Twin Cities Arashi Meet-Up!

[katzichan.livejournal.com]

Hey all, sorry for a bit of spam... BUT I want to reach as many people as possible!  Here goes.
(I've also posted this to my vox - tokyo707.vox.com - and my own lj - and facebook.  OTZ )
There has been some discussion about organzing a fan-meetup for those of us in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN, USA area...  And it looks like we're maybe nailing some details down.  SO.

We're looking to see how many people we can get to go to the Como Park Lantern Festival.  It's $5 for admission... not free but definitely on the cheap side... so here's some more info!

It starts at 3:00 pm, and admission is $5 (does that work for everyone?)
Should we meet around 3:00? 3:30? 4:00? It goes until dusk and you may stay as long or as little as you'd like... is there a time that works best for everyone? 5:00 maybe?
A link to the page for the Lantern Festival is here:
http://www.mn-japan.org/?201402008073
Google Maps:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=como%20park&rls=com.microsoft:*:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7TSHB&um=1&sa=N&tab=il
Directions from the website:
http://www.comozooconservatory.org/como_park/directions.shtml
A map of the grounds:
http://www.comozooconservatory.org/como_park/map.shtml
A link to MetroTransit if you need bus/light rail directions:
http://www.metrotransit.org/
If anybody really, really needs a ride and lives not too far from the city (sorry... can't drive to Maple Grove or anything... it's a bit far... orz) please let me know! I want as any people as possible to make it so I'll do my best to help you out.

I think maybe it would be easiest to meet up at the visitor's center at an appointed time... I'll get there a little early and I'll have a Sho uchiwa so you can all recognize me. :3 (yeah... I guess I don't really mind embarassing myself. |D )
Please respond to this and give me your feedback for what you are able to meet at!!

I'm hoping to see up to ten fans there. :3  I know it's not a lot, but for one city in the Midwest... I think it's good enough for now! ;3  Besides, I have yet to truly flail irl with even one fan, so I really think it will be exciting!!  No matter what.  Fandom is love, numbers aren't that important!.

Also, if you can't go to the lantern festival but you want to get together for flailing sometime over coffee or whatnot, leave a comment or message me! Either on LJ or at sourringo@gmail.com .  I'll see if we can nail down some plans for that~ I know there were several people who said they wanted to do a meetup but couldn't make it to the lantern festival.

...I think that's it for now.
Peace, Love, & Arashi

-Ingrid

Comments

[jinnyss.livejournal.com]

Hey! I commented as Thursday on vox but...man, I'm sad I don't live in MN now. T__T Baaah. Oh well.

Thank you again for the posts over there. =| I'm kind of afraid of vox, but I'm a little bit more comfortable on LJ...

[katzichan.livejournal.com]

aw, yay! ^^ sad that you don't live here though. orz do you mind if I add you as a friend? I need moar frenz. :(

<3 I feel the opposite way, to be honest... but I'm working on overcoming my LJ fear! :O

[jinnyss.livejournal.com]

Haha, we'll help each other X3. I'll add you back right now~

And yeah, wished I lived there. T__T I'll just quietly support arashi from over here, and pretend I'm there. Hahaha.

[katzichan.livejournal.com]

XD I'll just pretend you're here too. ^^

[karadin.livejournal.com]

I'm going to the festival with my spouse and kids, so I will look out for Arashi uchiwa.

[katzichan.livejournal.com]

Excellent! Feel free to say hi.:D

[katzichan.livejournal.com]

I'm sad you're not too. ;A; but maybe we should do coffee or something whenever you are?

[quinnsan.livejournal.com]

You know, I really really want to go to this, so I'm going to do whatever I have to to make sure I can go. ^^ The one problem is that that day is also my sister's birthday and I have no idea what my mom will want to do for that but honestly..I don't want to go. I'd much rather go to the Lantern Festival and get to me a bunch of fellow fans and my sister has said she doesn't want me at her birthday party anyways. xDD But right now it looks like I'll still be in MN for this, so yay! xD I think pretty much anytime will work for me really, and if I have to take Metro Transit to get there so be it. xD

Hmm..I remember now what icon I need to get..an Arashi one. xD I still have yet to get one so I must go on the hunt for one soon. xDD

[katzichan.livejournal.com]

Lol yay! :D I think I know you on vox. That, or several Arashi fans have sisters with birthdays that day. :'D Three cheers for doing whatever it takes to make it? :D I hope you can show up!

[quinnsan.livejournal.com]

Hehe. xD Its me, though it'd be cool if other fans had sister's with birthday's the same day as my sister's...that way we could all ditch the parties. xDDD
...ok for some reason I have the urge to go on a crack song listening spree..luckily I have several on my playlist. xDD I guess the whole '3 cheers for doing whatever it takes to make it' made me want to. xDD

[katzichan.livejournal.com]

yay! banzai~ banzai~ banzai~
there are your cheers. x3

[woelvs.livejournal.com]

Darn it! I thought I was going to be driving up to Grand Marais in mid-august, but I have too much to do. It would've been nice to stop in St. Paul and hang out with some fellow fans..... ToT

[katzichan.livejournal.com]

;o; aw sad. Well, now you know you have some fellow fans in the Cities! If you ever get the chance...
ps~ adding you if that's okay! ^^

[woelvs.livejournal.com]

I go through there several times a year, so maybe next time~
And that's fine, I'm adding you back. Hooray for new midwest fangirl friends ^o^

[tatoeba.livejournal.com]

I might be able to make this. Anytime should be fine with me and it sounds like a good plan. I might bring my younger sister too, since she's also a JE fan. I'm not entirely sure if I'll be able to go, but hopefully I will! It sounds like a lot of fun! Thank you for organizing this! ♥

[katzichan.livejournal.com]

excellent! :O it would be so fun if you could. If you're able, shoot for 4-ish! :DDD

[mynamelessname]

I just found out that I can make it! (I'm the person that commented at facebook last week and I didn't know if I could make it because of my cousin's shower. I just thought that I would comment here, too.)

[katzichan.livejournal.com]

AWESOME. 8D four o'clock, hope to see you there!! :O
(also... adding you as a friend okay? :o )

[mynamelessname]

YAY!!

Oh, it's totally ok. :D