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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 18:33:21 GMT -5
OKay, gang. I may as well be the one to get this started. As the thread title would imply, some of us met in St. Louis last weekend. One of our lovely Castle fans was our host, and there were approximately ten of us who made the trek to the city, "Gateway to the West". It was a weekend filled with laughter, tears, fun, shenanigans and FOOD! OH, and water bottles, and car trouble.... *snicker* I am going to make a disclaimer here, and say that it is my hope that none would be offended at this gathering, as we did not announce it. Some of us have been meeting for four years now, and it is by word of mouth. If anyone is ever interested in getting together, I would say to message one of the administration here, and they would take it from there in getting the word out. In as far as who meets, many of us who went to the Castle Convention in November of 2012 have continued to keep in touch outside of the boards. And then some. But we are always willing to have many more join us. In fact, we had two new people meet with us this time, and what an exciting time it was to meet them and enjoy their company for the weekend. I also have been known to message people and ask them if they are interested in meeting. If you are facebook friends with me, I may have extended the invite to you. I will not be messaging any of the men with a personal invite, so if you are interested, please, again, let the administration know and they will take it from there. (hope that is okay, Christine & Teresa....) We are probably not everyone's cup of tea, but we welcome one & all, including spouses, and have found that most of us are a good fit. As one member said to one of the "newbies" this time, "We grow on ya like mold." Baaahahahahahahaa! At any rate, St. Louis was our destination, and one of the ladies did a marvelous time hosting and COOKING for us! Some stayed with her, others stayed in a nearby hotel. This happened to be a ladies only weekend, but men/spouses, including mine, have met with us more than once, as I have already noted. With that, I am going to close, as my purpose for this initial post was an introduction of sorts. I am not singling any one person out as to who attended, as it is going to be their choice as to if they care to share. Some have agreed that this would be fun, but since not everyone has gotten back to me as to if they were okay with this, I am going to fore-go mentioning who all was there, at this time.  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 18:35:33 GMT -5
And okay. Need to share this. I had my first pedicure this weekend. I will let anyone else who feels the need to expound on that do so. It was a big moment for me. heh heh heh.... #Ifeelpretty
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2015 18:50:41 GMT -5
Oooh, and something else I just remembered.... should we let kman in on the little convo we had about him.....  ?? hee hee hee...... |
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Post by CF40 on Jul 2, 2015 20:27:30 GMT -5
And okay. Need to share this. I had my first pedicure this weekend. I will let anyone else who feels the need to expound on that do so. It was a big moment for me. heh heh heh.... #Ifeelpretty Oh so pretty! LOL You and your "burnt buns" You had a couple of "firsts" over the weekend, didn't you??? And I was honored to be around for them!  |
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Post by CF40 on Jul 2, 2015 20:48:21 GMT -5
So, I'll give it a go. I was one of the 2 newbies in St. Louis and let me say that I was nervous on the drive up but as soon as castlekat started banging on my room door, followed by the biggest bear hug ever, that all flew the coop (mostly). LOL Anyway, a great time was had by all and I was very fortunate to be able to attend. As castlekat has already said, it was a weekend filled with laughter, tears, fun, shenanigans, car trouble, and food. Heavens at the food. We were even treated to a smorelette, which in all honesty was quite good. Not everyone liked it but I sure did. There were pedis/manis, a porta-potty adventure, frozen custard, lots of "all y'all's" and what will forever be known as the "Many Adventures of the Water Bottles". Someone even remarked later that that pack of water traveled more in 3 days than the rest of us did ......inside, outside, car to car back to car, upstairs, downstairs. Needless to say, you will not go thirsty if you travel with castlekat. <snort>  I've come to realize after the weekend that I love mold. |
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Post by CF40 on Jul 2, 2015 20:50:14 GMT -5
Oooh, and something else I just remembered.... should we let kman in on the little convo we had about him..... ?? hee hee hee...... ROFL!!!! I forgot about that!!! |
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Post by motowncf on Jul 2, 2015 22:23:02 GMT -5
I was also in attendance at the St. Louis gathering, and I can only repeat what castlekat and CF40 have said.....it was a great time, and Castle fans are some of the best people I have ever met. And absolutely would love to meet any and all who may wish to at a future gathering.
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Post by motowncf on Jul 2, 2015 22:24:55 GMT -5
And okay. Need to share this. I had my first pedicure this weekend. I will let anyone else who feels the need to expound on that do so. It was a big moment for me. heh heh heh.... #Ifeelpretty And all we heard about for the rest of the weekend...."I don't want to ruin my new pedi"  |
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Post by CastleFanGran on Jul 2, 2015 23:19:44 GMT -5
Gatherings have been amazing!!! I couldn't attend this one but was there in spirit--kept in touch, sharing the fun, joy, and together times--always awesome!!!
