Los Angeles End-Of-Summer-Blowout Meetup

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Seems like everyone else got one. DC got one a couple of weeks ago. Even the Bay Area is getting one this weekend. Except for us. What about us? It’s been months since our last one. It was all I needed to make my summer vacation the best summer vacation ever.

Well as Sepia Mutiny Temporary Super Star, I’m here to change things around.

You KNOW you just want to go to a meetup with us. Come on, all the cool mutineers are doing it…

It’s time for the Sepia Mutiny Los Angeles End-Of-Summer-Blowout MEET UP!

YAY!

I can hardly wait. Unlike L.A.’s last meetup, we are going to shift things around. It will be evening-ish (7:00 pm). And it will be at a Bar. Being the electoral advocate that I am, I will let the Los Angeles Bloggers/Commenters/Lurkers have a couple of votes:

1.) Friday, September 15th or Saturday, September 16th?

2.) Someplace downtown (Golden Gopher) or on the westside (Palomino Euro Bistro)?

Please RSVP and vote in the comment section what day would be best for you, and which “side” you prefer. My personal vote is for Friday night at Golden Gopher. But I’m willing to compromise, especially if it means that one of the following folks can come: Abhi, Shruti, Janani, VMN Rao, Ami, Rajan, Ani, Payal, Anjali, Vivek, Mad Guru, Arun, Rohit, Rahul, and Lata. And of course, I’m sure there are plenty more Los Angeles readers that I’ve left off who are of course, strongly urged to make an appearance.

There will be a prize for the mutineer With the Longest Drive to come to the meetup- is anyone coming from The OC or The Valley? Prizes will be also be distributed for Best Dressed and Funniest Macaca Joke- it’ll be like our own mutinous awards ceremony- tis the season afterall. I’ll tantalize you even further because, just like the at the Emmys, no one will turn away from our event without an infamous goody bag. We’re going to have to tax you on that though. Come on now, how can you pass up on coming to a meetup like that?

Yup, that’s what I thought. We’ll be seeing YOU at the Los Angeles End-Of-Summer-Blowout Meetup!

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Taz is an activist, organizer and writer based in California. She is the founder of South Asian American Voting Youth (SAAVY), curates MutinousMindState.tumblr.com and blogs at TazzyStar.blogspot.com. Follow her at twitter.com/tazzystar

100 thoughts on “Los Angeles End-Of-Summer-Blowout Meetup”

  2. There will be a prize for the mutineer With the Longest Drive to come to the meetup- is anyone coming from The OC or The Valley?

    Oh! Oh! Mistah Kotter…does across the country count? I may be in LA then to visit the fam.

  3. Brooklyn,

    That would totally count.

    (how come everytime I think of Brooklyn, I want to say it like Mos Def says it? Brooooooklyn!)

  4. Friday on the Eastside gets my vote! (I can’t do Sat at all.) The 15th is actually the last night of the New Otani’s very zen beer garden if you’re looking for another option. The Broadway Bar is also a nice spot to gather people. (And if you’re looking for an Eastside-Westside compromise then I gotta give a shout to Saints and Sinners in Culver City.) Hope it’s Friday!

  5. how come everytime I think of Brooklyn, I want to say it like Mos Def says it? Brooooooklyn!

    Because, dear lady, it’s just hard as all hell to avoid imitating a man with as much charisma as Mos Def.

  6. Hey guys- is there ANY way we could have it the week before or the week after? I will be in NJ from 9/14-9/20. After having to leave the last LA meetup early, I’d really like to make this one in its entirety! Lemme know what you can do!

  11. I’m down with anyplace, except places that will force me to deal with LA traffic.

    um. that is not possible in what we geographically call LA. a place without traffic? that would be called nirvana.

    have fun at the meetup.

  12. um. that is not possible in what we geographically call LA. a place without traffic?

