¡Hola a todos!

I was just thinking since this is such a cool site... Has anyone thought of doing a "real" meeting for members?

I was just wondering...

Hey!!! That's a GREAT idea!! Why didn't I ever think of that!!!

Great!!! Now.... who wants to meet? I´m in Madrid, so of course I´d prefer if we all meet in Madrid. We can do a get together for a cup of nice coffee and some muffins.

What do you think?

jejej! Carmen, welcome to MadridMan!
I'd like to help you out a bit, um MM (MadridMan himself) was teasing you All in good fun though! Sometimes, because of people's varying degrees of english, its hard to tell when something is a joke, or teasing or sarcasm y nos hacemos un lio!

There are meetings with message board members. Usually in Spain, but when people feel like it, they just post a message and say for their area who ever is close let's get together for coffee, dinner etc.

MM does gatherings when he's in Madrid Which is quite the fiesta as I've read from old posts. And of couse when he's not there, people get together also, as there are many members that live in Madrid.

Good luck organizing your meeting. I'm in the states for now, so I'll have to catch up to everyone at a later date! And again, welcome Carmen!

(MM, hope you don't mind I rolled out the welcome wagon!)

Thanks, so MM was just making fun of ME!!!!

I am just a newbie!!! Come on!!!

I´m kiddin´.

But I kind of thought he was true. Well anyway, I hope more people join, or maybe we have to wait for MM to come back to Madrid? When was the last meeting?

Gracias por darme la bienvenida.

Hombre! De nada! Para eso estamos!

I don't know when the last party was. But no, you don't have to wait until he goes again, they're just that much more special when he's there. And from what I've read on past parties, lots more people show up also!

When MM sees this, I'm sure he'll point you in the right direction if you want to read about some of the parties. I tried looking in the boards, but couldn't find them. You can always try to do a search... if I find where it is, I'll post it for you

I was also looking at the other threads, but couldn´t find anything except for the L.A. meetings...

Thanks for your help, sooooo much.

carmendeespana, Espe3 is right, I'm sorry, I was only teasing you. No offense was intended.

You can read about a few of the "Party with MadridMan in Madrid" gatherings in the following threads (links to photos of the gatherings too!):

" Dec.29th: Party With MadridMan (in Madrid): Version 3.0 ", " REALLY NICE!! Madridman´s party (v. 3.0) ", " Apr.4 Party w/MadridMan in Madrid, Spain!! ", & MadridParty5/10/02: Chrissiij & JoeSambuca arranged!! " among others.

The gatherings are mainly "mature" get-togethers with a long of talking, eating, drinking, more talking until the late/early hours of the morning. But as I understand it, the parties seem to START AFTER the parties end. (right, pim? hehehe.. )

I hold the "Party With MadridMan: Version X.0" whenever I go to Madrid, which is usally only once a year (not nearly as often as I'd like) but as you'll hear and read (above) there are other non-MadridMan-attending-gatherings of members of MadridMan's ALL SPAIN Message Board. This makes me very very happy.

We always have a very nice mix of Spaniards and non-Spaniards - the non-Spaniards are mainly those from the USA. A good percentage of those non-Spaniards do speak some Spanish or are fluent (I'm in the "some" category) so don't feel that you won't be understand. I'm particularly honored by those Spaniards whom attend and struggle with English if the person to whom they're speaking doesn't speak any Spanish. Typically, about 20-30 people attend and can start as early as 8pm and last until, what, 6am?? I can't usually stay awake past 2am though. hehehe..

The gatherings are a lot of fun for me and a real pleasure to meet the newer members of the message board.

BY THE WAY, since we're talking about it, the NEXT "Party With MadridMan: Version 5.0" will take place sometime around Semana Santa 2003 as that will be my NEXT trip to Madrid. Woo Hoo! carmendeespana, I hope you can attend! I'd/We'd LOVE to meet you.

Saludos, MadridMan

Hey, thanks sooooo much!!!

It seems you had a lot of fun during your gatherings, right?

Well, I speak English fluently (or at least I hope so ) I lived in the United States so I like to think that I learnt something.

I will try to go to your next meeting, but I have a trip already scheduled for April 2003 (to the US, actually.)It´s a business trip and I don´t think they will cancell it. But I hope I can make it.

I´d love to meet you all too. :p

A possible party with madridman during Semana Santa ?? Yea! That would be great because I will finally be back in spain for next semester!!!!!!
Kelly

What? Oh no, MMan, that whole thread what so embarrassing for me :o !!!
BTW, Richie, a.k.a. Joe Sambuca, just WHERE are the pics from last month's gathering?

Carmen, you're very, very welcome to the board , I discovered it myself exactly a year ago (aburrida en casa con anginas ), and it's allowed me to meet lots of WONDERFUL people, make GREAT friends, and be of assistance of a few travelers in the process, which I've enjoyed a lot.

MMan, today at the office, I was reading some of the posts in the M.B. and a guy from work started teasing me (because he read and understood a sentence about "passive women" ), and when I started to explain a little bit what Madridman's webpage is about, he saw your pic and told me he recognized you from an interview in Madrid Directo! .
I though you'd like to know that you're somewhat 'famoso' amongst some 'Madrileños'.

Hola Carmen de España! So, ¡venga! we are all waiting for you to propose a date to get together... let´s see if we will have café with muffins or if it will be something a bit stronger!

I have only attended one MM party...the one in December of last year where I met PIM and Madridman himself (whooo-hooo!). Unfortunately I missed the last party...I FORGOT about it!

So, we will be waiting for your suggestions!

Gracias a todos!!!

Well, what about meeting December 21st? Tht will give us a month so that all the people can see this post.

Also, as there are many people coming back to Spain from other places during vacations, maybe this way will get to join more people.

Why don´t we join in Plaza de Santa Ana? There is a place where they manufacture cerveza tostada. We can have some tapas there. If you are up for this, I will give you the name (which I don´t remember right now) and the exact address.

There is also a parking lot right there so that whoever brings a car (like in my case) doesn´t have to bring the car inside the bar.

But still, if you prefer the coffee and muffins thing, we can also meet at a cafetería.

Thanks everybody again!!!!!

carmendeespana, I would suggest starting a brand-new thread (in this category/forum) with a descriptive subject line so that people will see it quickly among the list of other topics on the message board. Please include the month/date and get the ball rolling!!!!!!

Good luck and have fun!!!! Saludos, MadridMan

Yes, something like: "MadridMan's Navidad gathering" .
BTW, nobody is organizing a Thanksgiving get-together this year either .
LiM, where are you???!

Cool!

But is there any way you could put the meeting off until Dec. 28 or 29?

I'll be in southern Spain (Nerja, Granada, Sevilla) starting Dec. 21 but can't get to Madrid until the 28th. I would love to meet some of the MM folks - esp. the Madrile~nos who can show me cool stuff I'd never find by myself.

Thanks MadridMan, I just did that.

And thanks and welcome for all those who want to join.

You have a new thread on Madrid Christmas gathering? (with Pim´s permission )