We have exciting news for the 3rd annual Mid-Atlantic blogger meetup — aka YearlyCarnacki, at 11 a.m., Saturday, May 26, in Washington, D.C.
Special guests Wesley Clark, Elizabeth Edwards, Senator Jay Rockefeller and Rep. Nick Rahall with musical guests AC/DC are all
invited to attend.
As a matter of fact, everyone is invited to attend.
The Mid-Atlantic meetup has always been on the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. Probably more so than other meetups that tend to involve lots of alcohol and wild orgies (I wrote that for any freepers reading this), Yearly Carnacki is a laidback affair, with people bringing their children and with an emphasis on fun as well as politics.
Here’s the plan, and we’re trying to have two meetup times to accomodate those who just want to attend later in the day, a request in past years. Bring a brown bag lunch or pick up something for a picnic.
11 a.m. — Meet us at the visitor’s center of the National Zoo. More information about the zoo here. Zoo map here (PDF)
2 p.m. — Picnic on the Mall. We’ll meet at a small park the Folger Rose Garden next to the Smithsonian Castle. We’ll either eat there, or depending how many of us there are, find someplace close to eat.
2:30ish — Depending on the vote, we’ll tour a museum followed, no doubt, by picking a bar for drinking by many.
Email me at Carnacki AT hauntedvampire DOT com if you have questions.
Hope you all have a great time! Meet-ups are fun.
You should come down, too!
Hi, CG! Have given it some thought, but unlikely.
I’ll let you all know if we can swing it.
Gah! I can’t make it… I’m getting married that weekend. I’m sure if I had known with more time, I would have postponed the whole shebang for the YearlyCarnacki, but alas, I can’t tell all 90 people to come another time.
Have fun! Say hi to Tai Shan for me.
I remember you saying last year you didn’t think you’d be able to make it. Listen, Republican presidential candidates get married and divorced all the time. Just look at the institution of marriage as disposable as they do and show up!
Or bring your groom to the zoo. Nothing says marriage like the monkey cage at the National Zoo, as I know from 12 years of marriage, including 10 with Ms. Carnacki.
Or I could be like Mitt Romney’s ancestors and have multiple spouses… š But I think Darryl would have a problem with that. On several levels.
Well I can’t not attend a meet-up in my own backyard. Count me in! As a picnic-lunch alternative I’ll recommend the NMAI, which has a damn fine cafeteria (even with decent veg options, imagine that). As for sites/sights, I’ll throw in my perpetual vote for a visit/pilgrimage to the FDR Memorial. But hey, it’s all good.
Hey Brother,
Where have you been all this time?
Sounds good to me too — I haven’t been to the zoo in years and years… Although your schedule is really tight, that’s barely enough time at the zoo to lose any of the kids in the Monkey House…..
I wasn’t sure how long to schedule for the zoo. Should I make the picnic at 3 p.m.?
Might not be a bad idea…
The Zoo is pretty good-sized. You could spend a whole day there, if you really wanted to walk around and see animals, stand in line for the pandas, and give the children a chance to beg for ice cream and goodies from the gift shop or chase each other in circles ’til they’re dizzy (and give the adults a chance to sit on benches and hang out and foment revolution). š
It’s also easy to spend hours in just ONE of the Smithsonian buildings and then wonder where the time went…..
Not to mention that it will take at least a good half-hour to get from the Zoo to the Mall via Metro.
Remember our experiences from Harpers Ferry, and trying to keep a group of any size together hopping between two places that are not especially near each other — maybe it might be more relaxing to pick one or the other, either the zoo or one of the museums? (Maybe zoo if the weather is good, one of the museums if it’s raining?) It’s been a while since I went to the zoo, but I’m sure they have places to sit and eat, either picnic or purchase food there…
Just thinking of a slower pace so we can actually talk and not be too stressed over watching the clock…. though I’ll certainly tag along with what other folks want to do.