Official: blogger meetup in Austin!

Well, we’ve made it official: Pamela, Fraser, and I will be at the Iron Cactus restaurant in downtown Austin, Texas (606 Trinity Street, corner of 6th and Trinity) Tuesday night, January 8 at 8:00 p.m. We have a room reserved, and our fondest thanks go to George the Heliochromologist for taking care of that. Just so’s you know, he plunked down some cash for it, so if you go to the meetup and eat and drink, that will defray the cost (no doubt he’ll take donations too). It’s been a while since I’ve been there, but when I was there the food was good, and the drinks were too.

Fraser has some more info, including a map. Background info is here.

January 3rd, 2008 9:00 AM by Phil Plait in About this blog, Cool stuff | 6 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

6 Responses to “Official: blogger meetup in Austin!”

1. astropixie Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 10:12 am

i recommend the margaritas
2. Rock Howard Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 11:59 am

Darn. I have a meeting to chair that night. I will try to swing by later on. Are there any other Austin activities planned? Also will you have books for sale or do I need to pick up my own copy in advance?
3. The Ethical Atheist Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 12:55 pm

Damn! I wish I could come. I have class that day in College Station 6-10.
4. Christine Pulliam Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 2:32 pm

See you there!
5. txjak Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 4:28 pm

If you’re in Austin Sunday 1/6, check out the AstroZone at the Hilton from Noon to 4pm. See http://www.imascientist.org/astrozone for more details.
6. arensb Says:
January 3rd, 2008 at 9:02 pm

Is there any chance you’ll be there on a weekend, so that the Atheist Community of Austin can have you as a guest on their TV show?

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