Originally Posted by
DELee
Saturday options:
a) Meet at Hopsaint for brew and dinner ('tho note that this is 1800 on a Saturday)
always a good choice
b) