OK, so I'm three days late on this. Forgive me, won't you?

Sean Kirst invited some of us CNY bloggers to dinner at the fair Friday (invited, lured with the offer of Dinosaur on him, same thing). It was like a coming out party for people who have keyboards but, until Friday, not faces. In attendance:

• Steve Balogh, of BaloghBlog and GeddesBlog
• Ellen Edgerton of NYCO
• Phil Prehn of Racing in the Street
• Jesse Harasta of York Staters, who is 23, brilliant, and will probably be famous someday
• Sean Kirst, a columnist and blogger for The Post-Standard, and
• Josh Shear, of BlogJosh and Alive in CNY, who occasionally likes writing about himself in the third person

We all talked about how we got into blogging, we talked about The Treehouse, we talked about transportation, which is one of Steve's pet issues, and we shared some ideas for reforming government at the county, city, town and village level.

Wow, I do have to say, it didn't feel like we said all that much in two hours – it really just felt like a getting-to-know-you session, which it was, sort of – but I guess we did get a lot of ideas out there. I didn't take notes, but if you want more info or want to share ideas, leave a comment or shoot us an e-mail.

You can read Sean's story here, and check out Steve's take here.