Los Angeles Kossacks: See you tomorrow!

The day is here.  Almost.  Can you feel the excitement?  

The meetup is tomorrow at my place.  Email me (fabooj [at] mail [dot] com) to get directions.  

I'm ready for this, the first BBQ of the year at my new house.  And even though the hole is still in my wall, you'll be able to say you saw it when.  You'll also be pleased to know that other beautification projects I've done for you guys:

1.  My bathroom is painted and it's regal!

2.  I got plants in my back yard and most of them are in the ground.

3.  Patio furniture.  

4.  I finally have patio furniture.

5.  We have some patio furniture and it has cushions!

6.  I also have a pool.  It's not a big pool and you can't actually swim in it, but if you wanna foot dunk, we could probably hook you up.

7.  Did I mention the patio furniture?  There's an umbrella involved.  Seriously.

Here are the details

When will this extraordinary shindig take place?  2pm, Sunday March 25th

What magical land will I be traveling to?  I live in El Sereno, a small slice of LA, squashed between Lincoln Heights, Alhambra and Montecito Heights.  It's about 10 min. north of the 10 Fwy.

I could give you some drive times, but I tend to do about 80 - 95mph and therefore have an under-inflated sense of how long it takes to get from one place to another.  I can tell you that from our old place off Melrose & Fairfax to our new place took 20 - 30 min. with most of the headache going to the circle of hell between the Melrose onramp and the 110 interchange.

We'll get some various meat to put on the grills.  Naturally, there'll be water, sodas and juices for those who abstain and anyone who may be pregnant and/or underage.  Feel free to bring a beverage of your choice.  We'll have tons of snackies and kid-friendly foods.

Speaking of my spawn, can I bring them?:  For some reason, I feel like I'm the only one in LA with little kids, babies really, but feel free to bring yours.  Keep in mind, my oldest is 3, so the toys pretty much top out at that age, but I do have an Xbox and a PS2.

Can I bring a friend in case you guys are exceedingly boring in real life?:  Bring whoever you want, as long as they don't steal my shit and don't have a crappy attitude, I'm okay with it.

So, how do you get to your pad?: Email me at my profile, but please put SoCal meetup in the subject line, so I don't dump it as spam.  Please include your screen name too, so I can get little jaunty name tags.

Hope to see you tomorrow!

•  I have to run to a friend's house for din-din

  But I'll be around later tonight.  

  Apologies for not posting a reminder earlier.  As scandal-ridden as this week has been, I was afraid it would get lost in the shuffle, forcing me to diary twice in a week.  [shudder]

  by fabooj on Sat Mar 24, 2007 at 06:06:28 PM PDT

•  Congratulations on the patio furniture

  I've been drooling over the new furniture they're putting out now.  Alas, I'm a bit too far away to make the meet-up, or I'd come.  Have fun.

  by myrealname on Sat Mar 24, 2007 at 06:20:22 PM PDT

•  Too bad I live near Chicago.

  I'd love to see your hole-in-the-wall.

  And your patio furniture (really, I'm very envious.  That's stuff's expensive).

  by edwardssl on Sat Mar 24, 2007 at 06:24:04 PM PDT

•  Oh, its too bad that I'm across the country

  from you!

  I remember your funky bathroom!  Did you change the colors?  I loved that funky retro style!  

  by tjb22 on Sat Mar 24, 2007 at 06:27:03 PM PDT

•  as a former Angelino

  I wish I could come, too!

  Sounds divine.  And patio furniture - dang, that stuff's pricey.  

  But it's the foot pool that has me drooling - if I could come, I'd even get a pedicure first.

  Have a great time!

  by Dem in the heart of Texas on Sat Mar 24, 2007 at 06:44:26 PM PDT

•  You have a patio?

  I'm envious.  All's I got is a porch, of which my dog takes up half the available space.

  by DH from MD on Sat Mar 24, 2007 at 06:48:43 PM PDT

•  I'm so there!

  I'm bringing cookies.

  by shayera on Sat Mar 24, 2007 at 11:39:46 PM PDT

•  faboo ! -

  Your PDF said 1 p.m.; the diary says 2 p.m.

  I'm more confused than usual.

  :)

  by occams hatchet on Sun Mar 25, 2007 at 12:02:07 AM PDT

•  at this rate, I could get in my car now

  and show up only slightly late. And I'd smell kinda funny since I spent the morning hiking with 2 SD Kossacks and I haven't showered. I think I'm gonna hafta skip out on this one. I know its going to be a ton of fun though so I'm kinda bummed :(

  by OrangeClouds115 on Sun Mar 25, 2007 at 12:53:39 PM PDT