DU Gettogether next weekend?

[CarpeDiebold]

I'm new here and don't know many of you Atl du'ers, how does a gettogether sound? Would love to meet and mingle with the finest of atlanta :D

[Debau2005]

1. I'm game.

What did you have in mind?

[CottonBear]

2. Feburuary was our last meet up at Manuel's Tavern in Atlanta.

We need to make plans. Our DU people in Atlanta can help us to meet up! :hi: I'm in Athens. A meetup here is OK too!

[RebelOne]

3. I'd love it, but only if we could meet up north of Atlanta.

I live in Woodstock, northwest of Atlanta and I hate traveling into the city.

[CarpeDiebold]

4. Cool! 3 more DU'ers who're in...

I'm thinkin the 31st(this saturday) woul dmake for a good meetup...what do you guys think? Check out the thread in the lounge about this...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=4507637&mesg_id=4507637

[DemBones DemBones]

35. It's a long drive for those of us

coming from northwest Georgia, isn't it? But I hope to go to this get-together in East Atlanta. And I'd love to go Athens any time!

Maybe next time people would be willing to go to Kennesaw or someplace north of Atlanta and let more of us north Georgians attend.

[MsTryska]

5. So what happenned to this idea?

did y'all do it?

is it in the works?

[RubyDuby in GA]

6. It sounds great, but needs at least 3 weeks for notice and

for people to plan.

Also the consensus is that it needs to be some place other than Manuel's this time. Too smoky and there are some that would stop by probably with small children (Mike Malloy) and some that are pregnant (me) :)

Someone PM ulysses and see what he has in mind. He put the last one together and I know he's one of the ones with a little one know.

If he's busy, let me know and I'll work on putting it together. I'm excited about seeing all the Atlanta/surrounding area DUers again!

[Debau2005]

7. I am in.

:bounce:

[CottonBear]

8. A non-smoking venue would be good. Any ideas?

I'm not so familiar with Atlanta these days. I used to go there a lot when I had a friend who lived in midtown. I want to meet Mike Malloy this time. Manuels was easy to get to from Athens.

Mardi Gras and Valentines Day are NOT good for us because we'll be in the NOLA area visiting family and our anniversary is on Feb. 14th.

Hi Ruby! :hi: I hope your doing fine!

[CottonBear]

9. The holidays happened to it!

Maybe late February would be good for most folks. That was the time of our last meet up.

[MalloyProducer]

10. location suggestion

Hi fellow Georgia DU-ers!

There's a great new place in East Atlanta - the Graveyard - I'd suggest for a meeting. It's as big as Manuels but without the indoor smoking. Good food, big portions, low prices, hot neighborhood, and Mike and I know the owner =)

Just tell us the time/date and we'll be there!

Mike, Kathy, and Molly

[RubyDuby in GA]

11. That sounds perfect

I'll redirect now for a suggestion for dates.

[CottonBear]

17. What's the address of the Graveyard? I don't live in Atlanta.

It sounds like a cool place. Here in Athens we have an indoor smoking ban and it's made a world of difference in indoor air quality!

[ulysses]

23. not sure, but east atlanta is easy to find.

We haven't been down there in a couple of years. Hey Kathy, is the Heaping Bowl still open?

[CottonBear]

18. Dupe. Delete.

[RubyDuby in GA]

12. Suggestion of dates

Preferrably towards the end of February (to give everyone plenty of notice to make arrangements).

I'm going to throw out Friday, Feb 24th.

[MsTryska]

13. Friday Feb 24th works for me...

i'm off that day.

[Debau2005]

14. I can make it after work that day! nt

[CottonBear]

19. What about Sat. Feb 25th? n/t

[MalloyProducer]

15. uhm . . . .

Friday's a no-go for us, as are Monday thru Thursday nights as we've got that pesky radio thing going on . . . .

It'd have to be a weekend night for us. Unless y'all want to make it a lunch thing.



The Malloys
www.mikemalloy.com

[CottonBear]

16. A Saturday would work for me since I have to drive in from Athens.

A weekday lunch time meetup is a no go for me.

I hope to meet you and Mike soon! I love the show. I arrived too late at Manuels to meet y'all at the last meetup.

[MsTryska]

20. Saturday the 25th also works for me. nt

nt

[ulysses]

22. same here far as I know.

Anyone mentioned it to CatWoman?

[RubyDuby in GA]

24. I'll PM here to get her take

:hi:

[XanaDUer]

21. I'll go to Athens

...

