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JUB MEET NEW YORK 27-28 Sept 2013
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Despite the medication caused scare overnight Friday, palbert was a trouper and determined to do all he could with us. I was worried about how much walking he could be okay with, but when he was able to join us he did fine and we didn't do anything that would be pushing it. Was impressed very much by palbert.... educated, incredibly funny, cultured, just an amazing tour de force of a man and I'm glad we had the opportunity to get to know him a little better and immensely enjoy his company. I started communicating with Lewis by PM and by phone in the run up to the actual meet.... damn I was intrigued to meet him and so glad he came on down and really left an indelible impression that I will always remember fondly with his presence, that often biting wit, sharp intellect and yet down to earth genuineness that ain't easily duplicated. I do also hope Lewis that you take care of yourself and be able to enjoy life for many years to come as only you can! Meanwhile..
(He knows what I mean, more about that to come!
Rick is from the Cleveland area, found out his age and absolutely couldn't believe it... we all thought he looks a good ten years younger! Very nice, decent guy who is very close to his family... respectful and a gentleman. So happy he made the trip (by car, no less)here to the New York area and just wish we could have all done Central Park together.
Frankfrank I've known since the St. Louis meet and also was at the Las Vegas and Portland meets with him. As well he has made a couple of visits on his East Coast travels to my home city (Jersey City, New Jersey) and is always a unique, good natured, decent, great humored guy. His fondness for interesting word or phrase riffs just about always leaves me smiling, sometimes laughing pretty damn heartily. We talk on the phone occasionally and always love our conversations, very much wide ranging and fun!
Thad 1527, whom Frank and I met at the Portland meet a couple of years ago could only make it for Saturday but it made for a wonderful day for us together! Ted( his real name) is so humorous, positive, genuine and fun plus he knew the New York area in terms of transportation better than any of us! He's from the Philly area and lived around there most of his life but has lived for fairly lengthy periods in the Central New Jersey area. His work frequently brings him all around New Jersey and the New York City area so he's learned quite a bit about train and bus routes along the way... definitely came in handy going to Queens on Saturday for our meeting with chance1 (Bryan). We all shared a goodbye hug on the train back to the station of Lewis' and Frank's hotel at Exchange Place... he stayed on for the last stop at Newark Penn Station for the train back to Philly.. great times always seem so short!
Frank and I spoke briefly to Ra Kroma Saturday evening while outside the Brazil Grill. Unfortunately, I gather Ra Kroma to be a younger guy and he had indicated interest in clubbing and bar hopping. It was getting late and of all the guys attending, I was the twink at 50!
Funny thing though clubbing and bar hopping may have not been their thing, the other guys were so energetic and their stamina compared to mine...well just hope I have half that energy when I turn 65! I do have to say though, and I told Ra Kroma, that I should have coordinated things better. We do wish we had more people committed to attending, and it would have been more practical to have some separate group events like dancing, clubbing and bar hopping if they wished. So many things changed though even as the meet when on, and I had not wanted to have a meet so rigidly planned either. Hopefully one day there could be a somewhat larger meet that would include times to party, here or again elsewhere.
More stuff to come....
(He knows what I mean, more about that to come!Rick is from the Cleveland area, found out his age and absolutely couldn't believe it... we all thought he looks a good ten years younger! Very nice, decent guy who is very close to his family... respectful and a gentleman. So happy he made the trip (by car, no less)here to the New York area and just wish we could have all done Central Park together.
Frankfrank I've known since the St. Louis meet and also was at the Las Vegas and Portland meets with him. As well he has made a couple of visits on his East Coast travels to my home city (Jersey City, New Jersey) and is always a unique, good natured, decent, great humored guy. His fondness for interesting word or phrase riffs just about always leaves me smiling, sometimes laughing pretty damn heartily. We talk on the phone occasionally and always love our conversations, very much wide ranging and fun!
Thad 1527, whom Frank and I met at the Portland meet a couple of years ago could only make it for Saturday but it made for a wonderful day for us together! Ted( his real name) is so humorous, positive, genuine and fun plus he knew the New York area in terms of transportation better than any of us! He's from the Philly area and lived around there most of his life but has lived for fairly lengthy periods in the Central New Jersey area. His work frequently brings him all around New Jersey and the New York City area so he's learned quite a bit about train and bus routes along the way... definitely came in handy going to Queens on Saturday for our meeting with chance1 (Bryan). We all shared a goodbye hug on the train back to the station of Lewis' and Frank's hotel at Exchange Place... he stayed on for the last stop at Newark Penn Station for the train back to Philly.. great times always seem so short!
