Philip Durbin (Jun 17 2025 at 00:29): Philip Durbin (Jun 17 2025 at 00:29):When should we meet in July? And where? :smile:
I'm glad we've been branching out a bit. I enjoyed Artisans Asylum and the Speedway last month (#boston > 2025-06 meetup).
We don't have to meet in Brookline. We don't have to meet on Sunday nights. Should we brainstorm a bit?
Philip Durbin (Jun 17 2025 at 00:30):One idea was to have beers on the Esplanade: #boston > Night Shift Esplanade
Philip Durbin (Jun 17 2025 at 00:31):We could crash Libre Boston: #boston > Libre Boston
Philip Durbin (Jun 17 2025 at 00:32):Someone could come up with a talk to give at CarGurus: #boston > CarGurus
CMD (Jun 17 2025 at 04:53):Very exciting! My vote is for nothing car related.
Philip Durbin (Jun 17 2025 at 22:47):Ha, well, we haven't done anything car-related yet! :smile:
CMD (Jun 17 2025 at 23:27):For what it's worth I don't drink; would love to meet at (e.g.) a sushi place where we could get one big thing for the table
Tekktrik (Jun 23 2025 at 15:50):I'm busy basically the rest of the summer :smiling_face_with_tear: but I could do the 20th, happy to travel
Tekktrik (Jun 23 2025 at 15:51):At least if its Sundays
Philip Durbin (Jun 24 2025 at 12:24):I could probably do the 20th
Autolux (Jun 29 2025 at 13:29):Philip Durbin said:
I could probably do the 20th
The 20th works for me as well. I missed Artisans' Asylum (though seen it before and it's rad), but I'd be for branching out the types of locations and making it a mixed-venue, not-so-dinner meetup.
Philip Durbin (Jul 03 2025 at 01:03):Philip Durbin said:
One idea was to have beers on the Esplanade: #boston > Night Shift Esplanade
If we went for Night Shift Esplanade would we prefer the one on the actual Esplanade (map) or the one at Herter Park in Allston (map)? See also https://nightshiftbrewing.com/locations/beer-gardens/ where it says the hours for both on Sunday (I'm assuming we're still talking about the 20th) are noon – 8pm.
Philip Durbin (Jul 03 2025 at 01:05):If it rains, maybe we could try meeting at Mighty Squirrel Fenway instead. It's near Fenway Park (map). See https://www.mightysquirrel.com/fenway-taproom
Philip Durbin (Jul 03 2025 at 01:06):I'm super open to ideas. We can always go for Hamilton where we've meet a million times but it's summer and it would be nice to mix things up.
Philip Durbin (Jul 03 2025 at 01:06):We could also skip July if we can't decide :upside_down:
Philip Durbin (Jul 03 2025 at 11:18):One more idea: we could meet at Time Out Market Boston in the Fenway (map), eat something, and then (if it's not raining) walk along the Muddy River to check out the free public sculptures that are there for the summer. It's called Studio Without Walls and ends near the Longwood T stop (map).
Philip Durbin (Jul 03 2025 at 12:13):Yet another: I just noticed that @Maria Dolgareva just posted about board games this Saturday afternoon in Cambridge for her group (#boston > Boston Web Dev Learning Group). Maybe we could crash it! :crazy:
Maria Dolgareva (Jul 04 2025 at 15:09):Philip thank you! I’d be happy to see folks on Saturday. We meet from 3 to 5pm at the Cambridge Public Library, will have Carcassonne / The Crew / 7 Wonders / Codenames / Scrabble / Chess+Checkers / Go and pizza! You can look for more details in Discord channel.
Philip Durbin (Jul 04 2025 at 17:42):Nice, I love Carcassonne. I'll try to make it tomorrow but first I have to drive to Dover to pick up 8 shares of vegetables for our farm share.
