Any of you beantown folks free on Wednesday evening for dinner?
Yes, this Wednesday?
I get in pretty early...and I found out that the people I'm meeting with don't get until until late...after dinner even.
So, anyone up for a dinner? I can take the train into the City or meet in Cambridge area. Either way.
I'm staying in Kendall Square area...
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
What Mack said.(or communicated, through those ill-begotten frownie-smilies)
This is very unfair.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Oh! I can go to fencing thursday night! I could go to dinner! *runs in circles* What time? where?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
OK, Mack, now I am mad at you, too.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Wish I could go.. What's for dinner?
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
I'd hate to have miss fencing...maybe we could meet after your class if it really should be Wednesday?
But if you are free on Wednesday, then just pick a place and a time. I need to get settled in the hotel and work until about 5-ish. Barring any nasty surprises via e-mail or cell phone, I should be ready to meet for dinner any time after 5:00 pm. I may have one meeting Wednesday afternoon that would take me to U-Mass or over by the Park Plaza where the DOT and other agencies are -- nothing is scheduled with that yet...just an opportunity to meet and greet new people at an old client's...
Assuming I leave Kendall area around then, what's the big deal...anywhere in Boston that's near a train stop is easy pickens no? If I'm already downtown more or less, that's fine too.
I know the South End (Italian area) is NOT served by the trains, but I could be talked into taking a cab there if that's where people want to go.
I don't really mind anywhere. Last time I was there I walked over to a great little bistro just across from the medical center. It was way cool.
but I'm always in the mood for Legal Sea Food. I like the one near the Park Plaza Hotel (used to be in the hotel, but they moved a block away). I know there are others, but that's the one I know for sure how to get to.
Suggestions are welcome!!!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Watch out, Liz, I could stab you with my foil! *Brandish*
(Why aren't you EVER on AIM? )
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I think Paul would have the best knowledge of Boston eateries.
I work in Nashua until 4:30, so I wouldn't be able to leave till then, and it'd take 30-45 min from there to Boston.
And the fencing classes are wed or thurs. I'm in the wed class, but I'm allowed to go thurs if I miss wed.
I think this qualifies as a "special occasion"!
Posted by sarahdipity (Member # 3254) on :
Actually you can walk to some nice italian restruants from a train stop. Feyd, myr and I went to someplace that was about a 10 min walk and it was good food. I'll ask them where it was because I really don't remember.
You could also do bartley's, if you like burgers. mmm bartley's
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Mack, my husband kept having hissy fits every time AIM came up. i will just reload it. It was also part of my anti-procrastination effort.
(sorry to use this thread for communicarion with Mack, Bob)
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Massimino's Cucina/Italiana
207 Endicott Street, North End, Boston
(I collect business cards ^^)
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Can you go too?!
And BOB. Go look at my damn thread!
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
Wednesday night I will be at Fenway. Unless it gets rained out.
For boston eateries, north end is best.
Bob, if you're gonna be on the Umass boston campus, you're probably gonna walk from the t stop right by my apartment. BOO that I'll be WORKING in my apartment on very important stuff.
Will be available thursday evening if stuff is happening then. ?
In the cambridge area, at the Charles Hotel in harvard square there's a place called Henrietta's, kinda a bit upscale. Not sure on prices.
Also, at the T stop in porter square, the T stop comes up at a split in the road. If you are facing into the handle of the fork, on your left, more or less directly across the street is a very good indian place, forget what its called, but you can't really miss it if you get off the T.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
paul: --I--
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
I have an insane week at work, but I'm going to see if I can pull it off. The North End is the Italian section, and has good eats (and good pastries too!). I live on the red line, but don't get home until after 6:30 usually (work in the suburbs). Maybe if I miss dinner, we could swing out to a local bar/pub. There one right near my house, right off the red line called the Burren.
*looks*
There's supposed to be a good jazz/blues/bluegrass band there on wednesday.
Keep me informed, and email me Bob if you'd be interested in hanging out some time after dinner.