Frank and I spoke briefly to Ra Kroma Saturday evening while outside the Brazil Grill. Unfortunately, I gather Ra Kroma to be a younger guy and he had indicated interest in clubbing and bar hopping. It was getting late and of all the guys attending, I was the twink at 50!
Funny thing though clubbing and bar hopping may have not been their thing, the other guys were so energetic and their stamina compared to mine...well just hope I have half that energy when I turn 65! I do have to say though, and I told Ra Kroma, that I should have coordinated things better. We do wish we had more people committed to attending, and it would have been more practical to have some separate group events like dancing, clubbing and bar hopping if they wished. So many things changed though even as the meet when on, and I had not wanted to have a meet so rigidly planned either. Hopefully one day there could be a somewhat larger meet that would include times to party, here or again elsewhere.More stuff to come....
Goodness, what to say after all of the above?
A great time was had by all! Will that do?
It was terrific meeting the many JUB handles in person and developing an added layer to the JUB experience.
I was as surprised that the group was up for trying Cuban food as I was surprised to actually get it in Jersey City at Azucar. Living in Miami for years I know it and we got it.
An equal surprise was the group landing at the Brazil Grill. Familiar with Brazilian cuisine I found it most accomplished and accommodating of my hurried state to get out to rejoin the fellows, particularly FPNY and his partner. I left Cosi fan tutte early having sampled the blissfulness of the artists' voices.
I was so happy that the focus of the Meet became each other and was not limited to how high the granite and glass had been stacked.
A highlight was meeting Chance1, of recent JUB memory, and his taking us to the Astoria Beer Garden. I always enjoyed my interactions with Chance and found him totally delightful in person. The Garden was its own trip (as you can see from the pic posted, kindly taken by a young woman in the party seated next). I thought the best name I could give the photo was "Father Time." I promise to lose some weight; the beard is an experiment.
For those with disabilities or mobility impairment plan ahead for the NYC subway system. PATH and Jersey Light Rail are quite convenient.
Have to apologize for not being able to meet with TheSpectatingLoner, whom I really would have liked to meet.
Post more later: laptop glitching.
A great time was had by all! Will that do?
It was terrific meeting the many JUB handles in person and developing an added layer to the JUB experience.
I was as surprised that the group was up for trying Cuban food as I was surprised to actually get it in Jersey City at Azucar. Living in Miami for years I know it and we got it.
An equal surprise was the group landing at the Brazil Grill. Familiar with Brazilian cuisine I found it most accomplished and accommodating of my hurried state to get out to rejoin the fellows, particularly FPNY and his partner. I left Cosi fan tutte early having sampled the blissfulness of the artists' voices.
I was so happy that the focus of the Meet became each other and was not limited to how high the granite and glass had been stacked.
A highlight was meeting Chance1, of recent JUB memory, and his taking us to the Astoria Beer Garden. I always enjoyed my interactions with Chance and found him totally delightful in person. The Garden was its own trip (as you can see from the pic posted, kindly taken by a young woman in the party seated next). I thought the best name I could give the photo was "Father Time." I promise to lose some weight; the beard is an experiment.
For those with disabilities or mobility impairment plan ahead for the NYC subway system. PATH and Jersey Light Rail are quite convenient.
Have to apologize for not being able to meet with TheSpectatingLoner, whom I really would have liked to meet.
Post more later: laptop glitching.
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Yes, but second-best is pretty swell too.
Enjoying everyone's reports, sounds like a great time was had, and grateful for Palbert's good health.
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Post, POST-JUB-meet:
The great times of this past Friday and Saturday (and part of Thursday) continue to stay with me. For me, personally, my plans for Sunday [yesterday] were ALWAYS surprisingly fluid and fickle, even well before JUB-meet specifics happened and changed.
Only nine days ago, I had NIO PLANS WHATSOEVER for Sunday, other than showing up in Metuchen, New Jersey sometime later in the day. A small side trip toward the shore, but not to and/or along it, , was a possibility, then the political group I was going to introduce myself to on the 22nd was canceled, and got moved to the 29th at 3PM. Then, I found out about the Hoboken Art and Music Festival which really appealed to me greatly (not to mention that Hoboken slightly edges out even Princeton as my favorite place in New Jersey)...and the JUB departure brunch. Ir originally looked like the brunch and the political meeting were going to very possibly "shake hands" and leave me with NO time to go to Hoboken. (Oh, also, Palbert's hopes that I could take him to LaGuardia came up into the mix as well.) Sunday looked impossibly complicated and I really didn't want to miss Hoboken, but it appeared to be unavoidable.
