Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!<p>If you're in San Francisco and alone on this special day, drop me a line. We'd love to have you!<p>Twitter: @MattMireles
Email: iwantbeer@swigme.com<p>My girlfriend is making cranberry sauce, stuffing and sweet potatoes to go along with our gigantic turkey. GautamSivakumar (http://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=gautamsivakumar) of MediSaS (who I first met through HN) will be joining us from England for his first ever American Thanksgiving.<p>I've been helped by strangers and friends and strangers who became friends. When I was 20, it was the people who picked me up on my cycling/hitchhiking mis-adventure down the California coast and let me stay in their homes on Xmas. When I was 25, it was the New Yorkers who welcomed me into a new city and taught me how to stay safe in my job as a paramedic. When I was 29, it was the entrepreneurs who introduced me to Silicon Valley and showed me how to get from Zero to 1.<p>And now, I feel compelled to return these favors in some way, small or large.<p>So...if you're in San Francisco and you need a place to call home for Thanksgiving, let me know. We saved you a seat at the table.<p>-Matt Mireles
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This is beautiful and shows one of the coolest parts of a great community like Silicon Valley. Thanks for giving back, Matt.<p>I sincerely hope all of you have a great Thanksgiving!
It's only a 12 hour drive from Phoenix! I can make it!<p>(I'm kidding, that would put me in SF around 1:00am -- hanging out in the hackerspace with my girlfriend making stuff instead :) )
Very nice of you! on a related note, I'm curious. SwigMe.com seems very interesting, but I would think there are a lot of legal loopholes you need to jump through, no? What happens when teenagers try to order and present a good fake ID at the door?
Way to go! Good turnout, too!<p>It makes me sad that all the HN stuff typically appears to revolve around SF and SV area, though. I feel left out. I think the problem is that PG and YC are on that side of the world, and the rest of us get screwed. I'd like to see a map of IPs geoplotted for the last hour, last day, last week, month, year, all time for those hitting HN, those commenting, those with the most karma points, etc. I'd like to feel like it isn't all west coast U.S., NYC, and India.
Awesome! That's really cool, Matt. Cheers to helping everyone get a little higher on Maslow's pyramid today.<p>On that note... Here's a link to donate to the SF food bank's holiday food drive.
<a href="https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5420/shop/custom.jsp?donate_page_KEY=808" rel="nofollow">https://org2.democracyinaction.org/o/5420/shop/custom.jsp?do...</a><p>Happy Thanksgiving all!
This is awesome. Kudos to you for posting, Matt.<p>I just moved to the city (it'll be 1 month tomorrow), but luckily I had great friends waiting for me who I'll be enjoying the evening with.<p>But the awesomeness of this post almost makes me want to join you regardless haha
It's a shame this isn't the UK - I'm going to be alone for christmas this year and it would have been cool to spend it with like minded, kind people such as yourself and Gautam.
You're so nice Matt. Big hugs to you!<p>Sometimes I see random acts of kindness (like yours), and they still surprise me.<p>I bet every one of us did a few, and received a few.
Happy thanksgiving to you Yanks from the south. What I find cool is that you say you started your entrepreneurial jaunt at 29. I'm 30 and just taking step 0.23 in my self-employment scheme but I often feel like I'm maybe too old to be trying out for this particular team. It's encouraging that it seems it's never too late to just try building something. So thanks for that :)
This was an awesome event! Just wanted to give a shutout to Matt for hosting all of us. It was great to meet tons of people from around the world who were all in the same position. It really made my day to know this community supports each other so much.
This is beautiful.<p>I had a short gig in SF earlier this year and finding this kindness would have definitely helped me make my stay there a more enjoyable experience.<p>Abrazos from Mexico City.
I think it's people like you who give me hope about the future of humanity! :)<p>Thanks and Happy thanksgiving.<p>PS: I would totally drop by, if i wasn't living about 8000miles away! :D