USA San Francisco 2025 Sunday Feb 1st

I’d be down for some kind of red theme, but I’ll admit to being a bit biased on that front, lol

 

Valentine's sounds like a cute theme! Or just red too!

 

I love Valentine's themes, but I'm not feeling up to adventure today. Please post photos!

 

What are we thinking for a March meet? Third Sunday is like the 16th so maybe the 23rd? General spring theming?

 

23rd sounds good to me! I'll see if I can summon some spring bunnies.

 

I can make it on the 23rd. Sounds like fun.

 

23rd sounds good!

 

I plan to be there as well. Excited for the spring theme!!

 

I'll be there as well!

 

I have some stuff planned that weekend but I'll go if I can!!

 

I'm in town so I'll be there! My friend @chobi can probably make it as well.

 

Am I allowed to bring a smart doll? I'm still picking out a BJD, so I don't have one yet, but I understand if I shouldn't. Thank you!

 

I can be there on the 23rd! This will be my first BJD meetup. :3

 

Welcome! Are you new to the Bay or the hobby? Can't wait to meet you!

 

Yes, absolutely! We welcome a wide variety of dolls!

 

Awesome, thank you!

 

If anyone’s interested in carpooling to save on gas/parking/driving/environmental reasons, lmk! I’m by Santa Clara (South Bay), and I can drive &/or contribute to gas & parking.

 

New to the hobby!

 

Oooh, I'm curious which doll drew you into the hobby or how you got into it!!

For me (and this was ages ago), it was Dream of Doll, a now closed-down company.

 

I'm so sorry, but I won't be able to make the doll meet this time, but I'll keep my eyes peeled for the next gathering. Until then, please have fun for me.

 

I just happened to log in tonight and see this is tomorrow, I’m gonna try and make it!

 

Edit: can make it after all, just might be a little late!

 

I started by watching youtube videos, I liked watching people dress up their dolls. Then I went to a really big doll convention and found Polaris by Elfdoll!

 

Ooh I'd love some video recommendations! I've heard bili bili is a great place to watch BJD reviews, faceup tutorials, and unboxing videos for cool new BJD stuff, but I haven't toggled around as much because it always asks me to register/login every few minutes ^^;;;

Sorry I didn't get to speak more with you today, but it was great meeting you IRL!!

 

okay so may is always tricky because fanime. Do we want to shoot for the 18th?

 

I think that's doable for us. Botanic Garden?

 

As much as I love it, it's not free to people who live outside SF

 

Oh, my mistake. I thought that's where the April meet was proposed.

 

I have proposed it for next saturday if anyone wants to and is able to come, but I think the large bimonthly meets are in a good enough spot for now.

 

there's also been a proposal for 5/11 for the bimonthly meet.

 

How did we get so far away from the last Sunday of the month?

 

Fanime really cuts into it, but I thought the target was 3rd sunday?

 

There's literally never been a target and it does happen monthly and bimonthly on and off depending on the vibe lol. There never was a standard here

 

I would love to attend a doll meet in SF in May if it’s still happening

 

The poll on the discord definitely indicates that the 18th is preferred.

 

I thought my bringing it up in here two weeks ago *was* me bringing planning into this thread? I wanted to make sure that those who expressed their opinion on the date in the discord poll also had a voice here because a number of those members don't have access to DoA or are not in this thread.

That said, I think a picnic theme sounds cute.

 

What is the discord group called?

 

here is the link! https://discord.gg/KrgzeMUWNp
Edit: the name is DoA Bay Area

 

We relay all planning info back onto this thread, don't worry! And the discord group is very open so anyone who sees us mention it here or comes to the meet, we can give them the discord link if they want it! It's very accessible. I think most people who attend the meet are in the discord, so it's easier to plan that way and it's an easier social outlet for those of us in it than strictly planning on DoA, since we get instant notifications and such.

 

I love a picnic theme and plan to be there on the 18th! Will we still meet at the usual place then walk to the park?

 

Yeah, the park is literally right outside the doors we meet closest to, so it still makes sense to meet there.

 

I likely won't be able to make it on the 18th, but I'll be at Fanime if anyone would like to meet up there!

 

I wanted this to happen for so long yet I'm out of town that day

 

there will be other meets in the future! We generally do every other month on the 3rd or 4th Sunday.

 

I plan on bringing my Pipos Mars Ryu B, Dream of Doll Sha, and one other. :3

 

Ahhh I might not be able to make the 18th anymore. I gotta work over most l weekend SIGH.

 

Exhaustion has caught up with me this week, so I'm going to sit this one out. I always like seeing all the Bay to Breakers costumes all over the city too, but I need a day of silence. ;_;

 

My allergies are kind of kicking my booty so I’m going to stay home as well.

 

It's been a bad week for allergies! I'm glad I already bowed out, got some bad news this morning so I would have been a mess anyway.

 

Hi all! Just checking in to see if the Botanic Garden meet is still happening? It was mentioned earlier in the thread, but I don't see if we settled on a date or not. Somehow, I remembered it being for Sunday, June 22nd, but maybe I hallucinated that.

 

Yeah, we're still planning to go! I don't know that we got beyond Arboretum 6/22 1pm. I guess we have to figure out where to gather inside.

 

Yes, the San Francisco Botanical Garden meet is scheduled for Sunday 6/22 from 1pm to 5pm. I still need to make a detailed schedule for the meet as we will be visiting specific locations.

 

I am definitely going to this one! I've been so MIA since January's meet? Haha
Was this a picnic/summer theme? Am I hallucinating now too?

 

Hi, discord has been kind of quiet so I came here to see if the botanical garden meet was still on too. I'll be there! though I'll have to leave early, have to catch my train home.

 

That was the May Meet. This is not themed as it's mostly just meant to take photos.