NYC June-July meet -- interest check [Archive]

SiBurning

06-10-2011, 07:18 AM

We were talking about having the next meet in early summer. When and where do you want to meet?

The preliminary proposal is for a meet during the weekend of August 6-7, 13-14, or 20-21.

For those who can't wait, and need shaving gear soon, a June 25 mini meet is proposed at The Holy Trinity at 1pm.

craig87c

06-10-2011, 08:59 AM

Anywhere with air conditioning :bored:

DunEdinRanger

06-10-2011, 05:24 PM

A Micro Brewery!

The Wicked Wolf in Hoboken, overlooking the scenic Hudson River and NY Skyline?

Heartland Brewery, near Pasteur's?

SiBurning

06-10-2011, 11:43 PM

You know I'm gonna vote to stay off the mainland. :sneaky2:

El Judio Bravo

06-11-2011, 05:54 AM

Any place I can wear a clean T-shirt and shorts!

El Judio Bravo

06-11-2011, 05:55 AM

You know I'm gonna vote to stay off the mainland. :sneaky2:

You, sir, are an insular chauvinist! :lol:

SiBurning

06-11-2011, 11:58 AM

I C. :001_rolle

El Judio Bravo

06-11-2011, 04:07 PM

Just so!

brianw

06-11-2011, 07:19 PM

How about we push it off to late July early August....we may even get Bigfoot from KC to join us !!!!!!!!

DunEdinRanger

06-12-2011, 05:53 AM

How about we push it off to late July early August....we may even get Bigfoot from KC to join us !!!!!!!!

Why must it be either or? Why can't it be And/Both? I'm hearing the call of Pasteur's beckoning us... maybe we can even put on a shave seminary in Central Park? :001_smile:w00t:

craig87c

06-12-2011, 06:11 AM

I'd much rather have two meetups than one- but I actually NEED to go to Pasteur's soon as I'm running out of my favorite soap.

SiBurning

06-12-2011, 06:34 AM

Maybe a mini meet at the end of June and a large meet in August? June's not a great month for a serious meet because of school, transitions, vacations, etc.

I guess what that means is the June meet is more impromptu... as in June 25 at The Holy Trinity at 1pm. :lol:

BigFoot

06-12-2011, 09:57 AM

I am good with late July or early August. We would need to nail down a date soon so I can get airfare booked and get out there. I would fly in on a Friday and fly home on a Sunday. That means I would want to spend all day Saturday and Saturday night in the city. Two things I would like to see if feasible are the Statue of Liberty and Ground zero. And of course Pasteur's. Who wants to spear head this and knock a date down this up coming week?

SiBurning

06-12-2011, 10:03 AM

I propose August 13th - 14th. If not, then we can try some other weekend in August.

The 20th is too close to early school preparations. The 6th can be a backup date.

BigFoot

06-12-2011, 10:07 AM

I propose August 13th - 14th.

The 20th is too close to early school preparations. The 6th can be a backup date.

I am good with that. Once enough others chime in that they can make it, we can make it a go and I will book my flight. Sometimes frequent flyer miles are a good thing.

craig87c

06-12-2011, 11:20 AM

So Scott you're really planning to come to NYC then?

The 13th-14th of August sounds good for me, I'll keep the date free. Anyone interested in a quick/incredibly expensive trip to Pasteur's in the next couple of Saturdays (or the 25th?)

nyfinest

06-12-2011, 12:49 PM

I'm in. Keep me posted!!!

SiBurning

06-12-2011, 12:58 PM

I changed the first post. It's not right to pick a single date up front for an interest check. The idea is to figure out early on how to accommodate the most people.

If you can make some but not all of the August weekend, say so. Then we can finalize a date, hopefully within a week or two.

brianw

06-12-2011, 02:05 PM

count me in

craig87c

06-12-2011, 04:42 PM

I'm in for the mini-meet, and can make any of the August dates.

BigFoot

06-12-2011, 05:03 PM

I am good for August.

DunEdinRanger

06-12-2011, 06:25 PM

I am pretty sure the 13th - 14th works well for me. Count me in.

Scott, which airport are you flying into? LaGuardia may be the most inexpensive as far as air fares go, but it is the first to be affected by weather, and getting into Manhattan from there is not easy with Mass Transit.

Newark Liberty does have rail service to Midtown NY (Penn Station) and Hoboken. On the Hoboken Waterfront is a brand spanking new Westin Hotel. I have no idea what the rates are, but you may get a better deal than a place in Midtown.

BigFoot

06-12-2011, 07:45 PM

proxymoron

06-12-2011, 10:00 PM

Where's the Holy Trinity? I'm guessing Pasteur and Cambridge Chemists make up two points but what would be the third? The other Pasteur?

