Are we having a meet-up this Saturday? n/t

[krispos42]

[Pierre.Suave]

1. It is our scheduled day

I would like to, and have planned for it.

DFL Princess posted info about the DFL BBQ this saturday evening as well, so...

Looks like we need to do some planning.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

2. I can't make a noontime meeting, but I could make a late afternoon event

Not necessarily the DFL picnic, which will undoubtedly be a mob scene, but something else.

[dflprincess]

3. I think at $25.00 a ticket for the DFL picnic

we should find something cheaper to do.

[Pierre.Suave]

4. I am not sure how much more money I want to give the DFL anyway

Does anyone have any ideas for a meetup later in the day?

We could always meet at Spyhouse and then get dinner.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

5. I'd go for that

There's so much of Eat Street left to explore. :evilgrin:

And I shall have already had picnic food at noon.

[Pierre.Suave]

8. We should set a time.

What works for everyones schedules?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

12. How about 4:30 so we can sit around for a while and then...

find a restaurant early to beat the Saturday night dinner rush.

[Pierre.Suave]

13. That sounds good to me

How is that for everyone else?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. Depends on the weather.

If it's bad or not windy I'll be there.

[Pierre.Suave]

7. Did you get your boat fixed?

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

9. Yes, I got a call from the marina this afternoon.

It's repaired and back in the slip, ready to go. :woohoo:

[Pierre.Suave]

10. Nice

congrats.

[geardaddy]

11. I hope so!

Let's meet at Spyhouse as usual.

I'm looking forward to some Eat Street food!

[Pierre.Suave]

14. See above

it may be later in the day this time, due to some schedules.

[geardaddy]

18. That's cool.

I'd be up for dinner on Eat Street.

[krispos42]

15. Okay, so it's the Spyhouse coffee place thingy at 4:30pm?

Then an early dinner?


This is good; I can make the drive-in movie.

Hmmm.. the Vali-Hi is playing Get Smart, Hancock, and The Incredible Hulk for $7.50. Sounds like a plan if the weather cooperates.



Um, where is the Spyhouse coffee place thingy, anyway?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

16. Also on Eat Street, only about a block or two north of Bad Waitress

on the same side of the street

:-)

[krispos42]

21. Is Eat Street the actual name of the street, or a nickname?

I can barely find the MetroDome... :hide:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

23. It's Nicollet Avenue south of Franklin

:-)

[krispos42]

28. Okay, thanks n/t

[Pierre.Suave]

17. Will this work for everyone that wants to come?

Spyhouse is on 25th and Nicollet in South Minneapolis, right on Eat Street.

[dflprincess]

19. If I can find a place to park

I'm parallel parking impaired so I tend to have some problems finding a place to leave the car in that area.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

20. If you don't mind walking a couple of blocks, the residential streets

that run parallel to Nicollet often have spaces. I'll take the bus is the schedule works out.

[dflprincess]

24. I drove all over the neighborhood last time

I eventually got lucky on 25th or 26th Street and found a couple open spaces - which made it easier. I had passed several single car slots but, as I said, I'm parallel parking impaired (I live in the 'burbs, we have lots).

I know there's a Nicollet bus that runs from Bloomington all the way downtown, I'll have to check it's weekend schedule. On weekdays it only runs once or twice an hour.

[krispos42]

22. **boots up Google Earth**

Ah, okay, so they are both basically on Nicollet Ave.


If memory serves, Bad Waitress is on the southeast corner of E. 27th and Nicollet, yes?


Is the Spyhouse on the east or west side of Nicollet?


I'm trying to get my Google Earth placemarkers exact... :-)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

25. Same side as Bad Waitress

:-)

[geardaddy]

26. Spyhouse is on the east side of Nicollet

and Bad Waitress is on the NE corner of 26th St. E. and Nicollet.

[krispos42]

27. Northeast and east...

Okay. I thought the odd numbers were on the west and north sides of the streets, and evens on the east and south.

**trot off to update his placemarks**


Thanks! :-)

[Pierre.Suave]

29. I look forward to seeing you all there

and Meeting Krispos for the first time!

