CITY/REGION: Boston area, Massachusetts, USA
MEETUP PLACE: Porter Square Marketplace (Porter Square Books and then Panera), White Street, Cambridge, MA, USA
DATE: December 10, 2022
TIME: 11:30AM-1:30PM EST
MEETUP PLAN:
At 11:30AM EST let’s meet at Porter Square Books which is a cute local bookshop. They sell some Boston/Cambridge postcards ($1.50 each) and greeting cards as well as some other fun things like journals, funky socks, magnets, bookmarks, and of course - books.
At 12 Noon we will move over to Panera which is a couple doors down in the same Marketplace. There is the main floor and also a downstairs. The downstairs has a table for 8 as well as some other seating. Downstairs area would be best for the group as the upstairs is a little bit more divided. We will sign postcards, talk about postcards, swap postcards and everything postcards. Bring your good cheer, postcards, pens, markers, washi, stickers, etc. While this event is free, we will be meeting in a place that sells food so please consider purchasing a food or beverage.
MEETUP POSTCARD:
Yes, is one! @sarahaeyo designed this for us (image in comments below). Thank you Sarah. Please reach out to Sarah about how many postcards you would like to purchase.
POSTAGE STAMP SWAP IDEA:
This is COMPLETELY optional. I love different stamps and using different stamps on my postcards. If you want to participate - take an envelope and add unused stamps in the amount of $6-7. It doesn’t matter about the denomination of each stamp as long as no individual stamp is more than the international postcard stamp. (so no $2 or $5 stamps, etc). You can do 10 forever stamps, 5 international postcard stamps, a bunch of 5 cent stamps, or a combo of anything in between as long as the total is $6-7. You can pick the same design or different designs. Take these stamps and put them in an envelope and seal the envelope. After we sign cards, we will do a yankee swap kind of thing where we will put our envelopes in a pile and use a random generator to figure out the order in which we pick envelopes. Once each participant selects their envelope we will open our envelopes at the same time and marvel about how awesome our new stamps are.
TRANSPORTATION:
There is a parking lot right at the Marketplace. It is 2 hour parking. (I, personally, have parked my car there for 3 or 4 hours and haven’t had a problem, but they could be more strict around the holidays.) There is also 2 hour parking on Elm Street. Porter Square also has the Red Line and the Fitchburg Commuter Rail. Inbound has a train arriving at 11:27AM and outbound has a train arriving at 12Noon. The Marketplace is on Mass Ave so plenty of bus lines as well.
THE MARKETPLACE:
There are several shops there that may be of interest to you besides Porter Square Books - Michaels, Cambridge Naturals, Shaws, Tag Hardware, CVS, and others. So your fun doesn’t have to end after the meet up.
POST BOX:
There is a blue post box right by Porter Square Books and Michaels so we can mail all our wonderful cards after the meet up.
Hope to see you there!
please let me know how many each person wants~
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