A later meetup, in the style of my red carpet dinners with the SF Kossacks. Because this time I get to roll out the red carpet for the illustrious navajo, the capa di tutti capi of all the local meetups and a supremely good herder of cats (and the Kossack who rolled out the red carpets for me!). Very late lunch/early dinner at Saladang Song, at 383 S Fair Oaks Ave. across the street from Green Park and two blocks from the Del Mar Gold Line station. It gets a 22 from Zagat.
Yes, Thai. Yes, I'll go there early the week of the 10th to make sure it works for me, and yes, I'll use public transit to get there! No, I don't think parking will be an issue on that stretch of Fair Oaks Avenue. Wherever we go, it will be in Pasadena, it will be at 5 PM and it will be easily accessible from the Gold Line.
In addition to navajo, we will also be rolling out the red carpet for the frequent contributor to Daily Kos Azazello (a self-proclaimed Kossack Meetup Slut) as well as Mrs. Azazello, who will be in from Tucson and who I understand are looking forward to meeting the LA Kossacks. This should be a lot of fun.
Yes, there's an interesting bar nearby for later if anyone wants to or is able to do that. That's also something the SF Kossacks do. I don't know if it works for us, but it's an idea.
Also, since I'm leaving for Louisville tomorrow and since I don't expect to be online a lot even on my phone during the week we're grading, I have enlisted susans to be the Kossack to kosmail if you plan to attend and to monitor the comments for people who plan to attend. We're that sort of community here! I'll be monitoring this until at least 8 PM Pacific tonight, but since SuperShuttle is coming to get me at 3:50 Friday morning for my 7 AM flight, I'm going to try to nap between 8 and 2 AM.