{"id":3771,"date":"2006-09-09T17:59:38","date_gmt":"2006-09-09T22:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=3771"},"modified":"2006-09-12T00:17:45","modified_gmt":"2006-09-12T05:17:45","slug":"end_of_summer_l","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/09\/end_of_summer_l\/","title":{"rendered":"End Of Summer Los Angeles Meetup [Update]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reservations have been made. Guest list has been compiled. Goodie bags are in the works. Ms. Pac Man practice games polished. We <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/003742.html\">are prepared<\/a> for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/003266.html\">the sequel<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n\n<p><center><strong>It&#8217;s time for the Sepia Mutiny Los Angeles End-Of-Summer-Blowout MEET UP!<\/strong><\/center>\n<center><strong>When: Friday, September 15<span style=\"font-size: xx-small; vertical-align: super\">th<\/span>.<\/strong><\/center>\n<center><strong>Time: 7:00pm &#8211; really late. (Happy Hour goes until 9:00pm)<\/strong><\/center>\n<center><strong>Where: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goldengopherbar.com\/\"><strong>Golden Gopher<\/strong><\/a><strong> 417 W. 8<span style=\"font-size: xx-small; vertical-align: super\">th<\/span> St. Los Angeles, 90014 [<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mapquest.com\/maps\/map.adp?searchtype=address&#038;formtype=search&#038;countryid=US&#038;addtohistory=&#038;country=US&#038;address=417+West+8th+Street&#038;city=Los+Angeles&#038;state=CA&#038;zipcode=90014&#038;historyid=&#038;submit=Get+Map\"><strong>map<\/strong><\/a><strong>]<\/strong><\/center><\/p>\n\n<p>Now, the Golden Gopher isn&#8217;t your typical bar, and as a non-drinker, it is my favorite Los Angeles bar for two reasons. The best jukebox in town, and they have tabletop Ms. Pac Man scattered throughout. <\/p>\n\n<p>With that being said, we ask for everyone who is &#8216;up for it&#8217; to bring rolls of quarters in their pockets for the first ever <strong>Mutinous Ms. Pac Man Challenge! <\/strong>Abhi claims he&#8217;s the best, I claim to be better, and we both challenge the L.A. mutiny to a death match of Ms Pac Man. <\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n<p>Golden Gopher is expecting a posse of macacas, and we have been promised a section of the bar. There is free street parking after 6pm. I know that there are some of you coming far from Santa Barbara, and San Diego (or the Westside) &#8211; so please don&#8217;t be discouraged by the drive, GG is located right off the freeway. And we will be waiting for you (though the goody bags may run out).<\/p>\n\n<p>Who is <em>we<\/em>? Infamous Mutineers <a href=\"http:\/\/tripathi.blogspot.com\/\">Abhi<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/vinod.com\/blog\/\">Vinod.<\/a> We also have Builder, <strike><a href=\"http:\/\/brooklynmasala.blogspot.com\/\">Brooklyn Brown<\/a><\/strike>, Arun, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vivekmittal.com\/blog\/\">Vivek<\/a>, cauvery, Anu, Shruti, <a href=\"http:\/\/manifestmydesire.blogspot.com\/\">Ani (+1?),<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/terence-mascarenhas.blogspot.com\/\">terence<\/a>, Rajan, Murali, <a href=\"http:\/\/thojothojo.blogspot.com\/\">Navratan Kurma<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.chachra.us\/\">Sumit Chachra<\/a>, Ami, Payal, Localdesi, Lata, Ravi, <a href=\"http:\/\/madguru.blogspot.com\/\">Mad Guru<\/a>, Guru One, Raj, Jazzie\/Nahmuna (+1), SD, GujuDude,1 \/26 (+1) and, drum roll please, Padesi Gori. And more? That would be 26+ if I&#8217;m not mistaken&#8230; <strong>If you haven&#8217;t RSVPed, please do in the comments below. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>And while we are at it, where are the Celebrity Mutineers at? It is Los Angeles, after all. This is a personal request, since there seems to be two degrees of separation in the desi world, that <strong>if you know any of the following desis, please invite them to the meetup next Friday!<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/003768.html#comment85697\">John Abraham<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/003753.html\">Kal Penn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/002592.html\">Parminder Nagra<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/003224.html\">Rasika Mathur<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/002870.html\">Sheetal Sheth<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sepiamutiny.com\/sepia\/archives\/003726.html#comment81780\">Sendhil Ramamurthy<\/a> and, well, any other Southern California desi you think is blogworthy. <\/p>\n\n<p>It will be a night to remember and a fabulous end-of-summer celebration. <strong>We hope to see you all there!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>UPDATE: Can anyone offer to carpool folks from the westside to downtown? We have some mutineers that need you!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reservations have been made. Guest list has been compiled. Goodie bags are in the works. Ms. Pac Man practice games polished. We are prepared for the sequel&#8230; It&#8217;s time for the Sepia Mutiny Los Angeles End-Of-Summer-Blowout MEET UP! When: Friday, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2006\/09\/09\/end_of_summer_l\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[43],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3771"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3771\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}