East Coast/Mid West MENA meet up

[Nothing1234 2]

Yeah...I'd rather non-MENAesque meet up!

Spouses should come and we should rock it US-VJ'er style! Amusement park, Spa, whatever....something fun for everyone and a good affordable trip for the entire clan. There are tons of deals out there because of the economy...some places are dying to get visitors!

My house is not that big but you'll are welcome here in the 110 degree weather...we have a pool... In all seriousness...some place inbtwn and affordable would be great.

[amal 4]

my house is open always!

[amal 4]

I say come visit me for the weekend and we can all go to NASA for their grande tour!! it's freakin cool AS!

I've been begging for a mena meetup for 3 years now but nobody is ever interested to come see me....

except noura, jax, and mbp (where is she, I miss her a bunch...noura can u get me her phone number? I lost it when my phone got stolen)

so we have

Houston,Texas

amal

MBP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Terrie

New Orleans, Louisiana

Noura

Chicago, Illinois

Jackie

Detroit, Michigan

Astarte

[Mommy2ZaidnSalma 11]

Kelz, Chicago, cant go wrong. Im so down for Arab Fest, but august is a LOOOONG time away

[Kenza 1]

I might be able to this year, but I'm still interested! I'm in Sacramento area of Cali though lol. Lots of stuff to do but not really in the middle

Edited March 10, 2009 by Kenza

[Nothing1234 2]

I say come visit me for the weekend and we can all go to NASA for their grande tour!! it's freakin cool AS!

I've been begging for a mena meetup for 3 years now but nobody is ever interested to come see me....

except noura, jax, and mbp (where is she, I miss her a bunch...noura can u get me her phone number? I lost it when my phone got stolen)

so we have

Houston,Texas

amal

MBP

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Terrie

New Orleans, Louisiana

Noura

Chicago, Illinois

Jackie

Detroit, Michigan

Astarte

You forgot

Phoenix, Arizona (very cheap to stay here in the summer at some awesome resorts and spas!!)

and

Las Vegas, Nevada!

[allousa 1]

I guess we need to decide how many want it to be a MENA chick only get together or how many want spouses. We would just have to let majority rule.

Each person could PM me with their choice if they don't want to be all public about it or post it here if you don't care.

I would be more inclined to do the Arab Music Fest if Hicham were with me, otherwise, laying by the pool or having a fun dinner with the girls would be much more fun...I think.

Don't forget me Amal, I'm in Charlotte, NC.

How many of you would need to drive? That might determine where we have it, you know?

[ya falaha! 0]

I don't think my husband would be interested in attending a VJ function. He hates this website, quite frankly. He lovingly refers to it as "feces journey".

[Mommy2ZaidnSalma 11]

lmfao Astarte, my husband often refers to it as "visa sh*t" lol. not anything against anyone here, he just use to hate that I was on it so much..

For a meetup? I would probably want hubby there. and im down for anything, vegas sounds good for a weekend but i would need time to plan accordingly.

[~ Karima ~ 0]

Ooooo I'm in if it's drivable, and not in a spot that is scorching hot in the summer. I'd have to bring the baby so a place too hot won't work for us.

btw...we're in Atlanta!

[MrsAmera 41]

I'm in - Washington DC (DC Is a great choice for plenty of things to do for freeeee!!!)

I so wanna get together but it hasn't worked out for me to travel to one yet!

Edited March 10, 2009 by MrsAmera

[ya falaha! 0]

I would so love to visit DC. I'd be willing to drive down there and I may even be able to drag the mister and/or kids.

Metro Detroit has a lot of MENA type things to do esp in the summer with the Arabic festivals in Dearborn and Downtown Detroit. We also have the Arab American Museum in Dearborn. However, aside from that, Metro Detroit is hella boring IMO. Oh we do have many casinos and stuff but most of y'all prolly wouldn't be interested in that.

Edited March 10, 2009 by Astarte

[Aymsgirl 0]

I'm in between Dayton and Cincinnati Ohio.

It doesn't matter to me whether it is just us or bring the hubbies with us. I have no idea what kind of job Aym will have by then.

[allousa 1]

I could definitely do a DC trip. I could drive to that. I will ask Hicham if he wants to meet some other MENA guys.

[allousa 1]

Throwing out another suggestion. There are alot of places in the Smokey Mountains where you can rent a house OR find hotels. I've been to Gatlinburg which is in Tennessee. That is kind of a lengthy drive for us though. AND, I would venture to say that's about as "non-MENA" as you can get!!!!