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 would love to go back to Gamehaus soon! Here is the scheduling page. Here is the results page. Right now 2/24 at 4pm is looking pretty good! [more inside]
posted by Hermione Granger on Jan 21, 2019 - 21 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

Lets get together for board and card games! With the holidays fast approaching, do people want to try for another Game Haus IRL before 2018? No experience necessary! Game Haus is a laughter-filled place in Glendale that has over 10,000 games, from strategic board games to party games like Pictionary. We usually get a mix of experienced players to help guide us and people like me, who have never played most of the games, and everyone is really patient. It's always a great time. Plus, they love us! [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Oct 9, 2017 - 7 comments

Lets get together for a late-summer afternoon of board and card games! No experience necessary! Game Haus is a laughter-filled place in Glendale that has over 10,000 games, from strategic board games to party games like Pictionary. We usually get a mix of experienced players to help guide us and people like me, who have never played most of the games, and everyone is really patient. It's always a great time. Plus, they love us! [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Sep 3, 2017 - 23 comments

Let's look at some modern art at the Hammer Museum, followed by snacks at the cafe! [more inside]
posted by Atrahasis on Mar 26, 2017 - 14 comments

Time for another GameHaus meetup! No tabletop gaming experience necessary! GameHaus is a laughter-filled place in Glendale that has over 1000 games, from strategic board games to party games like Pictionary. We usually get a mix of experienced players to help guide us and people like me, who have never played most of the games, and everyone is really patient. It's always a great time. [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Mar 10, 2017 - 23 comments

Howzabout we kick off 2017 with a little fun and laughter by restarting our semi-regular meetups at Game Haus for a few hours of games? Game Haus 1800 S Brand Blvd #107 Glendale, CA 91204 [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Dec 27, 2016 - 38 comments

This will be the first community activism meeting of ALERT L.A. Affinity Group(Facebook group link). Structure isn't created overnight, so we're getting together now, so that when action is needed, we already have people and plans. [more inside]
posted by Sophie1 on Dec 12, 2016 - 8 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

Hello everyone! I'm going to be in LA for the first time in August, and I'm going to be there for 2 years pursuing a masters degree. My first priority, of course, is to meet Angeleno Mefites! I was thinking of going to Revolutionario: North African Tacos, because it looks yum! + cheap + good for groups. Also vegan/vegetarian friendly.
posted by facehugger on Jul 5, 2016 - 28 comments

Let's make this a regular thing! [more inside]
posted by ApathyGirl on Apr 25, 2016 - 1 comment

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

Hey, it's been a really long time since we did anything. Anyone wanna meet up and play some games? [more inside]
posted by ApathyGirl on Mar 14, 2016 - 30 comments

The 2015 Los Angeles Printer's Fair is this upcoming weekend. I won't be able to go (I'm back in Boston!), but I remember talking about it at a previous meet-up and some people being interested. I thought this would be a good way to let people know that it's happening. [more inside]
posted by benito.strauss on Oct 1, 2015 - 8 comments

I know there are a lot of fans of the Dead Authors podcast but making the 6:30 show time is hard for most people. Since this is the last taping of the series I thought people might want to plan ahead for a chance to go. [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Aug 8, 2015 - 2 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

It is long past time for another MeFi visit to everyone's favorite DTLA Indian Fusion Gastropub: Badmaash! [more inside]
posted by Celsius1414 on Mar 9, 2015 - 20 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

Reposting from previous event! Chicainthecity most courteously reminded me that the event needed updating, and we discussed NOVEMBER 8th as the most likely afternoon. The consensus is now November 22nd: let us know in the thread! The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City is a place that engenders love and and serious confusion, perhaps in equal measures. It is a palace of many mythical wonders and it was proposed as one of the next meetup locations. It's open until 6:00 PM on Saturdays; the cafe offers complimentary tea and cookies until 5:00. (It is also close to the Center for Land Use Interpretation, which is equally a palace of wonders if you like scholastic text and resource allocation. They also have quite a cool map of points of interest in the area around their Culver City branch.) [more inside]
posted by jetlagaddict on Oct 24, 2014 - 37 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

The Museum of Jurassic Technology in Culver City is a place that engenders love and and serious confusion, perhaps in equal measures. It is a palace of many mythical wonders and it was proposed as one of the next meetup locations. It's open until 6:00 PM on Saturdays; the cafe offers complimentary tea and cookies until 5:00. (It is also close to the Center for Land Use Interpretation, which is equally a palace of wonders if you like scholastic text and resource allocation. They also have quite a cool map of points of interest in the area around their Culver City branch.) [more inside]
posted by jetlagaddict on Sep 1, 2014 - 39 comments

