MeFi IRL

Heya - I've just relocated to the area and see that the last MeFiIRL in this area was in 2017! So ... [more inside]
posted by acridrabbit on Aug 18, 2019 - 15 comments

I have never been to: a) Game Haus, or b) a MeFi meetup, but I would very much like to. Would any of you be interested in doing game night there this month or next? The only days I can't do are the ones surrounding Comic Con weekend (July 18 - 22). UPDATE: Date/Time added!
posted by Hermione Granger on Jul 3, 2018 - 32 comments

I'm taking a trip up the West Coast and was wondering if any Mefites want to meet up! I've only been to LA once before and saw all the touristy Hollywood stuff (and had In-N-Out :D), so I think someone else will probably have to propose the place/activity . . . [more inside]
posted by sevenofspades on Aug 14, 2016 - 7 comments

After reading not_on_display's genius post about the Museum of Jurassic Technology, I realized it's been too long since I've been. Time for a meetup! [more inside]
posted by rednikki on Apr 10, 2016 - 12 comments

Citizens! I have a sudden and incontrovertibly ingenious plan, inspired by a Jonathan Gold review on KCRW of the Tumanyan Khinkali Factory, describing the khinkali as a "near peak soup dumpling experience." Given that this is in Glendale, and thus in vague proximity (2ish miles) to MeFite favorite GameHaus Cafe (previously and previouslier)...well, you can imagine my excitement! [more inside]
posted by Celsius1414 on May 29, 2015 - 63 comments

Let's do this again! The last meet-up at GameHaus was so much fun and we all talked about doing it again soon. I'm going to propose any Sunday in April, around the same time, 3:00pm. [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Mar 31, 2015 - 28 comments

WARNING: USE METRO - CLIPPERS ARE PLAYING AT STAPLES CENTER. You ask and we deliver! It's an evening of Garth Marenghi's Darkplace and Look Around You, projected on a bigger screen than either show's resolution probably warrants. Details inside. [more inside]
posted by rednikki on Mar 29, 2015 - 17 comments

Assuming the weather holds tomorrow, I'll be in Orange County! Let's get together. [more inside]
posted by backseatpilot on Feb 9, 2015 - 9 comments

I had a great time at the last Game Night, but the only problem is we all had so much to talk about we never got around to the game part before it was time to go! [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Feb 3, 2015 - 43 comments

After checking in with Celsius1414 I'm re-posting this since it didn't get off the ground last time.

Food! Drink! Games! Friends! Food and drink and games and friends at the same time!

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I stumbled across a mention of gaming nights at Grand Central Market in DTLA and tracked down this press release and then this page.

Game Night at Grand Central Market

Looking to unwind after a tough day at work? Searching for fast, amazing fare to satisfy your foodie cravings? Planning a non-cliche date night? Whatever your Downtown LA dilemma, the city's oldest food hub has your back.

Enter Game Night -- eat, drink and play every Thursday until 9 pm. Grab dinner and drinks from our late hours vendors over an assortment of classic and new games: ping-pong, cornhole toss, Jenga, Uno, Cards Against Humanity, Scrabble, and many more. Just head over to the Hill St. Platform to get started.

We broached the subject of a gaming night at our last meetup (mmmm ramen), so this "proposed" post is more of a means to continue that conversation than saying it should be here at GCM necessarily.

Update 9/5: The consensus during our Ethiopian food meetup conversation seemed to be that with everybody being spread out, it's difficult to make a game night plan on work nights. If someone else wants to propose game/trivia/movie meetups for their individual environs, that might be the better way to go. [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Nov 12, 2014 - 40 comments

Last month jetlagaddict had the great idea to post an IRL for the block printing class at the Craft and Folk Art Museum. I had so much fun I've signed up for the Papermaking Workshop with Mark Montano and meant to post it here earlier. [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Sep 26, 2014 - 6 comments

Due to a bunch of last-minute schedule conflicts, the Meals by Genet meet-up from last week has been rescheduled as a post-Watts Towers IRL dinner. [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Jul 8, 2014 - 7 comments

At last Sunday's dinner there was some interest in going for Ethiopian food and Sunday, July 6th seems to be a good date. I can't make this official without a venue, so here are links to the restaurants that have been mentioned: Nyala (open until 9:30) Messob (open until 11:00) Meals by Genet (open until 9:00) If you have a preference leave a comment. I'll wait until Sunday evening to post the official IRL, so at least that will give everyone a week's notice. [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Jun 26, 2014 - 26 comments

Let's go to Watts Towers! The Watts Towers structure consists of seventeen major sculptures of steel, covered with mortar and embellished by decorative finishings of mosaic tiles, glass, clay, shells, and rock. This folk art employs assemblage construction. There are three tall spires, several small towers, two walls, gazebo, patio, ship, and other structures. In addition to the towers, the The Watts Towers Arts Center is the home of International Ethnic Instrument Collection consisting of 144 primarily non-western instruments collected from around the world. Watts Towers on Wikipedia [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Jun 2, 2014 - 47 comments