Any interest in heading slightly farther afield for the post-Pasteur beverage-and-swag-meet? Old Town Tavern has a singularly appropriate vibe. Or, I suppose, martinis at the Roosevelt.

Just stirring the pot, seeing as I'm always interested, seldom available, and never missed.

craig87c

06-13-2011, 06:03 AM

If I recall correctly, the downtown Pasteur's isn't open on Saturdays but I'm not sure about the uptown one.

DunEdinRanger

06-14-2011, 07:10 PM

If I recall correctly, the downtown Pasteur's isn't open on Saturdays but I'm not sure about the uptown one.

I think it is Sundays but still it would behoove us to double check.

DunEdinRanger

06-14-2011, 07:10 PM

Sundays? I thought they were closed Sundays.

DunEdinRanger

06-14-2011, 07:53 PM

Sundays? I thought they were closed Sundays.

SiBurning

06-18-2011, 05:16 PM

Who said two heads are better than one?

Nicholas Salerno

06-18-2011, 05:26 PM

Any day in August is good for me. I'm also interested in the mini-meet in June and available for that too.

craig87c

06-18-2011, 07:53 PM

The last time we went it was closed on Saturday: I called last week and they're closed Sunday's again. M-Th 8am-7pm, Fri 8am-6pm, summer Saturday hours 10-4pm- This is the downtown location. Not sure if the uptown location has different hours. I now have their number saved...

So is the mini-meet still a go? I kinda have to go to Pasteur's regardless, but I'd rather go with people who will push me to buy irresponsibly :lol:

richardzucker

06-19-2011, 05:45 AM

Count me in. Since I live in Manhattan almost any weekend works for me. Keep me posted.

ouch

06-19-2011, 07:15 AM

I'll be out of state most of August, but if I'm around, I'm in.

DunEdinRanger

06-19-2011, 04:24 PM

The official hours from Pasteur's Downtown Location...

DunEdinRanger

06-19-2011, 04:47 PM

I'll be out of state most of August, but if I'm around, I'm in.

Not to be facetious, but NY is out of state. :001_rolle

BigFoot

06-20-2011, 12:14 PM

Lets do it for the weekend of August 12, 13 and 14. I am booking my flight tonight. I can not wait to get out there and hang with all you crazy dudes.

BigFoot

06-20-2011, 12:15 PM

I'll be out of state most of August, but if I'm around, I'm in.

You would pass up an opportunity to meet me?

SiBurning

06-20-2011, 03:47 PM

Lets do it for the weekend of August 12, 13 and 14. I am booking my flight tonight. I can not wait to get out there and hang with all you crazy dudes.

August 12, 13 and 14... going once... going twice...

I'll open a new thread for the August meet once you book the flight.

Meanwhile, we're still on for this Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 1pm at The Holy Trinity.

craig87c

06-20-2011, 03:49 PM

Aug 12-14th is on the calendar. Saturday is booked for me now too! Can't wait to grab beers with the B&B group again.

DunEdinRanger

06-20-2011, 03:54 PM

August 12, 13 and 14... going once... going twice...

I'll open a new thread for the August meet once you book the flight.

Meanwhile, we're still on for this Saturday, June 15, 2011 at 1pm at The Holy Trinity.

What calendar are you using?!? Did you mean June 25th?

nyfinest

06-20-2011, 03:56 PM

So it's Aug 12-14? If so I'm in. Please keep me in the loop.

SiBurning

06-20-2011, 03:59 PM

What calendar are you using?!? Did you mean June 25th?
Mayan?!?
Oops!
June 25 it is.

Once the foreigners travelers confirm, I'll create an actual thread for the August meet and post a link here to the new thread. I guess we can keep using this thread for the mini meet.

SiBurning

06-20-2011, 06:15 PM

The mini meet's on the B&B calendar

DunEdinRanger

06-20-2011, 07:49 PM

The mini meet's on the B&B calendar

How many mini me's at the mini meet?

JoshuaNY

06-20-2011, 08:19 PM

Not that you guys know me that well since Ive only been here a month. Id like to join you so count me in for August. I wont be able to make it this weekend.
Besides I have to pick up some....heck I dont know but Im sure Ill figure it out when I get there:001_smile

SiBurning

06-20-2011, 08:52 PM

The meet's a good chance to get to know people better, and pick up twice as much gear as you want. If you think the board encourages you to buy too much, you should be very afraid of meeting the members in person.

Rudy Vey

06-21-2011, 02:51 AM

If I recall correctly, the downtown Pasteur's isn't open on Saturdays but I'm not sure about the uptown one.

Its open on Saturday, was there a few weeks ago.

Rudy Vey

06-21-2011, 02:54 AM

Forgot to mention, I am coming also! Guess take the train with Brian and Scott in from NJ.

