Announcement of First NY Tri-State O-R GGetoGGether

Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 15:36:05 -0500
From: Jerry McCarthy
To: On-Reflection
Subject: gg: Announcing the First-Ever NY Tri-State GGetogether!!!

Hello Troubadours, Near & Far (but mostly Near)--

Big news, gang!

For the past month or more, a few of us have been plotting to concoct a meeting of New York "Tri-State" area On-Reflection list members. I volunteered to act as the e-mail coordinator and have been working behind the scenes since (U.S.) Thanksgiving trying to put something together. Rich Hilton, in particular, deserves special mention for being very helpful to me in this regard.

There are 14 of us (15 if you count Martha :-) living within a few hours drive of Manhattan that I/we know about, and these are the people who had direct input into the decisions that were made. These O-R'ers hail mainly from NY/Long Island, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. But we suspect that, now that the plans have been finalized, there may be other list members residing within striking distance of NYC who would wish to attend but who didn't want to get involved initially in the planning stages.

Therefore, without further ado, I happily announce the particulars for the FIRST-EVER NEW YORK TRI-STATE GGETOGETHER, and I offer an open invitation to ANY list member who can make it. We currently expect a turnout of a minimum of 7 O-R'ers, probably 9, with potential for more. The details follow below. The police and local media have been alerted. ;-)

If you are interested in attending, please read ALL of the remainder of this posting which contains pertinent logistical information. If you plan on attending and you were *NOT* on the original behind-the-scenes e-mail list, please send a brief message to me and/or Rich just so we will have a somewhat accurate head count. Thank you.

I hope to see a LOT of you at the Heartland on the 16th as we discuss the global ramifications of Tarkus with a groove and its possible effects on the time-space continuum.

> The logistics for the first Tri-State GGetogether have been decided!

> The date is SATURDAY, JANUARY 16, 1999.

> The place: HEARTLAND BREWERY UNION SQUARE, 35 Union Square West in Manhattan
> (between 16th & 17th), 212-645-3400.

> The time is 5:00 PM till whenever we're all hoarse.

> The Heartland is decent-sized, attractive, "pubby" but not too (your
> shoes don't stick to the floor), serves a fairly diverse menu of edible
> food, isn't too ridiculously overpriced (for NYC), and appeals to both
> men & women in my experience. It should be good for drinking, eating,
> and hanging out.

> They have a webpage at:

> http://newyork.citysearch.com/E/V/NYCNY/0001/17/56/

> which contains a map with directions, etc., so I advise you all to
> please take a look.

--Jerry (aka Martha Stewart)