Have some fun in Boston regardless!
-Bok
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Luckily I'm already scheduled to see my shrink on Thursday morning. Which I suspect I'll need after finally meeting The Bob. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I'm in western Mass, but I'll see what I can do.
I DO have it off, but I have to work early in the morning, and I have to pick my wife up and take her to work (to her second job), so I don't know....it will be tight, as I am 2 hours away, including parking and traffic and all.
Bob, the next time you have a spontanious trip like this, could you please plan it a little better for me?
Kwea
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Kwea, you got it.
I'm afraid I'd be pretty useless at a pub since I'm not really going to drink anything.
But music sounds good.
I also can't stay out very late as I have an important meeting the next day and it is LONG (all day).
So, this is more like hoping for a bit of dinner, maybe hang out for an hour or so, then back to bed.
10:00 pm and I turn into a pumpkin.
There are already plans for Thursday night. Originally I thought there were plans for Wednesday night as well, but then I found out that they all can't get in until later in the evening (after 10:00 pm). So, I'm free Wednesday evening only.
Sorry.
e-mail me at:
bscopatz@data-nexus.com, okay? I won't be able to get back to you until this evening when I check the 'rack again.
So I'll let you know how to reach me later tonight via e-mail.
This will not be my only Boston trip. I'm waiting to hear on other ones, so if you can't make it this time...we'll have another shot later in the year. I think.
MMMmmmmm Indian food....
MMMmmmm Italian food....
MMmmmmmm food!....
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Well Bob, I'll let it slide this time....
I am trying to convince my wife (JenniK) that I should be allowed to go by myself, since she is working, but I don't think it's going well. I think I'll buy her some Godiva Hot Chocolate, to make her feel better. Normally I wouldn't nedd her "permission", but we only have one car between the two of us, so schelualing is very important.....
I'll check out the trains and the buses in, but I'd have to be home by 11:00 anyways, which means leaving around 9 or 9:30.
I don't drink either Bob, at least not usually. I don't completely abstain, but I drink so infrequently, even at my favorite pool place, that I have problems ordering drinks when I do want one. I had a bartender refuse to serve me there, "for my own good" as he put it. He didn't want me to lose my "coin", and when I told him I was confused, he said "You know, the one year sober coin...I know you've been sober at least that long, I've never seen you drink and I've been here for almost two years now..."
So I told him to shut up and pour me a kamakazi AND a beer...
So we could go to the bar, listen to the music, and not drink together!
I'll e-mail you later tonight and tell you if it's a go for me.
Hope to see you all there!
Kwea
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
I kinda figured you didn't drink, but it's as much for the atmosphere as for anything else. The Burren is an Irish pub type place, with waitresses that have actual Irish accents!
-Bok
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I don't drink either.
Let's hit up the Irish place!
And I can't stay out too late either.
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
I can drive up and come. I might bring Beca along with me. I'm trying to convince her.
Where, when?
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
YEAY! Can you bring Kristy, too?
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
If she can meet me in Providence, I'd surely drive her.
POKE!!!!
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
BTW, I strongly prefer that the eating establishment be closest to me as possible =). Beca's coming, and I'm notoriously bad at finding places in Boston.
I know how to drive into Cambridge, Central Square, uhh... porter? whichever two are near the edge of somerville...
You know, where that ice cream place was, near Martha's house. Maaaartha!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
LOL
I also have to drive in. O_O
Posted by Beca (Member # 4340) on :
I'll come.
Though, I'm shy. So you may get shy-Beca, or you may get normal-Beca.
And seafood sounds *wonderful* (I haven't had it quite a while) but I can be up for pretty much anything. Oh, but not Thai. Makes me sick.
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
Mkay. Looks like I'm picking up Beca and Mike tomorrow around 5:30pm and departing Providence at that time. Not sure if Myr can come, but if she can then she can meet me in Providence if she'd like.
