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MeTa post:
Meetup in Chilangolandia, órale pues.
One good, cheap option in the Condesa is Don Keso at the corner of Amsterdam and Parras.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 10:24 AM on March 8, 2008
Not up for an 11-hour bus ride?
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 12:13 PM on March 8, 2008
Oh, and I'm cool with April 1-5 range.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 12:43 PM on March 8, 2008
Sounds to me like April 4 would be the best to accommodate veggieboy, lovejones and mosessis, and date should work for me as well. Any other takers?
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 8:33 PM on March 9, 2008
Yeah, sounds like we have consensus for April 4 at Don Keso, in the Condesa. Corner of Amsterdam and Parras. Here's a map. It's at bottom left, sandwiched between the green blocks -- Parque Mexico and Parque España -- and a block south of Sonora. Shall we say 8 p.m.? Space shouldn't be a problem but I'll either talk to the owner or try to get there a little early to get a good table on the sidewalk.
Sidebarring now.... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 10:57 AM on March 11, 2008
Received confirmation that I don't have to work that night, so all systems go. Will be back in touch as the date approaches. Cheers all.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 11:04 AM on March 18, 2008
Hey glad you folks'll make it. (mosessis -- check your MeMail.)
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 1:17 PM on March 21, 2008
Well if the map isn't lying, it's certainly close. I'll try to walk by there in the next couple of days on my way to/from work and poke my head in, make sure it's not a total armpit.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 1:13 AM on March 29, 2008
I don't know of an online trip planner, but if you're coming by metro, the closest stop is Sevilla station on the pink (#1) line. Route map. Exit the station and you'll be on Chapultepec Ave. Walk a half-block east to Salamanca, another major thoroughfare, and turn right (south, with the flow of one-way traffic). Go straight for a few blocks and you'll get into the Condesa. It's a little hard to describe what to do once you pass Oaxaca, so you should just follow this map from Guia Roji --... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 4:01 PM on March 29, 2008
Hey. Heading over. See y'all in a bit.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 6:18 PM on April 4, 2008
Just home. Good times, good folks all! Buen viaje veggieboy y waylaid, and also mosessis.
Birthday, ¿y no nos dijiste nada? Mala leche, compa, mala leche. Felicidades de todas formas.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 1:04 AM on April 5, 2008
Hell, I would've sung it myself! Glad you made it back home safe, waylaid. And I owe you an email veggieboy. Thanks for letting me pick your brain about Argentina.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 11:46 PM on April 6, 2008
MeTa post:
Buenos Aires Meetup
Man, I wish. Two possible LatAm meetups in one month? Che, iQué bárbaro!
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 10:00 PM on March 9, 2008
Me, I was a San Telmo man. Good times. Have fun, all.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 12:57 PM on March 10, 2008
MeTa post:
LOLMORMONS
I'd say for such a young faith -- compared with the others listed -- seventh place ain't bad. (Although the LDS would probably like to be included under "Christians," despite most Christians' resistance to that idea. And also although the LDS church is being outpaced, in terms of growth, by Christian evangelist groups these days.)
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 11:08 PM on January 29, 2008
Just to be clear: I wasn't trying to say the LDS is or is not Christian. They say they are, others say they aren't. Me, I just don't have a dog in that fight.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 11:43 AM on January 30, 2008
MeTa post:
Merry Christmas, MeFi!
Desde acá en chilangolandia, les deseo a todos una feliz navidad y un próspero año nuevo lleno de paz y alegría.
(Y ahora ... ¡a la pinche chamba!)
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 11:33 AM on December 25, 2007
MeTa post:
Berlin meetup, 27 October
Gibt es Fotos? (I only ask because one of my greater aspirations is to live Over There and, thus, be able to attend Berlin meetups. Pre-experiential nostalgia, innit.)
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 2:32 AM on October 29, 2007
That's fair enough, I'm kind of camera-shy myself. But a voyeur when it comes to photos of others, and in certain periods of my life have been rather aggressive behind the camera. Cheers, glad you guys had a good time. Maybe in a couple of years!
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 3:28 PM on October 29, 2007
MeTa post:
Labels
Gawd, this again? Next why don't we rehash such fun usage arguments as "soccer" vs. "football" and whether baseball's "World Series" personifies U.S. arrogance.
