I want a DC meetup...what say you ANNA?

NO! I want a Portland meetup!

I want a DC meetup...what say you ANNA?

if it is a meet-up of two, that is called a date.

don't front my brother :)

Um, Razib, I believe Kenyandesi is a "she"-

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

all mixed up and i want a dirty south meetup in atl.

I seldom blog here but I am a regular reader. So I would love to be there and put faces to names

Its a good place for a meet up if all but 3 people are attending, else I would recommend an alternate venue.

Oh man (stamping foot on ground like a spoiled brat)! I'm going to be in NYC the following weekend. :( Hope you all have fun!

:( did you have to do it this weekend?

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

yeah, nothing :)

I'll be there with ghungroo on.

Awesome, meetup posts are like request lines...WHAT ABOUT T.O.? Any Southern Ontario love to be had? I have access to a gt sno racer. We can go racing!

(not taking any responsibility for injuries, racer was purchased for $2.50 from a carnie in stratford)

Uh oh....after wishing for exactly this I'm now nervous meeting the gods of SM! But I will definitely try to be there. Will let you guys know in advance :-)

Neha, would love to have a mutineer meetup when I'm in TO (this summer) - so count me in for a future date.

Of course, have a meetup while I'm in California. Oh well, at least I can say I've met Anna =)

Lassi sucks, and it's really just a counter. Don't you guys know anything about the spots in NYC? If you have to be in Manhattan - go to Haandi.

"meetup?" that's copyright infringement lol. I used to work for them.

Awesome, I for one will be there

Will there ever, ever be a "Mute-Up" (Mutineer + Meet-up = Mute-Up....sorry, I'm feeling extremely dorky) in L.A?

Lassi sucks, and it's really just a counter. Don't you guys know anything about the spots in NYC? If you have to be in Manhattan - go to Haandi.

Ayyoooo it isn't about the location, it's about the peeps. I'm sure they'll move it if it ends up being 40 people!!

I'll show up.

Oh yeah... I was just going to suggest a SM party, but a meetup will do. I think you guys should go for a party next time!

Badmash ji, that's the best news I've heard all day. Summer sounds like a plan! The racer works on gravel too, I'm sure :-)

Will there ever, ever be a "Mute-Up" (Mutineer + Meet-up = Mute-Up....sorry, I'm feeling extremely dorky) in L.A?

Is there actually a demand for a meet-up in L.A.? There CAN be a meetup here at any time. I just figured there were no LA readers since nobody from LA ever seems to leave comment. That and the fact that I have no experience at running a meet-up mute-up. I would have to rent the movies Braveheart and Glory the week before, just so that I would know the right words to say so that people wouldn't just get bored and wander away. Plus, what do we say if the wait-staff at the restaurant or cafe asks why we are there in the first place? "We all read the same blog," seems way to suspicious if you ask me. Frankly, nobody is going to buy it and I'd want to make sure that we get our stories straight in advance. Also is there a dress code? Should we all be wearing business casual or are SM t-shirts more appropriate? Also who will keep the meeting minutes? I've always HATED that job. Until I am able to resolve these challenging questions I am a bit apprehensive about holding a meet-up in LA. I am open to suggestions though.

In the immortal words of John Cusack, Abhi, "You must chill." That solves the LA mystery. Thank goodness slightly more relaxed A N N A arranges the meet-ups in SF when she's visiting. :)

Suggestion for Abhi - also rent Lagaan before the muteup and all of your questions will be answered!

Neha - sounds good! Any chance we can round up Dhaavak and some of the other TO area mutineers?

Lassi sucks, and it's really just a counter. Don't you guys know anything about the spots in NYC? If you have to be in Manhattan - go to Haandi.

I've never seen a woman in Haandi, but damn good place to watch the India-Pak matches.

Can you guys do a webcast of highlights of your meetups ? It may not be that complicated if the place has WiFi.

