Don’t forget, the first ever Consumerist meetup is tomorrow night. And it’s coming at a perfect time: This month is Consumerist’s four-year birthday!
Consumerist Meetup
Wed. 11/4/09 6-9pm
Botanica Bar
47 Houston St, NY NY 10012
Happy hour special all night long
Free drinks until our $500 bar tab runs out
Via Subway:
BDFV to Broadway/Lafayette
6 to Bleeker St.
NRW to Prince St
From NJ:
NJT or PATH To Penn Station, walk E. to 34th St, Herald Square, take BDFV to Broadway/Lafayette
From Connecticut and so forth North:
Metro North to Grand Central, 6 to Bleeker St.
If you’re driving, there’s a parking garage at 284 Mott between Houston and Prince. Most on-street parking opens up at 6pm.
Here’s a map that shows on-street parking:
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And one that shows nearby garages:
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And here’s what Botanica Bar looks like!
(Photo: e.Bergquist)
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Anything in SF?
If it weren’t for the Yankee game I’d be there..have fun
@Three Word Chant: We need Consumerist meet up UK/France/Japan/Other…
@Three Word Chant: they might have it on in the bar, ya think? If it weren’t for class, I’d be there…
After seeing many of the other posters here, I’m surprised a DC meetup isn’t in the works.
Or, is it?
@nbs2: I fully support that, although some people got all huffy when I brought Ben and Meg to Recessions last time.
@Alex Chasick: Huffy? Who got huffy?
My only problem with that event was that I wasn’t 21 yet. But now I fully support this. Either that or an NYC meetup on a weekend.
@TCama: Seconded. To both.
Check out nycgarages.com to see about finding possibly cheap parking garages close to the meet-up – hope this helps anyone who is driving in!
@mbressman: [primospot.com] is good too; most street parking opens up after 6.
So there’s no way I can convince you to move it to the following Saturday? What if I sang? Threatened to Sing? Promised to NOT sing?
Why, I’d even show my receipt!
Sigh – maybe next year.
I can’t go, but I’ve been to NYC before.
If you aren’t from NYC/around there:
Houston = house-ton.
(For like a week after I left NYC, I got pissed when people said it like the Texas city.)
I’ll be there! I was excited because this bar is close to my office then I stupidly took tomorrow off, so now I’m making a special trip just to meet you all.
i’ll be there!
Chicago anyone? I’ve been developing a rating system of Chicago bars based on seating availability, bathroom layout, and coat storage since the years slightly before I should have been in said bars.
You all watched me smash my Tivo on here three years ago, will I be welcome? I work a couple of blocks away.
@keanho: definitely! come on down
I’ll be there early to take advantage of street parking, thanks for the map
@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: so i’m confused. you’ll be the one carrying the pissed off cat?
@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: I can attest that GESD is normal and a fine person to talk to. But the nametag makes me a little dizzy.
@GitEmSteveDave_ Natural H1N1 Cure: I did just that. I couldn’t read your name tag because you didn’t even turn to talk to me, you acted like I was a bother and when I mentioned the hat and basically introducing myself you acted like you could less.
@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: That’s what you think! I live in a state where as long as the bar serves food, it’s open-access. I see lots of people with babies at bars now that we’re smoke-free! (But not Mini McGee, there’s too much flu out there.)
@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): Well I assume that if it goes well we’ll want to do it more oftin than just once.
@Eyebrows McGee (now with more baby!): So Descartes is in a bar, and the bar tender approaches him and asks, “Would you like another drink?” Descartes has had a few and is done for the night, so he replies, “I think not” and disappears in a puff of logic.
@mac-phisto: It’d be kind of awesome if it turned out, after all this time, that SteveDave was a preternaturally intelligent cat madly typing on his owner’s laptop while she was away.
@Trai_Dep: Shhhhhh!
@Laura Northrup: This is a new one. It’s green.
@HogwartsAlum: Well both are free, and neither require any special equipment. Go Get Em Girl!
We’d love to have you there
@GitEmSteveDave_ H1N1 Symptoms List: So you’ll be the one wearing the hat but not the face in the pic????????? Joking. You have a memorable face- Tomm I’ll be working on my knack for remembering faces instead. See you there.
@Laura Northrup: Yay! Follow us again. You know you miss our inane spam.
@Kimaroo – Fortified with Kittydus Purrularis: Interested in joining us? Search Subtlefrog on Skype.