Ocelot, are you going to be able to make it today or are you sailing?

[Lydia Leftcoast]

30. I'm at the Spyhouse already (3:30PM) because I came directly

from my noontime obligation and decided to get some work done in the time remaining.

I'm sitting near the front window, typing on a MacBook (which is hardly an identifying mark in this place. I can see six computers from where I'm sitting, and five of them are Mac laptops of some sort. :-)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

31. It's not too late

Some of us are altready at the Spyhouse and you can text me to say whether you're coming or not. :-)

[krispos42]

32. My car is in trouble!

:cry:

I was driving down to meet you guys there when smoke started pouring out from underneath my hood! So I pulled over and popped the hood (breaking off my hood decoration in the process, dammit) and saw smoke streaming out of my A/C compressor.

I decided to turn around and head back home before something bad happened. In my car, there is only the one fan belt, so if the compressor's bearings had locked up the belt would burn up and I'd lose the water pump, power steering, and the alternator, meaning it would be time to call AAA. I decided not to risk it.

When I got home the smoke had stopped, so I think it was just the clutch, not the bearings itself. If true, then I can drive the car as long as I don't turn on the A/C. But now I have to let it cool off, then go out there, remove the fan belt, and check and see how the compresssor's bearings are.

Damn, I'm pissed! :mad: My kid's in South Dakota, so I could have spent all the time I wanted to with you guys talking about stuff, then gone to the drive-in movie. *sigh*


I can't curse the car, though. 192,000 miles on it, so I guess I have to be grateful it's lasted this long. But, man, no A/C in the summertime??? :cry:

[Pierre.Suave]

33. The meetup happened

The three of us had a good time, much conversation was had, food eaten, and beer/alcohol drank....

[krispos42]

36. Sounds fun

I ate a frozen pizza and talked to my cat. :-(

[Pierre.Suave]

38. Darn car trouble...

I bet your cat enjoyed the day!

[krispos42]

40. Well, it's kind of hard to be modding with a cat on your lap

But I managed!


I'm going to look at it today. It probably was just the clutch. It it was, I'm going to go look at a used car in Golden Valley, then since I'm down there anyway I'll hit the drive-in tonight.

But coffee and dinner with DUers would have been icing on the cake!

[Pierre.Suave]

43. I hope it works for you

and modding with a cat on your lap sounds VERY difficult, how on earth do you do it...

:P

[krispos42]

47. I have a programmable keyboard

left hand on the programmable keys, right hand on my mouse, cat on my lap and left arm.


I used the Windows clickable keyboard thingy so I can use the mouse to type!


I haz mad skillz...

[geardaddy]

39. That restaurant is very good.

I'm gonna put that on my list of "return to" places.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

41. The portions were too large for me, but the food was really good

Not only that, there were real Latino people among the customers, not just drunken college kids, like you see in some "Mexican" places.

:-)

[Pierre.Suave]

42. So that is how LydiaLeftcoast rates restaurants...

By the number of "drunken college kids" in attendance...

:P

I also thought it was good, although I was STUFFED afterwords from all the food.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

44. No, it's how I rate authenticity

If some of the patrons of the restaurant are of the same nationality as the food purports to be, that means it's pretty authentic.

[Pierre.Suave]

46. Thats what I assumed

I was just giving you a hard time...:P

[geardaddy]

45. I was stuffed too.

I felt so bloated afterwards.

[krispos42]

48. Aw, man, you had Mexican?

:cry:

[dflprincess]

34. Okay, so about 3 o'clock I flopped down on my couch to watch he Twins game

and before I knew it I was waking up and it was nearly 5:30. Oops.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

35. Next time, call my cell phone and I'll tell you where we are

:-)

[Pierre.Suave]

37. The REALLY important question here is...

Did the Twins win?

:P

[dflprincess]

49. They did win yesterday

I thought of calling LL's phone, but with 35W closed north of the crosstown yesterday, I would have had to take surface streets for quite a ways. Between that and needing to pull myself together I figured it would be after 6:30 before I got there.