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Visit with Opera in New York City

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 Published January 28th, 2007 1:55 PM EST By Daniel Goldman

Do you live in the New York City / Northern New Jersey area? If so, come out and join us for some food and drinks this Tuesday evening (January 30th) in Manhattan.

I’ll be there along with Opera’s Chief Standards Officer Charles “Chaals” McCathieNevile, and I hope you’ll be there too.

If you’re an Opera user, no matter how much or little you know about the browser, this user group meeting can help you learn more about Opera, in addition to having the chance of meeting other people who share your passion.

This meetup is not exclusively for Opera browser users; Internet Explorer (IE), Firefox, Safari, Netscape, Flock, and Links browser users are welcome too. The more the merrier.

We will be meeting at the PS 450 lounge/bar in Manhattan’s Murray Hill. It’s easily accessible by subway train. I’ll be driving in from Passaic, New Jersey.

This get-together is listed on upcoming.org, an excellent site to find events in your neighborhood.

Time: 6:30PM to 8:30PM.
Location: The PS 450 lounge/bar. Located at 450 Park Avenue South Between 30th & 31st Streets (Map and directions here).
Transportation: By subway, take the 28th Street stop on the number 6 train and walk north for two blocks.

Bring your friends too, don’t come alone. Looking forward to seeing you there. :)

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  1. 1 W. Idget Jan 29th, 2007 at 11:26 am
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Mac OS Mac OS X

    This is so cool, I’ll be there you bet. W.I.

  2. 2 Wajo357 Jan 29th, 2007 at 1:43 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    you do realize that the lincoln tunnel getting into the city is about a 30 minute delay…

  3. 3 Daniel Goldman Jan 29th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.12 on Windows Windows XP

    Wajo357, I’ll give myself more time for delays, however most of the traffic should be on the outbound lanes.

  4. 4 Wajo357 Jan 30th, 2007 at 8:30 am
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Daniel, you apparently don’t travel inbound every day… :)

    I don’t think I can make it unless there is free parking.

  5. 5 FataL Feb 16th, 2007 at 3:50 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.20 on Windows Windows XP

    So, Daniel how was it? ;)

  6. 6 Harriet Goldfluss Feb 16th, 2007 at 4:02 pm
    using Internet Explorer Internet Explorer 6.0 on Windows Windows 98

    I live in a large condominium community in Wanaque, New Jersey.There are 750 residents at the present time. We are interested in concert performances of operas in our theater. Do you know of any groups that do this? Thank you! Harriet Goldfluss
    email hgoldfluss@msn.com

  7. 7 Daniel Goldman Feb 16th, 2007 at 4:06 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    FataL, not many showed up. Next time we’ll have to announce it a bit more in advance.

  8. 8 Daniel Goldman Feb 16th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
    using Opera Opera 9.10 on Windows Windows XP

    Harriet Goldfluss, this is the wrong kind of Opera :) This blog is about the Opera web browser, the one you browse the web with — not the theater Opera.

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