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The Shops at Columbus Circle, NYC; Memorial Day weekend, 2013.

At last, we meet again: devMEET, that is! It was a surprisingly cold and blustery Memorial Day weekend. But did we let that stop us?
No! You know why? 'Cause =Cassildra came to town!
Because of the foul weather, we moved the venue indoors, to the Shops at Columbus Circle. Ten of us showed up; after the obligatory round of hugs, we all started catching everyone up about what's been happening since we'd seen each other last.

After about an hour, it became clear that no one else was coming. So we put together an impromptu contest: draw, write about, or photograph something of interest. `thorns generously provided 500 points, and four people chose to participate. Just about then the weather broke, so we headed across the street to Central Park to find a bench and sit for a bit.

The overall winner was ~ANightChild, who won 200 points for her lovely pen sketch of ~bobilikehobos. We decided to award 100 points each in a three-way tie: for