Anyone in Denton? Denton County?

[TexasProgressive]

Any DU'ers in Denton who want to get together for coffee or wine or beer and some good serious political talk? I like Brick Haus, Cappucino Cafe, the bar at The Greenhouse, and sometimes Jupiter House. Oh, and there's a new place on Scripture Street that I haven't been to yet.

[movie_girl99]

1. you might try here

I know Dallas for Kerry are planning lots of house parties on December 5th.
http://dallasforkerry.com/committees/events/postelectionparty/
http://www.dentondemocrats.org/
http://www.ctcdemocrats.com/

[fudge stripe cookays]

2. I miss Denton.

My alma mater.

I like the little cafe inside the Cupboard too. Sorry we're a little far nowadays! Rowlett, hell and gone from Denton.

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PS- It'd be great to have a list of some of the Progressive businesses that are still around up there, TexProg, like Sleeping Lizzards, Recycled Books and Records, etc.

Know any other good ones?
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[Vincardog]

3. What about DAn's SilverLeaf?

[anarchy1999]

4. There is a Denton Peace Group and also the Denton Co Dems are

awesome. Contact the www.dallaspeacecenter.org and ask for Lon's brother, Dan. You will get connected.

[TexasProgressive]

5. Good Stuff

Thanks, Anarchy and Movie Girl for the great links. Vincardog, you're right - Dan's Silverleaf should have been on my list. Dan is a great guy. My favorite shows from this summer were both there - Dolorean and Daniel Lanois. Fudge, I'll make that list for you. Give me something useful to do. Lizzards and Recycled are of course both still here, and so is the Cupboard. Some places are gone, but there are new ones that are pretty cool. Some pretty great little coffee shops are springing up.

Thanks, all.

[fudge stripe cookays]

6. Thanks TexProg! n/t

[girl gone mad]

7. I"m in Denton County..

Probably a 20 minute drive from downtown Denton, though.

But, I would be happy to hang out sometime.

[TexasProgressive]

8. I'm up for it.

Hey Girl Gone Mad.
I live here in Denton, near the mall, but I work in Dallas (which I hate - the drive is straight outta hell).
Weekends in beautiful old Denton are the best. It's great not to be in the city, or sitting on I35. I usually treat myself to an hour or two at one of the coffee houses in town.
I'd love to get a group of DU'ers together that would like to meet on Saturday or Sunday afternoon and talk politics. There's so many great places to hang and chat in Denton.

[crispini]

9. Did ya'll know

that Denton has a chapter of "Drinking Liberally" ? -- google that, and you'll find it.

[TexasProgressive]

10. Amazing

Thanks, Crispini. Now we're getting somewhere. I notice they meet at Rubber Gloves. I good place to hang out, even if I'm usually the oldest guy there.

I'd never heard of this site. How did you come across it?

http://drinkingliberally.org/

[crispini]

11. Mm, read about it on salon.com I think,

or one of the blogs.... I don't really remember where I read stuff anymore, I read too much online! :D

[TexasProgressive]

12. This Is How We Take It Back

Listen.

My parents were both journalists. Way back during the Reagan years, my Mom was working for a small newspaper between Denton and Fort Worth. I think it was the Keller Citizen. She covered the school board meetings for Keller and Trophy Club.

She would tell me about the conservative Christian republicans and their agenda. She would tell me about how they would talk about creating a change at the "grass roots" level. Winning a majority on the school board of a small town in Texas was not a waste of time, it was not insignificant. It was everything.