Just checked on the map and realized that Draper's and Shelly's are literally a block away from each other. That's perfect! I'm going to make an executive decision here and call this the venue. We can start out at Draper's (giving everyone a chance to trickle in, grab a smoke or a few, and get acquainted) and then head on over to Shelly's for a drink, dinner, more smokes, etc after Draper's closes. It'll be easily accessible by metro and centrally located. Looks like the best bet all things considered (makes for great flexibility also!).
So, here's what we'll do: we'll say 1pm meetup at W. Curtis Draper's (corner of 15th and G st). Feel free to come as you will, but at 4pm we'll move over to Shelly's to continue the festivities. Now for a date...
This weekend doesn't really work since we have to do it on a Saturday (friday-work, sunday-draper's closed). This Saturday is a LP event at Burke Cigar
***Sidenote: impromptu Pre-Herf at Burke Cigar at 1pm this Saturday if you can make it!*** The code question will be "Have you tried any of the limited releases?" A BOTL should respond, "I only buy limiteds when I want to smack someone." That way we're not running around like some children's book character asking, "Are you from Botl? Are you from Botl?"
Considering Christmas and New Years will come around just after this weekend, we should think about a time in January. I'm gonna throw out January 5th. Any objections there? If that's too early to get the word out to everyone we could bump it back a few weekends. But, it would be good to get this going.