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07/29/2005 Archived Entry: "Sammamish Blog Gathering Report"

We had a good time last night at the Pine Lake Ale House for Jeff Sandquist's weblog gathering. I don't think I've ever been out that way before! The place was pretty busy, but the group managed to grab three tall tables near the bar but on the right side of the barrier so our grandson who is under 21 (by about 19 years) could sit with us. There were about twenty folks in attendance, by my estimate. I didn't talk to everyone but I did speak to most. I wanted to make sure they knew about the other weblog meetups in town! I brought along the nametags but we ran out. I should have made notes of who was there, but I didn't. Here are some of the attendees -- I'll add links as I find out more.

• Josh Ledgard
• Gretchen Ledgard
• Rob Caron
• Danny Mavromatis had lots of questions about the local blogging scene.
• Wesner Moise
• Clint Sharp -- he's doing video blogging and trying to interview "major tech bloggers" around town.
• Elizabeth Grigg -- she was mostly at a table across the room eating dinner with her husband and another couple of guys, so we only spoke briefly.
• Charlie Owen -- I think he brought the t-shirts.
• Scott Isaacs -- My former colleague from the IE4 team.
• Robert Scoble
• Jeff Sandquist
• Jack
• Me

Grandson R---- was well-behaved mostly. He only fell off his tall stool once, he ate a good portion of his cheese quesadilla, and he played with his car and stacked up the swag t-shirts (vacuum-packed into tiny bricks) into a tower and knocked them down over and over. We had to leave at nine (he was getting pretty tired) but we were actually getting kicked out because minors aren't allowed after that time.

(tags: Sammamish, Weblogs, JeffSandquist, )

Posted by Charlie Owen @ 07/30/2005 06:14 AM PST

Thanks for bringing the nametags Gretchen -- I'm glad someone thought about this. Yes, I was the guy who brought the Media Center T-Shirts. Danny Mavromatis of http://www.mavromatic.com was there as well.

Posted by Charlie Owen @ 07/30/2005 06:13 AM PST