MangoLassi Meetup in NYC
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@JaredBusch said:
Not hearing from anyone, but decided that I am coming regardless.. If anyone in between me and there wants to connect, let me know.
Sweet!!!
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@scottalanmiller said:
@Gabi said:
I'd come, but it is a bit far.
Slacker.
Pay for my flight and I will be over
More than happy to come, will be fun.
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I'll be there, not that it matters much.
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For anyone new/nervous/overwhelmed by NYC, let me know, and I'd be willing to meet up at your point of ingress to help with the transition.
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I'm now in doubt about going. just got the new car insurance bill it more than doubled
Hard to justify spending $200 in travel and $200+ in lodging when compared to that.If anyone from the STL area or anything along the path in between ever pipes in about sharing the ride it would make it a lot simpler decision again.
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@alexntg said:
For anyone new/nervous/overwhelmed by NYC, let me know, and I'd be willing to meet up at your point of ingress to help with the transition.
I was mostly worried about paying for parking and such and was thinking to get a room in jersey and train in. That or a hotel that includes parking on the island, but meh I think that might be a bit higher.
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@Katie might be able to give you some good advice here on this one.
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@JaredBusch From what direction are you coming? Staying in NJ can be much cheaper. There's a few reasonably priced hotels in that part of town. Let me see what I can track down.
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@Katie I would be coming in on I-78 A Kayak search turns up a few ~$110 places and I have not even looked hard yet.
Looking at the transit map, I was thinking any of the NJT lines into Penn Station would work.
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I have been speaking to the Meet up sponsors!
XBYTE IS AWESOME!!!
They will be raffling off a:
Dell PowerEdge R510
R510 Chassis with 12x3.5” HDD
2 x E5530 2.40GHz Quad Core CPU
32GB DDR3 Memory (8 x 4GB)
H700 RAID with 512MB
3 x 2TB 3.5” SATA
Redundant Power
RailsUnitrends will be sending along some swag and Pertino will be sponsoring as well.
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That's some awesome prize!!!
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Now I'm a really sad panda I won't be there
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Well after telling my boss my plans, they have changed... I am not driving..
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So now I need a place to stay. Any recommendations closer to the $100 price point? I'll be arriving ~8:30pm to LGA on Friday night and can take transit anywhere from there. Web search tells me to head to Jersey. and so did @Katie when I was planning to drive.
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Might be worth staying in Queens so that you aren't transferring from there to Jersey and back again. That's a lot of transit. Queens should have some options. Sadly I don't know queens though.
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Have fun with the meet up. I'd really like to come but it's just a bit too far for a leisurely weekend drive.
Just for lulz,
My closest city to NYC
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@nadnerB said:
Have fun with the meet up. I'd really like to come but it's just a bit too far for a leisurely weekend drive.
Just for lulz,
My closest city to NYC
City furthest from NYCBetter get digging!
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It's to late this year, but I can probably fit it in the training budget for next.
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@JaredBusch said:
So now I need a place to stay. Any recommendations closer to the $100 price point? I'll be arriving ~8:30pm to LGA on Friday night and can take transit anywhere from there. Web search tells me to head to Jersey. and so did @Katie when I was planning to drive.
Hm, $100? Are you open to hostels? You can probably stay at one for <$100. There's the HoJo in Queens for $127. It's walking distance to the Long Island Railroad, or you can catch a taxi to a subway. Disclaimer: I haven't stayed there myself.
Not quite in the $100 range, when staying in NYC, depending on rates, I usually stay at:
Holiday Inn Long Island City http://www.holidayinnmanhattanview.com - New and spiffy, reasonable subway access
Country Inn in Long Island City http://www.countryinns.com/long-island-city-hotel-ny-11101/nynyquee - Clean, quiet, and incredibly easy subway access.
Holiday Inn Express JFK: http://www.ihg.com/holidayinnexpress/hotels/us/en/jamaica/nycjm/hoteldetail - They have a shuttle to the airtrain, which connects to the subway. -
@alexntg well I know it is NYC so I was thinking closer to $100 than $200 is all.
The Comfort Inn LGA is $150 pre-tax. I think my boss has the account for Comfort Inn because when we visit one of our customers in Hutchinson, Kansas (5-6 times a year) we stay at the Comfort Inn there. So that would be $135 instead. Emailed him last night to check.
