Come for the politics, stay for the snark.
Open thread.
So… like me, you guys probably thought the meetup last night didn’t happen because PsyFighter was there for more than an hour and nobody showed. So we thought!
Lurker Rob ActiveDad sent me a photo of the other Balloon Juice meetup at Whisky, Tango, Foxtrot in Denver last night.
So sorry you guys didn’t connect! What happened? We may need some literal green balloons so this doesn’t happen again. (sale item from the Balloon Juice store?)
Totally open thread.
Latest note from PsiFighter37:
Friendly reminder: going to do a meet up on Wednesday 8/18 at Whiskey Tango Foxtrot at 6pm local time in Denver. No reservations, but they say they have plenty of patio space, both upstairs and downstairs. See y’all there!
Not a drinker, but if I were in the Denver area, I’d be tempted just for the snax…
Lurkers & friends always welcome at these events!
Denver Meet-Up: Wednesday, 6pm MDT, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot PatioPost + Comments (7)
From persistent commentor PsiFighter37:
Only a week out!
Figured I would reach out again and see if there was still interest. I know that with Delta, perhaps there is less appetite to consider a meetup, but I am comfortable so long as everyone is vaccinated (which, knowing the Juicers, I would assume this to be the case).
I should be free to meet anytime after 6PM, and based on Google Maps, I am told I am at the intersection of the Central Business District and North Capitol Hill section of Denver.
My only request – a spot with a good beer selection! A couple spots that look like that could work are the Thirsty Lion or Freshcraft – but I am happy to defer to the preferences of the locals.
Hopefully there’s enough interest – but I understand if folks are a bit more cautious nowadays.
Leave a comment if you’re game, or email me at the ‘Contact Us’ link and I’ll forward your message.
Readership Capture: Denver Meet-Up, Wednesday, August 18th?Post + Comments (26)
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.
Readership Capture: Potential Denver Meet-Up?Post + Comments (39)
We relay, you decide. From commentor Yutsano:
I’m going to be back in the Seattle area November 22-24. I am not insensitive to the times, but I am DYING for some meet-up action! Any possibility?…
Query From An Exile: Possible Seattle Meet-Up?Post + Comments (37)
Congratulations, lamh! SURPRISE!
You thought you were done, but we have one last quiz for you:
Cue the music, and then we have cake!
dmsilev baked this lovely cake for you – for real! – and extends his congratulations to you for making it through the grad school grind. It’s a lot of work, and something to be proud of.
Technically it’s an orange chocolate ganache tart. We talked it over, and we definitely think there’s enough to share. I think this is one group activity we can all get behind.
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If there’s a song or a GIF or an image or a photo or a movie or anything that you’d like to add in your comment as “gift” to lamh – and you’re not a front pager – if you send it to me by email or put the link in your comment, I can turn it into a real thing in your comment, rather than a link.
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Update: I am very disappointed that no one spelled out “Happy Graduation!” or “you made it!” on squares of toilet paper with colored markers or sent lamh on a pretend vacation.
Oh, and because I screwed up the time zone, I will pin this post to the top at 8pm (blog time) which is the earliest lamh should get out of her final exam. (Just for a couple of hours until, hopefully, lamh arrives.)
Looks Like She Made It! Congratulations, lamh. (we all yell: Surprise!)Post + Comments (174)
From party-planner and GOTV goddess CaseyL:
The Seattle GOTV Meetup yesterday went very well. H E showed up with a green balloon (Yay, H E !) and I had made a table sign, so people could and did find us easily.
Attending were:
H E Wolf
CaseyL
thalarctosMaritimus plus one (lurker)
Opiejeanne and Mr. OpiejeanneNot a bad turnout, for a meetup where we’d be putting people to work!
There was of course a lot of social chatter, and then we got down to business. Thanks to the tips suggested by PostcardsToVoters, plus H E’s amazing organizational skills and motivational talk, we got 18 postcards done and mailed – and sent folks home with postcards and stamps and information on how to sign up at the site to get addresses.
I should also say that Elliott Bay Brewery was very friendly and helpful, letting us into an area not usually open until later in the day so we could push tables together, set up our impressive piles of Stuff, and put up the table sign AND the balloon!
We didn’t get many photos, as we were more focused on socializing/working, but here is what we do have.
