Freezing Saddles Welcome Happy Hour — meet your teammates!

[wheelswings]

Hi everyone,
Here are the details for the initial Freezing Saddles Happy Hour, the event at which we will meet our teammates and celebrate the start of the Freezing Saddles season!

Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2017
(The Freezing Saddles contest starts on Jan. 1st, but holding the happy hour on Jan. 10 gives the coordinators time to create the teams and work through the technical details).
Time: 6 to 8 pm (officially) but we’re welcome to stay ‘til 9:30 or 10 pm.
Location: Bier Baron Tavern, located at 1523 22nd St NW, Washington, DC (between P and Q Streets on the east side of the street)…this is near Dupont Circle and Foggy Bottom in DC.
It’s a beautiful, large space with a lot of character. There’s a stage, a screen, a juke box, sound system (we can hook up an iphone), projector, etc….really good amenities.
The space can hold 225 people (standing) and there are 150 seats, so it’s much bigger than we’ve had in prior years. There are loads of tables. We considered many other options, but this one is by far the best.
Cover charge (suggested donation): $10 per person…The first two bucks is for Bier Baron, to cover our facility rental and staffing, and the rest will pay for a buffet of finger food…soft pretzels, quesadillas, hummus with pita and veggies, falafel….
Beer: Bier Baron sells 24 beers on draft, and up ‘til 7 pm there’s a $1 discount on the draft beers (the standard price is $5 to $9 for most types). They also sell 600 types of beer in bottles, and they have sodas and juices as well. There’s a full menu of dinner food for those who wish a heartier meal.
Children: If you’re not able to park your little ones with a friend or a babysitter, feel free to bring them along. This is a bar, so adults will be carded at the door, but kids are welcome until 9 pm.
Bike Parking: We are scouting the neighborhood for bike-parking options. Ideas welcome!!
RSVPs: We are making a list of likely attendees so as to have an approximate head count for food. Please reply on this thread if you’d like to join us (and please indicate the number if you’ll be bringing friends/family). All are welcome.

Looking forward! w&w on behalf of your friendly FS social committee

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[glennpstevens]

I’ll be there

[shardg]

Attending, and thanks for setting it up.

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[Steve O]

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[Allan C]

I’m in

[Bruno Moore]

“Beautiful large space with lots of character” may be the kindest description I’ve ever heard of Ye Olde Brickskeller. I’ll be sure to order four beers at my local watering hole, only getting one, to share in the experience.

And ye, FS is truly international now. There’s what, the UK, Ukrane, Peru, and the Republic of Texas?

[Kitty]

Awesome! I was already planning on coming, but preztels AND a good beer selection? Now I’m just excited. 😮

In short, I’ll be there! Its close to work so I could be there a bit early if needed. Let me know if I can help with registration/cover collection etc.

[consularrider]

@Brünø Moore 150215 wrote:

“Beautiful large space with lots of character” may be the kindest description I’ve ever heard of Ye Olde Brickskeller. I’ll be sure to order four beers at my local watering hole, only getting one, to share in the experience.

And ye, FS is truly international now. There’s what, the UK, Ukraine, Peru, and the Republic of Texas?

Nope, no Ukraine this year, but Germany is added.

[Greenbelt]

Laurie and I will almost certainly attend. -Jeff

[epilsk]

I’ll be there and glad/terrified to meet the other inmates. I will be rolling home to Takoma Park and happy for company after the fun.

[JonRobot]

hooray! i’ll be there for sure. my wife maaaaay also come, but is skeptical enough about living with one whackjob that’ll bike all winter, let alone being in a room full of us.

[SarahBee]

I’ll be there. Thanks for all the hard work getting this organized!

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[cvcalhoun]

@Brünø Moore 150215 wrote:

“Beautiful large space with lots of character” may be the kindest description I’ve ever heard of Ye Olde Brickskeller.

Hey, bad character is still character!

[lordofthemark]

I will happily be there.

But since I am now terrified to lock up a bike out of my sight, outdoors, in the District, I am guessing I will CaBi over.

[cvcalhoun]

@lordofthemark 150250 wrote:

I will happily be there.

But since I am now terrified to lock up a bike out of my sight, outdoors, in the District, I am guessing I will CaBi over.

They are working on getting the use of the garage at the church across the street, which would at least deal with the “outdoors” part. And in past years, we’ve had people take turns guarding the bikes–not sure whether that will happen this year.

[Rod Smith]

I’ll be there. Thanks for organizing.

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