Summer Meetup-Minneapolis (because it's sooo much better than boston)

[chickenscratching]

on edit: for all those bitching and moaning about airfare and the like, if you can fly somewhere within 3 hours of minneapolis and you can fit in my car (up to four others, and you have to beable to handle cigarette smoke and inxs) i'm your guy.
deal?

so i'm taking the initiative to start a meetup in minneapolis for this summertime--only because i'm still jealous that i didnt get to go to boston. AND minneapolis beats the shit outta boston anyday.

see?

we could go kick the shit out of the ugly hard rock cafe they decided to put by 1st ave.




or give a solid thrust or two to MTM:



smallll downtown:



OR we could go to the science museum and bash the shit outta the ugly peanuts statues:




so there you have it, i will be your host, who's with me here?
more details will arise soon.

[Rick Myers]

1. I'm in!!!

I can help organize. Janet and I live in the Lynndale area!!!

:toast:

[chickenscratching]

3. nice!

im around franklin and emerson.
we definitely should collaborate.

[fudge stripe cookays]

2. Several of us are already meeting around St. Paul around June 16th-17th.

The Minneapolis/st. Paul folks are throwing out ideas here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=160x9227

I'll be up from Texas. It'd be fun to meet even more DUers while I'm up.

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[chickenscratching]

4. that would be great as well

a little conglomeration of activities and the like.
awesome, i'll throw something around in the MN forum.

[sniffa]

5. what's a pLane ticket there cost?

about $20? :P

[Kathy in Cambridge]

8. No, they gouge you for like $400

[chickenscratching]

9. haha

300 dollars beeetch.
that sucks.
better start saving!!! :P

[sniffa]

12. i can maiL myseLf for Less

:P

[chickenscratching]

14. do it then!

arrive in someone's duffel bag.

[KitchenWitch]

6. Don't forget

We can deflate the roof on the HHH Metrodome!

Dang, I can't find a photo of the dome with a deflated roof (it has been over 20 years since it last happened.)

[chickenscratching]

11. that will be on the top of our list, most definitely

so you're in?

[KitchenWitch]

13. I am most definitely in!

I reside in Bloomington. But I LOVE Minneapolis.

[chickenscratching]

15. sweet!

i really hope i can get this to work out.

[Wapsie B]

7. Yes!!!!!!

Sounds like a plan!

:bounce:

[chickenscratching]

10. so you're' there?

[Wapsie B]

16. I'll definitely make plans

once a date is set. I don't know what I could help with as far a planning but I'd like to do what I can.

[chickenscratching]

17. if you want to help out with stuff

i will try and set up something rough, and then maybe some of the mn du'ers could get together and talk?
:shrug:

[Wapsie B]

18. Sounds good to me.

:)

[chickenscratching]

19. kick

[Lydia Leftcoast]

20. To all the Minnesotans who answered in this thread:

There's a DU Meetup in Bloomington on April 29.

Check out the Minnesota State Forum (look in the Lobby table of contents if you don't know where that is) and give us your RSVP.

Be there, aloha!

(Or, Be there, uff da!)

[Wapsie B]

21. EH?

:)

[chickenscratching]

22. how would you feel

about a gigantic july minneapolis meetup?

[Left Is Write]

24. Ooh me! Pick me!

In case you hadn't guessed, I'd be all over a July Minneapolis meetup.

:D

[fudge stripe cookays]

35. Noooooooooooo!

JUNE!

I have spoken! I'm number one! I'm the most important! Me me me! It's all about ME!

So there.

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[Left Is Write]

23. Can we have it in July, pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?

I'm planning to be in MN from about the 4th through the end of the month or so.

[chickenscratching]

25. definitely

july i think would be a good summery month.
maybe part of the plan could be beach party?
i'm always up for a beach party.

[chickenscratching]

26. kickity kickin it

[Shananigans]

27. That might be a little too far for me to drive...

wait a second... I LIVE in Minneapolis. Heck with that...I'm up for a party anytime! Although I know my beloved Progmom, JimmyJazz and RevActs won't come as they just had one in Boston. But damnit, I'll just have to make new friends! :)

[chickenscratching]

29. definitely

we need to get this shit together!
are you going to the bloomington meet-up this weekend?

[xmas74]

28. I would love to hit Minneapolis again!

I love that town (and I keep hearing rumors that you guys might try to bid in a few years on the Winter Olympics).
Wish I could this time but my summer is booked. Maybe next year?

[chickenscratching]

30. NOPE!

you will be there THIS summer.

[xmas74]

32. I really would love to

(believe me, much better than the upcoming family reunion and Little League coaching duties).

Really. Maybe by next summer, I can plan this out waaay in advance and manage to weasel out of something around here!

[chickenscratching]

33. well hopefully next year will work out

if anything falls through, you'll know where the fun is.

[xmas74]

34. It's a great town.

I used to head over there at least once a year before I had my daughter (and any spending money that I had before went out the window).

I would love to head back up there someday.
Any truth to the rumors online of poss. bids for the Winter Olympics in 2018?

[chickenscratching]

31. one mo time kyle

:kick:

[SmileyBoy]

36. I'll be there!!!!

I'm staying with my parents in the Twin Cities this summer. Hell, I would've even settled for a Chicago gathering, but this is GREAT!!!

[DS1]

37. The only reason why Minnesotans like Minneapolis is because it's

the only city they've ever seen :eyes:

[Shananigans]

38. *GASP*

That's not true! Take it back!

[chickenscratching]

39. do you have links that support that?

i think it's time for a brawl