This means we won't get into Boston until 6:30 at earliest, 7 pm most likely. Anywhere Mike knows how to get to, with parking, is okay. =) Closer to an interstate exit, the better. I'd rather not go harrying off to various and sundry alleyways in Boston =)
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
w00t!
This is so worth missing ballet class for.
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
There's a Legal Sea Foods in Kendall Square. What if we meet at that one?
Mack, you and Bob can meet whenever you can, and we'll try to meet you by 7 pm there. It closes at 10, which is when Bob can successfully turn into a pumpkin outside their establishment.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
And then we can have pumpkin pie for dessert.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I'm in! My mother-in-law rocks!!!
I am not working at all, so I can make a day of it, if anyone is interested. I do have to leave by 9:30 or 10pm at the latest.
Jenni can't make it, but she wishes she could....she loves Boston, and wanted to talk more Disney with you, Bob.
So how the hell do I get there? I'm originally from Detroit, so I don't know Boston at all.
I THINK it's east of here...lol... I'm driving in from Springfield...
Kwea
Is Bokonon going to be there as well? If so, would you mind putting that beta onto a cd for me? You offered a few days ago, so I don't think you'll mind, and I'm looking forward to meeting you IRL!
sounds like a party, but i feel sorry for our waitress @ the bar...then again, even sodas are $5 in Boston....
Kwea
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Well, if people would only post to the Little Debbie thread, you could have the "If Bob Were a Little Debbie snack" Little Debbie Snack for dessert.
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
Oof. It's 1.5 hours for you, not including traffic:
I'm really glad that I'll be there, but I wish JenniK could go as well.
My mother-in-law is going to pick Jenni up at one job and drop her at another, and then go back at 9 and drive her home. Isn't she cool? We do a lot to help her as well, so the respect is mutual. I have heard some real horror stories about in-laws, but I got really, really lucky!
Kwea
Posted by sarahdipity (Member # 3254) on :
So am I allowed to decided at about 3 tomorrow if I'm going or is that just bad? I'm not sure what exactly my work load for the day will turn out to be, adding in the 2 hr drive both ways.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Where do you live, Kwea?
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I live in Chicopee, MA...it's right next to Springfield, on the forgotten Western MA side of the state.
How about you?
Kwea
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Belchertown! I think we need us a WESTERN Mass Hatrack get-together!
Posted by sarahdipity (Member # 3254) on :
Ooo Belchertown. I'm in Amherst.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Yes! That's three of us, any more?
And were you not the young woman perhaps going to North Carolina to the Grassroots festival?
[ April 13, 2004, 06:30 PM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
By the way, I prefer to pronounce Belchertown "Belleshaytoh"(Frenchish) Sounds a little classier.
By the way, next time there is a Boston are get-together, we forgotten western Mass residents can carpool.
And, I have been trying to get the Mackstress out here to Run the Range. I figure I can drop her off at one end, and pick her up on the other.
[ April 13, 2004, 06:33 PM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
This is so coooooool!!!
So, are we going to Legal Sea Food in Kendall Square? I can't believe I forgot that it was there. Great place!!!
Also, you all can reach me via e-mail and I'll give you a cell phone number.
e-mail to use is: bscopatz@data-nexus.com
Please do a copy/paste, though, because otherwise it goes to my boss and she has to forward it to me. Not a big deal, but it might mean that your message doesn't get through until too late.
I'm on an airplane WAYYY early in the morning.
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Arg, there's no bus back to campus late enough.. I mean, late enough that I'd get back early enough to turn right around for my field trip the next day (yup, I'll be in Boston Thursday at 10am >.<)
[ April 13, 2004, 08:17 PM: Message edited by: MyrddinFyre ]
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Dragon, I could conceivably bring you, you know. I'm leaving from Nashua.
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
Mack: does legal seafood in kendall work for you? when?
myr, what if you stayed at my house in providence for the night then met your group in boston at 10 am? there are busses from here to boston.
Or you could sleep with Bob!!!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Yeah..but I need to know how to get there.
