Anyone in Greater Los Angeles?

[Smiling Ted]

Sunshine, palm trees, smog and wildfires! Woo-hoo!

[Blondchen]

West LA, baby. Feel it.

[jennifer75]

woooooooopty woop nigguhwhat?!?!?

Downtown peeps....lets party.

[Smiling Ted]

Downtown peeps....lets party.

It may take some time, but it will happen....

[jennifer75]

There are a few more, we'll have to work on them. Hottpants, do you hear that?!?! We gonna partay!!!!!!!

[Scribhneoir]

South OC here. Sunshine, palm trees, no smog today and nothing left to burn after last October's shindig . . .

[jennifer75]

South OC like Dana Pointish or Capistrano-ish? Or are you further down?

[Scribhneoir]

Mission Viejo, to be precise.

[June Casagrande]

Pasadena, by way of Florida, and thereby obliged to say:

You know, those palm trees are just fake implants, don't you? (Insert your own LA joke here.)

[jennifer75]

wooooooooooooohoooooooooooooooooo partaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!


Did I already say that???


Pasadena rocks. I'm nearby. Lets party.

[Smiling Ted]

I'm flex. We could do Pas, or downtown, or we could meet down in the beaches (Redondo, etc.) if some of the OC folks wanted to head north.

[deborahlea]

Hola from Long Beach!

[Kitty Pryde]

livin it up in hollyhood! if i'm not watching forest fires from my balcony, i'm listening to sirens blazing down hollywood blvd...

we should totally totally have an AW LA/LBC/IE/add acronym here bar night meetup. I can't think of anyplace literary so I will suggest Hamburger Mary's in WeHo. or that bar next to book soup on sunset. downtown is too scary at night!

[KC Sunshine]

I'm living in Australia at the moment, but when I'm in LA my digs be in Sherman Oaks.

[Blondchen]

Literati Cafe, Wilshire and Bundy.

[Kitty Pryde]

The UCLA Extension is holding a free Writer's Faire (http://www2.uclaextension.edu/writers/events.php?eventID=20&uutm_source=unex&utm_medium=email&utm_content=writersfaireinkit&utm_campaign=job%239200su%2F08B) on September 7, 2008. It's a bunch of free 'mini-classes' about writing fiction, plays, screenplays, and creative writing in general. Here's the schedule (http://www2.uclaextension.edu/writers/pdfs/quarterly/writersfairegrid.pdf) in PDF format. It looks cool. I guess people who attend also get a discount on any courses they enroll in for the upcoming quarter.

I'm not affiliated with UCLA extension at all; my partner just forwarded me an email about the event. It looked interesting and I figure all the Angelenos are subscribed to this thread. Happy Friday!

[priceless1]

Mission Viejo, to be precise.
Ayieee, we be neighbors.

[jennifer75]

When are the cool LA kids actually gonna get this meet and greet thing down????


I'm waiting! I'll bring the beer!

[Blondchen]

Krystal, I hear San Gabriel has a FINE collection of Applebee's and Red Lobsters... :)

[Kitty Pryde]

Oo oo I know! The West Hollywood Book Fair (http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org/) is September 28th. I went last year and it was big fun. They have a REALLY good bunch of authors coming this year (including Ray Bradbury! Heard him speak last year and it changed my life!) to talk and sign books. All the local bookstores, small publishers, self-pubbed authors, entertainment, and delicious street fair food too. Plus stuff for the kiddies. If beers are needed, there are numerous bars of differing levels of raucousness to retreat to just a block away. It's at the big park on Santa Monica and San Vicente. It's like a tinier, quirkier version of LA Times Festival of Books.

Who would be game for an AW meet-up at the festival? I'm there for sure, so count me in! If other peeps are interested, I can unofficially organize us.

http://www.westhollywoodbookfair.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/2008-book-fair-artwork-compressed.JPG
(For some reason this year's poster is really trippy!)

[Blondchen]

Drinks at the Abbey afterward?

[Kitty Pryde]

Drinks at the Abbey afterward?

I'm more of a Fiesta Cantina gal myself, but the Abbey is quite nice. Then there's Normandie Room, Benvenuto, and a bunch of bars that are probably too rowdy for any proper chatting to take place.

[jennifer75]

and a bunch of bars that are probably too rowdy for any proper chatting to take place.

A bar....to chat???? What kind of drunk are you???


:)

[jennifer75]

I'll pass on the book fair but I'll gladly meet for the booze!

[Kitty Pryde]

A bar....to chat???? What kind of drunk are you???


:)

Sorry, by 'chat', I meant 'shout drunkenly over '80s dance music and slosh blended margarita on one's companions'. Is that more up your alley? :D

[priceless1]

Well, I'm in OC- Ladera Ranch.
Hey we be neighbors as well.

[jennifer75]

Sorry, by 'chat', I meant 'shout drunkenly over '80s dance music and slosh blended margarita on one's companions'. Is that more up your alley? :D

You are right on except for the blended part, I take mine on the rocks thanks. ;)

[Ziljon]

Dang, I was away in CT for a few weeks. Did I miss the party? I'm in Hollywood.
If you ask me, the best place is the Cat & Fiddle on Sunset. Good food, shady outdoor seating, English beer.:)

Let's all meet for lunch and get blasted.

