Montreal and Ottawa Dopers! Wanna meet?

Sunspace · #1 01-28-2007, 11:46 AM

I am going to be making a triangle trip to Ottawa and Montreal after February 10th. Details remain to be worked out, but I'm stopping in Bancroft for a party on Saturday the 10th, and then heading east along Highway 7. Anyone want to meet?

detop · #2 01-28-2007, 05:48 PM

Sure, could be a preparation for Sugardope.

matt_mcl · #3 01-28-2007, 07:53 PM

That would be good, since unfortunately it's looking like I'll not be able to make it for Sugardope (they're holding Federal Council at the same time).

mnemosyne · #4 01-28-2007, 08:16 PM

When is Sugardope? I'd like to meet a few Montreal dopers, though I don't think I can make it to anything in Ottawa. Although I do plan to go up there at the end of February, but that's just to visit a friend! Since I have seen her twice in the past 4-5 years, I figure I owe the whole trip to seeing her!

detop · #5 01-28-2007, 08:57 PM

Here is the thread for this year's Sugardope.

kung fu lola · #6 01-28-2007, 09:37 PM

I'm in!

Incidentally, I have ties to all of the places you mentioned - I live in Montreal now, I used to live in Ottawa, my Dad has a cottage near Bancroft on Papineau Lake, and Highway 7 is a major artery running through my hometown of Peterborough....

Sunspace · #7 01-28-2007, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kung fu lola

I'm in!

Incidentally, I have ties to all of the places you mentioned - I live in Montreal now, I used to live in Ottawa, my Dad has a cottage near Bancroft on Papineau Lake, and Highway 7 is a major artery running through my hometown of Peterborough....

My hometown is Peterborough as well!

This is too weird.

I just read the SugarDope thread... looks like I'll be on another course that weekend and the following ones, so this trip may be it.

I'll know more after talking to a couple of Ottawa (non-Doper) people this week. And I need to book holidays... and I don't want to do that until my performance review at work is over. :: shudder ::

kung fu lola · #8 01-28-2007, 10:19 PM

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My hometown is Peterborough as well!

This is too weird.

That is so cool. I wonder if we know any of the same people.

matt_mcl · #9 01-28-2007, 11:21 PM

And as kfl knows, my grandparents were from Peterborough.

Sunspace · #10 01-29-2007, 06:40 AM

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That is so cool. I wonder if we know any of the same people.

Probably not... we moved away when I was seven.

Eonwe · #11 01-29-2007, 09:26 AM

Depending on exact date/time, I'm interested.

*watches thread with a keen eye*

Barbarian · #12 01-29-2007, 02:30 PM

Saturday and Sunday evenings I'm in the office, but may be able to duck out for an hour. Keep us advised...

detop · #13 02-07-2007, 08:51 AM

So, when do you expect to arrive in town ?

Sunspace · #14 02-07-2007, 09:29 AM

Alas! Alas! Thanks to certain family events, I must postpone this trip until March. However, I have put a firmer date on it in March. I will be taking a building-code course at Loyalist College on the last two wekends of March, and sometime during the week between (the 26th to the 29th of March), I will be making my visits.

Kythereia · #15 02-07-2007, 02:34 PM

*sneaks in*

Psssst! Everyone in Toronto!

Let's all get together when Sunspace has left and plot evilly behind his back!

Sunspace · #16 02-07-2007, 02:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Kythereia

*sneaks in*

Psssst! Everyone in Toronto!

Let's all get together when Sunspace has left and plot evilly behind his back!

But how do you know that it is not I who plots evilly behind a smokescreen of misdirection? Eh? Eh?
Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha....

*coughs*

<innocent look>

Kythereia · #17 02-07-2007, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunspace

But how do you know that it is not I who plots evilly behind a smokescreen of misdirection? Eh? Eh?

So now we have to counter-plot evilly as well?

All this evil stuff is so time-consuming... *sigh*

Sunspace · #18 02-20-2007, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Kythereia

So now we have to counter-plot evilly as well?

All this evil stuff is so time-consuming... *sigh*

But look at it this way... we are far and away the style leaders!

Sunspace · #19 03-23-2007, 03:16 PM

Well!

I will be in Montréal on Tuesday (and probably Wednesday, pending accomodation Tuesday night). Anyone still want to meet? (Sorry, I know it's short notice...)

This is what happens when you absolutely need to get out of Toronto to save your sanity...

kung fu lola · #20 03-23-2007, 05:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Sunspace

Well!

I will be in Montréal on Tuesday (and probably Wednesday, pending accomodation Tuesday night). Anyone still want to meet? (Sorry, I know it's short notice...)

This is what happens when you absolutely need to get out of Toronto to save your sanity...

I'll meet you! When and where?

matt_mcl · #21 03-23-2007, 08:37 PM

I'm there!

detop · #22 03-24-2007, 10:35 AM

Sure, I'll be available also.

Sunspace · #23 03-26-2007, 11:12 AM

Yay!
I'm now in Ottawa at a frend's house. I plan to arrive in Montreal tomorrow late morning (11:30 ish), on the bus from Ottawa. I'll be staying overnight at the home of a fellow Esperanto speaker, then returning to Toronto on Wednesday afternoon. So Would you folks be up for meeting tomorrow afternoon or early evening? (I'll email matt_mcl.)

kung fu lola · #24 03-26-2007, 07:06 PM

I am free after work (5 PM). I can be downtown by 5:45, is a dinner thing a good idea maybe?

Sunspace · #25 03-26-2007, 07:48 PM

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I am free after work (5 PM). I can be downtown by 5:45, is a dinner thing a good idea maybe?

Early evening dinner would be good. I have no idea of good veniues, though.

kung fu lola · #26 03-26-2007, 09:38 PM

Ok well I will be in touch with matt_mcl on his cellphone, and my work e-mail is ekuehnba at amscan dot com, so if you make any plans during the day, let me know.

I am sure people will be by with suggestions for restaurants, but here are a few places I know of downtown:

* Curry House
* Three Amigos
* Dunn's deli
* Le Commensal
* Baton Rouge

Or, you can go to The Village, which has a handful of places as well, like St. Hubert, Bato Thai, and Le Planète.

detop · #27 03-26-2007, 11:24 PM

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Originally Posted by kung fu lola

I am free after work (5 PM). I can be downtown by 5:45, is a dinner thing a good idea maybe?

That would work for me too. I'm usually home from work at around 4 PM. And dinner sounds good for me too.

matt_mcl · #28 03-27-2007, 12:42 AM

Because of Scott's travel arrangements I'll suggest the village for dinner. Do we like Thai?

Sunspace · #29 03-27-2007, 07:28 AM

Hi!

I'm on a Bell internet terminal at the Ottawa bus station posting this, and it won't let me get to my Rogers email! Arrgghh! So I can't check my email. If matt_ncl or kung fu lola could contact me at the cellphone number I emailed last night, then we could connect.

Thai sounds good, too.