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06 March 2007

Dear Portland: Let us go then,→[More:]you and I, while the evening is spread out against the sky like a patient etherised upon a table AND MEET THE HELL UP ONE OF THESE DAYS SOON.

I haven't seen any of you bastards since Halloween.

And, yes I mean Oregon. Sorry, Maine, but our Portland has almost 10 times the population of yours, so we get the name now, even though you had it first.

post by: dersins at: 17:09 | 27 comments

Make it on a Saturday? I miss you guys lots and want to come visit.

posted by matildaben 06 March | 17:43

Hells yeah, let's do it. Where where where shall we go?

Crush schwankiness with the couches and the Manhattans with the port-soaked Bing cherries? Greater Trumps for cigars and Trivial Pursuit (hi ramix, I miss you!)? The Aalto Lounge for maximum opportunity to make fun of hipsters?

posted by Specklet 06 March | 18:12

I vote no for a Saturday because my Saturdays are booked all month :-(

posted by cmonkey 06 March | 18:21

Actually, I vote that you all come to Kellys Olympiadsomething downtown on the 16th.

posted by cmonkey 06 March | 18:23

Oooh that's a good idea...

posted by Specklet 06 March | 18:28

SOLD!

What time is the show?

posted by dersins 06 March | 18:33

The TV told me last night that four out of five people in Portland are under the influence of Ice (the drug, not that hard water stuff) at any given time, so be careful out there.

posted by dg 06 March | 18:33

That's tempting, to come down for the show, even though it means rush hour traffic on a Friday and then heading back early Saturday to make the Flickr meetup.

Sunday works for me too, BTW.

I'd need a place to stay. Can I crash at Specklet's?

posted by matildaben 06 March | 18:36

The TV told me last night that four out of five people in Portland are under the influence of Ice

The TV's in the southern hemisphere are weird. With the weirdness being broadcast on them, I mean. That's weird.

It's no more than 3 out of 5.

Maximum.

posted by dersins 06 March | 18:40

But is it really the "Ice capital of the world" the way it was described?

posted by dg 06 March | 18:47

I think they confused Tacoma with Portland. It happens.

posted by cmonkey 06 March | 18:48

Sorry mats, I'll be putting up a couch-surfing friend: I'm the scheduled couch starting next Wednesday...

posted by Specklet 06 March | 18:56

Hi guys...i miss you all! However my weekends are pretty much booked for the forseeable future. I could do like a thursday evening though. Let me know what you decide.

posted by ramix 06 March | 21:06

No way do that many people drink Bud Ice. It's a Pabst town, and anyone who says otherwise is blind, deaf, and dead.

posted by cortex 06 March | 21:39

In fact, back in 2000, the New York Times ran an article crediting Portland (specifically the Lutz) for rescuing Pabst from bankruptcy.

Seriously.

posted by dersins 06 March | 21:48

Goddamnit.

posted by loquacious 07 March | 05:59

*shakes head mournfully at loquacious*

posted by Specklet 07 March | 12:33

Should I post this to the bigger place? Thoughts? Preferences?

posted by dersins 07 March | 15:32

I do better with smaller groups of people than larger, but that's just my own personal preference. Do as you will.

posted by Specklet 07 March | 16:34

I always have more fun when it isn't a Metafilter(TM) Meetup. Too much pressure.

posted by cmonkey 07 March | 17:17

Well, then, I shan't tell the big place about it.

Time?

posted by dersins 07 March | 17:45

Ah, a little space alien flew in my window and suggested that the harvey girls would probably go on around 10 or so.

Perhaps we could arrive at Kelly's Olympian a couple of hours prior to that? The earlier the better, in terms of getting seating....

posted by dersins 07 March | 19:36

Let us do as the wise dersins suggests.

posted by Specklet 07 March | 19:54

7? 8?

posted by dersins 07 March | 20:03

Let's say 8.

posted by cmonkey 07 March | 20:06

let's. gives me time to eat dinner first. if i remember.

posted by dersins 07 March | 20:08

I can't make it. Schedule's too tight, and I'm thinking I want my next road trip to be somewhere far away from civilization. You guys have fun without me.

posted by matildaben 08 March | 11:44

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