# I'm visiting Hal Briston for two weeks in Dec (in NJ and also NY and DC). Wanna meet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 12, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349 "2016-10-12T19:24:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/1 "2016-10-12T19:24:28Z")
So I’m taking a vacation to visit and stay with **Hal Briston** for two weeks in Dec. I’ll be there from Dec 5th to the 19th. **Hal Briston** lives in New Jersey, around Newark. During the trip, we’re also planning to spend a weekend in New York City and another weekend in Washington DC. Anyone up for a one day meeting, maybe? Meet two SDMB mods for the price of one! ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/2 "2016-10-12T19:27:45Z")
I wouldn’t mind meeting in DC but it’d have to be on a Friday. Send me a PM if you’re interested. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/3 "2016-10-12T19:48:09Z")
Are you two going to get matching “I heart NYC” refrigerator magnets? I wouldn’t be mad if you sent me one. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/4 "2016-10-12T20:15:13Z")
> [@furryman](#): > > I wouldn’t mind meeting in DC but it’d have to be on a Friday. Send me a PM if you’re interested. Do I hear “DC Dopefest”? ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/5 "2016-10-12T22:52:32Z")
> [@Skywatcher](#): > > Do I hear “DC Dopefest”? If there is one, I’m probably in. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/6 "2016-10-12T23:15:17Z")
Count me in. I’d like to hang out when y’all are in the NYC environs. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/7 "2016-10-12T23:22:56Z")
Just make sure to leave your sheep back home! ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/8 "2016-10-12T23:35:50Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Anyone up for a one day meeting, maybe? Meet two SDMB mods for the price of one! If you either come a little south, to central NJ or a little further east, to Lawn Guyland, you could have _three_ pair of jackboots in one place. :eek: Philly is in the middle of those two cities & could host a combined Dopefest. ---
**Author:** ![Edward\_The\_Head](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ce73a5/32.png) [@Edward\_The\_Head](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Edward_The_Head)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/9 "2016-10-13T17:44:25Z")
I’d be up for a dopefest in DC. Doubt I could make it up to the NYC area during that time. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/10 "2016-10-13T18:08:45Z")
Doubt I could make it anywhere beyond WMATA’s reach. Got so much work to do that I’ve been putting in an extra four hours on Saturdays and Sundays. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/11 "2016-10-13T22:18:23Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Are you two going to get matching “I heart NYC” refrigerator magnets? I wouldn’t be mad if you sent me one. Or matching “I heart NYC” tattoos? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/12 "2016-10-13T22:21:03Z")
I’d be interested in a weekend DC gathering. Can’t do weekdays. I’m gainfully employed and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/13 "2016-10-13T22:23:41Z")
Dammit Idle. You are meeting Hal in New Jersey and traveling to New York and DC but what, you are too good for Philly? Stop by in Philly ✊. Seriously, I’m self employed. I can make time. I’ll buy you a cheesesteak at the venue of your choosing. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2016, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/14 "2016-10-16T19:12:16Z")
So Hal said we might be able to stopover in Philly for an evening one of the days. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/15 "2016-10-17T01:34:36Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > So Hal said we might be able to stopover in Philly for an evening one of the days. Yay. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/16 "2016-10-17T15:42:46Z")
I’d be up for a DC meetup, depending on how it fits in with whatever else is going on around then. ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/17 "2016-10-17T16:10:27Z")
I live in Arlington and would love to meet y’all in DC! Please send me a PM if details are nailed down! ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/18 "2016-10-18T01:40:12Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > **Hal Briston** lives in New Jersey, around Newark. Just popping in to give **Idle** a geography lesson – Newark is 60 miles away from here. 🙂 We’re in Brick – northern Ocean County shore area. ---
**Author:** ![NAF1138](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naf1138/32/3245_2.png) [@NAF1138](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NAF1138)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/19 "2016-10-18T02:08:32Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > Just popping in to give **Idle** a geography lesson – Newark is 60 miles away from here. 🙂 > > We’re in Brick – northern Ocean County shore area. Oh good, I thought you had fallen on hard times. Brick is nice, Newark is… Not. ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2016, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349/20 "2016-10-18T02:20:08Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > We’re in Brick – northern Ocean County shore area. _Now_ you tell me? I was just in Sea Girt on Sat afternoon; had I gotten there a little bit earlier I would have driven right thru Brick. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-visiting-hal-briston-for-two-weeks-in-dec-in-nj-and-also-ny-and-dc-wanna-meet/768349.md?page=2)