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AND NOW FOR SOMETHING completely different: I’d like to try a HumbleDollar meetup on Monday, March 4, at 5 p.m. at Pizzeria Vetri, 1615 Chancellor Street, Philadelphia.
All attendees will be responsible for their own bill, but it shouldn’t be wildly expensive, not least because happy hour runs through 6 p.m. I believe Vetri has the best pizza in Philly. The restaurant doesn’t take reservations, but the manager assures me that things should be quiet at that time. Be warned: Pizzeria Vetri has more than one location, so make sure you go to the right one.
If you plan to attend, please shoot me an email at jonathan@jonathanclements.com. That way, if there’s some glitch, I can let you know ahead of time. If the March 4 meetup proves popular, I’ll do it again over the summer—and it could even become a regular event here in Philly and perhaps an occasional event in other cities, depending on my travel plans.
For those with good memories—and there seem to be a lot of you—I had mused about holding a HumbleDollar conference. I even got as far as checking out a few venues and getting pricing. But it became clear that I couldn’t pull it off at a price point that would appeal to a broad swath of HumbleDollar’s thrifty audience. Indeed, even the excellent Bogleheads Conference—which I’d recommend—costs almost $600, plus travel, hotel room and meals, including $100 for the Saturday night banquet.
Still, what strikes me about the Bogleheads Conference, as well as others I’ve attended over the years, is that folks enjoy them less for the financial insights and more for the socializing. With any luck, pizza in Philly will (pun intended) satisfy that appetite.
I’m curious to know if other HD readers/writers would be interested in gathering for dinner at the same Pizzeria Vetri, around Jonathan’s memorial service (timing TBD)?
HumbleCon! Depending on the date and time, I’ll try to make it from Cincinnati. Difficult to travel with my work schedule and wife and kids. Wish I were retired :-/
Thanks for floating last year’s invite/meetup post back to the top, David.
Sorry I’m out West but I’ll join you in spirit.
Maybe after your pizza you could drop by Jonathan’s tree and sit near his rock with a cup of coffee, and listen to the birds.
In memoriam.
I imagine a second rock is warranted, inscribed with Allen Roth’s words (thanks to William Perry for posting them this week):
guide
teacher
friend
inspiration
As much as I’d like to, 6-1/2 to 7 hours one way via I-95 is a non-starter for me. I remember, like uludom, that Jonathan said around that time he was also considering a couple of road trips to meet folks in other locales.
I was on the fence about the last one and Jonathan suggested that maybe a 9 hour round trip wasn’t worth the one hour meet up, so I skipped because he was contemplating having other meetups. Well….
Carpe diem. Carpe pizza 🙂
I’m up for a road trip!
I would be interested.
I was always sad I lived too far away to come to this. I think it is a great idea, David. I hope some of you are able be there for the rest of us. Chris
Great idea. I would. It is not a huge place so it depends on how many show up.
Wish I could be there. Don’t think I can swing it from Cincy in time. Another instance where I wish I were retired and could do whatever I want. I was also one interested in the HD conference (“HumbleCon?”). If there’s ever any more interest, keep me posted.
This is something we should definitely think about. I think it would be immensely valuable.
HD has to one of the few online sites where most people are still civil to each other. In person meetings of many other groups may not end well.
I wish I could join you and I might if I can combine the meet up with a visit to my family.
Sounds like fun! Sorry I can’t attend but I live in the southwest. If anyone’s so inclined, it’d be cool if someone had a zoom meeting going that folks could connect to. The audio would probably be terrible, but it’d be interesting to join for a few minutes and see everyone. Or maybe someone could just take a quick video (or even just pic’s) that could be posted later so non-attendee’s could see a few minutes of the gathering. Just a thought.
Johathan–Sounds like an absolutely great idea! If I was closer to Philly, I’d try to make it. There are many HD folks in S FL that time of year and that might be a potential location for a future “pizza”!
I’ll keep it in mind. I have family in the Boca area, so I get down that way every year or so.
Jonathan, thanks to putting this together. I’ll attest to Pizzeria Vetri. The Shroom is killer. Hope to be there.
I was hoping one of these would be in the works and that we’d be around for it. Of course we’re flying back into the US on March 6. Hopefully next time.