I will be in NY May 14-16. I wonder if anyone would be interested in going out for a coffee/drinks or salsa dancing?

I will be in San Francisco Friday and Saturday, and would love to meet up with any local or travelling VTer?s!

I would suggest Calzones, at 430 Columbus Av.
Time: 8pm
http://www.calzonesf.com

Last time we had some great fun there, as you can see here:
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/tt/878ab/#TL

If you have any other good suggestions please let me know and we readjust the meeting place.

I am going to the Philadelphia Air Force Week during May 26 - June 2 (http://www.airforceweekinphiladelphia.com). I already found VTer Benwrite who will be working at the Air Force events & just wondering if anyone else would like to meet in the evening for a drink.
Drop me an email if you are interested and we will decide the place & Time.

It will probably be the most crucial match of the year for Oranje - our second game in the "group of death" against the favourites France.

Bring your Oranje kits, paint your face, settle down at the PH sports bar with a bottle of "heerlijk, helder, Heineken" and support your team!!

June, 13, 2008 @ noon
European Football Championship
Planet Hollywood Resort - Sports Books/Bar

I'll be in town for a week and would love to go out for dinner/a drink or two, whatever. No definite plans, but preferrably somewhere with air conditioning! Saturday night works good for me, so far, but it can be changed.

VT meeting for early summer in NYC will be on June 21. Dining for lunch will be at Metro Marche French Braserrie. Its a french style restaurant with decent prices. We have a nicely priced pre-fixe menu of about $24.95 a person. This is actually the best way to do this. Its located in Times Square. Address is 625 8th Avenue at 41st Street. Commencement of the luncheon will be at 12:00. Would like confirmations 1-2 weeks prior to date. This way, there will be enough time to make changes if need be.

Myself Saf from India will be visitng Ontario province of Canada on late June and Early July 08. I will be staying one week in Toronto. I want to know from anyone of you what are the best places to visit in Canada? I would love to accompnay a groug or any member. Can anyone help me find a friend?

Please join me in welcoming VT member 'Soulanjuli' back from over a year of service in Iraq. It's been awhile since we've had a local event and I can't think of a better reason to celebrate this summer.

Details

Saturday July 12th, 2008
4:00 p.m.
The Mai Tai Bar
97 Aquarium Way
Long Beach
562-435-1200
http://maitaibar.com/california_promotions.html

This is a great place with a view of water,lots of fruity drinks, and cool live music. Great happy hour drinks and food from 4-7.We have a VIP reserved booth from 4-8. Afterwards we can kick it there or walk over to the Auld Dubliner for drinks and an Irish band.

Have I ever let you down?

Matcrazy 1 and his lovely wife Matcrazy 0 are coming to Chicago in July and I thought it would be nice to have a meeting to welcome them to Chicago. Since the Crazies are doing a tour of Polish Chicago with a Chicago Greeter in the morning, the Greeter thought it would be nice to have lunch at a Polish restaurant afterward. Please meet us at 12:15pm at:

Red Apple (Czerwone Jabluszko)
3121 N. Milwaukee Ave. Chicago, IL 60618
Tel. 773.588.5781

Red Apple is a Polish buffet, the cost is $10.99

http://redapplebuffet.com/

If you are taking public transportation, the closest el station is Belmont on the Blue line (make sure you are on the blue line going towards O'Hare as there is another Belmont stop on the Brown line)

Part II of Matcrazy1 and Matcrazy0's VT meetings has been changed because of the Chicago Greeter that I was able to set up, Polish food is now on Saturday. For Sunday, it's a two parter, 1st let's meet at the corner of State and Chicago ABOVE GROUND at the Chicago red line stop at 10:30 am for a ride down to Chinatown for their summer festival, we'll grab dim sum for lunch, watch the parade.

Then the Crazies and I have tickets for the White Sox, I have one extra ticket if anyone is interested and the best part is that it is free :-)

Part II will be deep dish pizza at Lou Malnati's River North location at 439 N. Wells at 5:30.

I will be in Las Vegas on Tuesday July 29 wednesday July 30 & Thursday July 31 2008 .
If anyone happens to be in Vegas during that time or close by in the area ,why not have a drink or lunch or dinner together .
Write me an E-mail if you are interested .

Hansi

Hi I will travel to Buffalo on July and I´d like to meet some interesting people who could show me what can be done by night.

Thanx a lot Mike

All Carolinians and Virginians, Georgians, hell anywhere in the South: Pay heed! A VT meet is in the making. Apparently there haven't been many (if ANY!) VT meets in the NC area, so be a part of VT History! Come one - come all... bring guests and your great travel spirit!

