Anyone interested in a small get together in DC late summer or early fall?

mishele · Apr 16, 2013

kathythorson said:
mishele said:

runnah said:

Sounds like it'd be a fun time. Sadly I can't make it. I think Maine would be much better.

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That's ok. We'll tell you all about it when we get back!!

Kathy, need a roommate?!

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Sure do! Pilllllowww FIGHT!!!!! I have never been to DC before. I have been wanting to. I love traveling.

It's a date!! What happens in DC stays in DC!!

TATTRAT · Apr 16, 2013

mishele said:
What happens in DC stays in DC!!

No, normally it ends up on CNN. . . :grumpy:

bentcountershaft · Apr 17, 2013

I doubt I would be able to attend, but I'm subscribing just in case. I certainly would like to.

bentcountershaft · Apr 17, 2013

If I was able to go, it would have to be by early August, say the week of the 10th if the meet up is during the week. Weekends I have a little more flexibility.

mishele · Apr 17, 2013

Damn...where's Jess?!!

jowensphoto · Apr 17, 2013

KenC said:
Could be - keep me posted

A weekday might be easier than trying to steal time from a weekend, plus DC would be less crowded, although it always depends on whether people can get a day off. I probably could manage it, depending on the day.

You realize that, especially that time of year, DC is always crowded, right? LOL

I am so in! The only dates that I absolutely cannot is 8/4-8/11 (down in OBX that week with the fam).

Crystal/Pentagon City is right next to Reagan National and has lots of decently priced hotels (we just stayed at the Raddison a couple weeks ago). PLUS there's a street next to all the hotels lined with bars and a head shop. And the best sushi place around, too.

mishele · Apr 17, 2013

Who needs photography when there is bar hopping!!

jowensphoto · Apr 17, 2013

Ohhh man I. Am. Pumped.

I have one photographer friend in real life but we just don't have the same... views. I hope we can plan this ish and have a good, ol' fashioned shoot out!

480sparky · Apr 17, 2013

mishele said:
It's a date!! What happens in DC stays in DC!!

Oh, no you don't!

If'n y'all are a-fixing to git together, the rest of us are gonna demand pictures.

LOTS of pictures.

KenC · Apr 17, 2013

jowensphoto said:
KenC said:

Could be - keep me posted

A weekday might be easier than trying to steal time from a weekend, plus DC would be less crowded, although it always depends on whether people can get a day off. I probably could manage it, depending on the day.

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You realize that, especially that time of year, DC is always crowded, right? LOL

Yeah, I've been there enough to realize that, and Philly is also a zoo around the historic area except in the dead of Winter, but it's worse on the weekend.

ronlane · Apr 17, 2013

Robin_Usagani said:
Mish and Kathy pillow fight in lingerie phooshoot? When? I need to book.

Robin, I think you need an assistant/2nd shooter we wouldn't want to miss any of those special moments.

jowensphoto · Apr 17, 2013

KenC said:
jowensphoto said:

KenC said:

Could be - keep me posted

A weekday might be easier than trying to steal time from a weekend, plus DC would be less crowded, although it always depends on whether people can get a day off. I probably could manage it, depending on the day.

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You realize that, especially that time of year, DC is always crowded, right? LOL

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Yeah, I've been there enough to realize that, and Philly is also a zoo around the historic area except in the dead of Winter, but it's worse on the weekend.

Yes, this is certainly true if everyone is more interested in the tourist-y stuff (aka, the people who don't live here lol). Weekends aren't too bad right outside the city, and there's still lots of good stuff to see/shoot.

Either way, weekend or week day, I'm down.

Anybody have a date in mind?

jwbryson1 · Apr 17, 2013

Robin_Usagani said:
Mish and Kathy pillow fight in lingerie phooshoot? When? I need to book.

Sorry Charlie. "Locals" get dibs on this gig.... :eyebrows:

480sparky · Apr 17, 2013

jowensphoto said:
..........Anybody have a date in mind?

Having set up gigs like this on other forums, I'll give y'all a little advice. First, there's no way you'll nail down a date that's acceptable to everyone wanting to attend. Last time that happened was during the Carter administration (M*A*S*H: episode #173, The Party, aired 3/12/1979... if you get my drift). Someone needs to take the bull by the horn, set a date, time and place and let it be.

Second, for every three or four that say they will attend, one will actually show up. Sorry, folks, but them's the truth. Some will simply decide not to make the effort, some will not be able to afford it, some will invent a reason (sick, work, my daughter had a shot-gun wedding....), and some will have a valid reason (sick, work, my daughter had a shot-gun wedding....).

I'm not posting this to pee in your Cheerios. I'm just letting everyone know that the enthusiasm tends to taper off as time goes by. But having attended similar functions in Dallas TX., Minneapolis MN. and Denver CO., they're a hoot! You end up getting kicked out of the restaurant 'cuz they're closing, the hotel asks you to keep the chatter down, and you never want it to end.

I'd love to be there, since I haven't been east since the early '70s. But DC is just too far for me, and with my projected workload this year I wouldn't be able to shake loose anyway.