On a day when hundreds of kossacks from all over the world leave their lairs in Pittsburgh suffering the ravages of days of politics and parties, a small brave group of kossacks will go where no others have ever gone, they are the trailblazers.
They will brave the terror of the Banfield, climb the Sylvan Hills only to roll down the other side facing the chilling prospect of navigating the Sunset Highway. They will drive the I-5 slog into Portland, the bravest will come face-to-face with the Terwilliger curves, a task not for the faint-of-heart, then stoically head into the heart of Washington County. Others will leave the safety of SE and venture into the fringe of suburbia.
Why, why would they do this, to face such dangers? What is their goal, their destination?
Casa de dansk!
And why would they do this?
Well, I'll tell you, we want to meet each other.
And eat;
And drink;
From its humble beginning in the comment thread of bubbamonics' NFTT diary the idea has grown, and blossomed.
I have been here for a long time, longer than my UID indicates, and to my knowledge there has never been a Portland area get together of folks that were kossacks getting together soley because they were kossacks, and I think it is about damned time it happened!
So given that I am about the most unorganized person you would ever want to meet, of course I have decided to try and organize a meet-up. My god, we're talking Democrats and progressives here, it can't be that hard.
So this is really just a way to try and get the message out. If you are in the greater Portland area or know someone who is, please send me an email, we would love to meet you!
The time is 4ish, August 16, 2009 at my place. If you are interested in attending, let me know, I'll provide a map and address.
The food will be good, the company better and drinks a plenty.
We hope to see you here!
Oh, and if you really want to post a comment and say, "I'd love to come but I'll be on my way home from Pittsburgh" really, we love you, but please don't.