We plan to have a leisurely meal on Saturday August 23rd around 1pm. It will be at The Federal (http://www.thefederal.net/menu/menu.html)

FEDERAL: 914 West Main Street Durham NC 27701 ph# 919.680.8611

Seems like it has about everything we could ask for: Reasonable enough prices & interesting menu plus a full bar.

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

I will go to Mexico D.F. august 23rd. Should spend few days in the area, then go north. I will go back to take my plane on september 12th.
I would be happy to meet locals or tourists when I will be there.
Yvon LeD

Gates open at 11:00 and the music starts at 12:00. I'll be in the dance tent located beside the concession stands most all day. The weather promises to be great.
See the tip on my page there is a link to the rhythm and roots home page there for more details.
http://members.virtualtourist.com/m/e35d4/d2e20/4

Hi everyone! I am so excited to be going to Mexico City with my sister. We will be in town for only 5 days. We are going to see as much as we possibly can but we would love to meet any VT members that are going to be around in the area at the same time. Locals,Tourist...it doesnt matter. Lets find a place to meet!

My wife and I are visiting my son who just moved to London. It would be nice to finally meet some of the VT members in the area.

Details:

Time: 1:00 pm
Restaurant: Crabby Joe's
Address: 557 Wellington Rd. S
Directions: South of Commissioner's Road, on the west side of Wellington. Turn into Waterman Ave as the entrance is off there.

Website: www.crabbyjoes.com

We can then decide if we want to go somewhere else afterwards, or not... depending upon how we feel then.

Well, they say that everything is bigger in Texas, and the members of VT Texas Edition want to prove this to you. Having experience with large meets in Australia and New Zealand, we would like to host everyone in town for a weekend of big food and fun.

Virtual Tourist 1st Annual Big Texas Meet
September 26th through 28th, 2008 Fort Worth Texas

Link to Map

Agenda
Friday September 26th
6:30pm till ??
Cattlemens Steakhouse - 2458 N Main St, Fort Worth, TX 76164
Late Nighters
Sundance Square Bars and Honky Tonks

Saturday September 27th
9am Early Risers (suggestion)
Moes Café 4705 River Oaks Blvd, Fort Worth, TX 76114 (817) 378-9262
10am-2pm (or so)
Ft. Worth Museum District 3333 Camp Bowie Blvd, Ft. Worth, TX
Several Choices: Kimbell Art Museum, National Cowgirl Hall of Fame, Amon Carter Museum, Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame
12 noon Lunch Suggestion Authentic Texas BBQ
Railhead Smokehouse 2900 Montgomery St, Fort Worth, TX
2pm to 4pm Leisure or longer at museums
4pm Historical Exhibition Cattle Drive
Ft. Worth Herd Cattle Drives 131 E. Exchange Avenue (in Stockyards)
5:30pm Official VT Meeting Dinner Tex-Mex
Joe T. Garcias 2201 N Commerce St, Fort Worth, TX 76106
8pm Official VT Meeting Event Texas Western Rodeo
Stockyards Championship Rodeo 121 E. Exchange Ave. Fort Worth, TX 76164

Sunday September 28th
All Day Recommendation World Class Zoo
Fort Worth Zoo 1989 Colonial Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76110
Thanks for coming!

CANCELLED!!!!!

Looks like the attendance list has gone down from about 12 to 2. We think it has to do with the ugly weather outside today. Anyways, hope that we all can meetup some time soon. Send us an email if you have any suggestions!

All the best,
Ash & Eve


OKTOBERFEST - YEEEEHAAAA!
OK - we had a lot of fun a couple of years ago in Alpine Village - let's do it again. This time at Old World in Huntington Beach:

Saturday, October 4th, 7ish pm (Doors open at 6:30pm)
Old World Village,
7561 Center Ave,
Huntington Beach, CA 92647
(714) 647-7107
www.oldworld.ws/okfest.html

They do not take reservations - it's on a first come, first serve basis. Whoever gets there 1st - just take a table and put up a sign. We'll try to be there no later than 7:30pm and put up some sort of sign. Send us an email if you want our cell-number. Send us an email if you want to carpool from the L.A. area.

HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE!!!!
Ash & Eve

This is a fun Octoberfest in Torrance. Lots of people. Would love to do the Chicken Dance with all you VT people.