    My darling legume, that’s merely one of its flaws. 😉 That reminds me, must remember to thank my Mother profusely for moving us North when I was three… 😀

  14. Since I’ll only make if it I can come down from SB that weekend, don’t put too much weight on my preferences, but here they are anyway: Saturday @ Palomino (they have a full menu). I don’t drink, so I can be a designated driver if we end up at the other place… I’m not driving to Brooklyn though 😉

  17. My darling legume, that’s merely one of its flaws. 😉 That reminds me, must remember to thank my Mother profusely for moving us North when I was three… 😀

    miss anna: i know i know, i prefer norcal too…. my beanie brother and i always thank the ‘rents for moving of detroit to cali when i was a 6 month sprout… as we both say wholeheartedly to the folks, moving to cali was the best decision you’ve ever made….heck if we’d stay in dtw, i might have been the six miles of legumes instead 😉

    and on the LA traffic front, it once took me ummm…4 hours to drive from ucla to home (which was 55 miles away).. um. yeah. fun times… NOT.

  18. Taz: Abhi knows that “Yo Dad” and “Yo Mom” will be in LA from Oct 11 through 15th. That is why precisely he is setting this up so a month earlier so that we cannot embarass him one more time! Nice going Abhi. Anyways, have a great meetup. BB is right. It does not matter whether you drive, swim, fly, or crawl. The person who comes from farthest…say beyond Pluto… wins the prize.

  19. OK, this will probably get deleted but it has to be said…is that you (Taz) in that picture? HOT!

  20. Amitabh,

    Why do you think Abhi’s grinning so much in that photo ? Look at that smug expression on his face !

    Taz is forcing a smile but it looks like she’s muttering through clenched teeth “Abhi, you’d better move that hand before I break it”.

    🙂

  21. “OK, this will probably get deleted but it has to be said…is that you (Taz) in that picture? HOT!”

    kickass writing skill complements only, please.

  23. Awwww… yo dad and yo mom, we are going to grab dinner with you when you are in town, anyways! That’s granted. I just couldn’t wait until October to see the other mutineers!

    OK, this will probably get deleted but it has to be said…is that you (Taz) in that picture? HOT!

    Thanks. Like I’m going to delete a compliment. Puhlease. Unless you are exotifying me. 😉

    Looks like we are leaning towards Friday and hopefully we can compromise with a bar in mid city. Vinod is in town, a surprise mutineer, which is exciting. I’m willing to play DD to Vinod and Arun, and whoever else is downtowm if we shift it the location…

  24. i’m still kicking myself for missing the DC meetup. oh why did the parents have to visit THAT weekend?! enjoy yourselves in LALA land!

  25. Taz,

    Thanks. Like I’m going to delete a compliment. Puhlease. Unless you are exotifying me. 😉

    Any positive statements regarding yourself should be interpreted by SM readers in their broader context and bearing in mind the personality and established track-history of the commenter concerned, and should not be interpreted as including the unspoken insinuation that other desi females not looking like “Taz” or matching her level of hotness from the subjective perspective of the guy paying the compliment are somehow inherently inferior in hotness from an objective perspective or less deserving of a fundamental level of respect and empathy, even though certain aspects of “Taz” may render her to be regarded as hotter within traditional desi culture and the wider global diaspora as a whole.

    draws breath

    These caveats are required on SM these days, you see. Not for you. For the benefit of others. Who knows what nefarious agenda and prejudicial conspiracy may have been motivating our friend Amitabh’s ostensibly innocent remark ?

    I should have become a lawyer.

    😉

  26. “Oooooh. Desi girl in pic beside the bearded macaca… come to papa!”

    The “bearded macaca” ain’t bad either 😉

  28. even though certain aspects of “Taz” may render her to be regarded as hotter within traditional desi culture and the wider global diaspora as a whole.

    it’s a fascinating topic. what aspects might you be referring to?

  29. Saturday, the 16th would be preferable, but either way, if I’m brave enough I’ll try slogging my way through traffic from San Diego North County.

  30. even though certain aspects of “Taz” may render her to be regarded as hotter within traditional desi culture and the wider global diaspora as a whole. it’s a fascinating topic. what aspects might you be referring to?

    Uhh… waving hand in front of face hello! I’m still here reading this! Can we change the topic back to the point of the thread, please? You know, the LA Meetup and how this is going to kick all the other meetups ass?

    Geeez…

  31. you may be right chick pea but lest we forget that LA had one of the most highly-developed public transportation systems in the country until some nasty interests ripped that stuff out! i might be deluding myself trying to believe that that could exist here…oh well. didn’t mention this before, but i’m good with any date.