To answer the question, which I assume was posed in good faith, I suggest it's usually just a dig at Americans. If it's true, as some have said here, that it's used in the interest of precision -- well, to me that smacks a little of Esperanto-style evangelism. Based on a (sometimes... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 2:40 PM on September 29, 2007
Ooh, yeah, and "GPS systems!"
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 2:47 PM on September 29, 2007
MeTa post:
HAI!
Tip: Transfer at Embarcadero for best results, since by the time the N gets to Civic Center it's often jam-freakin'-packed with people fleeing downtown after the end of the workday.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 5:35 PM on August 31, 2007
MeTa post:
Mefi Disposable Camera Swap
Sounds like an interesting project I'd be interested in participating in. I imagine my residence in another country would be both a possible attractive wrinkle and a logistical downside, especially given the time constraints. But if you feel like shipping FedEx or DHL, or want to continue the project beyond the April 7 deadline, I'd be up.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 9:33 PM on March 11, 2007
Yeah, see, it's not USPS I'm worried about but rather Correos Mexicanos. In my experience a package mailed here from the U.S. takes at least 3-4 weeks and runs the risk of never arriving. Still, I'll email you.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 9:45 PM on March 11, 2007
MeTa post:
SF Get-together?
Wow, a meetup at the joint formerly known as Papa Toby's Revolution Cafe and Art Bar. Gawd I miss that place, was a regular from the day it opened. Have fun and down one for me on the porch, weather permitting.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 3:53 PM on March 2, 2007
MeTa post:
Reminder: There is just one week (give or take 12...
Entirely missed the first time around, thanks for the reminder. Am signing up. Have the bad fortune of living in a place with spotty mail delivery, so if the CDs don't arrive I'll probably have to blame the evil local postal service rather than flaky MeFites. Ah well: You pays your money, you takes your chances.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 11:14 AM on July 13, 2006
MeTa post:
I'm so sorry I posted...
Did you see that Switzerland-Ukraine mess? Ugly! Like this thread!
Not as ugly as Portugal-Holland. Ick. The not-so-bonito jogo.
L-hat: I don't know, I've lived in BsAs and Berlin both, and I like the Germans in the coming matchup. Those Polish-born strikers are looking awfully strong. In any case, should be a great match and it's sort of a shame these two have to meet so early (as opposed to the... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 6:12 PM on June 26, 2006
Feel your pain, Jon. And imagine: The Italians -- the Italians! -- taking a dive. I'm shocked, shocked! All we can do is pull for the Ukrainians.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 7:03 PM on June 26, 2006
Oh bloody hell, fucking Spaniards. They do this every four years.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 3:39 PM on June 27, 2006
MeTa post:
I'm so cool because I don't like...
Bucket: Spike Lee (Knicks) and George Will (Red Sox) are also big fans, to name two more knuckle-dragging simpletons.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 5:30 PM on April 29, 2006
Because putting his points in "scare quotes" and pointing out that people who don't read him aren't interested in what he's saying sure puts ol' Noam in his place.
That transcript would've been much better without the stupid [audience roars] stuff, but your critique is silly.
You've misread me, sir. They weren't "scare quotes," but rather quote-quotes. That is, I was using Chomsky's own words to summarize... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 10:37 AM on April 30, 2006
There may well have been more to the speech. But I can only react to what I read, and I found his argument silly and paternalistic. If there's a more nuanced version out there somewhere I would likely react differently. Chomsky even says in the transcript that he's oversimplifying, I suppose I should have given him credit for that.
It's also probably only fair that I provide an example of what I disliked about it:
You know, I remember... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 11:54 AM on April 30, 2006
... Nor have you, at least not that I've seen, and I'm not leveling that accusation at you, sehr geehrter Herr Ludwig.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 12:00 PM on April 30, 2006
Well there's a second MetaFilter rite of passage out of the way, courtesy scarabic. (Early in my tenure, I was zinged by the infamous q.) I think all that's missing is for someone to haul my ass into the grey and tell me to STFU.
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 3:35 PM on April 30, 2006
Hee-haw! [brays effusively]
posted to MetaTalk by donpedro
at 4:05 PM on April 30, 2006
