Well, with HBO doing this food truck promo so close me, I just had to make a trip up the Turnpike to sample some flavors of Westeros. And I figure, hey, there’s got to be a bunch of WiC readers that will be doing the same thing, why don’t we get together and hang out?
So here’s the plan, such as it is right now. I will be heading up to NYC on Friday evening (April 1), with plans to get to the food truck as close to 6 PM as possible. After partaking of some Westerosi food, I plan to hit up a local pub and enjoy some Dornish Ale. If anyone is free that evening and would like to join me and the wife (who, despite being a vegetarian, still wants to go), feel free!
If you would like to go, please comment in the thread below and state your interest. This way I have a rough idea of how many people to expect. Also make sure when leaving your comment you use a valid email/Twitter/Facebook, so I can get in touch with you once we have some more details.
See you in the Big Apple!
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I’m in!
CesarQuote Reply
Cesar, yay! And so I can keep up a running head count, let me know if you will be bringing anyone else.
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
I’d love to join as well.
BartQuote Reply
I’m a creeper here on WiC, but I’m in NYC and would love to go! Me + 1
nicoleQuote Reply
I’d love to go :)
The buildup to this show could not be more fun.
ZackQuote Reply
God damn why do I not live in NYC?
Harry HoggQuote Reply
This sounds cool, I’m in, once we’ve wrapped the truck. Maybe I’ll drag the rest of the Campfire team along with me (as long as we haven’t been mobbed by fans who got there after the food ran out :) )
If you want, I can also bring one of the scent boxes for people to see – maybe even bring some of the rejected scents (like”Sandsilk” and full-strength “Khal’s Herd”), so we can really stink up the joint :)
Steve CQuote Reply
Damn! I wish I was visiting my parent’s house in PA. Well have a great time all that can make it!
Lord Ned’s HeadQuote Reply
I hope all us smallfolk who will be stoically supporting the bottom from afar can expect to hear the tale in full ..
obsidianQuote Reply
I live in NY, I also worked on the show, it would be interesting to meet up with some fans. Can’t really say more on the message board, I’m sure you’ll understand. You have my email so can contact me if you like and also verify my name on Imdb.
Cheers
Spider
SpiderQuote Reply
Harry, I ask myself that every day. I will not be there, but I wanted to urge fans who are in the neighborhood who are on the fence about attending or are nervous or wondering if it will be weird meeting strangers, let me tell you from my experience with other fandoms and other websites that the answer is: NO!
No it will not be weird.
No, people attending are not weird.
No, you should not be nervous.
I have found that such meetings can make great, lasting friendships and if they don’t, they at least make fun, like-minded interactions with people who share a passion. If you have a chance to go, then GO!
I am 2,000 miles away and I checked flights and costs, mostly just for fun. But, do yourself a favor. (And, ignore my pic up there, it is a joke and I am not weird either!)
Anyway, such chances don’t fall in your lap often. Go go go go go go.
(And A.S.T.B.)
Larry D CurtisQuote Reply
my hubby and i might be interested :)
Dani Parlatore DalyQuote Reply
You can count me in as well.
Can’t wait to meet some fellow fans.
Jessica C.Quote Reply
It is easier for you Americans to arrange such things… You all speak the same language, there are no borders to cross and you can use the same currency and u can do this thing on a short notice while if we should try to do it here in Europe in, say Vienna cause its pretty much smack in the middle, it would mean probably at least a month of planning… And then some cause I think that the French would want it somewhere closer, the Germans as well, Italians in Rome on the pain of death and the British would probably have a hissing fit if it was arranged outside of GB.. I think I am developing a migraine just thinking about it :/
MatthiasQuote Reply
I’d like to come!
I’m really glad I got a job in New York now, I get to be part of all of this fun stuff.
Jen SnowQuote Reply
Steve C, hell yeah, that sounds awesome! I’m sure everyone will love to get a whiff of the Khal’s Herd.
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
Oh I would love to go!
I get out of work at about 4:30 and have to go to a concert in Brooklyn at 8 (Nobuo Uematsu orchestra, from my Final Fantasy fandom days ;)). But I’ll need to kill some time in between, so hopefully I can get to meet some of you guys!
Do we have any idea what part of Manhattan the truck will be in on Friday?
