Time to get back on the party circuit! Query from commentor PsiFigher37:
It’s a bit early, but I am likely to be in Denver for work in mid-August. Would love to meet up with local Balloon Juice folk if they are around the night of Wednesday, August 18 at a local craft brewery…should be free sometime after 6PM, assuming I don’t hike off a cliff earlier in the day.
Leave your suggestion(s) below, or contact me at Anne-Laurie at balloon-juice.com and I’ll pass your message along.
raven
The Police in Denver, lord they don’t want no long hairs hangin round. . . Canned Heat
quakerinabasement
The place is lousy with brewpubs. Any idea what part of town you’ll be in?
NotMax
You do realize that for some people, because of the way the site is set up*, part of your final sentence reads as “contact me at [email protected] .”
*cough Cloudflare cough
WaterGirl
@NotMax: I actually think that’s great.
I just changed the format of the address. You should be able to get the address now.
Scamp Dog
I’m up for it. I’ll be in Michigan visiting Mom for the first two weeks of August, so hopefully I’ll be back in time. Looking forward to seeing you again, PsiFighter37!
NotMax
@WaterGirl
I’ll not be within a thousand miles of Denver. Just thought it merited mention to the benefit of possible attendees.
As for great, that’s a debate for another day.
WaterGirl
@NotMax: Oh, I knew that. I should have said thanks for calling it to our attention. I presume you now see “at” instead of the address?
I saw the address the whole time, so maybe that’s because I am logged in to WordPress.
NotMax
@WaterGirl
All is copacetic. For the nonce.
;)
comrade scotts agenda of rage
We did a Denver meetup a couple of years back. Only 3 of us but it was fun.
Really depends on where you’ll be staying. We could then work it from there. Hell, depending on my calendar , I’d be willing to host it. I’m in the city proper, not a burb.
We met last time at Jagged Mountain but as noted above, we can do this just about anywhere.
JoyceH
There were a few Zoom meetups at the height of the pandemic. I liked the one I attended, and like that it’s not so geographically constrained.
Dr. Daniel Price (Saint Vincent)
Sounds good. My bride and I live near one of the site’s frequent contributors, whom we would hope to meet along with your esteemed self.
WaterGirl
@Dr. Daniel Price (Saint Vincent): TaMara?
Adam L Silverman
Maybe, just maybe, if you want to have a meetup in a city where a specific front pager lives or near to where they live, you might want to have the good manners to email them and let them do the front page post about it? Especially if that front pager is a bit emotionally raw right now so as not to make her feel worse?
Just a thought.
Also, I don’t do meet ups. If you’re decision making is so bad that you’d still come to Florida for some reason I will, of course, be happy to facilitate by doing the front page post, putting people in touch with each other, even recommending places provided I have some familiarity with where you’re going. But I will not attend.
We thank you for your support.
Dr. Daniel Price (Saint Vincent)
@WaterGirl: Could be!
Jim, Foolish Literalist
@raven: I’ll see your Canned Heat and raise you a Bob Seger
karen marie
@Adam L Silverman: Man, you’ve been super pissy lately. I don’t remember this being a thing with you in the past. I hope whatever is going on improves for you!
Wag
The Lowry Beer Garden is a great place with a huge rotating selection of microbrews from across the state. Decent food and lots of outdoor seating. It Is in the old Lowery Air Force Base which is now been converted to a neighborhood. It sits right next to one of the two large hangers that are left over from when it was an active Air Force Base. Right outside of the beer garden is the local air and space Museum, with a decommissioned B-52 on display outside.
MagdaInBlack
@Adam L Silverman:
Sooooo…hows the weather? Hatches battened?
Wag
Any idea where you’re planning on hiking? Need any suggestions from a local?
TaMara (HFG)
@Adam L Silverman: LOL. No worries – the last one happened and I didn’t even know about it until it was over. I can take a hint.
Anne Laurie
@Adam L Silverman: Or maybe it might be construed as going through one of the front-pagers who *frequently* does these meet-up posts, rather than adding to the social burdens of someone who’s already got quite enough to deal with?!?
If you want to snap at someone, Silverman, send me an email, okay?
ETA: Sorry, TaMara!
quakerinabasement
@Adam L Silverman:
@Anne Laurie:
You darn kids quiet down and behave or I will pull this blog over! Just try me!
Sure Lurkalot
I’m game if I’m in town. Lowry Beer Garden is a good suggestion but as some one else noted, brew pubs here are here there and everywhere.
Ohio Mom
This reminds me that just before Covid, some of us were fantasizing about an all-Ohio meet-up in Columbus.
Maybe I’ll dust that idea off. I organized a meet-up years ago when SteveintheATL came to Cincinnati and that was a fun time.
sab
@Ohio Mom: I’d love to have a meet-up
ETA Nice thing about Ohio is everywhere in the state is only 2 or 3 hours away by car. Nothing like out West.
thruppence
There was one a few years back held at Hickenlooper’s Wynkoop Brewery. About a dozen in attendance, if I recall. Might want to find someplace not downtown, though. Parking is, shall we say, challenging.
HinTN
@raven: The Bear and the Blind Owl had it going on.
Miss Bianca
@thruppence: How long ago *was* that one, anyway? Was it *three* years ago, or only two? COVID done broke my brain and my time sense. ‘Twas when Mnemosyne (sigh…where has that girl gone…) was in town for the Romance Writers of America conference, as I recall.
I do recall *that* much.
Ohio Mom
Sab:
Then I guess I should look at my calendar and write Anne Laurie with a couple of possible dates she can post so we can see which dates work for people. And maybe debbie can scout out a restaurant with a big patio?
sab
@Ohio Mom: I will make any date work ( heh, heh, retired.)
Scamp Dog
@Miss Bianca: I’m thinking three, with the mini version that PsiFighter, Scott and I (and maybe a couple of others?) attended about two years ago.
sab
@Ohio Mom: Southside or northside? My sister has taught at Ohio State forever. I used to work south of there for a wonderful boss 30 years ago. She might know northside places. Former boss will certainly know southside places.
WaterGirl
@Scamp Dog: @Miss Bianca:
2019!
Proof of Life: Denver Meet-Up
A Ghost to Most
Have fun. I plan to be scaring the hell out of my BIL in the mountains then.
Miss Bianca
@WaterGirl: That was the mini-moot, so I’m thinking the Wynkoop one must have been three (ulp!) years ago.
rekoob
@Ohio Mom: A possibility:
https://www.brewdog.com/usa/bars/usa/brewdog-dogtap-columbus
Full disclosure: I am a (very small) shareholder. Pet friendly!
Baquist
I’ll definitely plan to be there. Missed last Denver meet up cause of a sick kiddo, so looking forward to this one.
Starfish
@comrade scotts agenda of rage: There have been several Denver-ish meet ups. I have gone to at least two. I think Scamp Dog has gone to more.
WaterGirl
@Starfish: @Miss Bianca:
I found Denver meetups in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
But the one I linked to had the 3 attendees that you guys were talking about, so I figured it was that one.