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”

  1. The “bearded macaca” ain’t bad either 😉

    Awww, thanks metric. And for the record I am all for the physical objectification of desi men as a way to even the rampant objectification that desi women have to suffer.

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

    No, I don’t have a man, although Taz has met my back-up man in case things with the ladies don’t work out 🙂

  2. I’m living in mansions and Benzes, giving ends to my friends and it feels stupendous.

  3. Abhi,

    Someone’s lying then. From the link I put up:

    “(pic by visualsushi of LAPD cruiser at Wilshire & La Brea, intersection where Biggie was murdered)”

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

    Maybe it should be the infamous paneer or something. Beef doesn’t seem appropriate. 😉

  5. Maybe it should be the infamous paneer or something. Beef doesn’t seem appropriate. 😉

    Word. I’m notorious AND vegetarian.

  6. That was for Abhi right? Nah, i don’t think he’s got a man… No, I don’t have a man, although Taz has met my back-up man in case things with the ladies don’t work out 🙂

    You think he’s kidding. But it’s so true. It’s like chemistry when they are together. 😉

    Razib,

    For the record- I had chosen another picture and it was ABHI that made me change it to this one. For the record. As for my amu, she would say, “chi, chi, chi” shaking her head and i would say, “10,000, half could be guys- one of them could be a single Bangladeshi-American muslim doctor from a good family!” and she would say, “Ah-cha. Tihk ah-see. Carry on.”

  8. Jai says:

    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”.

    Abhi says:

    Taz has met my back-up man in case things with the ladies don’t work out 🙂

    Abhi, are you copping a plea to Jai’s charge above?

  9. 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”.

    now that you mention it…after reading that, and looking at the expressions juxtaposed on the faces of the two individuals.

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

    Doh. Do I have to give up my trophy now, AKKA?

    😉

  16. I’ll drive down from Goleta/Santa Barbara. Westside, downtown, all the same since these are specks in the distance, looking from here. My vote is for Saturday, simply because it might be easier to get there…

  18. Yay I got a holla on Sepia Mutiny, I’ve really made it! Woop! Taz, I’m down for Friday, and lets hit up the Golden Gopher or some other fun divey spot!

  19. I’ll drive down from Goleta/Santa Barbara.

    Holy shit. What are the odds of finding another SM reader from here?

  20. Oh man, if only this was happening over Christmas, I’d be there like a shot. Am coming to see you Amreekans once again this year, but only in LA.

  21. Holy shit. What are the odds of finding another SM reader from here?

    Pavitra gobar indeed! Literate desis do exist in Goleta! Cool, this is like the movie ‘Contact’ – We are not alone! (Not actual quote).

  23. Literate desis do exist in Goleta!

    Yeah, but I thought they all teach in UCSB’s religious studies department.

  24. Yeah, but I thought they all teach in UCSB’s religious studies department.

    🙂 This could be true. Then there are the numerates in math/sci/engr. btw, I wasn’t trying to be sarcastic or anything. Just was modifying the meaning of “literate” to mean “reads SM”.

  27. Finally we get what us Angelinos have been anticpating since the last meetup – another LA meetup! I feel very accomplished that I am on a Sepia post. yay! Taz, Friday works and Golden Gopher sounds fun.

  29. The last one was fun and am looking forward to this one. The 15th and downtown get my vote. 🙂

  30. I don’t live in LA but doesn’t downtown LA not offer much? i mean as far as someplace fun(lively environment like 3rd street prom) I know they are building it up and I guess I haven’t had sufficient time to explore it. My sister lives in OC so I was just wondering. maybe I can check it out next time. where is the grove btw?