[jennifer75]

Dang, I was away in CT for a few weeks. Did I miss the party? I'm in Hollywood.
If you ask me, the best place is the Cat & Fiddle on Sunset. Good food, shady outdoor seating, English beer.:)

Let's all meet for lunch and get blasted.

Oooooh beeeeeeeeeeeeeeyuh. I like beer. English beer? Does that mean it's all warm and stuff?

[Blondchen]

Cat N Fiddle is awesome. I'm currently unemployed, so I'm in. Isn't that what unemployed people do? Get blitzed in the middle of the afternoon?

[jennifer75]

Yay for being drunk in the middle of the day! Yay for beer!!! Yay for drinking beer in the middle of the day!!!

[Blondchen]

Beach sucks. Booze good.

[mario_c]

I'm going to be in LA for the Expo the weekend of November 13-16. Maybe anyone will be up for a get together?

[Palmfrond]

I'm looking for a writer's group in the Glendale/Pasadena/Burbank area. Willing to read any genre, although I'm not an expert in romance or thrillers. Currently working on sequel to first novel coming out in August 2008 (prehistoric coming-of-age). Any interest?

[blacbird]

There's a greater Los Angeles?

caw

[Kitty Pryde]

I'm close--in Hollywood--and I aspire to having a writers group. I'm pretty inexperienced but very enthusiastic and I can bake really really really good cookies and other treats! I don't know any other writers in the area.

[Palmfrond]

*bump*
Still looking for interest in a local writer's group!

[wordshift]

Studio City in the house!

[Palmfrond]

Welcome to the cooler! This is a great place and full of interesting people and ideas. Go on over to the newbie thread and introduce yourself. In the meantime, I've sent you a private message.

[Kitty Pryde]

So I am a volunteer ski instructor up at Big Bear (two resorts: Bear Mountain and Snow Summit). To thank volunteers, they give us a bunch of free lift tickets to give to our friends. But my friends IRL are all city folk who fear the great snowy outdoors.

If any AWers in the greater LA area (or even San Diego!) would like some free lift tickets for some skiing fun, please PM me! I have a lot of them, so I can give out like four at a time if you want to take the whole family. One can rent skis up at Big Bear for about $30. It would make me really happy to give away some lift tickets so some writers could go skiing! The tickets are good for both Bear Mountain and Snow Summit on the same day. There should be good skiing up there until the end of March.

[dnic]

Late to the party, but South OC-ish here. (I bounce about though...so...)

[Palmfrond]

Welcome DNIC!

[Smiling Ted]

(...if we haven't already.)

How about-

Sunday, May 10
The Cat & The Fiddle Pub (Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood)
5:00 PM

Any takers? Other suggestions?

[Palmfrond]

(...if we haven't already.)

How about-

Sunday, May 10
The Cat & The Fiddle Pub (Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood)
5:00 PM

Any takers? Other suggestions?

I'm in. Spouse welcome? May 10th is Mother's Day, if it makes any difference.

[Kitty Pryde]

(...if we haven't already.)

How about-

Sunday, May 10
The Cat & The Fiddle Pub (Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood)
5:00 PM

Any takers? Other suggestions?

Ooh, sounds good to me. That's just down the street. And they have Boddy's on tap! If you post another reminder closer to the date, I'm more likely to be able to make it.

BTW, Anybody going to the LA Times Festival of Books (April 25th weekend)?

[Blondchen]

BTW, Anybody going to the LA Times Festival of Books (April 25th weekend)?

I'll be there on Saturday.

[Palmfrond]

BTW, Anybody going to the LA Times Festival of Books (April 25th weekend)?

Don't know yet. There's a big jumprope competition that weekend (my daughter, not me.)

[Smiling Ted]

Considering that May 10 is Mother's Day, should we reschedule?
Anyone want to specify a time and place to meet at the Festival of Books?

[Palmfrond]

I don't think I can make it on Saturday, but I'll try if that's better for everyone else; I'd like to meet you all. Anytime on Sunday is good.

[HelloKiddo]

The Festival of Books is an outdoor event in the middle of the day--could get pretty hot.

What was the plan? Just meet up and walk around the booths together as a group? Or is there no plan?

It's held on the UCLA campus so if we wanted a cool place to talk we'd have to find a restaurant or something.

P.S. I live in LA and am hoping to tag along.

I'm afraid I probably can't do Sunday :(

Saturday only would work for me. Let's see what everyone else prefers.

[Smiling Ted]

The festival is Saturday and Sunday - if that helps folks.
There was food available at some booths last year.
There are plenty of porches and hallways for the coolness factor.
I had thought we might just meet, chat for a bit, and take it from there.
Check out the panels available on the website, and see what days look good.