Then, the Manhattan political meeting got canceled - AGAIN!! The leader has bronchitis, two of the important group people are in Providence this weekend, there was cat sitting, there was babysitting...Susan (the friend who strongly suggested this to me) said that I could go, but I might be the whole group! And, then, we realized late Saturday that there would be no Sunday brunch, because almost nobody could be there. After taking Palbert to the airport indeed, my Sunday was still ENTIRELY FULL, and I was able to spend a very leisurely, laid back and chill afternoon at the huge street fair, which stretches along Washington Street for nearly half the length of the (small but densely-populated) city.
(The Manhattan thing is rescheduled to a date I can still get there. Is the third time a charm?)
I had a number of random conversations with artists, etc. and it was just a lot of fun. I love these things, but they are ALMOST ALWAYS at the wrong time of year (June, July, August), for example the immense street art fair in Ann Arbor is in the middle of fuckin' JULY. No, I'm not doing that. My luck is always that any time I go to one of these things in the summer, the temperature is GUARANTEED to be at least 10 degrees above normal. After the art fair, I got to Metuchen pretty much as scheduled originally. That was the ONLY original part of Sunday that stayed entirely intact through the period.
Three of us had a great time, with all our minds taking these crazy, unpredictable, and sometimes incomprehensible twists and turns, which continued through the movie EVIL BONG which, of course, should be watched with one's mind in an appropriate state hahaha!!
Whee....this is fun! My times spent in New Jersey are always a hell of a treat.
Meanwhile, back on topic...I'm sure somebody will go there, LOL.
The great times of this past Friday and Saturday (and part of Thursday) continue to stay with me. For me, personally, my plans for Sunday [yesterday] were ALWAYS surprisingly fluid and fickle, even well before JUB-meet specifics happened and changed.
Only nine days ago, I had NIO PLANS WHATSOEVER for Sunday, other than showing up in Metuchen, New Jersey sometime later in the day. A small side trip toward the shore, but not to and/or along it, , was a possibility, then the political group I was going to introduce myself to on the 22nd was canceled, and got moved to the 29th at 3PM. Then, I found out about the Hoboken Art and Music Festival which really appealed to me greatly (not to mention that Hoboken slightly edges out even Princeton as my favorite place in New Jersey)...and the JUB departure brunch. Ir originally looked like the brunch and the political meeting were going to very possibly "shake hands" and leave me with NO time to go to Hoboken. (Oh, also, Palbert's hopes that I could take him to LaGuardia came up into the mix as well.) Sunday looked impossibly complicated and I really didn't want to miss Hoboken, but it appeared to be unavoidable.
Then, the Manhattan political meeting got canceled - AGAIN!! The leader has bronchitis, two of the important group people are in Providence this weekend, there was cat sitting, there was babysitting...Susan (the friend who strongly suggested this to me) said that I could go, but I might be the whole group! And, then, we realized late Saturday that there would be no Sunday brunch, because almost nobody could be there. After taking Palbert to the airport indeed, my Sunday was still ENTIRELY FULL, and I was able to spend a very leisurely, laid back and chill afternoon at the huge street fair, which stretches along Washington Street for nearly half the length of the (small but densely-populated) city.
(The Manhattan thing is rescheduled to a date I can still get there. Is the third time a charm?)
I had a number of random conversations with artists, etc. and it was just a lot of fun. I love these things, but they are ALMOST ALWAYS at the wrong time of year (June, July, August), for example the immense street art fair in Ann Arbor is in the middle of fuckin' JULY. No, I'm not doing that. My luck is always that any time I go to one of these things in the summer, the temperature is GUARANTEED to be at least 10 degrees above normal. After the art fair, I got to Metuchen pretty much as scheduled originally. That was the ONLY original part of Sunday that stayed entirely intact through the period.
Three of us had a great time, with all our minds taking these crazy, unpredictable, and sometimes incomprehensible twists and turns, which continued through the movie EVIL BONG which, of course, should be watched with one's mind in an appropriate state hahaha!!
Whee....this is fun! My times spent in New Jersey are always a hell of a treat.
Meanwhile, back on topic...I'm sure somebody will go there, LOL.
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Oh...while in Hoboken, at one point I left the festival, and walked to the far north end of town. (Hoboken is small, only one square mile.) I got in touch with Criostoir too late (with my changed plans) for him to meet me during the afternoon. While walking back toward the Festival, I walked down Bloomfield Street and, not at all predictably even to me, I found myself fascinated by, and looking closely at, all the doors along the way, on this residential street of rowhouses. Quite an interesting variety of dull-and-0plain to ornate and old-style, usually trending toward the latter.
From the old guy:
A song for the MEET (Substitute "guy" for "girl")
It WAS like summer.
