blankfist: Los Angeles
rottenseed: San Diego
Lucky760+Charms: OC
youdiejoe: Los Angeles
MarineGunrock: Arizona

So, assuming that list of 6 is all who intends to participate, where/when do you blokes want to meet? I think LA County sounds like a good general location, but as east and south as we can get so it's as near Arizona and San Diego as possible (without putting ourselves in danger of a car jacking). Anyone know a good spot? How is a Saturday in November? Perhaps Nov 8?

So this is the outstanding list of other locals. Will any of you participate?
IssyKitty/DFT: Los Angeles
Jonny: Huntington Beach (OC) (moved away)
DarkRowan: Costa Mesa (OC)
GreatBird: San Diego
Ant: Los Angeles
Grimm: Stanton (OC)

Here's the list so far:

blankfist: Los Angeles
rottenseed: San Diego
Lucky760: OC
youdiejoe: Los Angeles
MarineGunrock: Arizona

According to the world map:
IssyKitty/DFT: Los Angeles?
Jonny: Huntington Beach, CA?
Dark Rowan: Costa Mesa, CA?
GreatBird: San Diego?

All people from Huntington Beach are like that. Must be something in the water.

I've only been to the one in Manhattan Beach during lunch time and it was pretty good for handling groups of 5-10 people. But Manhattan Beach is near LAX while Huntington Beach and Newport Beach are local to to OC so they would be a better pick. The only thing is I've never been to those locations myself, but assuming they are setup like the one in Manhattan Beach either should work. FYI they do allow for parties of 5-10 to make reservations.

But at the same time lets not forget what Lucky's warning ""Where" is a good question... As Dag and I realized, it's a little difficult to have a good conversation while trying to eat a meal, so we probably shouldn't meet over dinner."

I'd be up for trying someplace new, and Baja Sharkees looks like it would handle a large group. We could meet, say between 4:30 and 5:00 to allow folks time from getting off work. (I hear traffic is kind of bad out there ) But I see they have several locations, so which one? Manhattan Beach? Huntington Beach? Newport Beach? I'd be coming in from Chino, so I guess Huntington and Newport would be closer, Is one particular Sharkeez better than another?