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 [meetup]Los Angeles... here we come

[Silverkun]

Re: [meetup]Los Angeles... here we come

[aliendial]

... the weekend before Thanksgiving...
Still seriously thinking...

[krystyn]

Just got a call from my mechanic. The radiator was rotted out on my car. Also, a small oil leak.

So, when I see the invoice, I'll know a little better what's up.

Still 90% sure, with an extra 5% for some zeeg.

[imbri]

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Re: [meetup]Los Angeles... here we come

[ThaJinx]

I've been saying since the game started that any event would be impossible for me, but a few hours of conversation last night led to a complete 180 on that.

I'm in on Los Angeles, no question about it.

I plan on coordinating the calls and such, too, to be sure to let me know good and early if you're going and want a contact, because the lists will be going out Thursday the 17th as opposed to Friday the 18th.

[krystyn]

OK, I'm set.

[konamouse]

As I have stated before, I moved around my work schedule for TWO jobs (and agreed to work Thanksgiving weekend at the hospital) so I can have my hubby drive us to LA on Saturday morning.

Before deciding on a hotel, we really need to know WHERE in LA this event will occur. LA is a BIG place. If I was a betting person, I might suggest the cemetery from the opening sequence (was that identified for sure?). It seemed to have enough tombstones for a game.

[yanka]

I think that, no matter where the event is, people should think about getting hotel rooms near LAX. Expedia is having incredible deals on airport hotels for that Saturday: Marriott, Sheraton, and Doubletree from $79 to $109. If 2+ people share a room, it becomes an even better deal. If New York is any indication, we will likely end up in *someone's* room later at night anyway, and the airport is a nice centrally located place. Also, no matter where the event is, people are still going to have to drive to it (driving is the only method of transportaion in LA - walking/cab-ing is prohibited by law). So, we might as well look into putting everyone in hotels at least *near* each other, so that people that are doing the driving won't have to drive all over town to deliver everyone to their beds at night.

It'd be nice to know what cemetery the event is at, but in the end, I don't even think it will matter much as it relates to the activities afterwards. We should probably pick a drinkering place based on how cool/good/cheap it is, rather than based on how close it is to the cemetery. Because no matter where it is, you're still going to have to be driven to it, and then back to your hotel.

I would be willing to chip in for whatever room we end up getting for the hanging-out purposes on Saturday night.

[Avatrix]

I'm thinking about trying to make it out there, from Boston. I have a friend at UCLA that I might be able to stay with to save money, but I don't know yet.

I'm also scared of renting a car and trying to drive in LA from everything I've heard, but it would be necessary I think in order to get around. If people end up staying in the same hotel or ones near each other, there could be savings in groups renting cars together, rather than each person having a car.

[krystyn]

The drinkering place has generally been suggested by Lucky in the instructions, yes?

[aliendial]

Yes, Lucky (or his estate rep) identified drinkerin' places for afterwards, although FYI the DC destination was changed on the day (to some place a bit nicer).

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