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napkins.livejournal.com ([identity profile] napkins.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] hetalia2009-06-13 11:16 am
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To Bay Area/ Nor Cal Hetalia peeps~ Planning post!

Since the Fanime reunion seemed to be a hit, and since there was a lot of interest from people who either couldn't attend or weren't at Fanime, I'd like to organize a gathering for a little later this month (or this summer, if that works better for the most people) for anyone who sees this message who can get to San Francisco when it's planned; cosplayers, photographers, general Hetalia fans, all of ya'll!

Nothing is set at all at this point, so your input is vital! General feedback seems to put any potential gathering in at least two weeks' time, so starting the 21st, what weekends work best for you all? (Keep in mind holidays and conventions and such) I'd say from the 21st of June until mid-August, when schools start to go back as limit.

Another point of interest is where would you like this to take place? There are multiple options: Meet in Golden Gate Park for a picnic/potluck sort of thing, take pictures, and that would be it, or trek off into the city somewhere after the picnic, or skip GGP entirely and start off somewhere else, like Japantown, and not have a picnic. Again, your input is vital! The more people there are, the better GGP or a different outside location would work rather than a downtown point.

For now, what times work (or don't work) for you, and whether you'd be interested in going into the city at all (as the more people who are interested, the more it'll probably be relegated to going after a picnic in a park, most likely GGP). Thanks guys! :D

this is the Chibitalia without an HRE from Fanime, in case anyone was wondering~

Edit: [livejournal.com profile] bisouspapillon mentioned something that might be appealing to you guys: I don't know how many of you guys live in the city, or in the South Bay or Peninsula, but maybe holding it at a park on the other side of the bay, maybe Cordonices in Berkeley. (1204 Euclid Ave, Berkeley; it's right in the middle, with The Alameda and Grizzly Peak forming N/S borders, and Marin Ave. and Cal forming E/W borders. There will be people who are willing to drive people from BART stations (either North Berkeley or Downtown Berkeley) to Cordonices.) How many of you would be interested if it were held somewhere else around the Bay?

[identity profile] okay.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 07:36 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, I'd like to go! I'm not a cosplayer, but I just like meet-ups of any kind. Anytime is okay for me.

As for where, wandering around the city sounds fun. I mean, aren't there little cities within the city? Like Little Italy, Japantown and Chinatown? I know there are others, too. /so not helpful.

[identity profile] baozi-kun.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 07:46 pm (UTC)(link)
A gathering in NorCal? I'm totally interested!
I will be able to attend 6/27~6/28 and anytime after anime expo (7/2~7/5)
Wandering in japantown appears fun but I don't know that area very well...so you might see an epically lost taiwan trekking around helplessly! XD

[identity profile] okay.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Hm... then how about deciding after we figure out how many people will actually make it? If there are a lot of people, we can just have a picnic.

[identity profile] kittyriku.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 08:00 pm (UTC)(link)
..I..I'm interested. D: I won't be in cosplay, though, if that's not a problem. I'll probably sit there and doodle or paint a lot, though. Hurr hurr.

I'll be free August 1st through 9th (Yay week-long summer break~), or any weekend in July (Yay, three-day weekends~) except for the 17th-19th.

[identity profile] hoshiko2.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
oh yay! i missed the last one (cuz i had NO IDEA it even happened...) so i'm excited for this one! i'm free july 11,12 or any time after july 17th.

oh, chibitalia! i have a hre that is without her chibitalia that may be able to come. i could ask for ya so you two can do something.

and we could always start at a picnic and if we get enough people, wander to japantown or something [shrugs.] just a thought

[identity profile] kittyriku.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 08:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Yaaay, awesome~ :D

lol, work. I go to school full-time, work part-time, and this'll be the first time in almost a year I've had weekends free. So this is exciting for me~ I haven't been to SF for fun (Used to live there, I miss it) in half a year, so I really hope I can make it~
Also, yay for looking out for me~ I really appreciate it. :3 <3

[identity profile] flufie.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! I wasn't able to go to the last one, so I hope I can go to this one!
I'm free now until June 23rd and July 24th until school starts again.

I'd like to retain at least a small amount of dignity since chances are I'll be cosplaying, so hopefully not Japantown (as much as I love going there). So somewhere like Golden Gate Park would be nice.

[identity profile] automaticbutt.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 08:21 pm (UTC)(link)
º 3º Oh, boy, Bay Area! I'm available for weekends! It'd be the first meet-up I've ever gone to, though. You wouldn't mind a n00b, right? >_>

[identity profile] bisouspapillon.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Palo actually proposed having it on our side of the bay this time, as none of us actually live in SF, it seems like, so it doesn't really seem any less convenient for anyone (though I suppose people we don't know may live in SF). We thought if we wanted to do a picnic we could maybe go to Cordonices, though I do agree that GGP is bigger and offers a better array of different places for different kinds of pictures.

I want pictures of a Taiwan with the Turducken from last time. I don't know why, that just sounds AWESOME.

Edit: Furthermore, if we did a picnic, we should make sure it's a potluck and that everyone brings something, or at least try to enforce it (because I understand that not EVERYONE will be able to bring something), because last time Tia, Emily, and Nate ended up bringing all the food, and I don't want to put anyone in that position again, though it definitely was more than enough food.

Edit Again: It should almost definitely take place after AX, because I think Liet, Russia, and Italia are all going to that, and there are probably even more people who'd like to come to the meet-up that are going to AX. It sounds like they're rushing to finish cosplays and other preparations, so it might be best to hold it post-AX.

Third Edit: O____O I think Kristin is leaving on the 22nd of July, and Tia gets back from NY on the 20th or 21st, so we were thinking of squeezing something right in between. XDDD
Edited 2009-06-13 20:57 (UTC)

[identity profile] flufie.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 08:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Alright! Maybe I can even complete another cosplay in time! (I really like the children's day outfits!)

Ha ha, that's good to hear!

[identity profile] hoshiko2.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 08:54 pm (UTC)(link)
mmm...okonomiyaki...and there's that crepes place. we should invade kino's vital regions >>

and yeah. i'm seeing her in 10 minutes, so i'll let you know when i ask her. but it shouldn't be a problem ^^

[identity profile] automaticbutt.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
> u < Oh, good-o!

[identity profile] bisouspapillon.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 09:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, and if we wanted for dinner, there's the entirety of Shattuck to decide from. I think we should take pictures in the courtyard outside Jupiter (though.... that'd creep a lot of people out. I think our dignity is done for, though XD). I might have Hungary's military uniform at this point, though! <3 I'm stoked.

Aw, ok. Well, I would go to that, I think. I'll let them know to put that aside. But you know anytime works for me, so I'll stay out of the exact date. I don't think I'm going to France anymore, and if I do, it'll probably be in the last month or so of summer when no one's in the Bay anymore anyway.

[identity profile] automaticbutt.livejournal.com 2009-06-13 09:12 pm (UTC)(link)
The Jupiter in Downtown Berkeley? I suggest we should go to Cha-ya for dinner but it's so small, we'd probably have to take everything to go.

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