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Grex > Agora41 > #15: Walk every Saturday with people near Ann Arbor who use Grex | |
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aruba
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response 175 of 198:
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Jun 1 22:59 UTC 2002 |
For lunch we lost danr and krj, but gained i.
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i
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response 176 of 198:
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Jun 1 23:19 UTC 2002 |
FWIW, Siam Cuisine (in Braun Ct.) was close for more than an hour after
the opening time proclaimed in their window. I wandered back later,
they were open, and i was told that they'd opened late for one-time
reasons. They seemed eager for our future business.
Dunno. Siam' is supposed to open at 11:30. Farmer's Market (across
the street, maybe 30 paces from their front door) was swarming with
people all morning and Kerrytown's little eateries were packed tight
when i checked there shortly after noon. Crowds were still pretty
light & not all the food vendors open at the Festival (1-3 blocks
away) around 12:30 when we headed down there for lunch. My guess is
that business is too light Saturday mornings for Siam' to take their
opening time seriously.
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janc
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response 177 of 198:
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Jun 2 03:54 UTC 2002 |
Missed another walk, drat it. Arlo was invited to a birthday party and
needed a parental escourt.
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keesan
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response 178 of 198:
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Jun 8 13:10 UTC 2002 |
The motd says, for the walk 'see Agora Item 35'. I saw, I left, I searched.
Can someone fix the motd to read 15 instead?
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scott
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response 179 of 198:
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Jun 8 13:18 UTC 2002 |
Oopsie. The number changes every Agora, natually.
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keesan
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response 180 of 198:
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Jun 8 15:31 UTC 2002 |
I was thinking of going, but the meeting place is not only on the far side
of the Arboretum from us, but even past it. We generally go in near the
hospital, without crossing the river twice first.
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scott
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response 181 of 198:
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Jun 8 15:56 UTC 2002 |
So, do what I used to do: Show up at the rapids section around 10:50 and wait
for the Grexers to show up.
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keesan
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response 182 of 198:
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Jun 8 20:12 UTC 2002 |
Plus or minus how many minutes?
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scott
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response 183 of 198:
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Jun 8 21:15 UTC 2002 |
Not sure. I haven't done it in a year or two.
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janc
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response 184 of 198:
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Jun 9 01:20 UTC 2002 |
This weeks walk featured
Four Men:
Mark Conger
Jan Wolter
Jeff Kaplan
Dan Romanchik
Three Women:
Chris Bickler
Carol Mohr
Valerie Mates
Three Children (in Three Baby Strollers):
Arlo Mates
Ross Kaplan
Kendra Wolter
Three Dogs:
Mutsie
Barney
Athena
Mark joined late and Dan left early, so for most of the walk we had
perfect 3-3-3-3 symmetry. In a well organized universe each couple
would have one dog and one child, but this is not a well organized
universe.
The other walkers express their gratitude to Dan, Mark and Carol for
their generous assistance with excess dogs and strollers, however it
was still a record slow walk. This is partly because the dog-walkers
took a side trip to the peony garden, while the stroller pushers took a
child maintenance break.
Athena is a special guest dog, not the property of any of the human
walkers.
It was 1:00 by the time we had finished the walk. Jeff & Chris & Jan &
Valerie all had side trips they had to make before reaching the
restaraunt, so it would have been about 1:45 before we could get there.
We decided it was unlikely that any non-walking Grexers would be still
waiting for us at that point, so decided to go to a more restuarant
more convenient to our places of abode instead. I believe Mark & Carol
went to the regulation debriefing site, Jerusalem Garden.
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aruba
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response 185 of 198:
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Jun 9 14:47 UTC 2002 |
I believe Jeff once described an extra dog on the walk as his "hot-swappable
backup dog".
Yes, Carol and I went to Jerusalem Garden, but didn't meet any Grexers. We
got to sit outside, though, and it was nice.
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orinoco
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response 186 of 198:
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Jun 9 18:13 UTC 2002 |
I trekked down to Jerusalem Garden to try to meet up with you all, but I see
my timing was off.
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aruba
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response 187 of 198:
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Jun 9 18:16 UTC 2002 |
It's not suprizing - we got there about 1:05.
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oval
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response 188 of 198:
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Jun 10 03:14 UTC 2002 |
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krj
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response 189 of 198:
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Jun 16 18:26 UTC 2002 |
Conditions for the Saturday morning walk were misty and drizzly.
The damp walkers were janc, aruba and krj. We took a detour
through the Peony Garden, which is now about at peak -- some buds
are still unopened, while others are starting to shed petals.
The detour took us through parts of the Arb I had never seen before
-- I really need to make some more exploratory walks in there.
aruba and krj proceeded to lunch at the Golden Wall, where we were
joined by Carol and russ. The Golden Wall is in the former DaLat
building, at the intersection of Cross and Ballard streets in Ypsilanti,
about one block east of La Fiesta Mexicana. The Golden Wall
is primarily Vietnamese food with a small Chinese menu. The consensus
was that the food was good, and the seating was quite flexible for
a group of indeterminate size, so The Golden Wall should go into
the regular restaurant rotation.
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remmers
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response 190 of 198:
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Jun 16 18:43 UTC 2002 |
Glad to see you did the Golden Wall. It's a frequent lunch or dinner
spot for me during the school year.
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russ
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response 191 of 198:
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Jun 16 21:04 UTC 2002 |
Re #190: Say, John, do you want to be the Ypsi post-walk eatery scout?
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remmers
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response 192 of 198:
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Jun 16 21:15 UTC 2002 |
My usefulness would be limited. May-August I don't go to Ypsi much,
and the rest of the year, my scouting range would be limited to walking
distance from my office, which boils down to Cross Street. All the
places on Cross Street that I frequent are already on the list.
With one exception, I guess. The Tower Restaurant is decent and on
Cross Street, and could handle a Grexwalk-size crowd, but to my
knowledge we've never been there. So I'll nominate that.
For generalized Ypsi scouting, an Ypsi resident would be better --
e.g. slynne, happyboy, or mspiggy. But none of them have done the
walks or debriefs, so far.
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slynne
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response 193 of 198:
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Jun 16 21:27 UTC 2002 |
I have so been on a grex walk! I think it was something like 5-6 years
ago but I went so nya nya nya
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remmers
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response 194 of 198:
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Jun 17 12:37 UTC 2002 |
I sit corrected.
And I think you'd make a good Ypsi restaurant scout.
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slynne
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response 195 of 198:
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Jun 17 13:48 UTC 2002 |
Heh. When I eat out in Ypsi these days, I mostly do the depot town
thing since I live only a couple of blocks away. I think Sidetrack is
already on THE LIST but I dont know about the other places: Cady's,
Aubrees, etc. There is a really good deli right between Cady's and
Sidetrack but I am blanking on the name. They have *REALLY* good
sandwiches and stuff. I like to get them 'to go' and then go eat them
in Riverside park with the doggers. That might be something that folks
who bring their dogs to the walk might like.
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aruba
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response 196 of 198:
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Jun 17 16:13 UTC 2002 |
I remember when you came on the walk, Lynne. That's the only time I've met
you in person. We've never been to Cady's, or Aubree's, or the deli after
the walk.
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slynne
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response 197 of 198:
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Jun 17 17:19 UTC 2002 |
Thanks Mark, thats nice that you remembered.
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remmers
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response 198 of 198:
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Jun 18 11:14 UTC 2002 |
So come again sometime.
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