After having so much fun at the recent Spaceship Endeavour! meetup, I thought I'd propose a similar venture to one of our grand LA art museums, choice and date TBD. UPDATE 5/4: It looks as if LACMA on June 1st will work out well for most. [more inside]
posted by Celsius1414 on May 1, 2014 - 54 comments

Let's go see a spaceship at the California Science Center! [more inside]
posted by mandymanwasregistered on Mar 11, 2014 - 51 comments

I need some folks to come out and run/walk/trudge/cartwheel through one shot of an episode of my web series. We are shooting in Griffith Park, on an easily accessed trail near a parking lot just up from the Trails Cafe, this Saturday, February 15, in the morning. [more inside]
posted by Sara C. on Feb 10, 2014 - 4 comments

Are any other MeFites among the few thousand with tickets to Gallifrey One? If so, would you like to meet up? [more inside]
posted by wintersweet on Jan 18, 2014 - 0 comments

Prompted by a recent askme about meeting people in Los Angeles, let's meet up! [more inside]
posted by mandymanwasregistered on Dec 9, 2013 - 125 comments

It's time once again to congest a few streets with bikes instead of cars.

Meet near eastern side of Echo Park Lake
Time: 10am
Maybe we ride and get lunch along the way or something. Also possibly hang out on my patio in Echo Park afterwards.
posted by mandymanwasregistered on Sep 30, 2013 - 8 comments

I was kicking around an idea in chat about a meetup at the Los Angeles County Arboretum & Botanic Garden along with noms at Din Tai Fung. Who would be interested? [more inside]
posted by xtine on Jun 16, 2013 - 23 comments

I just moved to Koreatown and mandymanwasregistered was all Oh you -have- to go to Beer Belly and I was all no way we have to go to Beer Belly and she was all Yeah for brunch! [more inside]
posted by carsonb on Dec 10, 2012 - 11 comments

dobbs is in town through July and I don't think we should let him leave till we've feted him at Farmers Market! How about one evening next week? (per dobbs, Tuesday the 17th doesn't work, but the rest of the week is up for discussion.) [more inside]
posted by scody on Jul 11, 2012 - 32 comments

I'm in LA. Would like to meet some MeFites. How's THIS Tuesday at 8 pm at Musso & Frank in Hollywood?
posted by dobbs on Jun 28, 2012 - 11 comments

A bunch of us from San Francisco are heading down to your neck of the woods for a quick roadtrip. We have set aside Saturday afternoon (June 9) free to get to know the fine Mefites of Los Angeles. Do you guys brunch? Or have an even better idea for us? We'd love to meet up. [more inside]
posted by politikitty on Jun 6, 2012 - 13 comments

I'll be in LA from 4-27 to 5-10...meetup? [more inside]
posted by brujita on Apr 16, 2012 - 14 comments

Hola LA MeFi, We're meeting up Bigfoot West on Thursday, April 5th. They have a happy hour between 7 and 9, so we're gonna start the meet somewhere in there and keep going if we prove to be interesting enough company. I'll probably pop in around 8/8:30 and I have this bright pink sweatshirt that has inadvertently become my trademark and you can find me that way. There's a kind of corner booth in the back right that tends to empty-ish even when busy, so it might make sense to try and say Hi there. Any Q's, just send me a MeMail!
posted by GilloD on Mar 20, 2012 - 33 comments

Let's go play in the street like we did last time. [more inside]
posted by mandymanwasregistered on Oct 1, 2011 - 14 comments

City Works Campaign (formerly The LA Project) are launching an initiative titled LA Here and Now to leverage and integrate the skills of local programmers, software developers, designers, community activists, urban planners, and urban thinkers into real solutions for our city’s problems. [more inside]
posted by estherbester on Jul 27, 2011 - 4 comments

I'm coming into town before MaxFunCon and I'd like to meetup with some L.A. MeFites on Thursday, June 9, 2011. I'm staying at a hotel on Fairfax near the Farmer's Market, but I'm willing to drive if the destination doesn't require me to navigate tiny streets and hunt for parking (I'm a country-boy at heart.) Confirmed! Meetup at 7pm at Loteria Grill at Farmers Market.
posted by ColdChef on May 25, 2011 - 62 comments

With as many native upper midwesterners that have emigrated to Los Angeles, there should be a lot more Euchre played around these parts. But, there's not. And we need to fix that. And if you don't know how to play, and are curious how under certain circumstances the Jack of Clubs is actually a Spade, and vice versa (well, quad-versa when considering the red cards), read on. You'll love spending time in the barn. [more inside]
posted by hwyengr on Apr 25, 2011 - 27 comments

This is a crazy idea and it may not work, but would anyone be interested in a chill paced/all levels bike ride along the newly paved/open LA River path in Elysian Valley followed by some tasty cheap vegetarian indian food in Atwater Village? [more inside]
posted by mandymanwasregistered on Jan 16, 2011 - 28 comments

So far we have agreed on Sunday November 21st lunch at Merkato.
posted by mandymanwasregistered on Nov 3, 2010 - 39 comments