San Francisco Get-Together March 21 Monday evening
 

Hello, each and all! Our fellow Fodorite Iregeo will be in the city and can meet us all on Monday evening, March 21.

Can somebody please help me choose a nice, preferrably not noisy, place to meet somewhere close to Sutter/Kearny? Restaurant or a bar.

Who wants to join us? The time is not set yet. Suggestions are welcome. My e-mail: [email protected]

Good morning topping ;)

Please come! I'd love to meet you all. I know Monday is not the most convenient, but surely you could squeeze in a drink or two!

Thanks, Faina, for getting this started.

I am hoping to come! We will be there visiting family and I hope I can break away for a bit. I would love to meet everyone in person. Not sure yet if it will work out to come, but hoping:)

MMS, it's a 40 minutes BART ride. Here, now you have no excuses :)

What time? I work downtown, by Union Square, and if it's after work-ish I could certainly make it.

Faina--LOL! Yes, but if I can ditch...ahem...take a break, from the family for a bit, lol! We may be in the city that day, but I don't know what my mom has scheduled for us yet.

MMS, assuming all families are alike, after few days with a family you'll be happy to have any excuse to get away :)

Leely, we don't have a place and time yet, opened to suggestions.

Can you please post times, palce, details, and is it necessary for attendees to give their name, rank and serial number, or could they just appear as a screen name? What if they buy a few rounds ... wlll they be welcomed?

Sobe, all I have is: Monday evening, March 21, after work, downtown close to Sutter/Kearny, exact time and location tbd (to be determined), suggestions welcome.

And as this is posted for everybody to attend, of course you can just appear there, but please introduce yourself at least as your screen name so we don't have to get your attention saying: hey, you!

I am waiting for more posts and e-mails to see if we should meet for drinks only or a dinner.

Don't be shy, post or e-mail!

Sobehappy--

If you buy a few rounds, I'll refer to you as Sobehappy for the rest of your life.

And I'd Be So Happy.

Faina, what about the bar in the Palace Hotel? Or is that too far for you guys? I'm open to whatever but probably couldn't stay for dinner (dog at home).

Wow, we were at the Palace Garden court for a drink before lunch just yesterday. At that English style bar - forget the name. Great idea!!!

Hi, I believe the pub at the Sheraton is called The Pied Piper (if you talking about the pub that has a mural over the bar regarding the Pied Piper).
Wish I could be with all of you, it sounds like fun. But besides an early morning appointment in VV the next morning March 21st is one of my GS birthdays (too many family members, LOL). ]

Faina, this should be an interesting get together, since:
Leone = Joe = Blacktie = TravelLaughter = TravelFirst = TravelsFirst = TravelsActually = evenrudemtr = Sobehappy. Yep, you've hooked a troll!

I actually met this kook at a Florida GTG a few years ago - back when he was "Leone" and claimed he was being stalked (but we shouldn't tell his wife). I imagine he won't show his face, but if he does, you are hereby forewarned! And we demand photos!

Joan, this is why we meet in a public place, not in somebody's house.

Sure I'll have a camera, never attend a meeting without one!

How about... drinks and appetizers at Bix, 56 Gold Street (between Montgomery and Sansome), sometime after work? If this is not convenient, don't hesitate to name another place. I'm easy! As for time, I'll be on vacation, so please make it convenient for (the collective) you.

What do you say? T.G.I.Monday!!!

Oh gads, Joan, thanks for the "heads up". Stupid me! Oh well, IMHO the Sheraton is overpriced and out of the way anyway, LOL.

Hi Faina, yes, if the troll is there we all want to see the photo, I think!

Cannot make it,it's a night at the hospital but do carry on in full style!
Enjoy our city Iregeo!

"Author: Sobehappy
Date: 03/08/2005, 04:16 pm
Message: Can you please post times, palce, details, and is it necessary for attendees to give their name, rank and serial number, or could they just appear as a screen name? What if they buy a few rounds ... wlll they be welcomed?"


Well, if each of your "screen names" buys a round of drinks, everyone will be so drunk they won't know if you showed up or not, Joe! And you won't need to give your number, everyone already has your number!

Those posts sink too fast :)

I am swamped at work today, can't think of anything, but I am keeping an eye on this post and e-mails.

Topping for evening visitors :-D

It looks like Pied Piper at Palace hotel is the most central place for everybody, close to Iregeo's hotel, by BART station if MMS can make it, OK for me and Leely.

And I looked up on the Internet - they have chairs around small tables, so we can sit and chat.

If drinks are not enough, and we want to make it a dinner - the Garden Court is an excellent place, and there are 2 more - great celection!

So... approved? confirmed? Oh, the time... I can be there 5.30 the earliest. How late should I stay there to wait for everybody?

I can make it by 6.

But I don't need the Palace if others prefer Bix. I'm downtown anyway, working my little fingers to the bone.

Thanks, Faina, for arranging this. I'm looking forward to hearing about your Switzerland plans (yep, I'm also a Europe board and an Africa board addict).

Amazing, a GTG, viral posters again, crying troll. Too bad if the GTG planners were to pay any attention to grumblers. Missed their meds I suspect. Anyway keep posting, we'll be there.

So... is Monday, March 21, 6 pm, Pied Piper OK with everyone?

Leely, I'm being selfish in this case, Palace location is much better for me.

Iregeo, do you need directions?

Sobe, don't worry, be happy :)

Hi Faina. Nope. No directions necessary. 6pm at the Pied Piper on Monday, March 21. Can't wait!

How will I recongnize you? Fodor's pin?

BTW, do you think some more Europe board people would come if this were posted there, too? Just a thought.

Ahh, Iregeo, don't break my heart, I don't have a pin!! Do I have a name tag from my very first Fodor's get-together? I'll check at home.

Posted on Europe. Smooches :*

Hi!

I'm from the Europe board...relatively new! I live in Marin County and will be able to make it. Am I welcome? I don't want to impose. I will probably be blathering on senselessly about my first trip to Paris (first trip out of US!!!) on April 1st.

Kelbert

Sure, you're welcome. Let's see who wins: your trip to Paris or mine to Zurich :)

Hey, I can sing russian songs real loud if you want to spot me easily :)

Iregeo, as you are our main guest I sent you an e-mail with more info.

Topping... should we start a count-down? 10 more days...

Wouldn't it be great if the weather held out?

Hooray, my boss just said let's all go home.

Have a wonderful weekend!

OK, let's all go home and post from home :) Sunday night topping.

Joan, according to another advice, SobeHappy was PCSmiles or PCHsmiles, something like this. Now I am almost curios to meet in person :)

Hi, Faina, thx for the GTG update. Pied Piper, for sure? BTW, do you actually know this joan, lol, she or he seems like a miserable shrimpy twit. Always ragging somebody with a nasty twitch. Reported to Fodors before but apparently doesn't know how to behave. Several posters say "joan" is a male restaurant worker in jersey.

Sobe, no, haven't met Joan yet, and don't remember any nasty posts with her name. Remember mine deleted :)

Pied Piper it is.

Sobehappy has met me and knows what I look like, that I am originally from NJ and own a seafood restaurant in Fla. Thus the nasty insults. The rest is lies. Notice he gives no examples of threads where I "rag somebody with a nasty twitch" nor what I was "reported to Fodor's" for. I would be very leery of meeting him or giving him any personal info. He continues to insult and lie about other posters he has met in GTG's...on both US and Europe boards he has been "outed".

I've started all that and I'm the first one to start whining. It's raining! Are we still on in the rain?

I can still make it if others would like. I can't see taking pictures with me looking like a drowned rat, though.