I went to Sonic on Saturday night...glad to see a few good people from CR and CC&C out, but there were an awful lot of screw-ups. Sad to see what should be a solid formula always go to crap (HD, Circuit City, Sonic...).
I spoke to Scott, the older guy who set up Sonic through his commercial real estate contacts at Glimcher (he's the older guy with a 1963 Pontiac Grand Prix and a nice GTO). Of course he was lamenting the amount of trash/noise/trouble the event generates.
I want to have an evening spot that's as calm as CC&C is, but I also realize that given the hangout occurs at night, you're going to get freaks and failures in the mix. Not sure what changes that. QS&L had some great meets on Friday evenings when the weather was warmer, but it was also earlier in the evening...
Still glad to get out in the evenings when the weather and schedule allow it...just not as big of a fan of the vibe as it once was. You get a great spot, and within weeks you get crap that ruins it for everyone else. Maybe I'm just getting older.
I figured with all the members we have, maybe we can establish a new group (outside of any FB page) or go somewhere else for 2015...