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
it's
5 Cambridge Center corner of 6th and Main Cambridge, Mass 02139
(using legal sea foods' webpage)
I guess use one of the good ol' mapquest'ish things. It's in Kendall which is near MIT, if that helps you. We'll be getting there between 6:30 and 7. Martha will be calling bob and figuring out details tomorrow but will likely meet us at Legal around then as well?
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Suneun, that might actually work. Are you not busy Wed afternoon and Thursday morning? I don't want to be out of the way or anything! With RIPTA I could be in Providence at 4:36 Wed.
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
email me with your # and i'll call you
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
To all Western Mass Hatrackers (and anyone else who can make it):
I hereby nominate either Stanley Park in Westfield or Look Park in Northampton as possible sites for an all-day picnic this summer.
If we can put it all together, then I'll take the day off and set it up. We'll rent/reserve a covered site so it will be on rain or shine!
It can't be the last week in June or the first week in July, though....I'll be in Michigan!!!
Any Ideas? If so, I'll start a thread....as a matter of fact, I'll go do it right now.
Kwea
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I should make everone wear little sticky name tags, with their Hatrack names, then their real names....
Otherwise i am just going to be very confusedall night long!
Kwea
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Legal Seafoods (the one people are talking about going to) is about a block away from the Red Line Kendall stop. FYI.
-Bok
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Kiwi, I'll be the one eeew'ing at your lobster Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Bok, that's good to know. I decided to take a bus in from Manchester to south station instead of fighting boston traffic. That and I had a sleepless night for the second night in a row--so riding sounds a better option than driving. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Riding is always better, just ask Becky.... Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
I'm going to try to get down there today, but I am not sure. Is this going to just be a dinner thing, or will people be going someplace else for a little bit after dinner? I'd hate to get to Legal at 8pm, to find out you all went somewhere else for dessert.
-Bok
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I'll e-mail you my cell #, and you can call it, or Bob's. That way you can find us.
I can't stay late tonight, and Bob said that he can't either (something about actually have to WORK tommorrow), but I'll be in Boston until at leat 9:30, maybe later.
Check your e-mail for the #, providing I can get your address from this site...
Kwea
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I just tried to e-mail you, but the board won't let me do it....
My e-mail is KweaSr@aol.com, if you want to send me it before 1:00, because I'll be leaving around then.
I'm just not comefortable leaving my cell# on an open forum...
Kwea
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
I think we'll be at Legal till they kick us out, for the most part.
Kris and I are strongly considering going out to a goth club tonight (Manray). It's bolstered by the fact that a friend of mine might join us. If you're interested, bring black clothes =)
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
If we were certain we had everyone, we could ditch Legal, but it's a good spot to have people meet us. Maybe we'll definitely be there until 8:30, unless we know for sure someone is meeting us after 8:30 there?
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Sunen: What if I Wanted to non-conform, and wore white or blue?
Kwea
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
I got in touch with Bok, and gave him my cell #, so if we need to go he can get in touch with us.
I'm leaving my house now, to do some things around town, and then I'm heading out. I'll be there early, but that's OK.
See you later tonight!
Kwea
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
Kwea: You wouldn't be allowed in =)
Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
I don't think I can go. Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Mack!!!!
This is terrible!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
Do you have access to your email? I can tell you what's up. Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
e-mail's better. I just came out to Hatrack to see if anyone had posted re: getting together tonight.
Or call...
Posted by sarahdipity (Member # 3254) on :
Yeah I couldn't go. We have this demo for DARPA next week and I have a list of 6 things that have to be done... I hope you guys have fun. I really wanted to be able to go dancing too. Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Well, all the "kids" have gone on to some activity or other. So it is my happy duty to report on what a great time we had.
My Gawd we Hatrackers are an interesting lot. And good looking to boot! martha and Suneun will be posting pictures at some point (I'm not posting real names, so I'll just have to make up a fictitious name for martha's wonderful guy. I'll call him Kale, mainly because we were making food puns at the end of the evening. He could be a Hatracker without any trouble whatsoever. Nice guy!
