Dinering from the Verb 4 ... my birthday! Event Cache
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Dinering from the Verb 4 ... my birthday!
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Thursday, January 8, 2009
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It's that time again for the annual meet and greet Christmas gathering. But because Christmas is too hectic, I've moved it to the day after my 57th birthday.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 8, 2009
In the continuing quest for a place who wants to see us regularly, we are now in The Jackson Hole Diner. The Jackson Hole has been the location for many movies including "The Goodfellas". The building is a classic diner, but far from a greasy spoon. My boy scout troop meets around the corner and we've been going to the "Hole" for over twenty years.
Queensites do more business 'at the diner' after the meeting than at the meeting itself. An important question asked at many a meeting (school board, scout meeting, church choir, etc) "Are we going DINERING tonight?" and the answer is usually "Yes". So why not geocachers?
JACKSON HOLE DINER
69-35 Astoria Blvd (westbound service road of Grand Central Parkway)
Jackson Heights NY 11370
Note: the street numbering is strange in this area...they jump from 49th Street to 70th Street.
Subway: N or W trains to Astoria Blvd and then Q19 or M60 bus at the Columbus Statue to 49th Street. Cross the Parkway at 49th Street. Turn right and walk 2 blocks
R,E,V,7 trains to Queens Plaza/Queensboro Plaza. Take the Q69 bus (Ditmars Blvd) to 70th Street
F train to 21st Street and take the Q69 bus as above
Bus: Q19 or M60. Westbound stops in front; eastbound stops at 49th Street.
Car: There is a parking lot but please park on side streets..
Grand Central Parkway
From the EAST--Marine Terminal/Steinway Street. Follow service Road.
From the WEST/Triboro Bridge -- Take first exit (31st Street. Follow service Road to 49th Street. Turn Left and go 2 blocks to Ditmars Blvd. Turn right and go 2 blocks to 70th Street. You're there.
From Brooklyn--BQE towards the Triboro Bridge. Get off at Astoria Blvd (just before Grand Central Parkway) Turn right on first street you can and follow to Ditmars Blvd (2-3 blocks) Turn right and follow to 70th Street. You're there.
So tonight we will "diner." Don't expect a lot of hoopla. It's real informal. We will be there at 7:30- in the back. You have to walk through the front counter.
A meet and greet is lots of people scattered around talking to people they don't know.
For new people, this is a great chance to find out who those strange and exotic geocaching names belong to. Feel free to get up and walk around and introduce yourself. Some people come late, some leave early. Some cache prior, some cache later, some don't cache at all. There will be great esoteric discussions on the most difficult finds ever, and lots of small talk about DNF's.
Bring your geocoins, your travel bugs and your stories. Some people bring entire coin collections for you to discover. And best of all, it's an easy smiley face. And as it's my holiday tradition, I will have some geocoins and the new MetroGC shirts as door prizes. If anyone else would like to add some to the pot, you are welcome to do so.
To get an idea about what happened the last two years, you can check out archived cache GCZDDZ and GC17HQT
See you all soon....John
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