BigFoot

06-21-2011, 02:57 AM

My flight is booked. Steve you may have the honors of putting it on the calender. I can't wait I have never been to NYC.

DunEdinRanger

06-21-2011, 05:30 AM

My flight is booked. Steve you may have the honors of putting it on the calender. I can't wait I have never been to NYC.

Scott, just a few friendly tips.

It's 6th Avenue, not "Avenue Of The Americas".

The "cute" furry animals scurrying on the subway tracks are not "Long Tailed Urban Squirrels" - we call them rats.

Evbo

06-21-2011, 10:28 AM

Wish I could make it but I'll be out of town. Summer in NYC requires, if at all possible, weekends out of NYC.

Have a great time!

craig87c

06-21-2011, 02:23 PM

Scott, just a few friendly tips.

It's 6th Avenue, not "Avenue Of The Americas".

The "cute" furry animals scurrying on the subway tracks are not "Long Tailed Urban Squirrels" - we call them rats.

Here's another fun one- if you see a street called Houston, it's actually pronounced "how-ston". People who weren't born here (me!) still don't know why they did this.

SiBurning

06-21-2011, 02:49 PM

No, we got it right. The mistake was from that aristocratic limey that moved to Texas.

craig87c

06-21-2011, 04:03 PM

I actually still like to get in fake arguments with NYers and try and keep saying "no, I want HYU-STON STREET, not HOW-STON can't you read?!"

SiBurning

06-21-2011, 04:10 PM

Roger, House Town.

DunEdinRanger

06-21-2011, 07:42 PM

So, what time and where?

SiBurning

06-21-2011, 09:02 PM

1 pm at Cambridge? Or Pasteurs?

DunEdinRanger

06-22-2011, 10:15 AM

Cabridge. It's roomier, and closer to St. Vincent Ferrer, and I may want to retake some photos this weekend...

craig87c

06-22-2011, 11:12 AM

Alright glad to be going somewhere to recklessly spend $$$ again!

proxymoron

06-22-2011, 12:04 PM

Wish I could make it but I'll be out of town. Summer in NYC requires, if at all possible, weekends out of NYC.

On the upside, you can find parking everywhere, get a table anywhere, and rock up to the good bars with ease.

DunEdinRanger

06-22-2011, 04:30 PM

On the upside, you can find parking everywhere, get a table anywhere, and rock up to the good bars with ease.

We're B&B, we do that anyway, anywhere, anytime. :001_smile

Rudy Vey

06-22-2011, 04:35 PM

Cabridge. It's roomier, and closer to St. Vincent Ferrer, and I may want to retake some photos this weekend...

Guess where I was today?? Cambridge Chemist. Took the day off and the wife and I went to the city to celebrate my 15th anniversary in the USA. Had a great lunch at Candle Cafe (3rd, between 74 and 75th) then walked past St Vincent Ferrer to Cambridge. Got home with a Floris Elite Soap in a bowl, a puck C&S 88, a bottle of C&S Cuba and a bottle of Atkinson English Lavender - well worth the trip. Scott is also a great guy to talk with. Too bad he is not there on Saturdays. BTW, he told us they will be closed Saturdays in August!!!!

PaqDan

06-23-2011, 11:54 PM

I'll actually be in NY for a wedding that weekend. Wedding is in Tarrytown so we'll see if the timing will actually work. I'm intrigued! Got into wetshaving after I moved to LA last year. Made a trip to West Coast Shaving which was awesome. It would be cool to check out either Cambridge or Pasteur's if I can squeeze it in.

DunEdinRanger

06-24-2011, 09:15 AM

Are we then set for 1:00 Pm tomorrow at Cambridge Chemists?

Who else is coming?

855 Lexington Avenue New York - (212) 734-5678 Between 64th and 65th Streets.

DunEdinRanger

06-24-2011, 10:21 AM

How about the Hofbrau Bierhaus after the meet?

It's on 47th & 3rd.

http://bierhausnyc.com/beer-list/

craig87c

06-24-2011, 11:28 AM

I'm still in- any sort of beer will sound good after a couple hours of being with you guys! :laugh:

Rudy Vey

06-24-2011, 01:58 PM

I'm still in- any sort of beer will sound good after a couple hours of being with you guys! :laugh:

Wish I could come as well, but we have already commitments tomorrow. But in August I am in!

Evbo

06-24-2011, 02:41 PM

Had a great lunch at Candle Cafe (3rd, between 74 and 75th)

I LOVE that place! It's vegan, but the food is so beautifully prepared & so fresh that you don't feel like you're missing anything. Plus, they have a really nice selection of organic beers & wines. Great choice! :w00t:

Rudy Vey

06-24-2011, 04:04 PM

I LOVE that place! It's vegan, but the food is so beautifully prepared & so fresh that you don't feel like you're missing anything. Plus, they have a really nice selection of organic beers & wines. Great choice! :w00t:

I took my wife there, she is a vegan for some time now. The food was outstanding, if one didn't know its vegan, you really had a hard time to realize it. Next time I try a beer, they had two German beers and a wine, too.

