i've been reading hacker news daily for the past few months, but haven't been an active poster (wanted to get the feel of the site before jumping in). i really enjoy the site and would be interested in swinging by tonight to meet some other HN fans if you don't mind.
just so you know, i'm a founder with a product in the early dev stages and live about 10 min from union square.
Alex/all, thanks for posting this. I can't make it, unfortunately as visitors are coming in from out of town (learned about it this morning). Would have like to seen/met all of you.
Have fun tonight and stay warm! My office is right up the block on 19th and Park so I've been to Republic and the food there is mmm-mmm-good. :)