Anyhoo - Vroom will be in the Seattle/Northwest area for 3 glorious weeks in September, arriving (very late) on Saturday Sept. 3, and departing the 23rd.

A road trip is already planned for the middle week, approximately the 10th - 18th, but the first week and last week are wide open. The 5th is Labor Day so hopefully most United Stateans will have a 3-day weekend, might that be a good time to assemble? Anyone going to be in the Seattle area? Already live in Seattle? When can we get together? Or do you want to get together at all?

Post your thoughts/suggestions/etc here.

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I would absolutely love to meet you guys :-)

edit... not necesarilly just talk about beer, maybe drink one or two as well

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The band I want to see is Los Amigos Invisibles and they are a Venezuelan band that plays basically dance music. Their songs have some elements of rock, electronica, latin, disco, lounge. They are cheesy as fuck, but I like the one CD that I have of theirs and have seen them several times in the past. If you want, check out their website - they have a few videos up that are so fucking bad that they are hilarious....and well, bad!

Click here, go to "Records" and scroll to "The New Sound of the Venezuelan Gozadera" if your up for a good laugh or....not! They actually play on Monday.

So, you guys thinking of meeting at someone's house, or at a good pub or something?

Hopefully we can connect more than once, but we'll see how busy you guys get. I know how vacation itineraries can get hectic in no time.

Ok, NucJohn, Black Cloud, St. Mike?

We may have to contact St. Mike directly as I'm not sure how much time he's got these days, being a new dad and all.

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Originally posted by X-D:
So, you guys thinking of meeting at someone's house, or at a good pub or something?

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Either!

Actually, unless you're volunteering your house I think we'll have to find a pub. There's not much visitor parking at my apartment complex (barely enough parking for the tenants). Not that I would mind hosting if others contribute to the beer/food fund (or bring your own beverage of choice and a bag o' chips). I suppose people could park at the shopping center down the hill and walk up....hell if a bunch of us fit into Harry and Nell's apartment we can fit into mine for an evening! We could drink beer and watch Sergei Eisenstein DVDs.

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If you guys are up for it, I'd be into volunteering my place for some BBQ and beers towards the end of Vroom's stay. Might be a nice way to wrap up the trip, plus we may have an easier time getting St. to drop in since he and I are LITERALLY neighbors... Hell, I could walk to his house from where I work in about 10 minutes.

The only reason I am offering the BBQ toward the end of Vroom's stay is that I am still finishing my deck and, though I recently installed railings, I am still putting steps in and we all know the potential hazards of a drunk Voivodfans + unfinished construction.

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XD, the Rommel of BBQ planning

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Sunday will work fine, I think, since none of us have to be at work the next day. So which pub(s)? Where should we meet? Downtown is central and also has the most easy-to-find landmarks. We need someplace Hypergrrl and Luna can find without too much trouble. How well do you guys know Seattle?

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Just to make nia even more jealous, we should meet at Mama's and start off with a margarita before moving on to a regular bar.

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Originally posted by MadMeg:
We need someplace Hypergrrl and Luna can find without too much trouble. How well do you guys know Seattle?

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Hey X-D, what's that Irish pub on the corner of either 1st or 2nd street downtown???

They have exellent "refreshments", and usually a good band.

Anyway, I'd like to try and make it over as well...just a hop, skip, jump, and a Ferry-ride away. Maybe just any pub in Pioneer Square will do???

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That's an order, not a request.

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Originally posted by Lyckantropen:
One of you guys is taking a camera.

That's an order, not a request.

(Have fun!)

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Perfect. Exactly what I was going to say!

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"You have the option to drill additional holes in the label,
causing the record to rotate off the side of the turntable"

Guiness sounds fine to me
And i will take pic's, don't you worry. Let's just hope i manage to operate the device after having the above beer(s)

Hmm. Orca rasslin' and basejumping from the Space Needle is also on the to-do list. This will be fun.

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Originally posted by Luna:
....and burp....

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