Bastille Day in Dallas, Babeee!

Hey, North Texas Kossacks (and any wannabees who want to drive or fly in to join us):

It's reminder time! We're just days away from our meet-up this Saturday here in North Oak Cliff.

It's hard to believe, but we're about six months beyond our first-ever Dallas-area Kos meet-up. When we met during the holiday season last year, we partied with the CSKendrick family, sucked down some Tex-Mex and margaritas, and generally had a great time.

Now that we're in the middle of an active presidential election cycle and the Bush library appears to be a fait accompli, it's time to do it all again -- so consider this your formal invitation.

This time, we're going international:

Bastille Day Blowout
Cafe Madrid
July 14, 7 p.m.
214 942-8272
408 N. Bishop #108
Dallas, TX75208
(At the corner of Eighth and Bishop
in North Oak Cliff's Bishop Arts District.

More below.

Mark your calendars, then come join us south of the Trinity for tapas and booze. Our neighborhood Cafe Madrid is fantastic, and comes with a seal of approval from fellow Kossack Dr. Chelo, whom I meet every couple of months for some interim, face-to-face Bush-bashing.

Those of you who joined us in December know how much fun we had -- and this gives those of you who missed it a chance to come and get to know some of the people who comment and diary here regularly. Since meeting him in December, I enjoy the Angry Rakkasan's diaries even more than before -- and it's a joy to be able to place Texas faces with names.

Kids are welcome, and the restaurant is huge, airy and light-filled -- and much quieter than Chuy's, so we can hear each other talk. Say things like my seven-year-old, who, as she sat down at the table, said, "Mom, are these people you recommended or trolled?"

So...July 14. Everyone reading this who lives within driving distance, mark yoru calendars, and come and join me and Dr. Chelo!

UPDATE: Here's Cafe Madrid's website, in case it helps you make the decision to head on our way...

•  C'mon and party with us!

  You know you want to.

  by Melody Townsel on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 05:25:49 PM PDT

  •  I'll try to be there

    I have some other things planned, but will try to make it over.  It was great fun last time.

    by CoolOnion on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 06:01:15 PM PDT

    •  Promise you'll come.

      I'll buy you a beer.

      by Melody Townsel on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 06:03:00 PM PDT

•  Wow. It's very tempting

  . . .but I'm not sure what I'd tell my Republican wife.  "Uh, I'm going to, uh, a strip club.  Yeah, that's it!"

  by cardinal on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 05:34:34 PM PDT

  •  Wow. That's a toughie.

    Reminds me of one of my very, very favorite things written by Woody Allen, a short story called "The Whore of Mensa."

    The set-up is a detective investigating a ring of women who talk about literature for money at NYC hotels. Here's a quick excerpt:

    "I'm on the road a lot. You know how it is - lonely. Oh, not what you're thinking. See, Kaiser, I'm basically an intellectual. Sure, a guy can meet all the bimbos he wants. But the really brainy women - they're not so easy to find on short notice."

    "Keep talking."

    "Well, I heard of this young girl. Eighteen years old. A Vassar student. For a price, she'll come over and discuss any subject - Proust, Yeats, anthropology. Exchange of ideas. You see what I'm driving at?"

    "Not exactly."

    "I mean my wife is great, don't get me wrong. But she won't discuss Pound with me. Or Eliot. I didn't know that when I married her. See, I need a woman who's mentally stimulating, Kaiser. And I'm willing to pay for it. I don't want an involvement - I want a quick intellectual experience, then I want the girl to leave. Christ, Kaiser, I'm a happily married man."

    by Melody Townsel on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 05:39:21 PM PDT

    •  haha, nice. n/t

      by cardinal on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 06:50:27 PM PDT

  •  Bring Your Repub Wife... Take Home a Dem Wife

    She needs better friends.

    --Lefty!!!

    by LeftyLimblog on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 09:30:33 PM PDT

•  Calendar marked.

  Outstanding location. I'm within driving distance and will try to make it. I'm a longtime former  North Texas resident who moved "slightly" to the west.

  Great excuse to spend a weekend in Dallas!

  by Over the Edge on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 05:59:09 PM PDT

  •  Whoo-hoooh!

    Vive la France!

    by Melody Townsel on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 06:01:29 PM PDT

    •  Allonz enfanz

      a vos amours
      et a la sante des votres.

      by sayitaintso on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 06:30:35 PM PDT

      •  mais oui. n/t

        by Melody Townsel on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 06:58:16 PM PDT

        •  of course you may

          all of youse

          by sayitaintso on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 08:40:59 PM PDT

•  Well, now that's a relief.

  I was worried that Dallas might have washed away in the monsoon. ;-)

  Thanks for the open invite. Not sure if I'll be in town, that day, though.

  by Deep Harm on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 06:40:29 PM PDT

•  Oh, Cafe Madrid!

  I like that place. I haven't lived in Dallas since 2002, but that place was good.

  Spanish on Bastille Day? Why the hell not! Raise a glass of Sangria for me!

  by AggieDemocrat on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 07:43:14 PM PDT

•  heh, i just posted

  in another diary

  In response to, "I felt that Michael [Moore] came across as too angry in this interview [with Wolf Blitzer, in which he decided not to spend the time flogging his film but, instead, berated the twit for cheerleading for the invasion of Iraq]. "

  anger is an energy

  

  OK, it's the storming of Versaille by the "Woman's Army" but still …

  Y'all behave yourselves, now, and have a good time!

  by subtropolis on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 08:04:31 PM PDT

•  Ooh dueling parties

  We're having a meetup in LA the same day at the same time!

  by fabooj on Mon Jul 09, 2007 at 08:58:43 PM PDT