[CottonBear]

26. I'm in Athens. We'll plan a meetup in the spring or summer here!

The Globe in Athens would be the ideal place. It's Athens ultimate bohemian bar! They have some food as well and there are lots of nearby restaurants. There are lots of other downtown spots too. We'll work on that meetup later in the year. :)

[DemBones DemBones]

36. Good, I love Athens. Let's make it a weekend so

some of us can stay overnight. I'd like to see the botanical gardens while we're there. That's one thing I've not seen in Athens that I'd really like to.

The Grit would be good, too, IMO. Or The Grill. Two totally different sorts of ambience!

[CottonBear]

39. A spring weekend would be perfect for taking in the Botanical Garden

and the Georgia Museum of Art as well as enjoying Athens downtwon nightlife and any of the numerous cultural events and opportunities in our lovely town! There are two hotels (the Foundry Park Inn and the Holiday Inn) which are right downtown nwithin walking distance of the bars, restaurants, shopping and clubs. There are other hotels/motels a bit further out also.

The garden is especially beautiful in the springtime. You'll want to visit Herty Field and the Founder's Garden on the North Campus as well!

:) Lets post again about this in the spring. How about late April or early May?

[Left Below]

40. I love The Globe - often

drop in on Friday happy hour...

As a male - don't stay though... need more females there!

[CottonBear]

41. Hello fellow Athenian Left Below!

How's it going? We'll definitely have to have an Athens DU meet up this spring. My girlfriends and I used to go to the Globe all the time on Fridays! My work is no longer close to downtown and I have my horse to care for so I don't get down there so often anymore. I love the Manhattan too!

[CatWoman]

25. sounds good to me

thanks for the tip, Uly and Ruby

:hi:

[MGKrebs]

27. I think Casper and I can make it Feb. 25th.

They do have beer at this place, right? :toast: :beer:

[RubyDuby in GA]

32. I thought this might interest you:

"There’s a fairly big beer list, along with a decent selection of wines and some specialty drinks with funny names like “Death Ray” and “Dixie Rush.” "

and you can have my share of the beer :toast:

Mr. RubyDuby can't make it - he'll be working x(

[RubyDuby in GA]

28. All right - it's official! Saturday, February 25th, 7pm, at the Graveyard

Be there or be square! :)

Spread the word far and wide to everyone here at DU that you know is from GA and the surrounding states.

[RubyDuby in GA]

29. Address for The Graveyard

1245 Glenwood Ave. S.E.
Atlanta, GA 30316 - 1964
Phone: [phone]

http://www.accessatlanta.com/dining/restaurants/109785/DetailedList.jspd?activity=109785&searchcriteriaurl=c2l0ZWlkPTMwMSZsaXN0aW5ndHlwZT0xMDAwMCZrZXl3b3JkPWdyYXZleWFyZCZjdWlzaW5laWQ9QUxMJnJhbmdlPUFMTCZuZWlnaGJvcmhvb2RpZD1BTEw=¤tpage=&sortby=0&orderby=0&searchtype=quicksearchrestaurant

[Jawja]

34. I'll be there!

:hi:

[DemBones DemBones]

30. I'll have to consult Mr. Bones about it but it sounds like fun.

Do they have any vegetarian food at the Graveyard? If not, we'll have to brown-bag our food, which would be an interesting twist!

[RubyDuby in GA]

31. I'm not sure DemBones

The link for AccessAtlanta doesn't go into that much detail. You may want to call them ahead of time to find out.

Hope you guys can make it. This is a lively bunch! :hi:

[Jawja]

33. Self Delete.

[CottonBear]

37. Thanks for helping to coordinate this meetup Ruby! n/t

[Casper]

38. We'll be there.

(me and Krebs) Looking forward to it!

[CottonBear]

42. Look! Our meet up is on the homepage! See y'all on the 25th!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/

link to the thread with directions and phone number for the Graveyard:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=146&topic_id=3079&mesg_id=3079

[RubyDuby in GA]

43. Yay Go Team!

We're big time now. :woohoo:

[CottonBear]

44. I e-mailed Skinner and asked the administrators if they could post

our meeting on the homepage. And a few days later I got an e-mail response from Earl G and voila: there we are on the homepage! BIGTIME! :woohoo:

edit: Earl G said "Hope it goes well!" in his e-mail.
Isn't he a sweety pie? :)

[RubyDuby in GA]

45. He is great!

The admins work so hard to keep this site running smoothly.
Being on the other side this term has opened my eyes to so much....

Kudos to the admins!

And mucho kudos to you for getting it on the homepage. We're high cotton now! :P