Sorry this is later than I expected, but the action item I announced at this lunch, the new group LGBT Rights are Human Rights, had an interesting amount of action this morning as did my latest Russia diary, so this is the first chance I've had to write this.
The Los Angeles Kossacks are getting good at this! This is our eighth monthly meeting, and it's a a restaurant we liked a LOT for dinner, and some of the participants were new to the group, so what could be wrong? And the food, like the beef satay shown below, was excellent too. So meetup pr0n and food pr0n and political activism, photographed by SanFernandoValleyMom and by your diarist below the fold.
Yes, political activism. Shockwave, who has been active in the efforts to get Christian fundamentalism out of the Armed Forces, has been entrusted with the leadership of the latest effort to get Rush Limbaugh off Armed Forces radio, and their offices are in Southern Riverside County, near March Air Force Base. Activism is afoot.
Here,
Shockwave is exponding on the Rush Limbaugh situation. Mr. Lisa is to his left, and
Gay CA Democrat,
delphine and
ducktape are to his right.
Listening to
Shockwave:
otoelbc,
susans,
Lisa,
alguien,
San FernandoValleyMom, and (very close up)
714day.
SanFernandoValleyMom (because we left her out of the last Saladang Song diary)
I don't know what exactly I was doing here, but
Gay CA Democrat was watching intently.
Mr. Lisa and Shockwave
The back of alguien's head and Lisa in the foreground. On the other side of the table, phillipmerrill, Mr. Lisa, Shockwave and Gay CA Democrat
714day, your diarist and phillipmerrill
Lisa and alguien
otoelbc, susans, and Lisa
Gay CA Democrat
otoelbc -- and food pr0n below. Chrislove did this with one of his Houston meetup diaries, so I don't mind confessing that I'm not sure what any of these dishes are, except for the shrimp Pad Thai in the bottom photograph.
Old friends gathering to welcome new friends, with the usual terrific results. It was great to meet alguien and phillipmerrill and I hope we'll see you both again at our next meetup, which will be September 21 (to clear the Jewish Holidays) at a venue to be named later (but soon after Labor Day).