LinaQuote Reply
I have a class on friday that starts at 7pm and I don’t get out til 9:30 …. man, I would have been so there!
Marilyn BonesQuote Reply
This is relevant to my interests! I did not know of such a concert! But…I have looked and there were tickets available for Fri AND Sat. Needless to say, I chose Saturday. What a great weekend that will be.
ZackQuote Reply
I would love to be there!
Skid MaherQuote Reply
*and intend to be, btw
Skid MaherQuote Reply
So it’s finally going down. Sounds like a great time. :) I’m in with maybe a couple of friends.
DondarrionQuote Reply
I’ve been debating an NYC trip, and you’ve just convinced me. I’ll be there.
SOHjournerQuote Reply
Sometimes I hate living in Washington, we never get anything cool around here. HBO needs to do something in Portland.
GrimtuesdayQuote Reply
Ahh this sounds so awesome! Meet some other ASoIaF fans, eat some awesome food( I’m a bit of a culinary freak), and grab some beers afterwords on a Friday night in downtown Manhattan? Hells Yeah! The only problem is that I live near DC; it’s about a 5 hour drive from my house… Anyone else planning on getting a hotel for the night?
Brandon GowerQuote Reply
Hmmm…it would cost me 715€ to fly to New York and back, and since I don’t like big cities anyway, I think I’ll pass on this, even though I would really like joining the first House Gatewatch food siege!
Have fun all of you that can go, and know that as envious as I might feel, I will be fully supporting your bottoms!
Tar KidhoQuote Reply
i would love to call out of work for a great gathering , im in ,
mikeQuote Reply
I would totally be there……if I wasn’t like 15000km away. Sometimes it just sucks being an Aussie :P
gypsyQuote Reply
Arrrrr. Alas, I am Canadian and poor…and vegan. I’d already planned to make (or force some poor, culinarily inclined family member to make vegan lemoncake(s) for the seventeenth though.
Steve Hugh WestenraQuote Reply
I would totally be there…. if it was two weeks later.
Johan SporreQuote Reply
Awesome! Maybe we can sneak a few minutes at the moot talking about Uematsu! :D
LinaQuote Reply
You lucky people, please please (with Sansa’s voice) take at least some pics to support our unfortunately less lucky bottoms!
SawyerQuote Reply
Would love to go Friday night as well but working late. We are hitting the city on SATURDAY, however, to see the gift shop. Hope everyone has fun!
MegothQuote Reply
I’m so excited! Not about the food of course…. well maybe I’ll eat a lemon cake. A night out in NYC and meeting some fellow fans is going to be so fun though! :)
Mrs Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
I also just wanted to let you guys know that I went to the HBO Store yesterday, and it was BEYOND AWESOME. It’s pretty small, but for the size of the store, they have a good amount of props. A friend, also a GoT fan, and I went and we were like children in a giant candy store. The security guard was kind of laughing at us, and he said we were the most enthusiastic people he had seen yet. One of the employees came up and started talking to us and then took us around the store to point out what all the artifacts were. We were so excited and vocal about it that all the other store employees at some point came over to talk to us (or see if we were crazy). I think we impressed them with our knowledge and fangirlish enthusiasm. :)
One guy told us to come back in April when they’ll have more merchandise and some sort of promotional “get this if you buy X amount of merchandise” campaign. And I bought a House Stark shirt, because despite any complaints about the design, I think the direwolf is awesome! Note for girls: They don’t have women’s shirts IN STORE yet, but will be getting them soon. They’re also going to be getting the beersteins. Probably the best part of the experience was that the employees were knowledgeable and spirited about the series. One guy even told us that while he’s excited for the show, he’s more hyped for ADwD.
The costumes were all magnificent. I’m not sure which my favorite prop was. Probably the dragon eggs, although the Hound’s helmet was pretty spectacular too. However, there was also something else very special: a musical instrument (mini harp – lyre?) that we were told belongs to Rhaegar! I asked one of the employees if he knew where the prop featured in the production, and while he didn’t know for sure, we just started talking about flashbacks!!
So after like 45 minutes my friend and I left and decided to walk around Times Square. And we stumbled upon a GIGANTIC billboard of Ned on the Iron Throne! We were still on our GoT high from the HBO Store, so it was perfect timing!