Food! Drink! Games! Friends! Food and drink and games and friends at the same time! [more inside]
posted by Celsius1414 on Aug 21, 2014 - 12 comments

There are lots of great shows every week at UCB, but the logistics of a UCB meet-up are complicated: post-work traffic is a problem, especially for earlier shows; there are no physical tickets; people may be reluctant to buy tickets a few weeks out; and many of the most popular shows sell out almost immediately so proposing a meet-up once the monthly schedule is announced may well be too late. ASSSSCAT is perfect because we can choose a date at our convenience, the show is free, it's on a Sunday, which has been a good day for meet-ups, and it's not too late for a school night.

• WHAT: ASSSSCAT, one of the best-known improv groups.
• WHERE: UCB Theatre, Hollywood
• WHEN: Sundays, 7:30*
• COST: Free!

*Show starts at 7:30, and I think people start lining up around 6:30. [more inside]
posted by Room 641-A on Aug 2, 2014 - 0 comments

So, over in the August August meetup thread, we've reached a consensus about meeting up at Sawtelle and Olympic in West LA for delicious Japanese cuisine on August 3rd. Let's plan it.

Update! Let's meet outside Tsujita Annex at 5pm on Sunday! If we have too many for Tsujita/Tsujita Annex, we can evolve from there.
Update #2! I mistyped '5' instead of '3.' Meetup is intended to be on Sunday, August 3rd. Updating now!
Update #3! It's been one of those weeks. 5pm, not 8pm. Apparently that's where the 5 in the date came from, heh. Cue nervous chuckle. [more inside]
posted by Alterscape on Jul 23, 2014 - 32 comments

Scheduling for August 31st at 6:00 PM. Let me know if this works for folks. I'll look into reservations when we get closer to the time and have a better sense of who's able to come. Yay! [more inside]
posted by Celsius1414 on Jul 23, 2014 - 39 comments

Since the Getty Center IRL has yet to lock in a date for August; I'm going to un-RSVP to make the 10th more available so I thought we could try brainstorming some other ideas for the other upcoming weekends here. A few people are interested in catching a Dodgers game, and I've brought up going to catch the free UCB improv ASSSSCAT, which is free on Sundays. There's also rescheduling Ethiopian Food, and lots of other Art/Food crawl options. Any other ideas?
posted by Room 641-A on Jul 21, 2014 - 12 comments

We had so much fun at Watts Towers (and the La Brea Tar Pits, as it turned out) today that we're hoping to organize another Museum and Art Crawl meetup at the Getty Villa sometime in August. Join us for the beach, art, and good company! [more inside]
posted by Alterscape on Jul 13, 2014 - 37 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

I know we're practically bursting with plans, but shall we do something to celebrate the big 15 here the weekend of Sat July 19-Sun 20? [more inside]
posted by Lyn Never on Jun 30, 2014 - 67 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

Something to hold us over until the Watts Tower meetup in July, how about a trip to Badmaash, the awesome Indian gastropub in Downtown? Looks as if June 22nd works for more people. I'm also guessing earlier will make it easier for us to all get in, so I'm thinking 6 PM. Let me know if that doesn't work well for y'all. [more inside]
posted by Celsius1414 on Jun 10, 2014 - 16 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

There is a free public panel being offered next week at CalTech featuring various experts on the topic of The Future of Human Spaceflight, sponsored by the Keck Institute for Space Studies and The Planetary Society. No registration required. Seating is first-come, first-served. [more inside]
posted by Celsius1414 on Apr 2, 2014 - 0 comments

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

Happy birthday to DaShiv and Scody at the beautiful and refreshing Sunset Beer Co. That's right, we're going back. And this time it's personal. [more inside]
posted by klangklangston on Feb 11, 2014 - 22 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

Eurovision Finals Screening and Cheese Contest
Saturday, May 18th
Doors at 11:30am; contest begins at 12 noon
Betalevel (if you haven't been, read the directions)
FREE
[more inside]
posted by mandymanwasregistered on May 15, 2013 - 8 comments

jedicus and I will be presenting at WonderCon 2013 in Anaheim, California. Our presentation is scheduled for Friday, March 29 at 6:30-8:30PM. [more inside]
posted by valkyryn on Feb 28, 2013 - 5 comments

Going to Gallifrey One? Me too! Let's meet up. [more inside]
posted by wintersweet on Feb 13, 2013 - 2 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