So, here's the roster: Clockwise from my left... Suneun Mike Beca martha "Kale" Bokonon MyrddinFyre Kwea Bob_Scopatz dkw (via cell phone), well really cell phones...
We met at the Legal Sea Food in Kendall Square and basically sat there laughing and taking pictures (and then laughing at the pictures) until it was well past time for me to go back to the hotel and get some sleep. Well, not really, I called it quits around 10:20, which means I'll be rested tomorrow.
They were scattering to do things like "go to a goth club" or "go get some sleep" or whatever it is you youngsters do these days.
This was definitely the Providence (RI) contingent in full force, but with a health mixture of MA folks thrown in.
Sadly, mackillian wasn't able to attend. I'm sorry mack! We missed you!
And I even had my copy of Monster Rules with me for you to autograph...
Here are some highlights to the evening: I learned what a "program house" is. And how that relates to geeks.
My cell phone kept crapping out so Dana sort of got to talk to everyone. Then we borrowed "Kale's" cell phone and did the rounds all over again. It was fun for us and probably made up for various phone call attendances I've had at things that Dana was involved in. But at least everyone got to say howdy.
I learned that martha has a new camera and she knows how to use it. There are a few shots of ketchup bottles that are Warholian in their stark contrast of the familiar with the profound.
I also learned that apparently it's mandatory to have at least two jobs if you want to live in this area.
And schools are as thick as dust particles in the region.
I learned that mike is good with hatricks, and that this has nothing whatsoever to do with hatrack or hockey.
Beca is not nearly as shy as she says she is. But it's okay because Kwea is really a shrinking violet. Oh, did I say shrinking? More like shrieking. And I mean that in a good way. We had a table full of geeks and nerds (I can't decide which group I'm in) and Mr. Kwea can keep a conversation going better than anyone I've ever met. In fact, without him we might've stared at each other for 1/2 hour or so.
Okay, so that's really not true, but it makes a great story that should inspire jealousy in all the rest of you. Kwea does have some great stories!
martha should enter the Pun Smackdowns. She's way good at puns. I liked the haddock/headache on the best. Especially since we were in a sea food place.
All y'all are smarter than any group I've ever met in one spot. Wow! If I'm ever elected president of something, you people will have to be my brain trust. (mainly just to keep you all from turning to evil and taking over.)
Suneun is the next generation doctor here at Hatrack. She's got boards coming up, which sounds like a very serious medical condition, indeed.
MyrddinFyre is just a sweetie, but beware her dark side! Goth! And she'll mesmerize you with varied styles of fingernail acouttrements.
Beca has a really cool family history, btw. They used to own the Equator. I'm pretty sure that's what she said. Okay, it was loud, but there was something about it in there.
Bok is just this guy, you know...Well, really, he's really cool and has a job where he tries to break things. Software things. It sounds like fun.
Kwea got here early so we hung out for a little while and I got to talk to JenniK on the phone too. What a nice couple.
Our waiter was a riot. I couldn't understand a word he said, but he was pretty funny anyway.
And I think that's about it.
If only my cell phone worked better. It doesn't like Boston, apparently.
And if only mack could have joined us...
The evening would've been only better. But as it was, this was an incredible and enjoyable time with another group of truly inspiring Jatraqueros.
I opted not to join them for ice cream, so I can't really delve too deeply into their personalities for you. Maybe next time.
Thanks guys! it was fun!!!
[ April 14, 2004, 11:08 PM: Message edited by: Bob_Scopatz ]
Posted by Paul Goldner (Member # 1910) on :
I wish I had been there
Oh well, legal seafood would have made me kinda green all night.
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
And the doc didn't call back till 9pm. Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Paul...they serve chicken and beef too.
Well...next time.
Mack... Well...at least he called.
Next time for sure!
Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :
And Bob, you have a great accent. I wish your cell hadn't been all wonky. We should talk more!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Hey guys, I just got back from Boston, so I thought I'd drop in and say hi.