  32. Uhh… *waving hand in front of face* hello! I’m still here reading this! Can we change the topic back to the point of the thread, please? You know, the LA Meetup and how this is going to kick all the other meetups ass?

    Tsk, tsk, Taz. It’s not a real meetup thread until it’s been hijacked. 😉

  34. “Can we change the topic back to the point of the thread, please? You know, the LA Meetup and how this is going to kick all the other meetups ass?”

    and who’s to say that Jai’s mysterious aspects does not in some way, shape or form contribute to the ass-kicking nature of the LA meetup?

  35. You know, the LA Meetup and how this is going to kick all the other meetups ass?

    Hmmm. Let’s pause for a moment to really think about this, shall we?

    There was the legendary SF Meetup of ’05 at Greco which lasted six hours before changing locations so that everyone could have DINNER together for another two hours, because no one wanted to go home, it was so fun…then there was the hotness in NYC over Memorial Day at La Lanterna, in the garden, under the stars, with three mutineers hosting, which lasted a record ten hours. That’s some impressive ass you’re aiming your kicks at…but then, we didn’t bribe our attendees with schwag or prizes, so the comparison is inapposite. Enjoy your hollow victory. 😉

  37. Damn, I dint know there was this whole EasCoasss WesCoasss beef all up in this grill. Who’s the BIggie and Tupac tho?

    I’m jus here to rep the 313.

  39. Damn…you gotta man?

    Looter,

    That was for Abhi right? Nah, i don’t think he’s got a man…

    we didn’t bribe our attendees with schwag or prizes, so the comparison is inapposite.

    We are not bribing. We are merely giving gifts worthy of such a prize-worthy event. And let me just make the pitch now, since I’m putting together the goody bag prize now, it’s going to be the best goody bag EVER. It’s a surprise until then, but I’ll blog about it after the meetup. As for kicking NYC and SFs ass, I dunno, we have some pretty dope LA bloggers. I forsee a super fun event with massive amounts of giddiness and drinks a flowing. We shall have to see now, no?

  41. Hmmm. Let’s pause for a moment to really think about this, shall we? …. Enjoy your hollow victory. 😉

    Yeah! POW! BAM! SOCK! take that, SoCal! 😉

    xo pp

  42. hell yeah taz! seeing how the last time we went to gopher was amazing, i’d like to keep with tradition and vote for the golden gopher on friday 🙂

  44. we have some pretty dope LA bloggers

    I can see it now, the infamous beef heard round the south asian blogworld

    The notorious A.N.A. (AKA Anna smalls) showdown with TazPac (don’t know your last name, but I’d somehow try and merge it with Shakur) Thuglife.

  46. A N N A and chickpea…stop hating on LA! i haven’t been home in a while, so maybe i’ll down. 2 meetups in a row!? hmmm….

    not hating on LA terence ;).. heck i’m likley moving back in t-10 months (but who’s counting) :)… hip hip hooray for getting outta the dirty south soon! as i dream of the 91 freeway traffic jams… oooh… memories….

  47. The notorious A.N.A. (AKA Anna smalls) showdown with TazPac (don’t know your last name, but I’d somehow try and merge it with Shakur) Thuglife.

    And on the way over there, maybe we can stop by at the corner of Wilshire and Fairfax and pay our tribute and respects to the slain big guy. Man, why did I mention Fairfax, now I’m craving some Yebeg Alicha from Merkato at Little Ethiopia.

  48. not to nitpick, but I think it was Wilshire and La Brea, Wilshire and Fairfax is where LACMA is, somehow I don’t see Biggie and Puffy taking in some neo-impressionism after hittin the Vibe party.

  49. Neither would they have been contemplating the exigencies of the last Ice Age in Los Angeles amidst the ominously bubbling La Brea tar pits after hittin the Vibe party.

  50. not to nitpick, but I think it was Wilshire and La Brea, Wilshire and Fairfax is where LACMA is, somehow I don’t see Biggie and Puffy taking in some neo-impressionism after hittin the Vibe party.

    Nope, it WAS Wilshire and Fairfax, right in front of the Car Museum and across the street from the Pulp Fiction restaurant.