I created a flickr so you guys can see photos if you want: http://www.flickr.com/photos/61048127@N04/sets/72157626356641642/
LinaQuote Reply
Count me, the wife and another asoif fan along with the rest of ya’ll
Matt C.Quote Reply
Any Toronto area fans wanna make the trip with me? Total geek cred!
Franny BeeQuote Reply
I would totally be there if it was on May 2, and in Leesburg! And if it was more about another hobby of mine, watching and obsession over the television show “Bones’!
Sam Samuel ShamroldsQuote Reply
Very Interesting.
I’m just trying to think where a Rhaegar flashback that would involve him playing a Harp/lyre would be.
MormegilQuote Reply
I’d like to go! Will probably drag my boyfriend along so you all can help me convince him to read the books. :)
anuhealaniQuote Reply
I am so with it, i love free food and beer.
Eugene ToussaintQuote Reply
Oh my god, I WANT BEER STEINS! Why are they so expensive, though?
I’d love to have a Stark stein, a Lannister one, and a Baratheon one (looks the best). I’d also like a Targaryen one if it was black instead of white. Sadly, there’s no way I can afford to buy them.
LexQuote Reply
Lina,
Thank you for sharing your visit to the store with us!
The props on the pics look great!
The RabbitQuote Reply
Lina,
Great photos. It’s so funny seeing the massive poster of Ned, and wondering what people think. I really wish I lived in NYC right now!
LexQuote Reply
Romancing Lyanna?
ZackQuote Reply
Of course! Good pics, too, thank you for them. I will save them, and fondly remember my own voyage there when I did not think to bring a camera or ask the crew there to explain what everything was.
ZackQuote Reply
Speaking of asoiaf in NY the barnes and noble in union square has two full displays of the book. They were all over the place not just in the fantasy section. Saw a few peeps picking up copies of the books.
As for the posters, I always watch to see people pausing in front of them. It’s great to look at when waiting for trains.
Jessica C.Quote Reply
I’m definitely in, I’ll try to bring a couple more readers. If I can convince them that it’s not too fanatical… Wish me luck.
And to anybody on the fence about going, I suggest you go. Whenever I skip stuff like this I usually wind up regretting it.
Javier FoxQuote Reply
I’m in!
Eric TannerQuote Reply
I want to go, and so does my boyfriend! Keep us posted!
Merrett FreyQuote Reply
Mormegil,
Dany’s vision of Rhaegar while she’s in the house of the undying doesn’t happen ’til season 2 , does it ?..but maybe it’s something of a set-up for that , as well.
obsidianQuote Reply
You see the name, and the lion crest? I will be there…I’ll also be doing a write up on my new site when we are done with it.
Kigslayer.wordpress.com is my current blog. The site will launch before the series premier of Game of Thrones. I’m geeked to hang out with fans such as myself. I’ve been reading the series since 1999. So it’s good to see such how the books have grown popular. Winter is coming.net is a great site. I wish I would have known about in 2008! The only thing I can not eat is anything shell fish. As I am highly allergic to shell fish :(…
TheKingslayerQuote Reply
yay for vegetarian wife! I am a vegetarian wife to a meat eater husband too. I’m interested to hear if she likes any of the scarce vegetarian westeros food.
purplejillyQuote Reply
I’m definitely up for this! It sounds like fun!
Adrienne NenowQuote Reply
awww man too bad they didn’t have one of these trucks in toronto!
Pierce VanderBentQuote Reply
Would love to go! Keep us posted!
Andy MQuote Reply
There are so many perks to living in the US that even being a resident of Europe makes me want to hurl. -.-
Natasa AnastasiouQuote Reply
I’m in! Looking forward to meeting everyone and talking GoT!
David ThomasQuote Reply
Hehe at least if you hurled you could go to the doctor :P
Bail LishQuote Reply
Have fun!!! Let us know what tavern you are going to and I will buy a round on my visa. I’m sure they will let me do that.
EntropyQuote Reply
Yeah the HotU vision would be Season 2 but I guess Dany could have an earlier vision or maybe Viserys is telling her something he remembers.
Possible but I’m not sure how much they would want to contradict the view of Rhaeger we get from Roberts comments.
