[Chicago] Fwd: March meeting

[Stephen Mullins]

+1 for Sully's, new things scare me.

I can help you carry things Carl if I get there on time :) and I promise not
to run away with anything that looks shiny and expensive, but no promises

On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Steven Githens <swgithen at mtu.edu> wrote:

> Carl Karsten wrote:
>
>> Brian Ray wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 4, 2009, at 10:06 AM, Carl Karsten wrote:
>>>
>>>  since you asked, I object.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> because you liked Sully's right?
>>>
>>
>> I still do like Sully's, but I would be happy with any place that had
>> similar amities.  Top of the list for me is the compromise between public
>> transportation and for those of us (me) driving in with lots of stuff I need
>> to carry.   Depaul is a pain to drive to, a pain to park near, and a pain to
>> pay for parking, and a pain to carry gear up to.  I will pretty much have to
>> bring someone to help, and that isn't easy to come by.  I just asked someone
>> for help:  "no, I'm not committing to anything right now."
>>
> With average ChiPy attendence being well over 20 people lately I'm pretty
> sure someone can always help you carry stuff, regardless of what venue we're
> in.  My Megabus usually gets in to Union Station around 5:15, I could
> definitely help next Thursday.
>
>>
>> Then there's the food and drink situation, which pretty much has no room
>> for compromise: one place has everything, one has nothing.
>>
> Last time we hung at Massimo's pad I think we had pizza and half of the
> people brought in food from establishments within a 1.5 block radius.
>  Granted we didn't drink any alcoholic beverages during the actual meeting (
> maybe we should get the Institute of Design to host :p ), but it was pretty
> easy to go out afterwards ( and beforewards :p ).
> Variety is the spice of life...
>
>>
>> If you want a change of venue, come out to Rosemont.  I'll be happy with
>> that too.
>>
>>  ... as long as it's not waaay out in Rosemont.  :p
>
> ( Kidding! (sort of) The meeting we had during PyCon out there was sweet).
>
> -s
>
>  Carl K
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