A song for the MEET (Substitute "guy" for "girl")
It WAS like summer.
Brazil Grill, NYC menu:
http://www.urbanspoon.com/cities/3-new-york/restaurants/22800-brazil-grill/menu
Azucar, Jersey City menu:
http://www.allmenus.com/nj/jersey-city/246867-azucar/menu/
City Diner, Jersey City menu:
http://www.seamless.com/food-delivery/city-diner-jersey-city-jersey-city.27100.r
http://www.urbanspoon.com/cities/3-new-york/restaurants/22800-brazil-grill/menu
Azucar, Jersey City menu:
http://www.allmenus.com/nj/jersey-city/246867-azucar/menu/
City Diner, Jersey City menu:
http://www.seamless.com/food-delivery/city-diner-jersey-city-jersey-city.27100.r
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Sorry it took me so long to post
What an awesome trip the NJ/NY meeting was. I want to thank sausy for all of the time he took away from his personal life to plan the trip and try to please everyone. Sausy, you're awesome. Palbert and frankfrank also helped in getting things moving and are wonderful, caring people as well and I greatly enjoyed their friendships. Thad1527 helped with the train routes and assisted palbert in getting back to his hotel. When we met up with chance1, he was the perfect host and the beer garden was wonderful. Criostoir had worked in the World Trade Center and planned to be late that day, because of that, he missed losing his life, but some of his co-workers lost theirs. We helped him search for their names on the memorial and when we found them it was an emotional moment for all of us. We didn't get to spend a lot of time with TheSpectatingLoner and FPNY but enjoyed what time we did spend with them.
The Frank Gehry building was novel and the male eye candy all over New York was a good diversion. We spent a lot of time walking
and on the trains and couldn't do all that we wanted to do, but we spent a lot of time together and everyone got along well together and the camaraderie was good. The time we spent in the hotel lounge talking was enjoyable. Everyone was so thoughtful and caring. I enjoyed meeting everyone even more than the sightseeing we did. The views from my hotel, the Westin, were fabulous as were all of the views of Manhattan from Jersey City. The food at the Cuban restaurant and the City Diner were very enjoyable and, although I didn't enjoy the Brazilian restaurant as much as the others, it made me happy to see everyone else enjoy themselves. It even happened that I found a Cleveland beer, Great Lakes Octoberfest, to try in New Jersey. I'm not much of a beer drinker, but it pleased me to find a bit of home there.
I'm so glad that I went.
Rick
What an awesome trip the NJ/NY meeting was. I want to thank sausy for all of the time he took away from his personal life to plan the trip and try to please everyone. Sausy, you're awesome. Palbert and frankfrank also helped in getting things moving and are wonderful, caring people as well and I greatly enjoyed their friendships. Thad1527 helped with the train routes and assisted palbert in getting back to his hotel. When we met up with chance1, he was the perfect host and the beer garden was wonderful. Criostoir had worked in the World Trade Center and planned to be late that day, because of that, he missed losing his life, but some of his co-workers lost theirs. We helped him search for their names on the memorial and when we found them it was an emotional moment for all of us. We didn't get to spend a lot of time with TheSpectatingLoner and FPNY but enjoyed what time we did spend with them.
The Frank Gehry building was novel and the male eye candy all over New York was a good diversion. We spent a lot of time walking
and on the trains and couldn't do all that we wanted to do, but we spent a lot of time together and everyone got along well together and the camaraderie was good. The time we spent in the hotel lounge talking was enjoyable. Everyone was so thoughtful and caring. I enjoyed meeting everyone even more than the sightseeing we did. The views from my hotel, the Westin, were fabulous as were all of the views of Manhattan from Jersey City. The food at the Cuban restaurant and the City Diner were very enjoyable and, although I didn't enjoy the Brazilian restaurant as much as the others, it made me happy to see everyone else enjoy themselves. It even happened that I found a Cleveland beer, Great Lakes Octoberfest, to try in New Jersey. I'm not much of a beer drinker, but it pleased me to find a bit of home there.
I'm so glad that I went.
Rick
Well, my Merry Group, we may get T-shirts after all.
Had any of us read:
STICKY Free T-Shirts for JUB Meets -- READ ME
we would have known what to do.
I have PM'd Bryce to try to get the ball rolling.
Had any of us read:
STICKY Free T-Shirts for JUB Meets -- READ ME
we would have known what to do.
I have PM'd Bryce to try to get the ball rolling.
youfiad
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Glad you all had fun. Wish I had enough funds to have gone. Maybe the next one.
