Orlando Bitcoin Meetup - Wednesday 12/28

[BitPay Business Solutions]

I have added this to the meetup calendar

http://www.meetup.com/Bitcoin-Orlando/events/45261742/

I will personally buy a beer or an appetizer to every new person using bitcoins on my phone, to show them how it works!

Whiskey Dicks
50 E Central Blvd
Orlando, FL 32801
(accepts bitcoins!)

Invite all your Florida friends!

[sadpandatech]

My old stomping grounds that there be.    Sadly, these days I am almost 3 hours NW. :/  I may run this by the misses anyhows as we are overdue for a trip over to the Space Coast.

Is Whiskey Dicks a sports pub?

[BitPay Business Solutions]

Yes they have a bunch of large TVs for sports.  they have made-from-scratch burgers and beer/wine/liquor.  And they accept bitcoins!

[sadpandatech]

And they accept bitcoins!

That is the important part. =)  Assuming I do not posses a cell phone capable of doing anything more than basic text messaging or phone calls. What would be the best way to spend Bitcoins there?

[BitPay Business Solutions]

That is the important part. =)  Assuming I do not posses a cell phone capable of doing anything more than basic text messaging or phone calls. What would be the best way to spend Bitcoins there?

You can bring me physical bitcoins or send some to my android wallet, and spend them from my phone.  The bar is only setup to generate a QR code to scan, like in our mobile checkout video.

https://bit-pay.com/aboutMobile.html

[sadpandatech]

Thank you. I would likely work something out to send some coins to an addy in your mobile client then. In all honesty, I am not likely to be able to get something planned out this short of notice but will sit down with my better half and discuss what we have going on immediatly after Christmas.

Anyone else in FL or close by thinking about this?  If you are overdue a vacation, Florida in the U.S here is beautiful this time of year. Very mild weather and quiet beach areas lie about 40 minutes east of Orlando. Orlando also has a TON of nice resorts to stay at. I highly recommend one of several Disney owned places if you have kids. Or even if you're  a big kid at heart. The wife and I have stayed at Disney's Carribean Beach Resort a few times in the past. It is a 'moderatly' priced place, I think we spent $135 a night last visit. This and about 10 other Disney owned resorts are all in very close proximity to the actual parks. They have almost constant, included transportation to all the parks. We've also stayed at Fort Wilderness, which is also moderatly priced and has some really pretty views of the large zoo and reserve area from many of the rooms there. The resorts and surrounding areas were all very clean and the staff is amazingly friendly there. Probably because Disney actually gives it's employees worthwile compensation for their work.  Sorry to sound like a billboard for Disney but it's a beautiful place and well worth a visit.

If you would like more info about Disney, Orlando or some of the surrounding areas like Cocoa Beach, Kennedy Space Center, etc feel free to hit me up. I will be happy to help you locate places, pricing or just give real world review type info from my experiences living in many Florida places.

  Cheers,
    Derek

[ezdvd]

I live over in Four Corners and I'd love to attend. What time of day is this planned for?

[BitPay Business Solutions]

It's at the link, 7:00 pm

[grubles]

I'm about an hour from Orlando. I'll see if I can make it. 

[jamesg]

I will definitely be there. 

[BitPay Business Solutions]

6 people successfully paid tonight at Whiskey Dicks with bitcoins!  Thanks to the awesome bartender Whitney for handling all the payments on her iPhone using the Bit-Pay Mobile Checkout! Nelisky was here from Portugal and spent his Bitcoins on a couple of Guiness beers! 

[jamesg]

6 people successfully paid tonight at Whiskey Dicks with bitcoins!  Thanks to the awesome bartender Whitney for handling all the payments on her iPhone using the Bit-Pay Mobile Checkout! Nelisky was here from Portugal and spent his Bitcoins on a couple of Guiness beers! 

Guinness just tastes better when bought with bitcoin. Great to meet everyone.

[Distribution]

That's awesome. I wish I could've gone. I had planned on it, but I've been organizing nightly meetings for a certain presidential candidate, and so I have to be at the meetings. Please do this frequently and keep me updated. Make it a weekly or biweekly thing. Regularity will keep the people going.

[teflone]

Is this a common thing at this bar ? I would like to send a friend there that has little to no knowledge of bitcoins, but I could load them up with some coins on their phone.. 

[BitPay Business Solutions]

Is this a common thing at this bar ? I would like to send a friend there that has little to no knowledge of bitcoins, but I could load them up with some coins on their phone.. 

Right now only the owner and the main bartender Whitney are trained to accept bitcoins.  if it gets more popular we'll train the rest of the staff. 

I usually go on Wednesday nights for the dollar burgers (0.25 bitcoins for a made-from-scratch burger!) and drink specials.  1 bitcoin will also buy you not one, but 2 yuenglings!

send your buddy on a wednesday night, I will try to post if I'm going again next week.

[BitPay Business Solutions]

I'll be stopping by this bar again tonight at 9:00 pm with gigavps for a couple of drinks.  The burgers are now 0.18 BTC each and beers are 0.36 BTC ea.  Oh my, how does this place stay in business with beers so cheap?   LOL

stop by if you are in the area!

[FreeMoney]

Anyone in Orlando able to hook me up with an apartment and/or informal car rental for coins? Looking to get there end of the month.

[FlipPro]

I might show up...

[jamesg]

We are scheduled to do another one next Wednesday night, the 11th at 7pm. I will definitely be there.