Gearslutz drinks & eats - AES Amsterdam 2008 RSVP thread

[Jules]

Gearslutz drinks & eats - AES Amsterdam 2008 17th - 20th May 2008

Stand by for news on where this will be..

But it will be on Saturday night
And will approx start 1 hour after the show ends
UPDATED! - If you are at the show - please meet us at the joystick Audio booth (booth 1721) at 17:45
We will meet here, then wait outside a few minutes for more people - then walk to a restaurant / bar together

So if you are attending the AES please reserve Saturday night the 17th in your diary for Gearslutz drinks and eats!



RSVP LIST (updated 7th May)

Jules GS admin + 10
Lindell GS moderator + 3
Geert GS moderator
DrDeltaM GS moderator
George Necola GS moderator + 4
Riccardo GS moderator + 1
John Willett
BLP + 2
Hanuman
Tomylicious
Tomdarude
Julian David
BruceTheProduce
Huub + 1
Andrew Motti
Jaye B +1
Tape Op magazine crew ;Larry, John, Al - joining us for drinks later
Thor
ArcCirDude
damienSSL
Eldhrimnir
bigos + 1

ESTIMATED TOTAL 44

[Jules]

We are still looking for a location to have drinks and eats.

Anyone know a good place? Centrally located, easy to find?

(it is always totally impossible to give accurate attendance estimate numbers, my guess is between 30 - 40 people - so we cant really make a solid reservation)

Anyhow, if you think you can make it please RSVP here please!

[John Willett]

I will if I can, as long as you post a full address and you will be there late.

I'm probably driving from the UK on the Saturday and am unlikely to be in Amsterdam before 21:00 hrs.

So put me down as a maybe.

[BLP]

I'm giving a poster session on Sunday afternoon, so I'll probably be there Saturday night. Might have a few friends along, too.

[Jules]

What is a 'poster session'?

[hanuman]

Straatkorting.nl
a 3minute walk.....

[Tom H]

Count me in, there are also a lot of nice places with Asian food in the "Rivierenbuurt", that's where AES, RAI is located. The centre of Amsterdam is also an option since it only takes you about 15 minutes to get there by public transport.

[Jules]

We may have a boat party, but that might be boring for locals..?

[Jules]

Originally Posted by Tommylicious

Count me in, there are also a lot of nice places with Asian food in the "Rivierenbuurt", that's where AES, RAI is located. The centre of Amsterdam is also an option since it only takes you about 15 minutes to get there by public transport.

Thats interesting!

Will keep that in mind..

Is it a Chinatown?

[Jules]

Originally Posted by Tommylicious

Count me in, there are also a lot of nice places with Asian food in the "Rivierenbuurt", that's where AES, RAI is located. The centre of Amsterdam is also an option since it only takes you about 15 minutes to get there by public transport.

Thats interesting!

Will keep that in mind..

Is Amsterdam's Chinatown area near the RAI?

[Tom H]

Originally Posted by Jules

Is Amsterdam's Chinatown area near the RAI?

No, there's a Chinatown in the centre by the red light district though...

And if any of you have never been on a boat throught the canals; it's a very cool thing to do, I can recommend it.

[tomdarude]

whatever you do...I´ll be with you!



(wouldn´t that be cool lyrics for a new song??...hmmm...I think it might be used before....errrrr....wait.....nevermind....lol)

[Jules]

Originally Posted by Tommylicious

No, there's a Chinatown in the centre by the red light district though...

And if any of you have never been on a boat throught the canals; it's a very cool thing to do, I can recommend it.

OK thanks, I think the boat trip offered is out of the canals into larger waterways..??

[hanuman]

The Italian restaurant is right around the corner of RAI (AES) a boattirp is always nice, docking at central station? (20 minutes by streetcar...) Boattrip is alway fun but you can't leave when you want or need....

[julian.david]

Hey everyone,

a party organized by the Dutch student section will be held on saturday evening too, but I might still make a quick stop at the gearslutz party. Don't count me in for sure though.

[Jules]

What we will do is

1) have a pre organized meeting point inside the AES 10 mins before it closes Saturday night. (to be announced) We will have to stand outside for about 15 mins while we wait for people with booths at the AES to close down and join us.

2) A mobile phone number to call to find out where everyone is for or people wanting to meet us:

a) not at the AES but at dinner
or
b) not at the AES, not at dinner but for drinks after dinner

- On Saturday I might run around a little at lunch time to scout out a place very nearby that can deal with
a) an indeterminate number of diners
b) separate bills for each person.

Having done these get-togethers many times before, its really best to have the drinks / eats right near the AES so people parked there don't have to screw around with moving their car, and can walk back to the RAI parking lot and drive home after dinner..

An after dinner drinking (or smoking ) spot in central Amsterdam might get suggested - and thats where the mobile phone number will come in handy.. (and chocolate of course...)

[BruceTheProduce]

Hey Jules,
My Pal and I are coming too,
Cheers

[huub]

I'll be there! (possibly with collegue)

And I can second the idea of one of the bars/restaurants in the RAI neighborhood.
There's a fairly big and nice bar really close (d'overkant) they also serve simple meals..
I can call and check ?

[Jules]

Sure investigate, thanks and get back to me via PM thanks

One thing that is often an issue - we must be able to pay with separate bills.

[Jules]

UPDATE! - If you are at the show - please meet us at the joystick Audio booth (booth 1721) at 17:45

(or try to find us outside at 18:15)

[just.sounds]

Originally Posted by Jules

Thats interesting!

Will keep that in mind..

Is Amsterdam's Chinatown area near the RAI?

Not really 6.6 km according to google maps

chinatown a'dam is at the Zeedijk.

[Jules]

Yeah, understand that now..

[George Necola]

will be there with Tom da Ruuuuude

[Tom H]

Originally Posted by Jules

OK thanks, I think the boat trip offered is out of the canals into larger waterways..??

You mean the one from AES ; it goes throug the canals only. There are actually a lot of those boattrips in Amsterdam leaving at any time you wish.

Originally Posted by hanuman

Boattrip is alway fun but you can't leave when you want or need....

Well we can allways swim right?

[Andrew Mottl]

Hey Schorsch :-) and Jules,

I'll try and make it.
Though Julian (other Jules, not the GS Jules) pointed out that the student party is set for Saturday as well... we'll see. Maybe George and I will find an all-you-can-eat spare-ribs again!

Cheers,
Andrew

[Riccardo]

Count me in + 1

eats, drinks, after eats and drinks!

thumbsup

[pmx]

gotta do some live shows with voicst that day in tilburg, but if you guys are still having fun around 0100 a.m. count me in +2...

[John Willett]

Originally Posted by pmx

gotta do some live shows with voicst that day in tilburg, but if you guys are still having fun around 0100 a.m. count me in +2...

I arrive in Calais at 19:30 (unless I can squeeze an earlier ferry) and my route planner says 3½ hours to Amsterdam - so that's 11pm (ish).

So, a bit iffy, but I'll be there if I can - but as I have to work at the show the next three days, I can't burn too much midnight oil.

[jaye b]

count me in, most likely with business partner..
as the dutch would say "gezellig" ..

[George Necola]

George +3