From: Pat Maddox Date: 2007-11-02T12:56:50+09:00 Subject: Re: Dinner / drink recommendations for Charlotte? On Nov 1, 2007 12:51 PM, Giles Bowkett wrote: > > > With RubyConf 2007 almost upon us, do any Charlotte natives care to > > > give some advice about good places to eat & drink? > > > > You expect to get out of the hotel? Wow. I'm expecting a few days of > > intense learning and networking with some of the most brilliant people I > > have ever met. Food and drink are far less interesting. > > > > Now, if somebody wanted to talk to me about a job, I might be able to make > > time for it. > > I think I know **why** some people are planning to leave the hotel -- > so they can get away from the San Francisco Rails programmers and have > a sensible conversation without getting sprayed in the face with > irrelevant rudeness coming out of nowhere. You boys really need to > learn to keep those things in your pants. I see a bunch of dudes in the hotel bar right now...I'm going to head out and find a cool place to play pool and talk to southern girls (does NC count as southern? I dunno). Ideally I won't be keeping it in my pants. Pat