I visited your site.. wow!

If you didn't jump straight from there into his comic book series, Mayflower, it's awesome and definitely worth checking out!

Also, I should probably take my own advice, since I'm now two issues behind :p

-Disciple

You jerks are planning a meetup in my home town without me!?

*Sees name already on guest list.*

You jerks just assuuuume I want to meetup?!

Despite requiring me to cross the border into Mordor--er, I mean Kansas, I only live 15 minutes away from that rental! Sadly tho, I work weekends, BUT I think I should be able to come and hang out in the evenings after work!

WHAT!? Your name was on the guest list?! that must be a mistake.
Sorry for any inconvenience =P

:)

That's a bummer you work weekends, but it would be great if you do get to stop by in the evenings. We will be having the LAN, plus story-time with Blue and now we could have show-&-tell art time with you! (I visited your site.. wow!)

If you email me through DBO and include your mobile number, I can include you on group discussions about the meet-up :) We also have a shared event folder on Google+

*Sees name already on guest list.*

You jerks just assuuuume I want to meetup?!

Despite requiring me to cross the border into Mordor--er, I mean Kansas, I only live 15 minutes away from that rental! Sadly tho, I work weekends, BUT I think I should be able to come and hang out in the evenings after work!

Def want to try Joe's when you're out there! Its the best spot imo.

re: the BBQ places you recommend, any of them have a good mild / sweet BBQ sauce for anyone who maybe is a wimp when it comes to hot spicy things?? :)

Heh, I'm looking for the opposite.

Kansas City style can have some spice. If I do wet bbq, I like the sweet spicy flavor.

There was an old joint oustide of Starkville, MS I used to go to. It was a house back in the woods with a shed next to it that seved as their restaurant. They had sauce so spicy most of my friends couldn't eat it. I remember it made my dad cry when he tried it. I loved that sauce.

re: the BBQ places you recommend, any of them have a good mild / sweet BBQ sauce for anyone who maybe is a wimp when it comes to hot spicy things?? :)

Heh, I'm looking for the opposite.

Wish I could make it, too. Didn't Bojo say he was going to try and make it?

I'm not sure who "Bojo" is.

Heres a list of people I'm aware of who expressed interested in attending this meetup:

Stabbim
Breitzen
Dame
CheapLEY
Beorn
Kermit
BlueRunner
Speedracer
BlackT1g3r +1
General Vagueness
Pyromancy
FyreWulff
FunkMon
Azrael
Zumphry
Atsumi (nominated by Kermit / Beorn)
Levi (nominated as 'interested' by Breitzen)

I can likely pitch in a little bit extra, if need be. I was figuring for more than that in my head. It's only a tank of gas away for me.

I’m still happy to pitch in a bit!

Thanks guys, mighty kind of you!
Hopefully it wont be needed
Let's give it a couple weeks and see what happens :)

Awesome! Thank you for chiming in :) Good to get a locals perspective!
Searching online did turn up Arthur Bryant's, Gates, Joe's and Jack Stack as frequently nominated best for BBQ

I'm not a huge fan of BBQ to begin with, so take this with a grain of salt, but Jack Stack is highly overrated in my opinion. They do have a pretty decent prime rib, though.

• Gates - Best Brisket in town, just be prepared to order before you get in line.
  
• Joes Kansas City - Great pulled pork, great french fries, and the Z-Man (BBQ Sandwich with onion rings on top)

Sad to say we can't come this time around but hopefully next time!

Awesome! Thank you for chiming in :) Good to get a locals perspective!
Searching online did turn up Arthur Bryant's, Gates, Joe's and Jack Stack as frequently nominated best for BBQ

Steak recommendations came up with Anton's taproom, Pierpoints at Union Station, Jess & Jims, and Hereford House.

re: the BBQ places you recommend, any of them have a good mild / sweet BBQ sauce for anyone who maybe is a wimp when it comes to hot spicy things?? :)

as of 7/2/18 that puts the lodging cost now at $98 per person for the weekend for the 5 left who will be there (Stabbim, Cheapley, Dame, Kermit & Bluerunner). That's at the limit of the budget for some of us.

if Funkmon is able to make it to Des Moines to carpool in with Stabbim, that'll bring us back to 6 people and $82 per person for the weekend. (paypal is probably the easiest way for you guys to reimburse me. We can wait a couple weeks in case people / price changes again)

Well Stabbim, looks like we could have done this at your home after all! LOL. We went from 9 confirmed (12 to 15 with the 'maybes') down to 5 or 6 people. Of course this all starts to unravel a couple days after I book the place despite holding off doing so for several weeks! {shrug}

It'll be good times none-the-less :)
D2, BBQ, & Story-Time with Blue!

Turns out my family planned a vacation that weekend... in KC!

So I'm gonna plan on being around for at least a full day with our DBO crew. Can't wait!

Also: #TeamPulledPork

That would have to be Saturday if you're wanting a full day.
Due to the drive, many people wont arrive till Friday afternoon or evening.
Then most are leaving Sunday morning.

I'll need to snail mail the info, but they'll be there!