Comments on: Googahangover: So was it a huge hit or a small disaster?

By: Don’t Call it a Comeback «

Don’t Call it a Comeback « — Wed, 23 May 2012 12:56:35 +0000

[...] you were there on Saturday, apparently the emphasis was on nightmarish. Between Twitter and Brokelyn, I kept well abreast of the debacle, and my expectations were so low by Sunday that it wasn’t [...]

By: tmp288

tmp288 — Tue, 22 May 2012 03:16:01 +0000

You know, the cellphone service sucked. And I was one of the idiots who waited 30 minutes to get a beer in the special tent. But REALLY, by 6 pm when there were still tons of people in the park, I only had to wait about 10 minutes to get some of the other (delicious) beers they were offering at the regular beverage stands.
Extramooga isn’t something I can really comment on. But yeah, lines for certain things with the masses were pretty long. I picked lines that didn’t seem to be that crazy, and I have to say I probably waited the longest for a lobster roll at Luke’s. The fried chicken bao from Baohaus was outta sight, and at $8 for two, I don’t think I was ripped off. That being said, I think people should know that they need to come early to these things. What the fuck did anybody expect? It was a free event open to THOUSANDS of people. 75 food vendors? You do the math. I think everything was fairly priced, and everything I ate was tasty as hell.
Lastly, a lot of people are freaking about about this event company making tons of money of prospect park. You think prospect park let these people have a giant food festival for free? Right.They probably made a mint off this thing, which will benefit New Yorkers of all kinds. Secondly, this event generates money for lots of people. Food vendors–local businesses that pay people like you and me–made shit tons cold hard cash this past weekend.

Aside from my awful sunburn, I am so glad I went.

By: Jobeans

Jobeans — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:53:05 +0000

I went Saturday, and I went primarily for the music even though it was a “food” festival. I enjoyed it because I wasn’t determined to spend all my money eating everything—but I understand some people were, as it was the supposed purpose of said festival. My experience with ALL events of this nature is that generally it’s a clusterfuck and obviously there is “expensive food you could get not too far away,” but like, whatever I had some crawfish monica and a lobster roll and got to chill on my new picnic blanket and watch several bands I like play for free. I don’t get why people insist on drinking at events like this—you know you’re going to get a tiny overpriced glass of whatever and wait too long for it. Then you have to deal with people sloppily trying to walk around the blankets and spilling beer everywhere.
The turning point of my day was probably when this weirdo sitting in front of my was walking back to the area and kicked a beer that splashed all. over. me. She said, “sorry, was that yours?” a question I found pretty damn irrelevant as there was beer all over my g-d face. Which brings me to my final point that events like this are always crowded and you have to deal with the shitty things that are associated with crowds. Long lines, beer spills… etc.

By: violetquaker

violetquaker — Mon, 21 May 2012 20:45:22 +0000

Re: cell service – I have noticed a dead spot whenever I take the bus on Flatbush Avenue and pass by Prospect Park; my calls are usually dropped. So I’m not surprised there were issues with cell service at GoogaMooga.