Put your rain slicker on, we need to do a Seattle meetup. Any ideas for where we could meet, what we could do, and when we could do it?
Are weekends best? Or is a mid-week, mid-day meetup do-able? Also, Seattle is not a small area--so if everyone lives more towards a certain area we could go that route. I'm on the Eastside, Bellevue to be exact.
Thoughts?
Man, I had some bad times in Bellevue...what about Kinokuniya at the Utsuwa near the stadiums and stuff...that area was really nice when I visited (plus I have a Kino here in the bay area).
Maybe it isn't a 100% conducive to meet-up space, but, it's a start.
SO wants to visit up there too...
This would be cool. I'd love to get to know some people in the area that get the ERE paradigm.
I commute weekdays from north seattle to bellevue through the tunnel (on the bus), so I'd be game for either suggestion. Weekdays during the day would be a no go for me, other than that, I'm mostly open.
I propose Sunday, October 24th at 1:00 pm at Woodland Park, Picnic Shelter #6. Probability of fall rain in Seattle is 100% so this would provide some shelter while providing a BYO type of venue. Unfortunately, alcohol is not permitted in the parks. I believe parking is free, at least on Sundays, and it is a direct bus from downtown
Address: 5900 Aurora Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103
http://bit.ly/dzWNMB
Location: North end of park on the far right-hand side as you come up service road, off W Green Lake Way N, next to lawn bowling and horseshoe pits
Here are some tips from the last meetup. Since nobody has met each other before, if the location is at all ambiguous, e.g. more than one bench, corner, area, etc., it would be smart to bring a sign or agree on some other recognizable subject. Last time we resorted to asking wandering people who looked lost if they were looking for a certain meetup (luckily with a 0% error rate) until we procured a piece of paper to make a sign.
Also, bring a bottle opener!
Looking forward to meeting all (both...?) of you on Sunday. I'll bring some healthy snacks too, as well as my copy of the ERE book so we can have a "Bible Study"--ERE style.
I'm not going to be able to attend either. I don't live in Seattle and was trying to line up some other things in addition to the meet-up but it didn't pan out.
I hope y'all have fun and maybe I'll be able to make the next one.
If you do reschedule, I think someone should go to the designated spot anyway to check for stragglers. Not everybody may have the foresight to check the forum for a cancellation and if history is a guide some will come from up to 2.5 hours of driving away.
