CITY/REGION: Syracuse, New York, USA
MEETUP PLACE: May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Society, 3800 E Genesee St, Syracuse, NY
DATE: 24 August 2024
TIME: 10am-2pm
MEETUP PLAN: Hello! I will be hosting a meetup in Syracuse NY this August. It will be in the community room at May Memorial Unitarian Universalist Church from 10a-2p. You are welcome to come at ten but will be setting up starting then as it’s the earliest time I can get into the space. After the formal meetup I will be attending The Great New York State Fair, feel free to join me there if you wish! There will be two card designs available; a new illustrated state fair themed card done by the lovely Lia Parks and a photographic state fair card as well. Feel free to bring a username stamp or your favorite pen to sign cards with. I will provide some light snacks. Please comment if you’re interested in attending, this room should have more than enough space to accommodate plenty of people. I will tag you on the post when if you’re going or a maybe!
Here’s some info on the fair for those wanting to attend with me after the formal meetup. I wanted to wait until they had prices available to add this to the post. Adult tickets are 8 dollars, for people under 12 or over 65 you get in for free. Parking in the fair owned lots (the orange or brown parking lots) is 12 dollars per car. All tickets and parking need to be purchased online ahead of time. There is also a small private lot across from the fair that tends to fill up quickly that is usually around ten dollars cash but sometimes has availability later in the day. The orange lot will be the most accessible to us as we are coming from Syracuse. There is Centro buses that can shuttle you from the orange lot or you can walk to the main gate, you can only walk from the brown lot if that is where you park. As a note the past couple years the orange and brown lots have been closed off pretty early (around 1-2 PM) due to amphitheater concerts that also use those lots, I will be keeping an eye on their social media throughout the day to see if they post anything about parking closing. If the parking is closed I would suggest using park and ride (park your car at a separate location and take a Centro bus to the fair). The information for these has not been posted yet but the park and ride sites are typically at Destiny USA, Longbranch Park and the JMA Wireless Dome. I am unsure of the prices and exact locations for park and ride at this time but I will update this when it is available. The fair will be open until 11PM but majority of the buildings close at 10. If you have any questions I will try my best to answer them!
Going:
- Myself
- ((Personal))
- Lia Parks (liaparks_paints on Instagram)
- @clabeff
- postcard_hallow (Instagram)
- @logicoverflow
- @BeckyS +1
- @chocolate4ever
- @sarahaeyo
- @shelopolis
- @unicorn11
- @sealed4ever
- @kellymy
- @721sand
- postcrossingwithjessc (insta)
Maybe:
- @AnnieLondonderry
- @jeannor
- @ayellowdaffodil
- eleslie5 (Instagram)
- @Meberhardt
- @seadragon22
- @BlueElectric
9.@myhillsidegarden - @suewrites
Update! The photo card is designed and ordered! I have definitely ordered way too many so no worries on numbers. The illustrated card is in the works and will hopefully be done and ordered within a couple weeks. I will include a photo of it in the comments below, don’t mind the quality it got super compressed because its a screenshot.
I figured I would add this too although it is an extreme circumstance I hope will not happen. Not to get too personal but I have to start a medication that severely decreases my immune system in a couple weeks. I have asked if I could put it off any further and it was not advised. On the extreme off chance I get sick before the meetup and cannot attend my mother and Lia will run the meetup in my stead and I may video call in. This is an extreme circumstance that I hope will not happen but I just wanted to throw it out there if worst comes to worst. The show must go on! I will update further when the illustrated design is done. Thank you all for reading!
Update 2: Illustrated card is done and ordered! There is an image of it in the comments :))
