LA.pm: What ever happend...

[Abraham Ingersoll]

Why on earth anyone would want to come down here on a summer weekend and 
flight against the raging tide of tourists seems unfathomable now that 
I've lived here so long, but uhh .. 

I offer up my building's roof. (It's boring as far as roofs go, but the 
location is 'ight -- within view of the ocean/boardwalk/etc.) We had a 4th 
of July BBQ up there that went well, and another neighbor's been having 
live practice/concerts up there as of late too.
 
Nearby -- Venice breakwater (OK surfing in the morning before it gets 
windy), newly revamped boardwalk, basketball courts, drum circle, roller 
skating dance "thing", psuedo-skatepark (that's still in funding limbo), 
muscle beach, paddle tennis courts, venice canals, nightlife (MDR/Venice 
pier scene and SM Main St. is all close), etc.

We'd have 802.11b to my cablemodem whilst on the roof, and my studio 
apartment/office has a couple of decent (quake-able?) workstations. 

The biggest pain in the ass is parking (and traffic). The average all-day 
parking spot runs about $15, maybe $20. If you get here before noon, you 
*might* be able to find street parking. I hear rumors of a Venice Beach 
parking shuttle every so often too..

I'd setup shop with a BBQ on the roof, leave the access doors to 
the stairs duct-taped open and then folks could come and go as their 
inebriated selves pleased.

Come to think of it .. if we did it at my place or nearby in Venice, I 
could probably corral Greg, Joe, Barry and maybe a few other LA.pm 
"lurkers" into making an appearance.

August 10 should work for me. I need to clear it with the building 
manager, but that should be a cinch.

Anyone/everyone game?

Abe


On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Jeff wrote:

> Oh bah, you're used to driving to MDR, you were doing it nightly for a
> while ;)
> 
> Personally I am opting the most for Hermosa, just because A) alcohol is
> allowed in the park, however as far as I know you're not supposed to have
> it at the beach, so if a keg or whatever did show up, we couldn't do dick
> about it. For second, we can BBQ and have a good time then head for the
> beach.
> 
> I suppose we could go as far as Malibu, but there really isn't anything
> fun over there. With Venice we get freaks (Hi abe :P). With MDR we get BBQ
> and boats and grass (tag football anyone?). With Hermosa we can get all of
> the above, but it is further south then some people would like.
> 
> Well, Lets say Aug 10th, Around, noon to like whenever we all decide to go
> home.
> 
> Now our activities really define where we go. Does anyone wanna bring some
> boards and surf? Play some football/baseball?
> Run around looking like an idiot rambling like a jackass about all the
> evil perl that haunts you in your sleep? (In this case we'd fit in best in
> venice)
> 
> -jeff
> 
> On Mon, 22 Jul 2002, Ask Bjoern Hansen wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Jeff wrote:
> >
> > > How many people realistically are into this?
> > > If enough people are into it, lets go for it. This weekend is I think A)
> > > too soon of notice, and B) I'm moving.
> >
> > C) We are at OSCON.  :-)
> >
> > I'm in for most dates in August,  I think.
> >
> > As far as I'm concerned, then the farther north the better..  :-)
> >
> >
> >  - ask
> >
> > --
> > ask bjoern hansen, http://ask.netcetera.dk/         !try; do();
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> >
> 
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