Bob is as cool in person as he is on-line, which is something that I haven't managed to do myself yet...and I'm not really too cool on-line, so that should tell you something...lol
I'm glad I was able to go tonight, but the night ended with a whimper, sort of....the ice cream place closes early, but we didn't know that,. Oh well, it was still cool. I had an almost 2 hour drive ahead of me, and I work early tommorrow (today, I mean), so I bugged out at 11pm, while Sunen and Myr went "gothing"; they even brought a change of clothes. I guess the club won't let you in unless A)you are a card carrying goth or B) You can fake it well.
Needless to say, that excludes me...
Martha and "Kale" were the first group to arrive, and they seemed really cool. They took a lot of pictures, and I imagine they will post them soon.
Then the rowdy RI crew showed up and brightened up the evening. Sunen, Mike, Becca (in semi-shy mode), and Myr were very cool, and a lot of fun.
Then, as we were sitting down, Bokonon showed up, with my CoH disk in hand; who needs a video game to be a hero? Now I can meet up with him and play.....I hope. With my luck regarding this beta I'm afraid to hope...
We talked to Dana, who seemed really sweet, and then ate some good eats. Despite my threats to Myr, I didn't get the lobster....she might have gotten sick, and where's the fun in that?
We wanted to get dessert, but it didn't work out. Oh well, it was still a cool evening. The only thing that could have made it better for me was if JenniK could have been there to share it with me. Oh, and if Mack could have made it too, but she lives close enough that I'm sure I'll see her soon enough....
I hope to see you all soon, perhaps at the WMASS Picnic. Everyone seemed very cool, and I am grateful to have had the chance to meet you all face to face. Just emagine how much fun an all day picnic would be; if any one wanted to stay the night, I'm sure we could arrange it, there are plenty of hotels around here that are reasonable, and a few people might be convinced to put some people up.
Kwea
[ April 15, 2004, 01:13 AM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by Beca (Member # 4340) on :
Heh.
See, "shy-Beca" is generally characterized by a tendency to tell family stories instead of making actual conversation. I wasn't too bad about it, though (lucky for all of you).
Anyway, it certainly was fun meeting people and hanging out with everyone. Worth missing martial arts class for, certainly.
Posted by Mike (Member # 55) on :
I actually shook Bob_S's hand! And talked to him on Myr's cellphone! Twice! ( Bob)
*dies*
P.S. You other guys are cool too. I'm looking forward to our next Boston Hatrack gathering, which is in, what, a little over a week? Yey!
Posted by martha (Member # 141) on :
Here is a recipe for Sleek, a Middle Eastern dish: Cook some bulgar wheat. Open a can of black-eyed peas. Fry some sliced onions with some slices mushrooms. Put it all together in a huge frying pan or pot with a lot of kale (cut into smallish pieces). Add salt and pepper. Put a lid on it and steam it til the kale is bright green. Eat hot, or cold as leftovers. mmmmmmm, Kale.
What? Oh, the picnic! Right. It was awesome, except for that Bob guy, he was really a drag. But he had a great hat.
The ice cream place closed at 10!! So Kale and I gave Suneun and Myr a ride to the goth club, while Mike and Beca headed back to Providence.
There must be an official punning event at the Western Mass gathering. I decree it.
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
martha=very cool!
I've been waiting to meet her since joining Hatrack. She left Orlando about the time I started posting. Coincidence? I don't think so.
Kale & martha make a very nice couple. And if he doesn't start posting on Hatrack soon, I've totally lost my "hatrack radar."
Oh, by the way, it's easy to spot Hatrackers in a crowd. We really didn't know what each other looked like, but when a guy walks up in a brown bowler hat and surrounded by laughing women who have IQ's well into the triple digits, you just know they're the Hatrackers you're looking for or the ones that haven't heard of the site yet. And that's nobody's fault at all.
