All should be good for conversation/networking as long as meeting is scheduled before 10:00 PM, not during Thu/Fri happy hour (4:00 - 7:00 PM), and not during a big game on TV.
The Hideaway On Dunvale - this is a restaurant and they'll have all sorts of beverages Texadelphia - this is a restaurant and they'll have all sorts of beverages Ron's Pub - they'll have sodas...but I'm pretty sure they do not have a kitchen West Alabama Ice House - they'll have sodas...but I'm pretty sure they do not have a kitchen (they often have a good food truck parked nearby); NOTE: as most/all of their seating is outdoors, this place should be reserved for good weather Burlap Barrel Pub (very "dive-y") - they'll have sodas...but they do not have a kitchen (we've ordered pizza to be delivered here) Taps House of Beer (for the terminal hop-heads) - they'll have sodas...but I don't know whether they have a kitchen On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 5:59 AM, Billy Cravens <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the list. > > Taps: I'm a total hop-head, so I was excited by their menu, until I > noticed they're using Comic Sans on their home page. Maybe I can see past > that .... :-) > > Can you speak to each location as to how it is suitable for > conversation/networking? Also, ordering of non-alcholic drinks, for our > members who don't drink? > > Billy Cravens > [email protected] > > > > On Jul 13, 2012, at 5:19 AM, John M Bliss wrote: > > Ideas from > guy-who-doesn't-get-to-enough-meetings-but-does-know-the-bars...? :-) > > The Hideaway On Dunvale > Texadelphia > Ron's Pub > West Alabama Ice House > Burlap Barrel Pub (very "dive-y") > Taps House of Beer (for the terminal hop-heads) > > -- > John Bliss - http://about.me/jbliss > > On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 4:39 AM, Billy Cravens <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Sherlock's on West Gray has been successful, as they have an area in the >> back with long tables, better lit than Richmond Arms, which makes for >> better conversation (however, Wednesdays they've had trivia, so that makes >> it very noisy and popular; other times, it's fairly quiet) >> >> Of course, I'd imagine bars in the Rice area may be a bit quieter during >> the summer. >> >> Thoughts? Places closer to Westheimer/Galleria/etc more convenient? We >> traditionally have had the BeerFUGs close to the medical district, as that >> was our prior meeting space. Of course, since we've move out to to our >> current location (59 & Hillcroft) we've had a nice increase in attendance, >> so I'm open to options in that neck of the woods. >> >> Steve Parks, you're up: give us some expert feedback. :-) >> >> Give me a few choices, and we'll do a poll on the website. >> >> >> Billy Cravens >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> On Jul 12, 2012, at 3:47 PM, Eddie Pequeno wrote: >> >> I second the motion for a BeerFUG. >> Perhaps we could have it at a venu other than Richmond Arms. >> >> >> -Eddie >> >> >> *From:* Mike Demahy <[email protected]> >> *To:* "[email protected]" <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Thursday, July 12, 2012 3:30 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [houcfug] Last night's meeting >> >> I like the social networking aspect >> >> Sent from my phone >> >> On Jul 12, 2012, at 3:16 PM, Billy Cravens <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Last night's meeting went really well. We started off with some >> technical glitches: Pete's home Internet was down, so we improvised: we >> plugged my phone into speakers, and I pulled up his presentation (Maximum >> Security in CFML) on my machine. We had a lot of great discussion and >> questions, and learned quite a bit about locking down our CF apps. >> >> Originally, we had planned to give away a copy of FuseGuard (Firewall for >> ColdFusion Applications) and a year subscription to >> HackMyCF.com<http://hackmycf.com/>(a hosted monitoring service that reports >> on your app's vulnerabilities). >> However, due to the technical glitches, Pete offered free >> HackMyCF.com<http://hackmycf.com/>subscriptions to all (who didn't win the >> FuseGuard license, which was Eddie >> Pequeno - congrats Eddie!) in attendance. >> >> The slidedeck for Pete's presentation: >> >> http://www.petefreitag.com/presentations/cfobjective/2011/maximum-security-cfml.pdf >> >> >> I'm open to ideas for next month. I tempted to do a social/networking >> event, as opposed to a presentation based meeting. Thoughts? >> >> Billy Cravens >> [email protected] >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston >> ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston >> ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston >> ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en >> >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston >> ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. >> To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] >> For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en >> > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston > ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston > ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. > To unsubscribe, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit http://groups.google.com/group/houcfug?hl=en > -- John Bliss - http://about.me/jbliss -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "Houston ColdFusion Users' Group" discussion list. 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