It will be awesome to hear (and see if possible) you all.

Abhi

Plus, what do we say if the wait-staff at the restaurant or cafe asks why we are there in the first place? "We all read the same blog," seems way to suspicious if you ask me.Frankly, nobody is going to buy it and I'd want to make sure that we get our stories straight in advance.

I agree. When they get suspicious, somebody should shout, 'They're onto us', throw down the backpacks we are carrying and run out of the place screaming. At least, thats what I would have done. Seriously though, as someone who has wait-staffed before, we dont really care as long as you dont get too whiny ( Desi Customer - Hey, we can get this same dish in NY for much less and it comes with a side dish,
Me - Really!!! let me go find somebody in the kitchen who gives a flying f@#k). I'm just sayin'....

Did Lassi move? When I went there, it had about 4 chairs...

Sounds great! I've been VERY CURIOUS to meet you guys! I can be there too.

---EMMA (regular reader)

Lassi, what's wrong? Did Timmy fall in the well?

Badmash, Neha -- a summer T.O. meetup would be awesome!

how lucky am i, that i blog with such accomodating gentlemen? :D what a way to start the year!

seconding the idea of an LA meetup, particularly if it was walking distance from ucla =)...

Nux2, you are ON my friend, my email's on my blog if you want to send me your deets. Badmash, I can send out (spam out) invitations to Dhaavak and Ananthan on their blogs once the summer nears...oh how far it seems. I know I've seen a few more canucks here, just don't know where they're at.

Rightey then. At current count it looks like it's only going to be a threesome in L.A if there ever were a Mute-Up. May I suggest the ostentatious celebrity haunt Electric Lotus in Los Feliz? Or we could be more down to earth and just chill at Ambala Dhaba on Westwood -- a bit more than a stone's throw away from UCLA.

I want a DC meetup to! We can make it a threesome!!! :) Show some love for the most powerful city in the world!

Like I said, I'll be there, but seriously - I can come with ghungroo on if you'd like.

Like I said, I'll be there, but seriously - I can come with ghungroo on if you'd like.

Like Umrao Jaan, or Meena Kumari in Pakeezah ?

*wink*

They'll be able to hear you coming from 2 blocks away.....

Let's go with Meena Kumari.

They'll be able to hear you coming from 2 blocks away.....

At least we won't have any trouble finding each other...

I'm down for LA...bored of reading the blogs and not experiencing you all.

seconding the idea of an LA meetup, particularly if it was walking distance from ucla =)...

At current count it looks like it's only going to be a threesome in L.A if there ever were a Mute-Up.

I'm down for LA...bored of reading the blogs and not experiencing you all.

Sigh. It seems a line in the sand has been drawn. There comes a moment in every man's life where he needs to take a stand and be accountable. It seems that time has arrived for me, and at a much younger age than I had imagined. I will try to put a mute-up together in early February here in LA.

I'll be in attendance with a friend

weather looks pretty good (high of 58)...but let's find a place a bit more inclusive than lassi...

i'm brown AND i'm down... but must it be a "brown" locale as well? there are several other places.. it's nyc after all... but beware of timings... brunch is killer on sats... 11-4.. no seating at the good spots so closets like lassi are considered... better if it's 3-4pm onward... unless brunch was the idea...

count me in!
agree lassi's too small.

I'm surprised msichana hasn't chimed in on a dc mute-up...I'm sure she'd be down :) Pweese ANNA :P

Ennis should have hosted a Delhi MutinUp instead of going lengha shopping

True, but then what would I have worn to the wedding ;)

Actually, Saheli was in town (as was Cicatrix, although at different times) but we were unable to meet up since she was free only the day after the wedding at which point I was in total collapse.