[Kitty Pryde]

there's a building attached to the student union that has a very fine cafe-sandwiches, smoothies, baked delights, coffee, etc. it is a lovely respite from the heat! and the student union has jamba juice.

i'll be there all day saturday. i highly recommend to anybody going that they buy tickets to see ray bradbury at 4:30 saturday (ETA: tickets are free, plus a 1.50 ticketmaster charge). he's unbelievably awesome and inspirational even if you don't write sf/fantasy!

[K. Taylor]

Next weekend is supposed to be back in the 60s/low 70s, so it should be comfortable for walking around the Festival.

[Smiling Ted]

This weekend (5/2 - 5/3), it seems I'll be out of town...

[Kitty Pryde]

(...if we haven't already.)

How about-

Sunday, May 10
The Cat & The Fiddle Pub (Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood)
5:00 PM

Any takers? Other suggestions?

*Gives the thread a good poke*

Anybody else still up for this?

[Palmfrond]

Sounds great. Are spouse/sig. others invited? Anybody know about parking in that neighborhood?

[HelloKiddo]

How about-

Sunday, May 10
The Cat & The Fiddle Pub (Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood)
5:00 PM

Any takers? Other suggestions?

*Gives the thread a good poke*

Anybody else still up for this?

Sunday is Mother's Day.

I can't do that date or time.

Would you consider:

Saturday, May 9
1:00 PM
Cat & Fiddle Pub

Other suggestions? I can go a bit later but not as late as 5:00 PM.

[Smiling Ted]

Okay, let's do it Sunday, May 17.
Same bat time, same bat channel.
Yes? No?

[Kitty Pryde]

I can't make it on the 17th--Long Beach Pride!

[DavidZahir]

I live just north of Koreatown. Have always wanted to go to the Cat-And-Fiddle, but I work from noon till 8pm on Sundays (also Wednesdays and Thursdays).

[bagels]

Bumping this to say that I'm also in Los Angeles and would be interested in any AW meet ups.

[Kitty Pryde]

Hi Bagels!

Anybody up for reviving the plans for a Cat and Fiddle meetup sometime this summer?


Anyone going to Mythcon (http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/40/) at UCLA (July 17-20)? I'm going just on the Saturday, and I think a few out-of-town AWers are going also.

[Palmfrond]

Anybody up for reviving the plans for a Cat and Fiddle meetup sometime this summer?

Sure!

[Blondchen]

Anybody up for reviving the plans for a Cat and Fiddle meetup sometime this summer?


Sure! Once my circus performances are over in August I should have more time.

[K. Taylor]

Any meet-ups down closer to Disneyland work for me. LA area is a little far without a vehicle.

[Marcus]

i can't wait to get to LA. I have about 35 more days and i should be on a plane headed there. Wife is already there fortifing her buisness in anticipation of the lose of my income. We will do alright though after i get into college. GI bill rocks once again!

[bagels]

I'm not going to Mythcon (although it sounds very cool), but I'd definitely love to be kept in the loop about any meet up.

[DavidZahir]

Hi Bagels!

Anybody up for reviving the plans for a Cat and Fiddle meetup sometime this summer?


Anyone going to Mythcon (http://www.mythsoc.org/mythcon/40/) at UCLA (July 17-20)? I'm going just on the Saturday, and I think a few out-of-town AWers are going also.I'm all for it!

I'm celebrating a friend's birthday on Friday June 17 but am free all day and most of the night Saturday June 18. Have to be at work at noon on Sunday, June 19.

Plus I live here in Los Angeles (Koreatown to be precise).

Okay I meant July. Sorry. Sorry.

[bagels]

UCLA Writer's Faire this Sunday - free. It involves screenwriting and creative writing.

The information is available here: Writer's Faire (http://www2.uclaextension.edu/writers/).

[Kitty Pryde]

UCLA Writer's Faire this Sunday - free. It involves screenwriting and creative writing.

The information is available here: Writer's Faire (http://www2.uclaextension.edu/writers/).

Just wanted to say, I went to this last year and it was pretty fun. The UCLA Extension has some really cool instructors and you can hear them talk and stuff. It's more geared toward the writerly noob, but there are some interesting talks for people who write both fiction and plays/screenplays.

[Smiling Ted]

But it's certain, that we will meet again.

But to meet me, you'll probably have to be visiting New York.
Enjoy the weather and the palm trees!
Eat some California roll on my behalf!

[HelloKiddo]

But it's certain, that we will meet again.

But to meet me, you'll probably have to be visiting New York.
Enjoy the weather and the palm trees!
Eat some California roll on my behalf!

Oh, well that's a bummer!

Can't blame you for gettin' out though. Us LA people suck. We've been trying for a year and a half to get together and we still can't get all our butts in a seat in the same room. Seriously, how lame are we?

[Kitty Pryde]

Hello fellow AWers of LA! Just wanted to point out that The LA Times Festival of Books is next weekend at UCLA, April 24-25. There will be heaps of books and famous authors and celebrities who wrote books, and if you have little kids they have some amazing free entertainment on the children's stage. I'll be there for my fourth year, I love it and I can't get enough!

http://events.latimes.com/festivalofbooks/