MormegilQuote Reply
Grrr. I can’t come Friday night. Balls, balls, balls!
Have fun, everyone…
InkasrainQuote Reply
I’ll support all your bottoms from beyond the ocean, you lucky-lucky guys.
Please, take a lot of pictures and enjoy the moot as if there will be no tomorrow! ;)
Rinoa De la PicaQuote Reply
My envy is boundless, but do have fun, everyone! Take pictures!!
Raquel DoddQuote Reply
Winter, looking forward to it!! Me + 1
By the way, this is not some sort of April’s fool type of thing right? ;)
Mattia ZarulliQuote Reply
I wonder if they’ll actually do ‘unborn puppies’ or ‘dog sausage’ when they get to Mereen.
Enjoy the food for me everyone!
I love food
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Eddard StarkQuote Reply
Just wanted to let everyone know a televison reviewer was asked on twitter if he saw Game of Thrones and what he thought about it and he said “Fantastic. Saw first 2 eps a few weeks ago, but can’t say more right now. Getting eps 1-6 this week and will be allowed to discuss.” Then he said about the acting -”The whole cast is great. The kids they cast are remarkable.” http://twitter.com/televisionary – this is the reviewers twitter account.
JamesQuote Reply
Lina,
Lina,
Great pics, makes me want to get up off my butt and head downtown and I think ur pics and ur excitement is just the motivation that I need!!!
Marilyn BonesQuote Reply
Off topic post RE: Merchandise:
Anyways, has everyone seen those new beer steins? What do you think? I am upset that they cost $40 each, because I think I’m gonna buy 3 or 4 of them and the cost will be outrageous! But I can’t help it, they are so cool, and I will get lots of use out of them. For me, I think these are much better than t-shirts. If only they were about half the price… :(
I wasn’t sure if I’d spend much on merchandise, but I already bought the tie-in trade paperback last week, and it looks like I’m going to drop a bunch of money on these steins. Add the price of the eventual DVD set, and I guess I will have contributed my share to HBO. Makes me feel less guilty about not being a subscriber.
LexQuote Reply
I just wish the steins would ship before April 15. As it is, I don’t think I’ll get them in time for my premiere party!
LexQuote Reply
@ Eddard Stark – ROFL!
MegganQuote Reply
James,
Thanks, James!
Hear Me RoarQuote Reply
Lex,
The HBO store seems to offer discounts every so often. If they aren’t shipping the steins (which aren’t my thing, personally, but do look ridiculously cool) until the 15th, maybe hold out to order until then?
InkasrainQuote Reply
I will be there! Let me know details svp. :)
Franny BeeQuote Reply
Awesome, my bro and I will come after work!
Sir DayneQuote Reply
I am in. Should be at the truck Monday, Wed and Friday so will definately be there for the moot
PaulQuote Reply
Inkasrain,
Thanks, I do remember a 15% and 20% discount recently. Maybe I’ll keep my eye open for one of those.
I NEED to drink beer out of a Baratheon, Stark, or Lannister mug! Especially while watching the show. :)
LexQuote Reply
I’d love to say I’ll be there but I’ve got gazzilions of miles of water between me & the US :( I’m insanely jealous right now so I’ll be expecting full reports from you guys!
BroQuote Reply
I’m in! My friend will be coming along as well.
MeganQuote Reply
I’m here in NYC, I”ll go!
Gene EverettQuote Reply
Me too!! (may bring a +1)
DarthRachelQuote Reply
been lurking here awhile, be cool to meet more fans. Count me in!
DanielQuote Reply
It looks like myself and Bloodraven can make it, so count us in as well :D
The Winter RoseQuote Reply
BF and i are totally in. Could you wave a flag or something so we can all gather round you? lol
EuniceQuote Reply
Flag bearing a Red Sun Pierced by a Gold Spear imo!
Eunice,
ChrisQuote Reply
Eunice, haha! By the looks of it, it may be hard for us all to congregate at the truck. Depending on what time everyone shows up, we will probably be spread throughout the line. We have a designated meeting place for after you get your food though, I will send you the email about it.
Winter Is ComingQuote Reply
I found it! Repeat, I’ve found it!
Matt C.Quote Reply