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In lugnet.loc.us.ny.ny, Erik Olson writes:
> I checked my calendar. September was nearly full. We had talked about Sep 1-3
> (Labor Day) but I found out I'm busy then. I'm available Aug 26-27, Sep
> 30 and Oct 7-8 plus all of October.
>
> Whether to have a meeting of GardenSLUG at my house some day:
>
> First, my home is 77 miles from Chris' house, formidably surrounded by Queens,
> New York. It's not what you would call *centrally located*. So I'll check now:
> who would likely make the trip over? Not necessarily next time, just any • time.
>
> 1. By train, it is 15 minutes from Penn Station (New York) if you catch the
> half-hourly Kew Gardens LIRR, plus a 5 minute walk down 3 blocks of • picturesque
> Building Ideas. Trains rule!
>
> 2. By subway it's about 30 minutes on the E-train from Manhattan and a 10 • minute
> walk (or just take the bus.)
>
> 3. Finally by car (street parking available) it is about 2 hours from NJ. For
> upstate NY, it's about 20 minutes from Whitestone.
>
>
> The LIRR schedule is at http://www.lirr.org/lirr/html/ttn/kewgarde.htm but • click
> on "weekends, To Jamaica" because the default is weekdays. For example find • the
> train that leaves "New York" at 1:05 and visits Kew Gardens at 1:21.
>
> Second, my living room is 20x12, a little bigger than Chris' lego room. It's • got
> Lego everywhere in one half with 2 tables for building. We could use the floor
> in the other half. Six people would probably be comfortable, I think more • would
> start to be crowded.
>
> Don't forget to chime in with "Yuck! Go into the city???" or "Sounds doable!" • I
> suspect there are some New Yorkers about, let me hear from you.
>
> Oh, just for Lindsay: the Q10 bus is a 25 minute ride from JFK airport. (:
>
> -Erik
Maybe my place (St. George, Staten Island - 5 minute bus ride or 10 minute
walk from the ferry) would be more centraly located: easy driving commute from
Long Island and Jersey and public transportation from the NYC.
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