Sunday was a lovely afternoon, and I got to spend it with a lovely bunch of Kossacks. People came from four states, and all agreed that we need to do this more often. And we will!
Without further ado, here are the images of happy Kossacks that I know you've been waiting for:
Half of our happy company, including blue jersey mom, your humble diarist, mconvente, Design the Future, brooklyn liberal, and a DailyKos fan.
the other end of the table -gchaucer2, MBNYC, Ollie Garkey, ericlewis0, Mets102, and that fan again!
Please come below the pouff for more:
bjm and gc2 finally f2f!
bjm and belinda ridgewood, clearly enjoying each other's company, as well as Spitzers' excellent beer list.
ericlewis0 and Ollie Garkey, deep in conversation
kathny and brooklyn liberal are finding the discussion interesting
we had a surprise guest who hadn't RSVP'd - EddieC! Here he is on the other side of the camera.
Some friends from previous NYC meetups were there:
ericlewis0, who brings us the wonderful comic strip Animal Nuz
Mets102!
me and mconvente (not to be confused, as I did, with his twin brother, mattc129)
...and some new faces, too:
kathny, possibly contemplating the horror of a Romney presidency?
no exit, opining wisely
Ollie Garkey - looks like he's having a terrible time, doesn't he?
...as does the guest of honor!
a high point of the afternoon : ericlewis0 presents gchaucer2 with the original artwork of Animal Nuz #100, the first AN to appear on the front page of DailyKos, in recognition of her successful campaign to get it there.
as the party began winding down, gchaucer2 started making the rounds with little gifts she made for all of us...
......these!!!!
And they are AWESOME!
I hope this has made you all totally jealous that you didn't attend, because we'll be having another one of these in not too long. And every one of you is invited - especially if you bring biscotti!
Update: Rec List? And all these comments?! Thanks, everyone! I wish I could have hung around to join in the general merriment, but I really needed to eat dinner and collapse after posting. Lots of recs and replies below: