It's at my place:
4133 Marcil
Montreal
H4A 2Z7
on Sunday, November 1 from 6PM to 9PM (nominal); door opens at 4.
It's a pot-luck party, bring what you'd like to for the party. I'll see to a few cases of beer, and some nonalcoholic drinks. (Why me? Because I live here and don't have to drag the heavy things through a crowded metro) If you happen to forget to bring something, don't worry. Come anyway. But if no one brings food, we can all starve for the evening.
You're welcome to come early; door opens at 4. That might be useful if you want some quiet conversation in a low-entropy environment before the main crowd comes, if you bring food that has to be heated or otherwise processed (we have oven, microwave, refrigerator, pots, the usual kitchen stiff), if you'd like to help set things up, or if you want to sit down and write a few more thousand words.
If you have written 2000 words since midnight by the time the party starts, you get a (not-gold) star sticker.
Click here to look at the Google map..
The link Google gave me contains the word "iceweasel", so it might not work on other browsers. (I just tried it -- on Konqueror it gives me a satellite view; in Epiphany, a map. Weird.)
Walking directions:
Go to the Villa Maria metro station.
Then go out its from door, cross the Decarie service road, cross the bridge (you're on Monkland now) and follow for several blocks (5 or 6 on the right, depending on whether the expressway counts as a block, 3 on the left) until you get to Marcil. There's a provigo store at the corner of Marcil and Monkland. Also a Ben & Jerry's. Turn left onto Marcil (sorry, it's one-way; you'll have to go an extra block and three lefts around it if you're driving) and go about half a block to 4133.
If you get lost, call 514 483 4078 and I'll try to figure out where you ended up.
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-- hendrik
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Okt 29, 2009 - 11 46
Is parking a bad event?
I'll probably come with my car.
----------Auteure du roman La Danse de l'esquive (paru en 2007 aux Éditions JCL) et de quelques nouvelles de genre, mariée et mère de trois enfants de 6, 8 et 10 ans. Première participation... justement ce dont j'avais besoin! :-)
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Okt 30, 2009 - 03 43
You can usually park within half a block. The only times it gets really difficult is during street cleaning (Mondays and Thursdays) or when it snows, or Friday and Saturday evenings (when too many people converge on the so-called Monkland Village). It's a one-way street northbound. The part of the block where it's easy to park in is the beginning of the block -- the end away from the Provigo.
------------ hendrik
50,192 / 50,000
Okt 30, 2009 - 04 36
Thanks, Hendrick.
I'll bring a lasagna.
----------Auteure du roman La Danse de l'esquive (paru en 2007 aux Éditions JCL) et de quelques nouvelles de genre, mariée et mère de trois enfants de 6, 8 et 10 ans. Première participation... justement ce dont j'avais besoin! :-)
6,409 / 50,000
Okt 30, 2009 - 06 34
That would be very nice.
------------ hendrik
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Okt 31, 2009 - 10 45
I'll bring an apple pie.
6,409 / 50,000
Okt 31, 2009 - 14 40
Yum!
The beer is in the fridge; also have pepsi, ginger ale, a lemon-lime soda, and a few nonsweetened sodas (no sugar or aspartame or anything like that).
------------ hendrik
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Nov 3, 2009 - 05 50
Aww, I'm sad that I missed the kickoff. I just moved to Montreal in August and I thought NaNo would be a good way to meet some people. Hopefully you Montreallers are really into NaNo!
38,011 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 08 05
I missed it too, sleep deprivation and being behind on my word count. When I get a netbook I'll probably hop along to the gatherings.
6,409 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 10 57
But it's not too late for the get-togethers. There's one tonight at Central Station. Look on the get-together threads.
------------ hendrik