Wooo hooo....
Good choice...new Kati roll is definitely better and the food there rocks.
I'm excited Anna will be joining you guys as well because I've had a major girl crush on Anna for ages. :-)

Any interest in a Chicago meetup some weekend?

unbwogable kenyan- of COURSE we can have a DC meetup...i mean, how is that any different from kahani? ;) brimful is in town for my birthday dinner for business the week after meetup madness in nyc-- if she's free early in the day on sunday, that might be an option...or whenever. :) i had no idea there was this much interest in doing DC. the last time i brought it up, i heard from a whopping count of ONE. it's on like donkey kong, yo.

I'm excited Anna will be joining you guys as well because I've had a major girl crush on Anna for ages. :-)

yowza, it is so worth getting a pedicure and gettin' my hair did after THAT... ;) i can't wait to meet you, too! :D

Glad I checked back for the update! I'm coming still!!! ---EMMA

Our brunch spot this week. 1 + 2 pals.

nice... havent checked the new roll, but heard good tings - hope the uncles are rockin the shtoves there as well... note: i may be late... big party tomorrow nite @ coda... anyone else into SA tabla rocktronika?

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i'm in! looking forward to meeting all.

See you all tomorrow!

unbwogable kenyan- of COURSE we can have a DC meetup...i mean, how is that any different from kahani? ;)

cheeky, cheeky...did you get the 2 messages I sent you (through your suitable girl address)?

brimful is in town for my birthday dinner for business the week after meetup madness in nyc-- if she's free early in the day on sunday, that might be an option...or whenever. :)

I could do mid-morning Sunday (29th) as I'll be in Philly the night before that...lesss do this! I'd love to meet Brimful and Cinnamon Rani, and I'll drag msichana's matako (kundi) along too...

i had no idea there was this much interest in doing DC. the last time i brought it up, i heard from a whopping count of ONE. it's on like donkey kong, yo.

we'll just have to fix that now

I'm bringing two friends. We all read the site but never leave comments. I'm really curious to put faces to all the different mutineers and frequent commentors

I'm excited Anna will be joining you guys as well because I've had a major girl crush on Anna for ages. :-) yowza, it is so worth getting a pedicure and gettin' my hair did after THAT... ;) i can't wait to meet you, too! :D

Nice to see that people have decided to implement my request for more debauchery and all-round badmaashi on Sepia Mutiny ;)

Nux2, you are ON my friend, my email's on my blog if you want to send me your deets. Badmash, I can send out (spam out) invitations to Dhaavak and Ananthan on their blogs once the summer nears...oh how far it seems. I know I've seen a few more canucks here, just don't know where they're at.

It's almost t-shirt weather out today, who needs summer!

Sounds like there will be quite a few people.You might have to relocate again. How 'bout madison square garden?

my wife says i can go.
however, i have a request.
i would be grateful if anna would agree to click a pic with me.
that will show my wife......

Nice to see that people have decided to implement my request for more debauchery and all-round badmaashi on Sepia Mutiny ;)

Will you be coming to "watch" Jai? :-)

Vinod / Anna / Manish...
Whats the headcount now? At this rate looks like MSG might be more appropriate as Derick said.
And are you going to bring little "HELLO I'm XYZ on SM" tags? :-)

headcount = 20 of you + 3 of us bloggers :)

JustABlogger
O'Ya
Fuerza Dulce
Jane
Ovaltine
Nina
Mauritius
Emma
MithaiTerror + 1
Sank
Emily
KhiBoro + 2
Blunnies
Sandhya + 2
Expose
[caveat: i counted O'Ya and Mauritius though i wasn't sure if they were in. are you?]

this will be the biggest meetup ever, i think. oh, and i am ALWAYS camera-ready, dearest expose. ;)

A N N A:

Any suggestions for which subway line to take from Penn Station or which stop to take the PATH to?

Fuerza Dulce,

You can just walk. Or take the Orange trains from Herald Square to Rock Center.

It's right off Times Square.

ANNA: Unfortunately, I am going to have to skip this one as I will be outta town. But I am sure there will be more meet ups to look forward too, else there is always your Birthday dinner :)

Any suggestions for which subway line to take from Penn Station or which stop to take the PATH to?