It starts at 6pm. 833 West Torrance Blvd, Torrance, CA 90502
310-327-4384

Will be trying to get a table in front EARLY at 6pm. Gets really crowded. Lori is putting on the table a red,white and blue table cloth. Ask for me, Kathryn, I will be running around EVERYWHERE, talking to EVERYONE! Hope to meet more VT people.





















Partying Through
October 26th, 2008
Friday and Saturday Night - 21 years and over only.
Sunday is Family Day and Children are welcome.










The History of Oktoberfest

The famed Oktoberfest began with a royal Bavarian wedding in 1810. The groom, king Ludwig I, wanted to celebrate his marriage to Maria Teresa of Saxonia by proclaiming a state fair, in Munich.

The festival was dedicated to the fall harvest and to the Regions most famous product, beer. Tradesman and merchants came throughout Germany to join in the merry-making. They examine the Crops, sang songs, danced and sampled the first beer of the season. The celebration was such a success that Ludwig issued a royal Decree making Oktober festival time in Munich.

Oktoberfest has been held annually ever since and has found its Way to Torrance, California at the Alpine Village. We have been Celebrating the Oktoberfest for 40 years. The festival is Celebrated in the beer garden which accommodates up to 3,000 people and includes a Bavarian Brass-Oom Pa Pa band from Germany, German dancers, contests, beer brewed at the Alpine Village and Authentic German food.
















© 2008 ALPINE VILLAGE

Hi,
I would be in Roswell, New Mexico from 20 Oct until 14 Nov 2008 on a seminar and would be staying at the Best Western Sally Port Inn during this duration.

Would love to meet any VT members from Roswell, or any VT members staying nearby and passing by Roswell, during this duration.

I am a Malaysian, 54 years old and works for the government. I can be contacted through this e-mail or through ivan9220@yahoo.com ......

Hope to meet you fine people out there [ minus the aliens, of course !!! ].

Regards,

Ivan Christie Jeremiah.

Hey VT folk!

I'm coming to town! I'm heading down the from Vegas over to LA and down the coast and will arrive in San Diego on 6 November. So I thought maybe the party folk of San Diego could show me the highlights of a Saturday night!

Linda (lmklugue) has been great and been in touch with a lot of the locals and has arranged for us to meet for drinks at Rockin' Baja Lobster in Old Town at 5:00pm. Details are :
Phone: (619) 260-0305
Address: 3890 Twiggs Street
Directions: The west end of Twiggs Street runs right into Rockin' Baja Lobster.
Website: http://www.rockinbaja.com/home.html

I'm really looking forward to meeting you guys!

Vinoy Park St Petersburg Florida. Live Music (Doobie Brothers, Styx, Little River Band and others) and World Class Barbecue. Festival info is available at www.ribfest.org. Feel free to email me with questions, suggestions or whatever. It appears to have all the makings of a great festival event - looks like a great time. So please, sign on if you're in the neighborhood that weekend. Hope to see you there...( the beer isn't really free, but the first round is on me)

gh6
jamesbwright_924@msn.com

Hola,
I will be at the Royal Cancun from Nov 21-28 then Playa del Carmen til Dec 1. If anyone is there at the same time, lets meet for lunch or drinks.

Gracias.

Saraheg77 and I will be in New Orleans for the weekend, and always love to meet VTers. If you are in town, send us a note and we will meet you in the French Quarter!

The Blend Chorus, Northern Colorado's award winning women's barbershop chorus, invites you to enjoy songs of the season, Saturday, November 22nd, 2008 at the Summitview Church in Fort Collins.

Where: Summitview Church

Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/33382

Price: $10 - $15

When: 2:30pm and 7:00pm

Skylab, his girlfriend and I will be meeting up in Montreal at the end of November.

Everyone?s invited to come out and drink some microbrew with us.

There are also rumours circulating that travellingjon may also grace us with his presence. He has just come back from a whirlwind tour of Europe.

Where? Dieu du Ciel, 29 Laurier Ave. Ouest

When? Saturday, November 29, 8 p.m.

Why? Because we are all awesome!

RSVP: Send me an email at my profile if you plan on attending: http://www.travelpod.com/members/starlagurl

Hi, I'm new to Toronto. If you want to make some friend or share the info in traveling toronto, just let's meet together~ The date will be prefered in November! Welcome local resident or travllers!

they come anytime and they wear whatever they like

Come out to the 2nd annual TravelPod blogger meetup in Boston. Eat some of Boston's best pizza, pick up some TP swag, I'll buy you some drinks. It'll be a good time.

When: Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, 7 p.m.

Where: Santarpio's Pizza, 111 Chelsea St., Boston

Email me if you're coming: louiseb@travelpod.com