A helicopter tour?! Sweet Jesus! The perks of having a strong foreign currency. It looks like a pretty damn solid list to me. If you plan to go to MoMA, I would highly advise going on any day but Friday and Tuesday (it's closed) or be prepared to deal with the flood of tourists and cell phone cameras everywhere. If you plan to hit up The Met, it's suggested donation, not $25 contrary to what it says. You can donate $1 and be fine. I usually donate anywhere from a penny to a quarter because I have no shame. If you're in the mood for some games, check out any of the Barcade locations in Manhattan or the one in Brooklyn. The OP has a list of all the bars we've gone to during past GAF meetups.
As for meetups, none really stick out off the top of my head. However, I found this one called Old New York Bars that's pretty active:
https://www.meetup.com/Old-New-York-Bars/
Reddit also has regular meetup groups so definitely would recommend taking a look at that.
I scheduled a date for tomorrow evening at Columbus Circle or else I would have taken you up on it. Trying to be the most frugal mofo in the city until late next week. She wants to go check out a Black Lives Matter art installation that's on 37th between 8th and 7th.
Here's hoping for another warm October. I'm going the heat since it's the best time to sketch people in parks and other public places. Also Sam Adams Summer Ale. ;_;
A few things I wanted to share. This year's Fort Tryon Park Medieval Festival is slated for
September 18th from 11am-6pm. It's pretty damn early this year as opposed to previous years where it was at the end of September. I would recommend it to anyone who wants an easy date idea or an excuse to go up to The Heights since The Cloisters is open for free during the festival.
There's a
Kingsglaive Final Fantasy XV art exhibition at the Hpgrp gallery (434 Greenwich St) in Tribecca that's running until September 3rd. The gallery is open from 11am-6pm. Definitely something I want to try to squeeze in time to see some time this weekend even though I have no interest in seeing the movie.
New York Central Art Supply has been having their liquidation sale so any artist types out that cry inside when they spend a ton of money on a tiny handful of supplies, best take advantage of the 50%-60% discounts. I'll be making a trip and try not to splurge so damn much on Friday. Deeply discounted Copic markers would heaven for me assuming they carry and still have any although I would be happy to settle for brush pens and pencils.
Lastly, I'll be working at Star Trek Missions over Labor Day weekend. If anybody is a huge or casual Trekkie that plans on going, I will see you there and attempt my best Vulcan salute. I'm slated to work the afternoon shifts on Friday and Sunday but I'll be there in the morning on all three days trying to work as many shifts as possible. Not sure if I'll make a thread for that but seeing as it's a (new) major con, it probably does warrant its own thread.
P.S.: Still working on the meetup thread content. I've been terribly disorganized this week so pardon the delay.
