Twin Cities DUers!

[myrna minx]

Hi All,

Our friend and Mod. SocialDemocrat1981, will be in town tomorrow (Thursday) through Sunday. Does anyone want to get together; say at Bryant Lake Bowl, the Uptown, or some other venue for an impromptu gathering? Come one come all and show our Australian friend the wonders of the Twin Cities as well as our dazzling wit, love for deep fried candy bars and Grain Belt beer. ;-) We will show him that this is truly Wellstone country. :bounce: It should be great fun.

I will be hosting our friend, but due to extenuating circumstances, I will not be able to show him around on Thursday and Friday morning. Will anyone be available for some sightseeing and/or lunch on any of these days? Either PM me or post a message and I will provide additional details.

Please keep this kicked. And thank you one and all. :toast:

[GAspnes]

1. I'd love to

but Thur and Fri a.m. are out for me. *sigh*

You could turn him loose at the Fair.

[myrna minx]

2. Thanks for the reply.

:hi: How have you been? I really haven't been around DU for awhile. I think we should try to have another big time get together for the fall.

Would you be able to meet up with us on Friday or Saturday for an appetizer and a cocktail? I'd love it if you could hang out for an hour or so. :toast:

[GAspnes]

11. yup

Friday afternoon is clear (for the moment), and Saturday just has the usual million item 'to-do' list. I'd love an excuse to set it aside for a few hours...

[Breezy du Nord]

3. Are you going to show him MOA?

I'm not much of a shopping person, but i think Camp Snoopy is the best ever. (that's just me of course, the lowly high school freshman)

[myrna minx]

4. Hi Breezygirl

:hi: We haven't discussed the MOA option, but I'll go if he is interested in witnessing the behemoth for himself. I only know how to navigate the movie theater area, so I fear, if we were to visit the mall, we would be forever lost in one of the parking ramps for the duration of his short stay in the Twin Cities. ;-)

[Breezy du Nord]

40. Funny story about getting lost in a parking ramp @ MOA

I was about seven and I went there with my mother, who has a terrible memory. She put me in charge of remebering what "state" (that's how are the areas are marked at the Mall, FYI) we had parked in. Now, when i was younger, I had the odd little habit of confusing Florida and California. So of course, I tell my mom we're in FL and of course, we're not, and we end up staying there looking for our car really late. I thought it was really col cuz I had never been in the Cities that late at nite! My mom, not so much, but I did.

[wheresthemind]

35. whoooaaa

A High Schooler/DUer/Democrat/Paul Wellstone fan/female Minnesotan!?

Where have you been all my life!

[Breezy du Nord]

39. Shucks

I blush.

ON EDIT: I live in the suburbs, though, which is like Republican-ville. You're lucky if you're from the Cities, sheltered suburban girls, it seems to me, can only get so far in life!

[dflprincess]

41. Ummm the Mall is in Bloomington

and while the City Council likes to think of it as a city it really is just a burb with a glandular problem (uncontolled growth). I know, I live there. And it is also Republican-ville (gets worse and worse the further west you go in town).

[Breezy du Nord]

42. Hey, I was seven!

what the hell did I know? ;-) Seriously though, there were a lot of cars and it was dark, besides, the city's not that far away, and we had to drive by it to get home.

[MnFats]

52. oh, c'mon. Bloomington has soul.

I know. I cover the waterfront.

can i tag along if you guys get something together?

[myrna minx]

53. Come on down to the Bryant Lake Bowl

around 5-ish and meet some of your fellow DUer's. :hi:

D'oh--That would be tonight: Friday.

[northernsoul]

51. I sense a budding DU luv-connection in the making!

don't worry kids, all us older MinneDUers can be good, responsible chaperones!
:evilgrin:

ok, sorry if I embarassed anyone but nothing warms a northernsoul's heart like seeing two crazy mixed-up kids find eachother in this world gone mad

[dpbrown]

54. Aww, shucks, you summed that up nice

Hear that, wheresthemind? He called you a "crazy mixed-up kid." Are you gonna take that???

:silly:

[leftist_rebel1569]

5. oh crap...

unless you're doing something in the coon rapids/blaine area, I can't do anything, it sucks not having a license...:(

Edit: I think the fair or the mall would be good ideas, IMO...

[myrna minx]

6. I'm afraid we won't be out in your neck of the woods

but perhaps we may be able to arrange something when we have our next big bash. :toast:

[Breezy du Nord]

43. Think of it this way:

The air pollution in the US is bad enough w/o you getting a car sputter into the air!

(Still, you're right, it totally sucks.)

[leftist_rebel1569]

55. yeah...

oh well. But hey, if the next Twin Cities gathering is in April or later, I could drive...

[Lydia Leftcoast]

7. I'd be available on Friday at any time

And I'd love to meet more MN DUers, having already enjoyed meeting GAspnes, dpbrown, and wheresthemind.

[myrna minx]

9. Hi Lydia!

I look forward to meeting you. :toast: I know Sd1981 is looking forward to getting together with you as well. I'll PM you with more details. Thanks for the offer. :toast:

[northernsoul]

31. hey LL, glad to see you're officially "one of us" now!

now strap on your hardhat, cause we've got some serious GOP-demolition work to do in this state!

:nuke:

[dpbrown]

8. I'd enjoy getting together at Bryant Lake Bowl or somewhere

Friday evening is looking good for me for getting together and talking about how anyone could possibly enjoy putting beetroot on a perfectly good hamburger. Fair Dinkum!

