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Oh great - another New Yorker moves to Florida

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Aaron Edwards says:

Hey Everyone -

My name is Aaron and I'm in the process of moving to St. Pete/Tampa - thought I'd say hello.

Back in NYC I've been very active in the NYC Social group - we have a meet-up monthly along with other events and get togethers. The powers that be here at Flickr have been very supportive in our group events having sent a bunch of swag to a picnic we did in Central Park last summer and promoting another outing on the main blog.

I'm wondering if there is any interest here in getting some of the Flickr folk from the Tampa/St Pete area together for a meet-up sometime. Leave a comment here if you might be up for this or with any ideas, questions, etc.

Thanks.

- Aaron
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stephiedee [deleted] says:

I'd be interested.
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Val-Verde says:

I would also be interested.
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Dshalock® Libertarian Emperor of America  Pro User  says:

I would be interested as well.
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natural gas  Pro User  says:

Me too, and my wife who is on here also.
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Aaron Edwards says:

Oh cool!

Does anyone have a preference to a specific day or time? I was thinking that we could either meet early evening (after work for most) or on a weekend day.

Another idea is that this Sunday Goonie328 and I were planning on doing a stroll around Ybor City. If it's not too short on notice maybe we can meet for a photostroll.

If anyone is up for going we can pick a time and location (like at the Starbucks at Center Ybor or something). Whataya think?
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Dshalock® Libertarian Emperor of America  Pro User  says:

I would be available on Sunday...hopefully not to early as I am not exactly a morning person on the weekends :-)
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Aaron Edwards says:

I'm never a morning person (although I'm much better with them being down here). Maybe in the afternoon around 2 or 3 would be good. I'll speak to Goonie this evening and see what he thinks as well.
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stephiedee [deleted] says:

I'd be up to that but this Sunday would be hard. I was just there last week and didn't get all the shots I wanted (kid in tow).

As for preferences: I can handle weeknights pretty well. Weekends are usually better for me though.
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natural gas  Pro User  says:

I can't do this week b/c of work. Week nights are usually OK though.

Keep in mind that this weekend is Gasparilla. Could be good (photo ops) or bad (really crowded).
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Dshalock® Libertarian Emperor of America  Pro User  says:

Oh yeah thats right I had forgotten about Gasparilla this weekend. I am planning on being out and about on Saturday getting pictures of the Parade and general festivities. Generally Monday and Wed are bad for me but other than that weeknights would be cool with me.
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Aaron Edwards says:

Unfortunately I can't go to the Gasparilla fest and ar-ar-argh with the others - I'm being dragged to the FX convention on Saturday.
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Val-Verde says:

I can't do Sunday precisely because of Gasparilla. I live in South Tampa and get stuck with the Gasparilla traffic. Gasparilla and Airfest are the two that make it so I can't get out of my neighborhood. Nights and weekends are usually good for me though.
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Aaron Edwards says:

How does Friday, February 3rd, (early evening) or Saturday the 4th (during the day) sound?

I'm tentatively flying back to NY that Sunday and may stay for a couple of weeks or a couple of days depending on if I've been offered/take a job here.

dshalock - we will be going to Gasparilla on Saturday, in the evening. I'll email you here with my digits if you want to meet up at some point.

on a side note:

Thanks for your comments on my pics. I feel bad for not having visited your photo streams much just yet - my time is limited since I'm trying to get acclimated, moved and employed. It doesn't help that my NY friends are all calling frequently to say how much they hate me (because I'm not there freezing with the rest of them).
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stephiedee [deleted] says:

I'm pretty sure I can do either of those days.
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Val-Verde says:

I can do either of those days as well.
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Aaron Edwards says:

well we're pretty flexible so which do prefer?
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Val-Verde says:

Saturday the 4th.
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natural gas  Pro User  says:

Saturday the 4th here too.
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Aaron Edwards says:

Would you like to meet on Saturday say around 1pm at Schakolad (a chocolate/coffee joint) on Central and 4th St S in St. Petersburg? From there we can go to the Pier or over to Coffee Pot Blvd.

Schakolad is in the Snell Arcade Building, 401 Central Avenue.
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natural gas  Pro User  says:

That sounds good to me. Start it out with a sugar buzz.
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Dshalock® Libertarian Emperor of America  Pro User  says:

Saturday the 4th would work for me. You can't go wrong with Chocolate and Coffee :-)
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Aaron Edwards says:

Alright - our first Tampa Bay Meet-up.

I checked with the admin and he's cool with me sending an invite to some of the other members here.

I'm looking forward to Saturday.
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dulcelife  Pro User  says:

I will try my best to make it. Thanks for the invite.
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unprose  Pro User  says:

Thanks for the invitation -- It will be nice to meet some faces behind the pictures! I can't stay forever - have previous plans in Largo later in the afternoon - but now I know to check this discussion board from time to time...!
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natural gas  Pro User  says:

Should we post a link to this thread over in the
FlickrMeet group?
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Aaron Edwards says:

Good idea - I'll do that now.
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Val-Verde says:

Im in too.
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Aaron Edwards says:

alriiiiight!

Thanks to unprose, I've joined the St. Pete group and will post an invite to our meet-up there as well.
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Lou Tamposi says:

Gah, a meet-up I could attend- but my mother is addicted to WICKED and we have tickets to see it. I'm sad.
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Aaron Edwards says:

.lou - there will be other meet-ups, so hopefully you can get to the next one. (btw - I'm reading Wicked right now - at least she's not addicted to Rent)

We've been Flickr-blogged!

Thanks natural gas for pointing it out to me and to Heather for giving our meet a mention.
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