Comments for 1st Consumerist Meetup This Wed. Night!

1st Consumerist Meetup This Wed. Night!

2009-11-03T21:28:10Z

Don't forget, the first ever Consumerist meetup is tomorrow night. And it's coming at a perfect time: This month is Consumerist's four-year birthday!

Consumerist Meetup
Wed. 11/4/09 6-9pm
Botanica Bar
47 Houston St, NY NY 10012

Happy hour special all night long
Free drinks until our $500 bar tab runs out

Via Subway:
BDFV to Broadway/Lafayette
6 to Bleeker St.
NRW to Prince St

From NJ:
NJT or PATH To Penn Station, walk E. to 34th St, Herald Square, take BDFV to Broadway/Lafayette

From Connecticut and so forth North:
Metro North to Grand Central, 6 to Bleeker St.

If you're driving, there's a parking garage at 284 Mott between Houston and Prince. Most on-street parking opens up at 6pm.

Here's a map that shows on-street parking:

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And one that shows nearby garages:

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And here's what Botanica Bar looks like!

(Photo: e.Bergquist)

Comment from MYKEE on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:15Z

@GitEmSteveDave_ Natural H1N1 Cure: I did just that. I couldn't read your name tag because you didn't even turn to talk to me, you acted like I was a bother and when I mentioned the hat and basically introducing myself you acted like you could less.

Comment from subtlefrog on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:15Z

@HogwartsAlum: Did you get Skype? Search Subtlefrog on there, and you will find us at some point in the near future, we hope.

Or on twitter, I'm cdarwinsbitch - for future reference.

Comment from subtlefrog on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:15Z

@Kimaroo - Fortified with Kittydus Purrularis: Interested in joining us? Search Subtlefrog on Skype.

Comment from KMan13 still wants a Pontiac G8 on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:14Z

I'll be stuck in classsssss =( ... you guys are already one hour into the $500 bar tab ... sadness.

Comment from KMan13 still wants a Pontiac G8 on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:14Z

@Nick1693: and Soho just simply means south of houston.

Comment from KMan13 still wants a Pontiac G8 on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:14Z

@Three Word Chant: they might have it on in the bar, ya think? If it weren't for class, I'd be there...

Comment from MYKEE on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:13Z

I'll be there early to take advantage of street parking, thanks for the map

Comment from Ben Popken on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:09Z

@keanho: definitely! come on down

Comment from Saites on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:08Z

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): So Descartes is in a bar, and the bar tender approaches him and asks, "Would you like another drink?" Descartes has had a few and is done for the night, so he replies, "I think not" and disappears in a puff of logic.

Comment from keanho on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:05Z

You all watched me smash my Tivo on here three years ago, will I be welcome? I work a couple of blocks away.

Comment from HesNoKennedy on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:02Z

Chicago anyone? I've been developing a rating system of Chicago bars based on seating availability, bathroom layout, and coat storage since the years slightly before I should have been in said bars.

Comment from subtlefrog on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:02Z

@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: I feel his eyes no matter where I go. Even if I scroll down.

Comment from subtlefrog on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:02Z

@MostlyHarmless: We'd better be having it. I haven't seen BF in like 2 weeks, and I told him not to bother coming home tomorrow night because I was otherwise committed.

In the words of Mrs. Aroo - It is on.

Comment from subtlefrog on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:02Z

@HogwartsAlum: Yes, please find us. We are lots of fun, if totally inappropriate at times.

Comment from subtlefrog on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:02Z

@Laura Northrup: Yay! Follow us again. You know you miss our inane spam.

Comment from trinidon2k on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:01Z

i'll be there!

Comment from HRGirl on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:01Z

@mbressman: [primospot.com] is good too; most street parking opens up after 6.

Comment from HRGirl on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:35:00Z

I'll be there! I was excited because this bar is close to my office then I stupidly took tomorrow off, so now I'm making a special trip just to meet you all.

Comment from Laura Northrup on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:59Z

@MostlyHarmless: I won't have my laptop with me, so I'll be adding you all back on Twitter so I'll have entertainment on the train.

Comment from catastrophegirl on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:59Z

@MostlyHarmless: until they shut down your computer... *sigh*
my computer hates skype i think

Comment from catastrophegirl on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:59Z

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): and that's why i left work early today, to keep from spreading the buggies that i felt creeping up on me this afternoon.

Comment from catastrophegirl on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:59Z

@Laura Northrup: bingo!
[will you be playing bingo at the meetup?]

Comment from BklynHotniss on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:58Z

@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: So you'll be the one wearing the hat but not the face in the pic????????? Joking. You have a memorable face- Tomm I'll be working on my knack for remembering faces instead. See you there.

Comment from MostlyHarmless on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:58Z

@HogwartsAlum: Well both are free, and neither require any special equipment. Go Get Em Girl!

We'd love to have you there :)

Comment from HogwartsAlum on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:58Z

@MostlyHarmless: Gaaaah! I don't have Skype or Twitter or anything. I'm hopelessly behind!

Comment from HogwartsAlum on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:58Z

@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: LOL!!!! That was awesome!!!

Comment from Nick1693 on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:58Z

@MostlyHarmless: Reminds me of the sign outside a bakery in my town. "We are open..." (fine print on bottom of sign) "...until we close."

Comment from Nick1693 on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:58Z

I can't go, but I've been to NYC before.

If you aren't from NYC/around there:
Houston = house-ton.

(For like a week after I left NYC, I got pissed when people said it like the Texas city.)

