{"id":4306,"date":"2011-04-29T18:26:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T01:26:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/?p=4306"},"modified":"2016-11-03T10:53:43","modified_gmt":"2016-11-03T17:53:43","slug":"much-fun-at-the-san-francisco-natty-release-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/princessleia.com\/journal\/2011\/04\/much-fun-at-the-san-francisco-natty-release-party\/","title":{"rendered":"Much fun at the San Francisco Natty Release Party!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before I woke up yesterday <a href=\"https:\/\/lists.ubuntu.com\/archives\/ubuntu-announce\/2011-April\/000147.html\">Ubuntu 11.04 &#8220;Natty Narwhal&#8221;<\/a> was released, and that could only mean one thing: That night we&#8217;d be having beers at <a href=\"http:\/\/thirstybear.com\/\">Thirsty Bear<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>I met up with Grant Bowman prior to the event at a nearby coffee shop (the same one we use for San Francisco <a href=\"https:\/\/wiki.ubuntu.com\/Hour\">Ubuntu Hours<\/a>) and around 6:30 we headed over to the brewery to get a head start on finding some bar tables and meeting folks who showed up early. I also brought along my own plump, blue Natty Narwhal.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/042011\/natty_release_1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/042011\/natty_release_1_sm.jpg\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>People began arriving around 7:30 and we snagged a few tables as they freed up across from the bar where we spent the evening enjoying tapas and delicious Thirsty Bear beers.<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/042011\/natty_release_5.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/042011\/natty_release_5_sm.jpg\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>A bunch of people <a href=\"http:\/\/loco.ubuntu.com\/events\/team\/920\/detail\/\">RSVP on the LoCo directory<\/a> (thanks to Jono for helping to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jonobacon.org\/2011\/04\/27\/ubuntu-california-natty-release-party\/\">promote the event<\/a>!) who came out and I was delighted to see <a href=\"http:\/\/dindafoss.wordpress.com\/\">some<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/nicolas.barcet.com\/drupal\/\">surprising<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~abentley\">faces<\/a> from out of town. It was a smaller gathering than the Lucid release the year before but even so we probably had about 25 Ubuntu fans come out for the event!<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/042011\/natty_release_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/042011\/natty_release_2_sm.jpg\"><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<center><small>Me, Belinda<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/042011\/natty_release_3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/042011\/natty_release_3_sm.jpg\"><\/a><\/center><br \/>\n<center><small>Grant, James, Eric<\/small><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/042011\/natty_release_4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/princessleia.com\/images\/journalpics\/042011\/natty_release_4_sm.jpg\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It was a really fun night, thanks to everyone who came out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I woke up yesterday Ubuntu 11.04 &#8220;Natty Narwhal&#8221; was released, and that could only mean one thing: That night we&#8217;d be having beers at Thirsty Bear! 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