Philip Durbin (May 19 2025 at 03:07): Philip Durbin (May 19 2025 at 03:07):So! We're thinking about mixing it up in June. What if we go to a free tour of Artisans Asylum on Sunday, June 8th at 3:15pm and then walk over to Charles River Speedway for some food and drink?
Philip Durbin (May 21 2025 at 01:49):I went ahead and got tickets for the tour on June 8th. From https://www.artisansasylum.com you can find the Eventbrite link under "learn". It's called "community events".
Dan (May 21 2025 at 01:58):I did that and I don't see the tours. Just upcoming workshops. But I went to Learn -> Events Calendar and found Tour under June 8.
Dan (May 21 2025 at 01:58):That has a different Eventbrite link
Philip Durbin (May 21 2025 at 02:00):I only saw the next tour, too soon for us, but I was able to navigate to June 8th.
Philip Durbin (May 21 2025 at 02:13):Ok! I just updated https://bostonopen.dev with the plan. If anyone spots typos or anything off, please make a pull request or let me know!
Tanmay Sharma (May 21 2025 at 10:57):So, everyone books their own ticket, right?
Philip Durbin (May 21 2025 at 12:20):Yes, exactly. It's free.
Philip Durbin (May 23 2025 at 01:28):So! I did a little reconnaissance tonight. I went to an event at the Speedway and got the lay of the land.
Philip Durbin (May 23 2025 at 01:29):Somehow I was thinking there would be lots of food options but I'm pretty sure we'll be eating pizza.
Philip Durbin (May 23 2025 at 01:29):There might be more food options when there's a larger event. Not sure.
Dan (May 25 2025 at 23:26):Any reason you don't want to just link to the specific Eventbrite?
Philip Durbin (May 26 2025 at 00:12):Well, CAN we link to June 8th, specifically? We can link to https://www.eventbrite.com/e/artisans-asylum-public-tour-tickets-677031548587?aff=odcleoeventsincollection but one must hunt around for June 8th. :shrug:
Dan (May 26 2025 at 01:04):Yeah this UI sucks but it still takes care of like 70% of the hunt IMO.
Dan (May 26 2025 at 01:05):I'll use it in my toot at any rate if that's okay. (though I'm not sure what that query string is, it seems to not be required)
Philip Durbin (May 26 2025 at 02:01):Oh, please, go ahead! And yeah I agree that the query param can be removed.
Dan (May 26 2025 at 02:06):https://floss.social/@bostonopen/114571685768606390
Philip Durbin (May 26 2025 at 02:16):Looks great! Thanks!
Pete (Jun 01 2025 at 14:29):Firefox's copy link w\out site tracking is a nice idea, but tends towards the conservative site. Probably would break stuff if it was too aggressive though.
Philip Durbin (Jun 06 2025 at 02:05):We're mixing it up on Sunday! Going for a free tour of Artisans Aslyum (Eventbrite ticket required) at 3:15pm. Then we'll walk 12-15 minutes to the Charles River Speedway for food and drinks. All the details and maps and such are on https://bostonopen.dev
Hope you can make it! Tell your friends!
@Andrea @Autolux @Dan @Dave Hanft @Harry Pray IV @Ista Zahn @Jason Key @Jose Lucas Cordeiro @Maria Dolgareva @Michael @Milan Kupcevic @Ned Batchelder @Parthiv @Pete @Sai Dutt @Sooraj Sathyanarayanan @Stone Chen @Tanmay Sharma @Yamil Suarez @Xiaokang Fu @Zachary Liebl
Philip Durbin (Jun 06 2025 at 02:06):Whoops, plus @Nathan Adams (sorry, I always forget the new people) :sweat_smile:
Dan (Jun 06 2025 at 02:13):How is the parking situation around there?
Dan (Jun 06 2025 at 02:13):Is it kind of like Brookline?
Philip Durbin (Jun 06 2025 at 02:20):They have a big parking lot. It's free. Years ago we had kids' birthday parties next door at Jump On In.
Philip Durbin (Jun 06 2025 at 02:21):https://www.artisansasylum.com/hours-info says "Park anywhere in the Antwerp or Holton parking lots."
Dan (Jun 06 2025 at 08:33):Oh wow okay. Maybe I'll need to do move it for part 2.
Maria Dolgareva (Jun 08 2025 at 17:22):Hi Philip! I was too late with tickets to Asylum (they didn't have tickets for today) but would be happy to join at the Charles River Speedway. Do you have a time estimate for when you would arrive there?
Dan (Jun 08 2025 at 17:23):You sure? You may have to click around to find the date on Eventbrite.
Dave Hanft (Jun 08 2025 at 17:26):Maria Dolgareva said:
Hi Philip! I was too late with tickets to Asylum (they didn't have tickets for today) but would be happy to join at the Charles River Speedway. Do you have a time estimate for when you would arrive there?
Have fun everyone bummed to miss this one! Let me know how it is!
Maria Dolgareva (Jun 08 2025 at 17:37):Dan said:
You sure? You may have to click around to find the date on Eventbrite.
I tried - it doesn't let me click today's date in the calendar.
Philip Durbin (Jun 08 2025 at 18:17):Bah! What a bummer. I'm not sure how long the tour is. Maybe a half hour or an hour? And it'll be a 13-15 minute walk for us. Hope to see you at the Speedway, @Maria Dolgareva! The earliest we'd be there is 4:15 I'd say.
Maria Dolgareva (Jun 08 2025 at 18:28):See you around 4:15 then!
Philip Durbin (Jun 08 2025 at 19:08):@Maria Dolgareva if it helps, they say the tour is usually 45-60 minutes
Philip Durbin (Jun 08 2025 at 19:57):We haven't even seen the second building yet
Maria Dolgareva (Jun 08 2025 at 20:12):No problem I'll hang out at Mahoney's garden center
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Philip Durbin (Jun 08 2025 at 20:43):Wrapping up
Dan (Jun 08 2025 at 21:06):Walking over now
Philip Durbin (Jun 09 2025 at 01:13):Nice tour!
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