From Penn Station (7th Avenue) walk up to 6th avenue and take the B,D,F or V from 34th street Harold Square station 2 stops to 47-50 Rockefeller Center. Stay towards the back of the train and you should be able to get out on the corner of 47th Street and 6th avenue. Just walk from there. :-)

Sweet. And if it's decent weather out maybe I'll just suck it up and walk from Penn Station. :)

It's almost t-shirt weather out today, who needs summer!

Ananthan...11 C, this weather is such a tease!!!! I'm going on an outdoor photography session tomorrow, some field near st clair and bathurst if you're interested. You can bring bodyguard's to protect yoself from us ladies if you want. It's an open call, deets on the blog.

Sweet sweet Sepia, brining people together...

Count me in, too. (I don't post here often, but am a huge fan of SM).

Pooja

Janeofalltrades,

Will you be coming to "watch" Jai? :-)

As in sitting quietly in the corner with a camcorder and a bag of popcorn ? Depends.....do you like to have an "audience" in these situations ? ;)

*Decides to increase the badmaashi quotient up a few notches. Uncles and Aunties worldwide, doing some surfing-shurfing and stumbling across SM, shake their heads in disapproval at the lack of morals amongst "the younger generation these days"*

haandi is great for late-night "i need my chai-fix, but don't want to spend five hundred bones on a overly sweet starbucks chai 'latte'". their kheer is pretty damn good too. and rasmalai. cho chweet.

Count me in, too. (I don't post here often, but am a huge fan of SM). Pooja

Wow now I'm even more excited and as usual useless at work today. Two girls I've had major girl crushes on. What o what will I wear tomorrow? I'm a big fan of Miss Makhijani.

As in sitting quietly in the corner with a camcorder and a bag of popcorn ? Depends.....do you like to have an "audience" in these situations ? ;) *Decides to increase the badmaashi quotient up a few notches. Uncles and Aunties worldwide, doing some surfing-shurfing and stumbling across SM, shake their heads in disapproval at the lack of morals amongst "the younger generation these days"*

Yes it depends on the audience and my mood. And you realize Abhi's dad reads this stuff so I'm going to make like the good India girl that I am and if hell breaks loose and Abhi punts me I'm blaming it on you. Bad bad Indian man.

I'll see you guys there!

Ananthan...11 C, this weather is such a tease!!!! I'm going on an outdoor photography session tomorrow, some field near st clair and bathurst if you're interested. You can bring bodyguard's to protect yoself from us ladies if you want. It's an open call, deets on the blog.

Sweet sweet Sepia, brining people together...

That actually sounds like fun, but im gonna be busy training for my tv debut, look for me in the background during Global's election coverage on Monday!

I'm a big fan of Miss Makhijani.

*blush*

Thank you.

Now you've got me all nervous. What should I wear?

See ya tomorrow.

I dunno about you but I'm turning up in my chuddies.

I dunno about you but I'm turning up my chuddies.

Manish- if you say such things, you really will have to book MSG.

I might can some plans and try to be there on Sri Lankan standard time (you thought Indian was bad..ha!)...not sure yet.

Watch out for me. I will be wearing sackcloth and ashes.

Nux2, you are ON my friend, my email's on my blog if you want to send me your deets. Badmash, I can send out (spam out) invitations to Dhaavak and Ananthan on their blogs once the summer nears...oh how far it seems. I know I've seen a few more canucks here, just don't know where they're at.

whoa!!! lookee here... missed that callout... hmm... i'm open for a get together most any weekend... besides most of us seem to hang around downtown anyway... how about little ethiopia for some banyamaatu... that's probably the best desi phood i've eaten in TO. hmmm... ok here's the canuck list... neha, ananthan, ikram, Ang(ie), nux2.. moi. what ... is that it?