Or you spot two people discussing whether HellBoy and SpiderMan are good adaptations, just buy them a drink. It'll all work out. They're Hatrackers for sure.
Or, if they talk to you for 5 minutes and start Dobieing your conversation.
So just set an extra place at the table and enjoy
Beca, I loved your stories. And I didn't think you acted at all shy. (hmmm, unless that was Kwea rubbing me under the table...???). Kwea??? Oh wait, I forgot, don't ask, don't tell...
Mike's cell phone abilities were startling, to say the least, but he's even better in person.
It turns out I had an all-black outfit so I could've gone out "gothing" with Sun & Myr, but I doubt I would've been let in anyway. My whole look would just scream "tourist!"
LOL.
Oh and I'm serious about the good looks people. You all could be models or something. Sheesh! I never felt so out of place. It was like they were all taking Quasimodo out for a meal or something. "Sanctuary! Sanctuary!"
I think you all should be entered in the Hatrack breeding program, for sure! Yes, that's it! Go have children. Give them to CT...
Um...nevermind... Oh well, I had a fun time.
I'll never look at ketchup or sugar packets the same way again.
Bok needs a pirate shirt and an eye patch. Arrrrrrr.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
And this is why Bob is a genius. I've been trying to find that last piece of the puzzle, that soul-completing action that would create a perfect fusion between my inner and outer self.
And Bob nailed it. To my metaphysical door. All "95 Theses" style.
Arrrrr, indeed.
-Bok
Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :
Wish I could have gone... sounds like a lot of fun!
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Posted by MyrddinFyre (Member # 2576) on :
*giggles*
Just got home, wee!
I wish we could have had a whole weekend to sit around and talk!
Yup, everyone is cool x 10. 'Cept Bob, who is cool times a million.
I also wish Dragon and Sarah and mack could have made it. Next time! (And there WILL be a next time... we will not let Bob come up without stealing him away for dinner!)
I think I found my new favorite club
Oh, and I'm gonna marry the waiter Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
It was tres-fun. Bob was just as I had imagined him. Which is impressive, since I didn't even look at a photo of him beforehand!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
The waiter, huh?
I doubt it....you probably have to TALK to him first...
Then again, you could just walk up to him and give him a "come-hither" look......dressed in your goth getup... Yep, that might work.
But Myr, wouldn't that break a few hearts in hatrack chat? What, you didn't know???
Nevemind, forget I said anything....
Beca, in shy mode or not, you were cool. Now if we could just get you to post more...oh well, you can't have everything...
Martha (and Kale): I can't wait to see all those pictures! JenniK asked if i had fun, and I just said "Pass the ketsup(sp?) please..."
The WMASS Picnic will be a blast, I can tell already...and why would any of us want to compete with you, martha? We all know who would win...
And Bob, shhhhhh...we don't want any questions about the extra hour we spent up in your room, remember....what happens in Boston.....
Kwea
[ April 16, 2004, 12:05 AM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Ooops! I forgot!!!
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
a likely story, Mr. PHD.....
Posted by Kale (Member # 6460) on :
Well, thanks to the work of Mr. Scopatz, I really did not have to put much thought into a username.
Alas, I should get back to work right quick, but wanted to at least post the pictures for all of you. Sadly a lot of them are a bit blurry, as the poor camera was asked to perform its task sans flash in almost all cases and that meant the shutter needed to take its sweet time.
Since I don't know what else to do with them, I've put the pictures on another web server for your perusal. I reserve the right to take 'em down whenever I get around to spring-cleaning my homedir (um, maybe spring '06 or so).
Very nice to meet all of you fine fabulous folk -- happy Friday to you!
[ April 16, 2004, 10:04 AM: Message edited by: Kale ]
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Good to see you here. Kale. Thanks for the links to the pic's; I was just IMing Myr asking abouut them.
Better blurry than not at all, right? I hate it ehen people next to me use their flash over and over again...
Hope to see you this summer!
Kwea
Posted by Sal (Member # 3758) on :
I like the pic of Bok with the 3 1/2 hands!