As for the Thursday and Friday morning gigs, if not the Fair or the MOA, then Fort Snelling, Mendota, the Capital, or the Minnesota History Center are all nice options that one can do on one's own.

:toast:

Dan Brown
Saint Paul, Minnesota

[myrna minx]

10. Hi Dan,

OK, Friday it is...let me know when is the best time for a meet up. :hi:

[dpbrown]

12. Anytime after 7 is probably good for me!

I'm pretty flexible.

:hi:

[study_war_no_more]

13. waaaaaaaaa I'm working Friday

But I might be on strike after this weekend - University teamsters may strike tuesday night- anything Saturday or sunday or monday? I also am not a MOA person but I dig the art museum next to MCAD LOL.

[myrna minx]

14. Hi study.

:hi: SD1981 will be here until Sunday, so I am sure we can meet up Saturday, too.

I hope you do not have to strike, but you have my upmost support.

I'll PM you with more info as to Saturday plans, ok? :-)

[myrna minx]

15. Kick

:kick:

[myrna minx]

16. One last kick for the evening crowd.

:kick:

[GAspnes]

17. and a kick (n/t)

[SmileyBoy]

18. I'm gonna be in town Sunday morning.

It'll only work for me personally if we do this Sunday, but I also haven't had a chance to go to the fair yet, and I'd like to squeeze that in on Sunday, too. The reason is that I've got an NDSU game against mighty Tusculum College of Tennessee;-) on Saturday night.

[dflprincess]

19. I'm working Thursday & Friday

so I can't help then. But Friday night or anytime Saturday works for me. As does the Bryant Lake Bowl (or any venue, really)

My vote for entertaining SD1981 on Thursday or Friday would be the fair. It's just sooooo Minnesotan. He can visit the DFL booth.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

20. I got a phone call from SD1981 from Seattle

We're going to meet on Friday afternoon to perhaps walk around a lake or two, but he's going to ask Myrna for suggestions on a good rendezvous point.

[GAspnes]

21. excellent

Keep us informed. If it's Friday afternoon/evening or Saturday during the day, I'm there.

[myrna minx]

22. Hey, I was thinking of getting together around 5 or 6-ish

at the Bryant Lake Bowl. Ok to everyone? :shrug: Or someplace outside? I know that Dan is available after 7pm, but with the amount we all talk :-), we will have plenty of time for Dan to arrive. We are still open for Saturday. I'll see what Owen would like to do. He's resting, for he had an all night flight. I'll keep ya all posted.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

24. Is the Bryant Lake Bowl

at Bryant and Lake? :-)

You'll have to forgive me. I'm back after being gone for 18 years.

[myrna minx]

25. Yep :-)

On the corner of Bryant and Lake. If you need directions, let me know. I can provide bus info for you as well. I will be so nice to meet you.

[dpbrown]

27. I can probably be there close to 5:30 or so

So count me in!

:toast:

(It's my birthday today)

:party:

[myrna minx]

28. Happy Birthday Dan.

:toast: Ok, we will celebrate our Aussie frind's arrival AND Dan's birthday! WhoooooHooooo. :toast:

[dpbrown]

33. Thank you!

I don't feel any older, really!

:toast: :party: :toast: :party: :toast:

[wheresthemind]

37. You didn't even tell us!?

We woulda had Dennis up for you!


Happy B-Day Dan!

[dpbrown]

48. I thought Myrna told everyone!

Come on down!!!! Looks like Bryant Lake Bowl this aft/eve.

;-)

:toast:

[northernsoul]

30. maybe maybe maybe

I do have to be somewhere on Friday night, but I might be able to swing by 5-6ish for a quick pint (or three) :evilgrin:

I guess I'm going to have to play it by ear. See ya if I see ya!

:hi:

[myrna minx]

47. Yay! I hope to see the

new college man. It would be good to see you again, NS. Let me buy you a beer to celebrate our own future lawyer. :toast:

[northernsoul]

50. dammit, now looking doubtful

Bastards stuck me with a big research project due early next week and my assigned study-buddy is on a tight schedule so it looks like my Friday evening will be all about researching Employer Liability laws pertaining to Nursing Homes in Michigan before I get to my prior engagement
:-(

have a drink on me, MinneDUers!

:beer:

[GAspnes]

29. Friday afternoon/evening just went away

*sigh* My brother decided to drive up from Chicago. Have fun guys.

[myrna minx]

46. :-(

I'm so sorry that you cannot come, but we'll have to plan another even for this fall. We'll have another big bash. :toast:

[myrna minx]

23. Yipee.

Cannot wait to see you DFL. :hi:

[myrna minx]

26. Hey...check out one of our own MN Duers!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=139144&mesg_id=139144&page=

Way to go! :toast:

[Love Bug]

32. Awesome article! He's doing us proud!!

woo-hoo! :bounce:

[dflprincess]

34. Let me make sure I have this right

6 pm Friday, Bryant Lake Bowl?

[wheresthemind]

36. hmmm

I will try and stop by... I'm going down to Iowa the next day to do some campaigning down there and vist the Grand Parents.

[myrna minx]

45. I'd love it if you could come.

I would like to shake the hand of such a dedicated and inspiring young man. :-)

[dpbrown]

49. Alex, I don't think your banner is working

Comes up as an "x" in a box for me.

Dan

[dflprincess]

38. Thursday night

:kick:

[myrna minx]

44. Hi All

Just to recap---

I will be at Bryant Lake Bowl around 5pm. I'll try to grab a big table. Thanks to all for participating in the last minute get together. I look forward to seeing you all. :-)