Philip Durbin (Jul 06 2025 at 15:16):So! For Sunday, July 20th, how about if we continue to mix it up. Here's what I'm thinking:
Please give a :thumbs_up: if you're a maybe, at least. :smile:
@Andrea @Autolux @CMD @Dan @Dave Hanft @Harry Pray IV @Ista Zahn @Jason Key @Jose Lucas Cordeiro @Maria Dolgareva @Michael @Milan Kupcevic @Nathan Adams @Ned Batchelder @Parthiv @Pete @Sai Dutt @Sooraj Sathyanarayanan @Stone Chen @Tanmay Sharma @Tekktrik @Yamil Suarez @Xiaokang Fu @Zachary Liebl
Dan (Jul 07 2025 at 16:58):Yeah mine is a maybe this time, thanks for that option.
Philip Durbin (Jul 09 2025 at 02:34):I went ahead and updated https://bostonopen.dev with the plan above. Hope to see you all there! :rocket:
Dan (Jul 09 2025 at 02:44):Would it be a good time to pull out the juggling clubs?
Philip Durbin (Jul 09 2025 at 02:46):Absolutely! Grass instead of a parking lot! I think we got some pics last time. /me looks at #boston > juggling
Dan (Jul 09 2025 at 02:47):Before/after the art part? Or before dinner?
Philip Durbin (Jul 09 2025 at 02:47):Up to you :smile:
Dan (Jul 15 2025 at 16:08):https://floss.social/@bostonopen/114858101346024799
Dan (Jul 15 2025 at 16:09):Are you able to meet earlier than 7 for pre-juggling? It'll probably be too dark to do after.
Dan (Jul 15 2025 at 16:13):Actually it's probably gonna rain right? Which means just Market and Trillium?
Dan (Jul 15 2025 at 16:13):Oh maybe not that late though.
Dan (Jul 15 2025 at 16:14):Just don't drop our clubs when we're juggling on the wet grass :-)
Philip Durbin (Jul 15 2025 at 23:13):Sure, I can meet early for juggling. :smile: Should we just use your clubs again?
Dan (Jul 16 2025 at 02:29):Sure I can bring them all.
Dan (Jul 16 2025 at 22:16):Any idea about parking in the area?
Dan (Jul 16 2025 at 22:16):On a Sunday.
Philip Durbin (Jul 16 2025 at 22:53):Hmm, great question. I'm planning on walking or biking over.
You could maybe park in Brookline and walk over? :shrug:
Dan (Jul 16 2025 at 23:17):Yeah I figured I could do that.
Philip Durbin (Jul 18 2025 at 01:59):Just a reminder about Sunday! No need to RSVP but feel free to! Time Out, not Hamilton this time! Happy Summer! https://bostonopen.dev
@Andrea @Autolux @CMD @Dan @Dave Hanft @Harry Pray IV @Ista Zahn @Jason Key @Jose Lucas Cordeiro @Maria Dolgareva @Michael @Milan Kupcevic @Nathan Adams @Ned Batchelder @Parthiv @Pete @Sai Dutt @Sooraj Sathyanarayanan @Stone Chen @Tanmay Sharma @Tekktrik @Yamil Suarez @Xiaokang Fu @Zachary Liebl
Dan (Jul 18 2025 at 14:10):@Philip Durbin Want to pick a specific time for juggling? 6?
Dan (Jul 18 2025 at 14:16):Especially if others want to join or watch.
Dan (Jul 18 2025 at 14:16):Or we could do 6:30 if you don't feel like we have an hour in us.
Philip Durbin (Jul 18 2025 at 21:56):I'm fine with 6. I assume there'll be room to juggle at the green space in front of Time Out/Trillium. Labeled "P" in this image:
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Dan (Jul 18 2025 at 22:10):Perfect :juggling::woman_juggling::man_juggling:
Pete (Jul 19 2025 at 21:06):I’m completely open to mixing it up; but not going to be able to make 20th. :(
Dan (Jul 20 2025 at 15:12):Forecast became more sad. So let's keep an eye on that for juggling. I'm gonna show up before 6 regardless because I ordered something from REI which is in that building.
Philip Durbin (Jul 20 2025 at 21:17):Yeah, I'm gonna walk. Leaving pretty soon. We should be fine for juggling. Walking home might be a little wet! :smile:
Dan (Jul 20 2025 at 21:31):I parked .8 miles away. Maybe I can give you a lift and save you the rest of the rain.
Dan (Jul 20 2025 at 22:24):Are we expecting anyone else?
Philip Durbin (Jul 20 2025 at 22:28):
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