tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post5074817194837233335..comments2024-02-24T20:32:17.132-08:00Comments on BLOOD AND GUTSTEIN: THE IDEA OF A PUBLIC OFFICE HOURS.DAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-13023462422083769912014-02-21T05:21:10.214-08:002014-02-21T05:21:10.214-08:00Hi Ryan,
I don't even think we can say Squirr...Hi Ryan,<br /><br />I don't even think we can say Squirrel anymore, as it's too many letters. Squoil is one term for the current happy hours, as is Squrl. The original Office Hours began during the academic year, and probably ran throughout the year, but maybe wasn't as frequent during the summers. As time wore on, I think there was some reason to vacate the Post Pub -- bad beer, high beer prices, "too much the smell of yack", etc., and so I think that's when the impetus came about to move it over to Stoney's. In the summer, there was also call to have the gatherings outside, so people could sit & bake, although that's a different sit & bake than what you're referring to; your sit & bake is of course a pun on Drink & Walk -- which would've meant it took place during those days.<br /><br />I really appreciate the mention of the Honor Roll for someone being the only one at a Drink & Walk or other gathering. There were some nights -- during spring break, or bad weather, or some other kind of situation -- when I sat nervously in Angles hoping that someone would show up, and someone always did, no matter what. So, yeah, I really do wish we had a record of that, or maybe other folks could recall who those people were. <br /><br />Thanks for the comments. Talk to youse,<br /><br />-------------BADAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-22583857958762319482014-02-20T17:12:17.944-08:002014-02-20T17:12:17.944-08:00By "office hours", I mean to refer gene...By "office hours", I mean to refer generically to all such series, tho the term has not been used much the last few years. In recent years the most common signifier is "squirrel" or "the squirrel". Tho more often the "the" is dropped, I believe.Ryan W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01945769909647155149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-31927067601915634092014-02-20T16:59:20.269-08:002014-02-20T16:59:20.269-08:00Was there really a time with no office hrs? Yes I ...Was there really a time with no office hrs? Yes I do recall there was a gap. Also recall the inflection point when office hrs changed from a mostly summertime supplement to a full-year phenomenon, tho it was perhaps also full-year in the first phase, which I missed. I entered during the Stoney's age. I was never host to any office hours... tho, footnote to a footnote, I did host a couple so-called Sit&Bake events at my home in capitol hill. Whose inspiration is apparent enough. That idea may have been Buck's. Separately, I feel like there should be some honor roll of solipsistic occasions, wherein nobody showed up at H.O. except one person. That is somehow an important part of the history and those occasions I believe have some magical/spiritual import in sustaining the phenomenon overall. Of course there is no record that can be read, at least not in a legible sort of way. Ryan W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01945769909647155149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-68402353924098403312014-02-20T08:34:01.372-08:002014-02-20T08:34:01.372-08:00So, in summary:
1998-2003
Mark Wallace / Dan Guts...So, in summary:<br /><br />1998-2003<br />Mark Wallace / Dan Gutstein Office Hours, incl. Tom Orange Office Hours at Mark Wallace / Dan Gutstein Office Hours (one night). Site: The Post Pub. <br /><br />2003-Spring 2005<br />Probably some stretches of Office Hours hosted by various peoples? (Mark, Lorraine, Kaplan, Ryan?) Site: The Post Pub (?) and Stoney's. <br /><br />Summer 2005<br />Mark Wallace / Dan Gutstein Multigenre Office Hours. Dr. Dremo's, Arlington. Something like 5pm to 7pm or thereabouts. <br /><br />Fall 2005-2007<br />Drink & Walk, hosted by me, Rod, and Mel. Sites: Angles (6:00 to 7:45) and Red Room Bar at Black Cat (8:00 to 10:00)<br /><br />2008-2009<br />The Dark Ages.<br /><br />2009/10-present<br />DC Poetry Happy Hours, first at the Reef (Rod and Mel re-started) and now at The Black Squirrel, who have been more than a pub for us, but an event space, as well. The gathering is now more communal, more word of mouth, with occasional announcements on Facebook, esp. if it might not happen in a given week. Start time ca. 8:00 pm each week. <br /><br />--BA<br />DAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-22263676219227629822014-02-20T05:14:41.109-08:002014-02-20T05:14:41.109-08:00Dat horror? You mean dat sqveak! O dat sqveak!
--...Dat horror? You mean dat sqveak! O dat sqveak!<br /><br />-------baDAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-11365255738117662382014-02-19T18:08:28.180-08:002014-02-19T18:08:28.180-08:00Taco Bell, yes, but let us not forget the fateful ...Taco Bell, yes, but let us not forget the fateful Night of the Squeaky Rotisserie at Boston Market. The horror!M. C. Zitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11213362485279398311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-46367532959209305232014-02-19T14:41:27.907-08:002014-02-19T14:41:27.907-08:00We did Multigenre Happy Hours at Dr Dremo's th...We did Multigenre Happy Hours at Dr Dremo's the summer of 2005, before you left town. It was low key. The beer was Tupper's Hop Pocket ... By the pitcher. I believe we went to Taco Bell!<br /><br />----BADAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-44553823607795591592014-02-19T14:09:15.697-08:002014-02-19T14:09:15.697-08:00It occurs to me now that prior to the start of Off...It occurs to me now that prior to the start of Office Hours, we used to do a sort of proto-Office Hours at Bardo's in Arlington, which was attended by people like Carol Mirakove and others. And then one summer, I believe, as you have pointed out, at the place that had been Bardo's (Dr. Dremo's was it called?), we did another summer version of same that lasted just a little while and had only a few successful evenings.mark wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047292022080114501noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-10301874701373376282014-02-19T12:13:35.782-08:002014-02-19T12:13:35.782-08:00i remember that truck. it was a Domino's pizza...i remember that truck. it was a Domino's pizza truck. and it was always idling outside of Stoney's, as there was a Domino's right across the street. the biggest truck i ever saw. fulla pizza.<br /><br />-------------------------baDAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-60919081532619072112014-02-19T12:12:13.243-08:002014-02-19T12:12:13.243-08:00I was gonna mention Stoney's--my first Office ...I was gonna mention Stoney's--my first Office Hours experience. Mark and Lorraine hosted there--out on the sidewalk, across from the big idling mac truck.cathyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06661839617725073121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-80362078634573736902014-02-19T12:08:14.517-08:002014-02-19T12:08:14.517-08:00I think those dates are roughly correct. You and I...I think those dates are roughly correct. You and I did Office Hours from about 1998 to 2003, and after that, you may have had another co-host, or there may have been totally different hosts altogether. Weren't Kaplan and Ryan hosting at Stoney's? (I was in Arizona for roughly 10 months spanning 2003 to 2004).<br /><br />Drink & Walk ran from 2005-2007, and while happy hours gatherings continued after that, the current version (first at The Reef and now at The Black Squirrel) has run from roughly 2009 or 2010 through the present.<br /><br />------------BADAN / DANIEL GUTSTEINhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11440571794661801261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5371137905089559599.post-34413635648948551922014-02-19T12:03:30.765-08:002014-02-19T12:03:30.765-08:00Birth and Death Dates?
Office Hours: 1997-2005
Etc...Birth and Death Dates?<br />Office Hours: 1997-2005<br />Etc<br />Also, I remember there was a period of time when Office Hours moved to Stoney's outside, maybe for two or so summers in a row.mark wallacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10047292022080114501noreply@blogger.com