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Definitely, you fiad... even if we don't have another in New York soon other possibilities can emerge. I may not be able to attend because of work but Cleveland may be closer for you and they are hosting the Gay Games next year in August as palbert has discussed in a thread in the meets section.
Great to hear palbert's perspectives, I may talk a lot but when he talks...you listen with rapt attention! Frank always has unique and fun insights and I thoroughly enjoyed his perspective on his Sunday exploits in Hoboken... really wish we all could have had that last brunch in the morning but just so glad we really did it and revived the JUB meets. Thanks too to all those posting their well wishes and thoughts here... would love to read from Rickrock his thoughts on the weekend, plus Thad's, Criostoir's, The Lone Spectator.. and don't worry FPNY, the Brazil Grill guys and other delights will be talked about... good things cum to those who wait! Now if I can just get someone who can take this technical dummy through a flash course on posting pics from the meet, because we certainly did take a good number of them!
Great to hear palbert's perspectives, I may talk a lot but when he talks...you listen with rapt attention! Frank always has unique and fun insights and I thoroughly enjoyed his perspective on his Sunday exploits in Hoboken... really wish we all could have had that last brunch in the morning but just so glad we really did it and revived the JUB meets. Thanks too to all those posting their well wishes and thoughts here... would love to read from Rickrock his thoughts on the weekend, plus Thad's, Criostoir's, The Lone Spectator.. and don't worry FPNY, the Brazil Grill guys and other delights will be talked about... good things cum to those who wait!
Now if I can just get someone who can take this technical dummy through a flash course on posting pics from the meet, because we certainly did take a good number of them!
Thad1527
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I wore mine and everyone liked it and wanted one. They're attractive and I think the navy blue is slimming.
I was sooooo glad to be part of the Saturday activities! I had met Sausy and frankfrank before but hadn't seen them in quite a while...and I was happy to meet rickrock and palbert at breakfast, chance1 at the beer garden, and FPNY and bf in the evening.
My trip home was uneventful, and the next morning I was counting greeting cards and pharmaceuticals at Landis Market. Talk about going back to reality in a hurry!
But we packed a lot of fun into just one day!
Thanks, guys, for summarizing the fun so well. I'd do it again with you, anytime, anywhere.
Sausy should have thumbnails or pics up fairly soon.
(He may be photoshopping my weight off.)
(He may be photoshopping my weight off.)
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As if on cue, lol... but alas, my technical skills on the computer are very minimal, so no photoshop!
From left to right... Sausy, Rickrock, Palbert, Frankfrank, Bryan (chance1), Thad1527 at the Beer Garden in Queens, New York City
From left to right... Sausy, Rickrock, Palbert, Frankfrank, Bryan (chance1), Thad1527 at the Beer Garden in Queens, New York City
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One more for now, taken in Lower Manhattan as we got lunch in at George's Diner, near the World Trade Center and quite good. It was taken by Criostoir, who requested his pic not be shown on the actual boards. He is real, folks...we assure you!
From left... Frankfrank, Rickrock, Laney (The Spectating Loner) and myself. The Spectating Loner could only meet with us before his shift started at his job but we thoroughly enjoyed meeting him and enjoying a great lunch together. Just sorry rapidly changing plans kept us from meeting again with him for awhile on Saturday at the Brooklyn Arts Festival.
From left... Frankfrank, Rickrock, Laney (The Spectating Loner) and myself. The Spectating Loner could only meet with us before his shift started at his job but we thoroughly enjoyed meeting him and enjoying a great lunch together. Just sorry rapidly changing plans kept us from meeting again with him for awhile on Saturday at the Brooklyn Arts Festival.
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This one was taken at Owen Grundy Park in the Exchange Place area between the hotel and the waterfront pier
Pictured from left to right Rickrock, palbert, frankfrank and myself
AS you can see with the bags on the table, you do still get goodies at a JUB meet! Okay, they were from PNC Bank in regards to a promotion but the memo pads and other knick knacks come in handy!
Pictured from left to right Rickrock, palbert, frankfrank and myself
AS you can see with the bags on the table, you do still get goodies at a JUB meet! Okay, they were from PNC Bank in regards to a promotion but the memo pads and other knick knacks come in handy!
This one was taken at Owen Grundy Park in the Exchange Place area between the hotel and the waterfront pier
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Pictured from left to right Rickrock, palbert, frankfrank and myself
AS you can see with the bags on the table, you do still get goodies at a JUB meet! Okay, they were from PNC Bank in regards to a promotion but the memo pads and other knick knacks come in handy!
That pic has been photoshopped: it was a cameo by Kulindahr. I deny I look like that; there is no Jim Beam afore me.
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