Since moving to nashville 20 months or so ago, I’ve felt some what disconnected and as my blog title states in exile, from all my forms of community that i had in houston such as family, friends, church, and work friends as most of them didn’t make it through the wreckage. I can’t say which one i missed the most because each served its own purpose and had its own place regardless of time spent in each, let’s call them worlds of my communal life. I realized even more clearly how much i missed one aspect of my life in Houston today as Carter and i convened our first saucer nashville monday night. We bonded over some cool refreshing libations and even connected with our houston brethren via text message.
you will all be pleased to know that carter has signed up for UFO membership and i have reset my card, though it is unclear whether i’ll actually follow through on the quest to be the first of the saucer diaspora to collect a 2nd plate.
It hit home today how much that community meant to me and how much it was needed. I’ve come into contact with some amazing people through those monday nights and i’m thankful for each and every one of you (and i’m not (just) referring to the beer goddesses).
Cheers!
ps.. my tolerance is not even close to where it used to be. :-/
January 24th, 2006 at 12:14 am
Man, I enjoyed our inaugural Saucer Monday! As the founding members of the Nashville group, I feel we have a certain obligation to obtain our plates in a timely and responsible manner. One beer at a time until we master the whole list, I say!
Looking forward to making it a very regular thing. I have needed this kind of interaction for longer than you have, I think. Nashville UFO member # 5042 signing off until we meet again…
January 24th, 2006 at 3:58 am
Bless you my son in your noble quest to spread the joy of Monday nights at the Saucer.
I love LA, but as great as Barney’s Beanery and The Yardhouse are … there is no Saucer.
I miss y’all muchly.
January 24th, 2006 at 3:37 pm
After much chitchat about the saucer (I’ve been hearing about monday nights), I finally got to visit one during my last (only) trip to Nashville. The Delerium tremens in the special glass was damn tasty and so were the hot waitresses
Kudos to finding saucer community
January 24th, 2006 at 5:29 pm
Staying connected to the community is why I started blogging in the first place. It’s a poor substitute for Monday nights, but it helps me feel a bit connected. I hear plans of the Patriarch’s Plate Party in February. Can’t wait for that.
I’m glad you got hooked up with C&K, Liju. I was so glad they came with us to Morton’s. Good food, good libation and good friends makes for a good evening…
January 24th, 2006 at 5:33 pm
PS - long live the Monkey Pumping Heart Lung Machine…
January 27th, 2006 at 9:36 am
The Patriarch is Houston 1585
The Matriarch is Houston 1586
February 22nd, 2006 at 10:09 pm
late in responding, but I miss them too. Maybe one of these days I’ll join just to be on the roll, though I don’t care so much about the plate itself. It’s the friends that I go to see, and I’ve thrown my own plate party a time or two. In fact maybe we’ll have one on me next time we’re all there…
February 26th, 2006 at 10:54 pm
Now don’t go saying anything we might hold you to, Dennis! But either way, it’d be treat to share a pint of something or other with you again. God speed…