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mk  ·  3592 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski Southeast Michigan meetup, Saturday February 7th, 2015

Yeah! Where would you prefer?





OftenBen  ·  3592 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Ann Arbor or Detroit for sure. Royal oak would be more of a trek than the others.

blackbootz  ·  3591 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I'm not sure how I'm gonna travel yet but for the record, Detroit or royal oak are best for me. I don't think I can do an hour one way. So is Detroit in the lead as a destination?

ecib  ·  3589 days ago  ·  link  ·  

blackbootz, are you in Royal Oak?

blackbootz  ·  3589 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No. I was staying in Royal Oak last time I was in Detroit, summer of 2014, but now I'm staying in Redford.

b_b  ·  3591 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Take the Amtrak! Probably only $5, and the station in Detroit is right up the street from Hopcat.

blackbootz  ·  3590 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So what are you thinking, dinner in Ann Arbor and then we Amtrak back to the Hopcat near the train stop?

b_b  ·  3590 days ago  ·  link  ·  

No I thought you could take the Amtrak from Dearborn to Detroit if you don't have access to a car. Detroit and AA are opposite directions from me. I'll do one or the other.

blackbootz  ·  3590 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Detroit it is! mk, where could we dinner? It sounds like Hopcat gets the vote for drinks afterwards.

mk  ·  3589 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If it's just five or six of us, I suggest one of these:

Green Dot Stables, Mercury Burger Bar, Gold Cash Gold, or Motor City Brewery.

OftenBen  ·  3589 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I may be bringing a +1, I'll let you know as soon as I know.

blackbootz  ·  3586 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Is your +1 a hubskier? I ask because I have a non-hubski friend that I'm in Detroit with.

b_b  ·  3586 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Bring them along. We're no exclusive club. My wife might come. I'm not entirely sure she knows what the internet is.

OftenBen  ·  3586 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not yet, but I keep trying to encourage her to make an account. She lurks sometimes Though!

ecib  ·  3589 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Gold Cash Gold overrated and not conducive to a group get together. Tables on floor not great for that and the bar is kinda not big. Green Dot will have a long wait. Probably close to an hour for a decent size table.

I say Mercury or Motor City Brewery. Great Lakes Coffee has an interior space that would be great for a meetup, and has a bar with drinks and coffee. Hopcat I have not been to but am curious.

We could always hit the Bronx. Pool table, two juke boxes, cheap beers, dive.

mk  ·  3586 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    Gold Cash Gold overrated

I know you didn't have their ham and cheese.

Motor City brewery is my vote.

b_b  ·  3586 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, really. When I read that, I said to myself, "Your attitude is overrated."

ecib  ·  3582 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I had eaten at Selden just prior. I think that was my problem. That and I had that lame-ass peanut appetizer that surprised me by just being some peanuts hurled at a plate.

mk  ·  3582 days ago  ·  link  ·  

So you didn't eat the sandwich. You must eat the sandwich.

ecib  ·  3582 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you'll promise me you'll order the peanut appetizer next time...

mk  ·  3582 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You'll ask for forgiveness when you eat the sandwich. You will curse your shameful words.

mk  ·  3591 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's fine by me. OftenBen, can you do Detroit, then?

OftenBen  ·  3591 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yar.