Okay about the DC DU meetup...

[TZ]

Sorry it took me so long to get back on this..I've had some health/work issues I had to deal with.
I'm thinking the best day would be Saturday March 8th.
My suggestion is this. My friend Lizerdbits really likes the idea of going to the Spy Museum and so I think maybe she and I will do that early in the day. Anyone else who wants to come, would be welcome of course.
Most people want to do a restaurant meet up. Thats fine. I would really like Union Station (and besides if LynneSin does come by train, that would be very convenient for her). There is a really nice restaurant there called "America" that I think many would enjoy, but I am not wedded to that place although I would like Union Station alot. I was thinking we could meet there for an early Dinner like 4 or 5 in the day.
LynneSin..If you do come in by train, (though I think you sound familiar with DC) I would be willing to meet you at the station if you want to do the museum with Lizerdbits and I.
Anyway, I hope this sounds like a good plan. I really look forward to meeting my DU friends!!
Thanks!:hi:

[madinmaryland]

1. Put me down as a maybe.

I have to be in Delaware (all three --> toll booths) on the 6th, and my sister may be in DC and coming to visit us on Friday.

:hi:

[TZ]

2. Aw man.

Maybe we can shift it to the next weekend. You are one of those I really want to meet....:-(

[LynneSin]

4. I'm planning on having my DU house party in April

Just need to find out if or if not Tavernor is coming to Delaware

[TZ]

7. True.

How do you feel about this plan? I plan to come to your party, but the more the merrier, I always say.

[LynneSin]

5. So are we doing dinner on the 6th?

I know a great cheap italian restuarant

[madinmaryland]

8. Puh-leeze! We are not going to the Olive Garden!

[LynneSin]

9. Are you NUTZ!!!!???!!!!

Trust me, I wouldn't think of taking you there. In the neighborhood where I live - I could get shamed for eating at an Olive Garden

[madinmaryland]

3. Kicked.

Anybody out there?

Maybe you could post this in the DC/Maryland/Virginia/ and Delaware (all three) forums.

[TZ]

6. Good Idea. Thanks.

Just did that.

[stuntcat]

10. hey (kick)

someone who reads this :) Let me know if anything is decided, or post something again! I can't drive but I live in Arlington so if something's happening at a certain meet-up place I can take the bus or subway there, maybe.

[TZ]

11. I can tell you its gonna be a subway friendly meetup

I DO NOT drive in DC.:)

[stuntcat]

12. ssssweet!

I'll add you to my list and remember to watch out here for what's going on! :headbang:

[KamaAina]

13. Oh, felgercarb.

I may be in the Nation's Capital towards the end of this month -- but would be long gone by March 1, let alone 8. :(

[TZ]

14. Well....

If you have the time, we could do a "unofficial" meet up. I like making new friends and showing off my city.:)

[KamaAina]

15. I may even have a day off between meetings!

we will probably know more about plans first thing next week.

[TZ]

16. Feel free to PM me with details when you get them.

:hi:

[Cabcere]

17. That's near the end of my spring break, so it's possible that I might be able to come...

...however, I'm not entirely sure yet how that's all going to work out (don't know yet about family plans, etc.). I'd love to meet up with you all, but I don't want to commit if I can't be sure that I'll be able to make it...so put me down as a "maybe," I guess? :) You're awesome for organizing this whole thing, btw. :hug: I'll keep you posted when I find out what's going on w/me! :hi:

[lizerdbits]

18. What time were you planning on the spy museum?

I work out in the morning so I'm not interested in going really early, maybe early afternoon. We could meet at the Shady Grove station. What stop is the museum near?

[TZ]

19. Gallery Place/China town

Maybe we could meet at metro about 12:30ish?
FYI, its a bit pricey for admission..18 dollars per person....

[lizerdbits]

20. Sounds cool

We'll finalize closer to the date. It better be worth that money! I can ask my cousin, she's been there. Who else is coming to the museum??

[TZ]

21. Don't know yet. Need to PM some people

[CorpGovActivist]

22. How can I help? PM me. I'm all over this.

[Mabus]

23. We'll be there

We (me and Admiral Loinpresser) just moved to Maryland (Rockville) in January and we've been looking forward to meeting other DU'ers in the metro area. We've been offline - except for a couple trips to the library - for over a month. We finally got an internet connection last week along with cable and a telephone. We haven't been on the internet much as we've been catching up on episodes of the "The Wire" and trying to find Big XII basketball games in the evenings (we're Jayhawks and we're interested in the conference games).

We may weasel out of the Spy Museum visit because we sleep in on Saturdays and then take the dogs out to walk the local trails for a couple hours. Since we got here we've been going to Mark's Duck House in Arlington for Dim Sum most Saturday afternoons but we will forgo it that weekend so we will be there and be ready to eat dinner.

If you need to give the restaurant a head count, there will probably be three of us (possibly 5, if we can rope in another couple of political junkies we know). I know we will be bringing a good friend of ours along with us. He's our most Dim Sum buddy and he lives in Arlington (which is why we go there). We drive to Arlington after taking the dogs and then spend the afternoon eating the best Dim Sum I've ever had, talking politics and making fun of news personalities. We've been telling him about DU since we met him and he usually ends up asking us "what are they are saying on DU about ______" at some point during the afternoon.

We met him at the Take Back America conference a couple of years ago. We ended up sharing a table at lunch and have been friends ever since. He asked us how we ended up at the TBA conference and we told him it was because of on-line political communities like DU. It was pretty funny because we were going on and on about what a great place DU was and the very next day he sat next to Skinner at a lunch roundtable discussion about the future of progressives on the web. He came back to the conference just to tell us he sat next to David at lunch. He thought it was better funny because he had never heard of DU before we told him about it and he ends up sitting next to Skinner the next day.

Last year at the conference he got another earful of the wonderfulness of DU and DU'ers when we introduced him to evlbstrd and Proud2Blib. They liked him and I hope you will too. Last month I told him that there was a discussion about a DC DU meetup in March and he was interested in coming and meeting the people post. fwiw, he works at a liberal think tank in DC that gets quoted quite a bit here on DU. He does work in the area of internet strategies and I think we could give him a few hints on what we want to see and what kinds of things the think tanks need to be working on. I know when I've mentioned the DU meetup to him that he's been very interested in meeting more DU'ers and finding out what we would want from the think tanks and how they can utilize the web more efficiently. More importantly, he's always been impressed at the range of topics and the discussions that we've told him were being discussed. He also has some ideas for a few websites (he also owns the domains) that I think he'd like help with getting Anyway, I know there are three of us looking forward to this meetup happening.

[LynneSin]

24. If I come it's gonna be a last minute decision

I have some house repairs that I have to take care of which limits the money I have

I'm still pencilling it in and I'll probably skip the spy museum. I love museums but I prefer going on my own so I can enjoy my own pace and not worth about others (does that sound horrible of me?)

[TZ]

25. I understand.

I hope to see you there, but I do plan (and am looking forward to) your get together in April.....:hi:

[madinmaryland]

26. Kicked.

[northzax]

27. alas,

that day coincides with the Cumberland county maple syrup fesitval (no, really, I am completely serious) to which I am already committed.

[TZ]

28. Wow. I guess that puts you in a sticky situation....

:D