Welcome to Hatrack, Kale.
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
Oh well. I didn't want to be too obtrusive, so I took very few photos. As a result, only two came out worth looking at...
Myr, you're not wearing your orange and black outift.
And Kale, I dunno if it's supposed to be like that but your homedirectory is quite accessible.
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Man, I never knew I had such an obvious 5 o'clock (or in this case seven-thirty o'clock) shadow.
-Bok
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:And Bob, you have a great accent.
Bob has an accent? I don't remember any accent...
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
<-- wondering if she's strong enough to stay in one apartment with the sex god that is bok
*cold shower* *cold shower* *cold shower!!!!!!!*
Posted by Kale (Member # 6460) on :
Thanks for the warning, sarahdipity. You're probably going to be able to see the names of most of the files in my homedir and other directories, but you shouldn't be able to actually read any of 'em. It hasn't bothered me enough to get around to adjusting that. (shrug)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Welcome to Hatrack, Kale! Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Kama, remember, I have a girlfriend! Down girl!
*Looks sternly, yet embarassed*
-Bok
Posted by sarahdipity (Member # 3254) on :
Yeah I didn't really peek around. I figured you probably realized but just wanted to make sure.
*dances off to work on demos until the wee hours of the morning*
Posted by Suneun (Member # 3247) on :
* giggles at Bok's discomfort *
Posted by Bob_Scopatz (Member # 1227) on :
Great shots! martha & Suneun, thanks for bringing cameras!
Kale, welcome. I just KNEW you'd be posting on Hatrack soon.
Sorry about the addictive nature of this place. Already posting from work, eh? LOL.
So, I gather you don't mind my made up name for you, but I wouldn't be insulted if you changed to one of your own choosing. I just didn't have time to consult you first.
Ela...I didn't think I had an accent, but dkw confirmed that I do indeed have one.
Being told by a New Englander and a mid-westerner in one evening that one has an accent is a bit disconcerting, I must say!!!
I think it's 'cuz I say "y'all" now.
So...does everyone agree that this is a good looking clump of Hatrackers or what?
(Well, I guess we know what Kama thinks...) LOL!
I would like to point out that Bok has far fewer fingers than it appears in these photos, and they are hardly ever actually up his nose.
I love the one where Bok is holding the bread "praying mantis" style. It's like Ninja eating or something. LOL.
Mike was doing his "Hell Boy" impersonation using the ketchup bottles. Pretty realistic if you ask me.
Oh well...somehow martha caught me in the one serious moment of the night. It must've been right after the check arrived. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
We were going to make a run for it when the check arrived, but we figured that Bob wouldn't be able to keep up with us youngsters, something he proved by not going out for non-existant ice cream with us...
Besides, we were pretty sure the waiter would be able to give a detailed descruption of myr, drooling and all. Oddly enough she only drooled when the waiter was near....
Kwea
[ April 17, 2004, 12:01 AM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by Bokonon (Member # 480) on :
Hey, Kwea, did you get CoH installed?
-Bok
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
No, I keep having problems, and I worked all day. I'll try again tommorrow night. I think the problem last night was their server was down when I tried the patch.
I'll le you know tommorrow if it is working.
Kwea
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Bok: Check out the CoH thread if you could, I could use your help getting it up and running....thanks!
Kwea
Posted by Kama (Member # 3022) on :
quote:Kama, remember, I have a girlfriend!
Oh, I don't mind. Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
The question is, would SHE mind.... Kwea
Posted by Valentine014 (Member # 5981) on :
Watch out for that Kama. She'll steal your boyfriend. Stay on your toes around this one.
You've been warned.
[ April 17, 2004, 07:50 PM: Message edited by: Valentine014 ]
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Well, if Bok had a boyfriend, he would worry.....and not just about that....right, Bok???
Kwea
[ April 18, 2004, 12:47 AM: Message edited by: Kwea ]
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
So Bob, when are you coming back to NE; have you heard yet?
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