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.
Wish I could be there. Don’t think I can swing it from Cincy in time. Another instances 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.
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.