*Hawk and Dove DU Meetup* (pics!)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

Evlbstrd, CaPeggy, Skinner:


Turtlensue, EarlG, CaPeggy:


LynneSin & DU friend:


DU friends:


We had a great time!

[Mind_your_head]

1. Really Lovely!

Thanks for posting the pics.....what beautiful people - inside & out! :hug:

K & R :kick:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. Thanks!

It was a terrific thing getting to meet the people I've been talking to!

[lpbk2713]

2. Sorry I missed out.

This is truly a time to celebrate.

:thumbsup: :hi: :thumbsup:


:kick:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. I'm sorry you missed it too....

But you shared it here with us, sweetie...

:hi:

[pinto]

3. Nice pics. Thanks.

Looks like a good time was had.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Aw, thanks!

We did have a great time...and how cool to meet both Skinner and EarlG!

[FrenchieCat]

4. I see DU people!

Nice looking group! :)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

10. You do indeed see DU people!

DU'ers tend to be gorgeous, doncha know?!

:D

[leftstreet]

5. What's in Skinner's cup?

Great pics!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. Thanks!

No idea what's in Skinner's cup!;-)

[Shardik]

6. Thanks for sharing!

Wish I could have been there.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. It was my pleasure!

And I knew that I had to post these tonight...

Since tomorrow there will no doubt be many pics from the Inauguration itself...

But since I'm not going, there won't be any from me...

Wish you could have been here too...

:hug:

[chill_wind]

13. Sweet! K & R

eom

[CaliforniaPeggy]

16. Thank you! Glad you could stop by...

[mohinoaklawnillinois]

14. Great pictures Peggy!!!

I was at the DU meetup in the Hawk 6 Dove the night before the anti-war protest in Sept. 2005. Nice place and the staff is terrific.

Isn't it great to neet the people you have as friends on DU live and in person.

I'm jealous, I wish I was in DC right now, but I'll have to watch on TV here in Chicago.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

17. I LOVE meeting DU'ers!

It's a nice place, and good food too...

Believe me, you aren't the only one watching TV today...

I am as well..

Thanks, sweetie!

[OneBlueSky]

15. so THATs what happened to all the hippies . . . :) n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

19. Yup...

We got older...

Notice I didn't say we grew up!

:)

[lonestarnot]

18. Coo!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. Thanks! Back atcha!

[malaise]

21. Lovely

Celebrate DUers - we earned this!! :grouphug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

22. Thank you!

We did celebrate, and those celebrations will continue today......

And for a long time yet!

We have earned it for sure...

:toast:

:fistbump:

[driver8]

23. CAPeggy -- you are a party animal!!

You make it to all the shin-digs!

By the way, I used to live right down the street from the Hawk and Dove -- nice to see DU'ers partying in my old neighborhood!

Wish I was there with you...:toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

25. My dear driver8!

Yup, I am!

I love going to meetups!

That is a very pretty neighborhood...

Wish you could be here too!

:toast:

[Swede]

24. Nice pics Peggy.

:toast:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

26. Thank you, my dear Swede...

:hug:

[Lionel Mandrake]

27. What happens when a hawk meets up with a dove?

1. The hawk sees the error in his ways and renounces violence?
2. The dove decides to fight after all?
3. The hawk eats the dove?
4. Other?

[Kool Kitty]

29. 4. Other

Dove buys hawk a drink, they sit and have a long heart-to-heart.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

30. Probably #3....

The nature of the hawk and all that, after all!

Luckily for us, this is just the name of the place...

:P

[lonestarnot]

28. You know Dearest California Peggy,

those look more like owls on my second time around. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

31. There's only one respose to that!

Keep looking!

Or maybe keep drinking!

;-)

[TK421]

32. Lovely pics! Thanks Peggy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

33. Thanks for your kind comments, my dear TK421!

We had such a good time last night!

:hug:

[stevedeshazer]

34. Wish I could be with all of you

:)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

36. That would have been fun!

Another time, perhaps...

:fistbump:

[Subdivisions]

35. Hey?! Where am I? LOL. You won't believe this...

I left my camera at Hawk and Dove. Damn! But...

LynneSin found and is sending it to me in the mail. I'll post the pics when it arrives. Thanks again LynnesSin for aranging the meetup.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

37. Oh, I am so sorry you left your camera there!

How lucky LynneSin found it!

Yes, she did a very good thing, setting that up...

:hi:

It was great meeting you!

[Broken_Hero]

38. Beautiful pics Peg

and you better keep an eye out on evilbstrd....he gets a little, weird...when he drinks to much Guiness....


:hide:


I kid, I kid...:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

39. My dear petersond!

I'm glad you enjoyed them!

Oh, I've gotten very well aquainted with him...We're staying at the same friends' house!

He's a lot of fun!

:hug:

[Redstone]

40. Thanks, Peg. Was this a great day to be an American, or what?

Redstone

[CaliforniaPeggy]

41. Oh, my dear Redstone!

Oh was it ever...

And you know, not once during the whole campaign and election and aftermath, not once did I tear up...

Until today.

As I watched the proceedings get underway...the tears rose and I was truly caught up in the emotions...

A Very Great Day Indeed...

:hug:

And how lovely to be able to talk with you in your time zone!

[Redstone]

42. I wept during the speech. Mrs R had never seen me do that before, even at a funeral...

She also saw me shout, which I rarely do. I shouted "AMEN;" I shouted "TESTIFY;" I shouted "yes, we fucking DID;" and I toasted Mr Obama with two toasts: "L' Audace, et encore L'Audace, et toujours L'Audace;" and finally, simply:

To America!

My beloved America is now a place of hope.

Redstone