Comment from BrandonSH on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:57Z

@Three Word Chant: We need Consumerist meet up UK/France/Japan/Other...

Comment from Bladefist on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:57Z

unfortunately I will be unable to attend due to I live in the midwest :(

Comment from GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:57Z

@Laura Northrup: This is a new one. It's green.

Comment from Laura Northrup on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:56Z

@Kimaroo - Fortified with Kittydus Purrularis: Rephrase that:

I MAKE MY OWN CONSUMERIST MEETUPS AT HOME

Comment from Laura Northrup on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:56Z

@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: I can attest that GESD is normal and a fine person to talk to. But the nametag makes me a little dizzy.

Comment from nbs2 on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:56Z

@ExtraCelestial: Why not a compromise - DC on a weekend. At least, that would work best for me.

Although I am going to be a bit busy in December, what with a new baby and all. Plus, I'd rather avoid Thanskgiving-New Years traffic on the Beltway.

Comment from Julius Seizure - Canuck on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:55Z

So there's no way I can convince you to move it to the following Saturday? What if I sang? Threatened to Sing? Promised to NOT sing?

Why, I'd even show my receipt!

Sigh - maybe next year.

Comment from GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:55Z

@Trai_Dep: Shhhhhh!

Comment from Trai_Dep on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:53Z

@mac-phisto: It'd be kind of awesome if it turned out, after all this time, that SteveDave was a preternaturally intelligent cat madly typing on his owner's laptop while she was away.

Comment from ExtraCelestial on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:52Z

@TCama: Seconded. To both.

Comment from TCama on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:52Z

@Alex Chasick: Huffy? Who got huffy?

My only problem with that event was that I wasn't 21 yet. But now I fully support this. Either that or an NYC meetup on a weekend.

Comment from mbressman on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:52Z

Check out nycgarages.com to see about finding possibly cheap parking garages close to the meet-up - hope this helps anyone who is driving in!

Comment from Alex Chasick on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:51Z

@nbs2: I fully support that, although some people got all huffy when I brought Ben and Meg to Recessions last time.

Comment from MostlyHarmless on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:50Z

@Kimaroo - Fortified with Kittydus Purrularis: Well Of Course we are...

... unless we arent.

Comment from nbs2 on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:50Z

After seeing many of the other posters here, I'm surprised a DC meetup isn't in the works.

Or, is it?

Comment from Three Word Chant on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:50Z

If it weren't for the Yankee game I'd be there..have fun

Comment from Kimaroo - 100% Pure Natural Kitteh on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:50Z

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): Well I assume that if it goes well we'll want to do it more oftin than just once.

Comment from Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!) on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:50Z

@Kimaroo - Fortified with Kittydus Purrularis: I teach on Wednesdays or I would. :) I'll be explaining Descartes' Cogito Ergo Sum to freshmen.

Comment from Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!) on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:50Z

@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: That's what you think! I live in a state where as long as the bar serves food, it's open-access. I see lots of people with babies at bars now that we're smoke-free! (But not Mini McGee, there's too much flu out there.)

Comment from Kimaroo - 100% Pure Natural Kitteh on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

@MostlyHarmless: Oh, we are having it.

...Aren't we?

Comment from Kimaroo - 100% Pure Natural Kitteh on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): Please, do join us on Skype tomorrow night. I think it will be fun. (And free!)

Comment from MostlyHarmless on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

@MostlyHarmless: Was just kidding about the "find me if you can part". I'll post my sykpe id here as soon as i create a new one.

Comment from GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

@MostlyHarmless:

Comment from MostlyHarmless on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

As Kimaroo, the koala kitty said earlier, we will be having a Consumerist Skype Meetup tomorrow. Unless we dont have it.

In any case, Interested parties can join in. If you can find us. (Yes, it is a bit of a snooping job, but its not too hard). (Hint: Twitter would be a good starting point).

Note however: Trolls will be VERY severely dealt with. Your definition of a troll may vary.

Also, we tend to go wildly off topic, in to territories that SCREAM "TMI". Enter at your own risk.

Though I think just for the new people we will try to keep it clean tomorrow.

So who is up for it?

Comment from GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): Besides, a bar with people like me is no place for Baby McGee.

Comment from Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!) on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

For a brief moment on Wednesday, I shall be fleetingly sad that I don't live in or around NYC and can't come meet y'all.

And then I shall go back to being glad I live not just in flyover country, but in the back ass of flyover country. 'Cause I likes it here!

Comment from Kimaroo - 100% Pure Natural Kitteh on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

I will be attending the Consumerist Skype Meetup online in my home. It's just cheaper that way.

Comment from QADude on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

Anything in SF?

Comment from mac-phisto on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: so i'm confused. you'll be the one carrying the pissed off cat?

Comment from That's Consumer007 to you on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: Cool Red Eye effect! :)

Comment from That's Consumer007 to you on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

Would be nice to hear back from my email to you on networking efforts between consumerist meetups in different cities, Ben. Thanks.

Comment from GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: For those with no imagination, I will be wearing this hat:

With this T-shirt(click for larger):

With the bottom nametag here:

Comment from GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List on 2009-11-13

2009-11-13T21:34:49Z

So while many of us can attend, the Consumerist can't because it's not old enough to drink, and it's also way past it's bedtime.

Can't wait to see you all there. To clear up ANY confusion, I will be the guy in the cowboy hat with the GREEN LED name tag. I am a semi-normal person, so don't feel intimidated by me. Please come up and say howdy. I'm glad to meet ya!