SiBurning

06-24-2011, 08:06 PM

Wow! It's tomorrow!

Make sure to get someone's phone number to catch up with the crowd. If it's going to be a crowd.? Feel free to PM me.

DunEdinRanger

06-25-2011, 02:20 PM

Wow! It's tomorrow!

Make sure to get someone's phone number to catch up with the crowd. If it's going to be a crowd.? Feel free to PM me.

It is? I thought it was today!

SiBurning

06-25-2011, 05:26 PM

That was a fun meet. Here's the gang.

Me
http://spinningsounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/michael-jacksons-beard.jpg

DunEdinRanger
http://spinningsounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/kyp-malones-beard.jpg?w=235&h=352

Nick
http://robinbrown.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/57367499.jpg

Craig
http://spinningsounds.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/jerry-garcias-beard.jpg

DunEdinRanger found a new guy lurking about Cambridge Chemists
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Rasputin_pt.jpg/200px-Rasputin_pt.jpg

and converted him
http://galusaustralis.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/topolbeard.jpg

We had lunch at Burger Heaven, where all good burgers go when their juices stop flowing. We knew it was going to be swell when this guy sat next to us.
http://www.stickerchick.com/Popeye/b0963.jpg

Until our waitress arrived
http://www.whale.to/b/shaven6.jpg

Then we called it a day.

All in all...

http://youtu.be/kMdblpE_djA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMdblpE_djA

JoshuaNY

06-25-2011, 06:06 PM

I'm sorry I missed it. The August trip in should be fun.
Shall I make a prediction in the score. AD 1 vs B&Bers 0??

DunEdinRanger

06-26-2011, 05:04 AM

As you can tell I put on a few pounds, but play a mean guitar. :001_tt2: SiBurning just wouldn't stop talking about how hot our waitress was though. :wink2:

Rudy Vey

06-26-2011, 07:02 AM

As you can tell I put on a few pounds, but play a mean guitar. :001_tt2: SiBurning just wouldn't stop talking about how hot our waitress was though. :wink2:

Wasn't it a cross-dresser.....

MissJames

06-26-2011, 08:19 AM

I will try to make it to the one in August since I just missed the mini meet.

DaveNJ74

06-26-2011, 11:21 AM

Just caught this thread, August in on the radar.

DunEdinRanger

06-26-2011, 02:31 PM

I'm sorry I missed it. The August trip in should be fun.
Shall I make a prediction in the score. AD 1 vs B&Bers 0??

All I bought was a Palmolive Shave Stick, which survived the subway ride back in the rear jeans pocket.

craig87c

06-26-2011, 02:34 PM

I got two Speick sticks (ran out of my last one), Cremo Cream, Arko (ran out), and some Gillette ASB that SWMBO loves. Not a bad haul for $27.

BigFoot

07-04-2011, 08:20 PM

I can't freakin wait for August. The only problem is I live in the midwest, you guys are going to think I talk funny.

Evbo

07-06-2011, 08:50 AM

I would hereby like to extend an invitation to all my metrosexual metropolitan wet-shaving brethren, especially those of you who are musicians. I perform (on drums) with an ensemble called the Radioflyer Blues Band. (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001954144199) We play every Weds. night on the Upper East side at a place called American Trash, (http://www.nycamericantrash.com/) which is on 1st Ave. between 76th/77th. The gig runs from approx. 9pm-1am. There is no cover charge.

The thing that's great about this gig is that it's an open jam. So after we play our initial opening set, the floor opens up to other musicians. Lots of folks come down -- guitarists, bass players, drummers, singers, keyboard players...we even had an incredible flute player sit in a couple of weeks ago! The guys in the band are all excellent players & really low-key, so no pressure. It's not like you have to be an amazing musician to sit in.

Anyway, I thought it could possibly be a fun hang. The bar also serves food so you can dilute your beer if you choose. :001_tongu Live music, beer, food...and all within walking distance of the Shaving Triangle®. What more could one ask for? :thumbup1:

DunEdinRanger

07-09-2011, 06:56 PM

I can't freakin wait for August. The only problem is I live in the midwest, you guys are going to think I talk funny.

Oh, don't worry, we're not going to think such a thing!

Let me give you some pronunciation guides:

Kaw-Fi - A warm caffeinated beverage popular with many New Yorkers. Old Timers still yearn for Chock Full O' Nuts.

Lawn Guy Land - The region East of Queens and Brooklyn, not served by NYC subway, with residential homes all with perfectly manicured lawns, hence then name.