Tonight, six of us spent a wonderful few hours meeting and greeting one another at the Irvine Spectrum in wonderful Orange County, California in the biggest SiftUp to date.


From left to right: Charms, Me, YouDieJoe, Firefly, Grimm, and DarkRowan

Firefly came to Southern California for Thanksgiving and that prompted several of us local, eager Sifters to get together.

Charms and I arrived at Javier's Bar and Grill at about 5pm looking for some kind of sign and were quickly joined by Firefly, DarkRowan, and Grimm, most of whom had been at the Spectrum for a little while. We sat down and enjoyed getting to know one another over dinner during the next couple of hours.

After having been informed earlier that YouDieJoe couldn't attend, we were surprised to learn that he was on his way down to join us. Once he arrived we moved over to Fox Sports Grill (which coincidentally enough is where our SiftUp with Dag took place [yes, DarkRowan, that is the glass you're not supposed to touch in the background]).

We talked and laughed and talked some more. Issues ranged from the past and future of VideoSift, to our own personal stories of Sift addiction, to what Halloween costumes were like back when we were kids.

All in all it was a wonderful four hours getting to know some very fine folks. As YDJ suggested, we'll definitely have to get together for an LA SiftUp sometime. Perhaps even you can attend...