  33. I don’t live in LA but doesn’t downtown LA not offer much?

    Ok, the Grove and 3rd street are the hubs of the tourist traps of LA. I’m kind of an LA snob, and there are places in So Cal I avoid, (like the Westside and Hollywood) and there are places I’m just drawn to, like the hipster part of town Los Feliz, or Koreantown, or Little Tokyo. I work downtown and live in South Central and love this part of town. There are amazing underground hip hop clubs in Chinatown, cool new trendy bars in downtown, great old school places to eat like the The Pantry and my favorite outdoor spoken word venue in Little Tokyo. Unfortunately, on the non-hipster side, there is a billion dollar revitalization in downtown that is not only creating a “Grove” like entertainment center by the Staple center, it is also creating these huge million dollar lofts and gentrifying downtown LA hardcore. (see http://www.saje.org for more) It creates bizarre triages of rich yuppies living in $$$ apartments going to a bougie bar like Pete’s right next to skid row right next to the APIA organization that I, a broke-ass activisty type works at. (the hub of the old skool APIA communities are around downtown – K-town, Little Tokyo, Thai town, Little Philipino, and even Little Bangladesh)

    I love LA, especially downtown, especially for diversity and history. Sorry for the rant. But don’t knock it till you try it.

  35. 83

    Little Bangladesh, wow! hehe maybe I like tourist traps. the Inner Harbor is the big tourist trap in Baltimore. yeah hopefully I’ll see the exciting side of downtown next time. I’m looking for a dense, vibrant urban environment.
    um i don’t think u meant to type saje.org. ive seen pics of koreatown seems cool. it’s good thing that LA is progressing on transit quickly. was the development u were talking about grand ave or la live?

  36. oh yeah, any rcommendations on anything in the OC? Anaheim is supposed to be developing a dtown I think.

  38. No vivo, the most hipster an activist can get is to dress like one. Unlike a real hipster, an activist would actually believe in her political t-shirts. A hipster who likes to pretend he’s politically active is a “macktivist” (not to be confused with “slacktivist”, which is just a really slow activist). Hipsters have a way of creating ambiance, that’s why I think it’s ok to go to hipster places, but not actually identify as one. And finally, someone who blows this whole thing out of proportion like I just did is a nerd who needs to get a life.

    Btw, even though I don’t get to go downtown as much anymore, I know that Taz is right on with her state of LA report.

  40. No vivo, the most hipster an activist can get is to dress like one. Unlike a real hipster, an activist would actually believe in her political t-shirts. A hipster who likes to pretend he’s politically active is a “macktivist” (not to be confused with “slacktivist”, which is just a really slow activist). Hipsters have a way of creating ambiance, that’s why I think it’s ok to go to hipster places, but not actually identify as one. And finally, someone who blows this whole thing out of proportion like I just did is a nerd who needs to get a life.

    hahaha. that’s phunny. i have a word; jadactivist; what’s the word for someone who used to hate bono’s line “i’d join the movement if there was one i could believe in”, but now thinks it’s all too appropriate.

  43. Taz, you forgot the number one reason to avoid Hollywood: its easy to get lost and you can’t find parking. Grr. Downtown is hopping, I <3 Little Tokyo b/c of the community vibe they are trying to maintain…but you go a couple blocks down and you can see the spillover of the downtown revitalization projects. For better or worse, LA is one of those places that grows on you, its just you have to give it some time and effort.

  44. My comment got chopped in half! Here’s what I orginially posted:

    Taz, you forgot the number one reason to avoid Hollywood: its easy to get lost and you can’t find parking. Grr. Downtown is hopping, I heart Little Tokyo because of the community vibe they are trying to maintain…but you go a couple blocks down and you can see the spillover of the downtown revitalization projects. For better or worse, LA is one of those places that grows on you, its just you have to give it some time and effort.

  46. A completely unrelated question,(but it does have to do with brown:))but is anyone planning to watch Beerfest directed by Jay Chandrasekhar(sp?)?

  48. vivo: nah. they used up all the good jokes in supertroopers. the second was crap, third will probably be worse.

  50. I’m flying into San Diego on the 13th of September and driving up to Long Beach on the morning of the 15th. I should be able to make it and will try my best. I hope if it’s a bar that they have good virgin options coz I don’t drink alcohol. I hope they have some good vegetarian snacks also.