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Post by nathanfan1 on Jul 3, 2015 12:11:10 GMT -5
Thanks for getting this thread started castlekat! I've been to all but one of the gatherings over the past 4 years and they are truly one of the highlights of my year. We started out as Castle fans and are now the best of friends first and Castle fans second. The St. Louis gathering was absolutely incredible, thanks largely to our hostess with the mostest! Have we mentioned the incredible food? ? In honor of the show, we not only had a s'morelette, but also pasta carbonara, happy face pancakes, ice cream and cherries! She also had a HUGE TV that made it seem like the Castle cast was right there in the room with us. I MIGHT have done an inordinate amount of swooning over you-know-who!  I made up a new Castle game I call Persons of Interest and we played that a couple of times. My, but we have some competitive members! One of the days we decided to see some of the sights in St. Louis and got barbecue from well known Pappy's. We took it to a huge park and had ourselves a picnic. Then we visited the famous Ted Drew's frozen custard place on old route 66. Talk about being in hog heaven! It doesn't get much better than barbecue ribs and ice cream in my book! Unfortunately, that's also when we discovered that I'd lost a chunk out of one of my tires on the trip down so we ended up cutting our afternoon short and taking my car in for new tires. Everyone was so understanding and helpful in getting that done. Gotta keep the Bobbie Bus on the road! It was tough to say goodbye but we all agree that these gatherings will continue regardless of what happens with the show. This year was so enriched by our 2 new attendees and we'd love to meet more members. Castle peeps are GODD FOLK! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 18:31:46 GMT -5
And okay. Need to share this. I had my first pedicure this weekend. I will let anyone else who feels the need to expound on that do so. It was a big moment for me. heh heh heh.... #Ifeelpretty Oh so pretty! LOL You and your "burnt buns" You had a couple of "firsts" over the weekend, didn't you??? And I was honored to be around for them! *cough*port-a-potty*cough* Waahahahahahaha! We were geared up with a Bounty paper towel, a Wet-Wipe and our resolve! We all get in there, there were a few of us, and we all start having a conversation! The FREAKING ROW of port-a-potties was carrying on a conversation while we did our business! It was HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As it was, that was not a bad experience. Toilet paper, no smell, and hand-sanitizer outside the row of those gems. We had our wet wipes, our humor and we lived to tell! It really is the little things, no??? lol................... |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 18:35:12 GMT -5
I was also in attendance at the St. Louis gathering, and I can only repeat what castlekat and CF40 have said.....it was a great time, and Castle fans are some of the best people I have ever met. And absolutely would love to meet any and all who may wish to at a future gathering. BEST. CO-PILOT. EV-AH! This woman is wicked with her map-reading & navigation skilz. Except on the rare occasion when she misses highway signs downtown St. Louis & we end up in the hood....(snicker)! I'd travel with Motown any ole day! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 18:37:20 GMT -5
So, I'll give it a go. I was one of the 2 newbies in St. Louis and let me say that I was nervous on the drive up but as soon as castlekat started banging on my room door, followed by the biggest bear hug ever, that all flew the coop (mostly). LOL Anyway, a great time was had by all and I was very fortunate to be able to attend. As castlekat has already said, it was a weekend filled with laughter, tears, fun, shenanigans, car trouble, and food. Heavens at the food. We were even treated to a smorelette, which in all honesty was quite good. Not everyone liked it but I sure did. There were pedis/manis, a porta-potty adventure, frozen custard, lots of "all y'all's" and what will forever be known as the "Many Adventures of the Water Bottles". Someone even remarked later that that pack of water traveled more in 3 days than the rest of us did ......inside, outside, car to car back to car, upstairs, downstairs. Needless to say, you will not go thirsty if you travel with castlekat. <snort> I've come to realize after the weekend that I love mold. You're missin' me & my water now. Aren't ya? |
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Post by CF40 on Jul 3, 2015 18:38:39 GMT -5
Oh so pretty! LOL You and your "burnt buns" You had a couple of "firsts" over the weekend, didn't you??? And I was honored to be around for them! *cough*port-a-potty*cough* Waahahahahahaha! We were geared up with a Bounty paper towel, a Wet-Wipe and our resolve! We all get in there, there were a few of us, and we all start having a conversation! The FREAKING ROW of port-a-potties was carrying on a conversation while we did our business! It was HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As it was, that was not a bad experience. Toilet paper, no smell, and hand-sanitizer outside the row of those gems. We had our wet wipes, our humor and we lived to tell! It really is the little things, no??? lol................... Oh My gosh! And if you recall, I was impressed that there was a hook for my purse in there! LOL! |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2015 18:38:51 GMT -5
Gatherings have been amazing!!! I couldn't attend this one but was there in spirit--kept in touch, sharing the fun, joy, and together times--always awesome!!! We had to call you, since you called two of our vehicles while on the road to our destination! You are just TOO sweet! And it was totally fun having you on speaker at dinner that night! See... you WERE there with us!!   |
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