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[MISC] Pre-Pre-PAX Events in Northern California
Blain
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Last year VThornheart organized a lunch for Sacramento area folks headed to PAX. It was great to meet semi-local gamers, share PAX stories, and talk about what we were looking forward to.
Since VT isn't around to organize a lunch this year, I figured I'd do it. And since there are others in Northern California heading to PAX (according to the community map), I figured they might want a thread in which to organize events as well. So if you're in Northern California and want to get together with some fellow PAXers, this thread is for you.
EVENTS (details below)
Sat. Aug. 29th
- The Miles O'Brien "get-to-know-you buffet" @ Round Table in West Sac
DETAILS
The Miles O'Brien "get-to-know-you buffet"
Description: Meet people going to PAX. Catch up with old PAX friends. Geek out. Eat.
Date & Time: Saturday, August 29th @ 1PM
Location: Round Table Pizza - 1001 Jefferson Blvd, West Sacramento, CA 95691
Cost: You eat it; you bought it.
Attendees:
Since VT isn't around to organize a lunch this year, I figured I'd do it. And since there are others in Northern California heading to PAX (according to the community map), I figured they might want a thread in which to organize events as well. So if you're in Northern California and want to get together with some fellow PAXers, this thread is for you.
EVENTS (details below)
Sat. Aug. 29th
- The Miles O'Brien "get-to-know-you buffet" @ Round Table in West Sac
DETAILS
The Miles O'Brien "get-to-know-you buffet"
Description: Meet people going to PAX. Catch up with old PAX friends. Geek out. Eat.
Date & Time: Saturday, August 29th @ 1PM
Location: Round Table Pizza - 1001 Jefferson Blvd, West Sacramento, CA 95691
Cost: You eat it; you bought it.
Attendees:
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Wait!! I take it back!
I will definitely go!
May have to drag Patrick, but I'm sure he wouldn't mind.
Or if he does mind, then he can go fly a kite.
Bay Area. Inlands. Hells, even the Tahoe area can set-up meetings.
Otherwise, I would have been up for meeting in Sac. SF can be a bit of a trip sometimes. I'll be on the WCTT though.
I meant specifically the event up in the OP, which is very specific on day and time, but with a 48 county range for location :P. But that one if it's bay area, or about anything else in the same, I'd be up for.
And that's not me trying to be clever. I just don't have anything to add at this time.
Blain and I have been trying to figure out a middle city between Sacramento and San Francisco area.
Three cities are in the middle between these two big cities.
Vacaville
Fairfield
Vallejo
We are currently looking into areas of interest--food wise. Whichever city is easier (all three of them DO have I-80 go through them) to get to will be the choice of city.
Any suggestions of ethnic food (we will make sure that the place will be vegetarian-friendly just in cases for those who are) will be awesome.
Also Gilles and Yams will be in SF.
And I'm already in SF, so, there you go!
The REAL point to this thread is that you can set-up locations for meet-ups for folks IN YOUR AREA.
The reason why Blain and I suggested a middle-city 'cause we weren't too sure how many folks were gonna join/if anyone had time to join.
If the Bay Area folks want to have a get-together in the Bay Area, then coolness.
If the Sacramento area folks want to have a get-together in the Sacramento area, then coolness.
If the Inland folks want to have a get-together inland, then coolness.
If the Sierra, Shasta, San Jose, Mill Valley, Napa, Tahoe, etc want to have a get-together in their resepctive places, then coolness.
I think Blain was just opening this thread up so folks CAN inform other folks of the local area.
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Word. Running out of time though...
edit: So I'm thinking I want to organize this, do people think I should start a new thread or what? Saturday Aug 29th Bar Crawl in SF. Starting around the 16th St and Mission BART station and then going from there. Wondering what kind of interest we can gather and if it is enough to just do it adhoc off the hip or organized and shit.
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So far we've got:
Blain (Roseville)
CaptainTapole (Suisun City)
Kadre (Roseville)
MojoDC (Bay Area)
If we've got the Chico people, Sacramento, otherwise, Fairfield.
Mental Cookie for you! ...Pronounce it correctly and get a real cookie!
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Sue-Soon, but close enough!
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Koo-Yuh-Hoo-Guh?
And as a fellow (?) midwesterner, I'd say Wapakeneta, Mackinac and Sault Ste Marie were always fun for a tourist check.
..... thats where I'm from
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We are in Chico as well, and also a group of 4! 2 of us will be down in Sacramento on the 28th and 29th, so I will watch so see where the meetup is! Maybe we will be able to make the lunch, but not the bar crawl as I have to pick someone up from the airport at 9pm!
Round Table Pizza - 1001 Jefferson Blvd, West Sacramento, CA 95691
As a chain restaurant, it's a reasonably known quantity. It's veggie friendly. They usually have tables you can push together if the group gets big. It's pretty close to all the major freeway intersections so people from wherever can come. And pizza's a pretty classic nerd food. I look forward to getting overly excited about PAX with everyone who can make it. (PAX, PAX, PAX!)
I will also be bringing my buttons (Blaster Master themed again. Two designs to choose from.) for those who wish to get a jump on the button trade.
I'll be dragging The Boyfriend with me--unless he is obnoxiously sick (which is normal to happen before vacations.)
I shall be bringing my buttons as well! I will bring a handful of Frightfully English's (he only did 150!), too, since I am the caretaker of all things over here on this side of the pond.