[Chicago] PyCon BeerBoF

[Ted Pollari]

On Feb 6, 2008, at 1:31 PM, Ian Bicking wrote:

> The Hopleaf is also *tiny* (and already really crowded).  What if 100
> people show up for this?  That doesn't seem like an unreasonable  
> number;
> PloneConf (300ish attendees) had a bar hop and I think there was at
> least 40 people who came.
>
> If there are enough decent places by the Western stop (Western on the
> Blue Line, I assume you mean) then that could be good.  Ideally we  
> could
> provide people with directions and a list of bars, and then people can
> get there on their own in small groups (coordinating travel for more
> than a small group of people is pretty impossible too).  If we  
> encourage
> people to wear Python clothing then people can find each other.
>
>
> I think we need a list of bars too, since if you don't know the  
> streets
> at all you are just as likely to wander off down a residential  
> street as
> you are to get to the next bar.


I think this is all spot-on.

A list of bars with addresses, and perhaps even a map of the area  
(with bars and the blue line stop), all on a 1 page flyer would help  
even more.

-t