U.S. election night 2004 - Where to watch it

The following landed in the MunichNights mailbox today so I thought I'd do the decent thing and pass it on for any interested parties out there. I've left out the pictures 'cause I can't be arsed to paste them in. Let nobody say I'm not nice to Americans...well sometimes

election party all night
on November 2nd
at sfcc Odeonsplatz

Stroll in and share with us an exciting night of US politics: the presidential elections. The san francisco coffee company will keep its Odeonsplatz coffee place open for 24 hours – with live TV coverage of election results and our own in-store betting office.

Cast your vote – for your choice of candidate, your best guess on election outcomes, and for your favourite among two specially designed election night drinks: the East Coast Cooler and the Tex Mex Sunrise. Many coffee prizes to be won and our fabulous range of hot and cold coffee drinks should keep you in high spirits.

Enjoy the coffee!

sfcc election night party events

10 pm kick-off
11 pm welcome Speech by Dave Dowdy, California Association of Germany e.V.
0 am midnight coffee-tasting with selected single origin beans
1 am result of sfcc in-store mock election
from ca. 2 am: first TV counts
from 5 am continental breakfast
from ca. 7 am winners of prizes announced by sfcc betting office

November 2nd at our coffee place
at Odeonsplatz
Theatinerstraße 23

Dr. Katharina Bernau-Seiguer
CEO
San Francisco Coffee Company GmbH
Tal 48, 80331 München
T. +49 89 9952973
F. +49 89 99529741
mail@sfcc.de

Disclaimer: MunichNights.com does not condone anybody staying a whole night in a coffee-shop under ANY circumstances. You should be in a pub or club. Stopping by for a bit of an energiser is fine but don't get carried away.

That is why I am going to the Arc where they will be open until there is a decision.
PS: I will bring my own sleeping bag!

There is also an all-night event at the Amerika Haus. Only catch is: you have to be a member or have a member invite you...

To quote Hazza @ The Arc:
We'll stay open until a winner is declared - which in the case of the last election would have been about 2 weeks!!

Yeah, we'll be showing it.

We'll be showing a mix of CNN, CNBC, BBC News, Sky News, FOX News and open to suggestions of what other channels to see. We can show simultameous broadcasts of 2 channels supplied by SKY as well as one on German TV.

We'll start with the coverage as soon as the champions league ends, which is before 11pm...

If Kerry wins, you can bet that I'll be switching 1 over to Fox. Just wanna see how they'll try to crawl out from the Republican's arses...

I have abandoned my trip to Italy, where I would have been w/o television for this night alone. I will be there, with my pillow sleeping bag and a couple days worth of clothes I'm not leaving the Arc till a winner has been declared , I'm not leaving Munich till the winner isn't Bush

I said that four years ago and I am still here.

Not that I will make the whole night. Are any of TT's resident Americans planning a 'Celebration' or 'Commiseration' party? I for one am hoping there will be a new president come next week.

Since TT Tuesday is planned for the Arc next week I guess I'll be there anyway. However due to having posted a couple of days back that I don't like to mix pubs and politics, I shall probably not say a word all night.

a victory party would be nice...

i will be there. I've watched the results of every election since I was little. come to think of it, it's the only sporting event i have ever been dedicated to.

i usually stay up til 1 or 2 a.m., go to sleep, set my alarm for 4:30, then go back to sleep and wake up at a normal time. it's sort of like christmas. you hope catch santa in the act, then you wake up to a bunch of goodies!

Let's just hope Santa doesn't leave us coal this year.

except the next day's not a holiday

It's all rigged...

If you think Dub'ya will loose don't hold your breath...

Sidenote: It's time for him to go...

why would you stick german tv on?

ploy to drive punters away?
bore people with their anti george walker drivel?

anyway should be another close one, here's to a good clean fight like last time.

for a bit of mad cap comic relief that Germans are so known for...

I'm in the US right now. You can't turn on the TV without hearing what Kerry or Bush ate for lunch. It's been that way for the past month. I'll be glad when it's over (as long as it goes well) so the news will start coverring issues again. I'm having a small party at my place (all welcome to come but the commute is a b**ch). I told my friends to bring wine to celebrate with or drwnd sorrows in. It could go either way.

Anyone who is interested should look for the clips of Jon Stewart (Host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central) on Crossfire (really bad political debate show where everyone just yells at each other). It's really great.

@winegirl

just got back & boy, do i hear that. what a relief to have escaped it! i did see the crossfire bit. good stuff.

jon stewart sidenote: i haven't gotten through all of it yet, but so far i highly recommend "America (The Book)- A Citizen's Guide To Democracy Inaction.)

Sorry to reawaken a painful topic. Just wanted to post this (not very interesting) pic taken from SFCC on election night. Look closely you can make out DW in the foreground and Izabella at the bar. Cunning Dave Dowdy appears twice in the same photo!

Bloke who owns the "Used Bookshop" is in there too.

That's Dave Dowdy. Or are you refering to his twin brother?