such. Partly inspired by your rides to Algona and such. And all those trails and semi-rural places I’ve never seen because it’s so hard to get there by bus.
By the way, what’s the best way to bike from Capitol Hill to Kent? I used to use MLK for CD/RV because it’s flat and wide, but that was before Link. But what do you do when you get to Rainier Beach, how do you get to the Interurban Trail?
Beacon Ave. and Lake Washington Blvd. are good bike routes through south Seattle. From there, you can get to the Green River Trail and the Interurban.
I’ll see you guys there. Can’t wait to see who the guest speaker is.
I’d like to join you.
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I don’t comment so much anymore, but it is right across the street from me, so I’ll show up.
I’ll be there! Curious about this mystery speaker.
I will try to stop by, but will certainly be leaving by 6.
I’ll be there!!
The meetup was great. Ben announced that the ST board today voted unanimously for the ST3 planning package. Metro Manager Kevin Desmond and Mayor McGinn talked about the recent reorganization and Metro’s budget situation and Seatle’s first steps on the Transit Master Plan, etc, and they took questions. I had lots of good discussions with several people. There were so many topics I can’t really keep my thoughts straight to report more.
But I did want to mention one thing. asdf(?) wants to put together a group of people for transit hikes. I.e., you’d meet at a bus stop and hike on the nearby trails and hills and maybe even some in the city or suburbs. Hopefully we’ll be hearing more about this soon, because I would like to.
Thanks for the report! I was stuck at the office until after 8:00, so couldn’t make it. I still hope to actually meet all of you before too long.