Brian Diaz wrote:
Chili, this was not a Model Mayhem event.  It was a Chili Palmer event to which you invited people from Model Mayhem.

Thank you Brian, I knew there was something wrong with this!
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elisaveta ♀ wrote:
I did not know about it either!!!
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Let's do the TIME WARP again

if you go back and re-read your MM email you will see that i told you about it on 11/26/05, you said you would try to make it

next thing, you'll tell me you dont know about quigley's show at Hiro (he's invited kate moss, madonna, gwen stephanie, amongst others)

Chili wrote:
Let's do the TIME WARP again

if you go back and re-read your MM email you will see that i told you about it on 11/26/05, you said you would try to make it

next thing, you'll tell me you dont know about quigley's show at Hiro (he's invited kate moss, madonna, gwen stephanie, amongst others)

Chili, I know about it, and I could not make it...but that was not a MM meet up. It was your show which you invited people to, many from here..
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and yes, I'll do q's show if he does it, so I do know about it. Please, don't twist my words!!

Chili wrote:
more than one MM moderator has said "there is no such thing as an 'offical' MM meetup" and that anyone can organize one. (when 2 or more are gathered in my name, etc etc) and several moderators told me to feel free and go ahead and organize one for DEC which i did. YES, i combined it with an event of mine. but it was posted in the correct forum as "a NYC DEC MM meetup". 

Now if today, a moderator wants to say  "oh no, it wasnt 'sanctioned' by the MM powers that be" thats fine too

Well, I only got your e-mail and never saw the forum back then...But there were a total of four official MM meet-up's in NYC, as far as I can remember.
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Chili wrote:
Now if today, a moderator wants to say  "oh no, it wasnt 'sanctioned' by the MM powers that be" thats fine too

Calm down, anyone can start one. No call for misquoting people yet. Not sure how I missed that you did one in December.

Maybe we should have some gathering guidelines, like no two meetings within an hour's drive of eachother, etc. More rules of thumb than rules of the road. Anyway, getting off topic.

This is the fourth one I'll have organized.

I will post the location as soon as it's confirmed. Tomorrow I'm going to scout the bar Stephen Bodi recommened weeks ago and if it looks good I'll chat then and there or call them and let the manager know we're coming.

All mayhem models of course will be admitted free and in all likelyhood afforded VIP access (bottle service, champagne, etc., well at least for my featured models in the show)

you other $2 PBR guys should get in free too and i will get yous (if you ask nicely) some free drink tickets

...that I take issue with.



Not that you decided to organize an event, which I think is great.



If I had known, I would have given you access to the nycmeetup user account to advertise. I was out of town and not looking in at Off Topic (seldom go in there anyway).

So let's just forget about it and have some fun at this one.

Nemi wrote:
I'm not 21...will this be somewhere I can actually go?

there's a Toys-R-Us next door

Nemi wrote:
I'm not 21...will this be somewhere I can actually go?

I'm not sure. I didn't make it over there today, going tomorrow. I'll let you know what the bar's policy is on underage admission.

Louis Braga wrote:

there's a Toys-R-Us next door

I am an underaged ankle biter...you better watch your back.

Ched wrote:
Chili: Ok. Working on the meetup rules thing as a moderator side project, will have to get back to you. Any thoughts you have on organization and your "lessons learned" from putting it on, please PM me.


I'm not sure. I didn't make it over there today, going tomorrow. I'll let you know what the bar's policy is on underage admission.

okok, I'm not that far underage...less than a year.

Nemi wrote:
I'm not 21...will this be somewhere I can actually go?

I don't think you can be in there past 10pm.

Chili wrote:
ched check your email

I got it, responding. We'll get this straightened out yet.

Ched wrote:
Saturday, February 18th, 9pm. The place is called 288, which is the street address, but it is also called Tom and Jerry. There is no sign. It is on Elizabeth Street a few feet north of Houston Street on the East side of the street. Look for MM'ers in the back.

I've been talking to a couple people and it seems time to have another MM meetup in the fashion capitol.

Fashion Week is coming up and I know a couple of you will be on life support after that, so we're looking at Saturday the 18th.

Location: 288 (aka Tom and Jerry)

(288 Elizabeth Street*** about 15 steps north of Houston Street)

***Do not use Google Maps to find it, they list the bar at 40 Elizabeth Street which is incorrect.

The closest subway stop is Bleecker Street on the 6.

BTW, the bar is DOG FRIENDLY

There is a large long table in the back under the video screen and I was told if we get someone there at 8pm we should be able to hold it for the group. Volunteers?

NYT Review: http://travel2.nytimes.com/top/features … 2207966827

Frommer's Review:
http://www.frommers.com/destinations/ne … 24440.html

This month's location recommended by Stephen Bodi (MM#8494)

So, to recap...

Saturday, February 18th, 9pm. The place is called 288, which is the street address, but it is also called Tom and Jerry. There is no sign. It is on Elizabeth Street a few feet north of Houston Street on the East side of the street. Look for MM'ers in the back.

Ched wrote:
Thanks, Brian.

I mentioned it when I edited the first post in the thread, but I'll say it again down here. The bar is dog friendly.

*** canine companion not required for entry

Dog friendly? Great.. thats means I'll be sneezing all night...
oh well...  I'll make sure to bring my meds..

Hamza wrote:
Wait a minute, you said "Dog Friendly", I'm out, I don't want to hang out anywhere where animals are allowed entrance... 
Eeeewwww....

Don't be a girlie-man, Hamza.

acp wrote:
Curios... who brings their dog out to a bar? seems funny to me..

See the previous NYC meetup threads for frequent complaints about not being able to bring dogs.

Ched wrote:
See the previous NYC meetup threads for frequent complaints about not being able to bring dogs.

Who wants to go drinking with their dog? 
Since when did Dogs become citizens?
What is it with Dog People that they have to take their damn pets everywhere they go? That's what spouses and kids are for...

A bar is not a place for kids or dogs...

Why don't you have everyone who intends to go to the meet RSVP and let you know if they are planning on bringing a pet or are under 21.  See what the majority is and choose a place accordingly.

Ched wrote:
Because that would require more effort and co-ordination.

So you really don't want to Network, you just want to go out and drink? And hope other people show up so you won't drink alone?

Hamza wrote:
So you really don't want to Network, you just want to go out and drink?

No, I just want to go out.

Hamza wrote:

So you really don't want to Network, you just want to go out and drink? And hope other people show up so you won't drink alone?

If you build it, they will come.

(And nobody expects...)

Ched wrote:

No, I just want to go out.

LMAO!

Ched wrote:
Chili and I are talking about doing a more industry-centric than website-centric meetup, if that's what you're worried about. This is to meet the people here on the site. Other opportunities for other things are probably on the way.

I just want to meet people to work with, match names to faces, that sort of thing. I wasn't really expecing a kind of Spanish Inquisition...

I just wanted to know where you were coming from that's all...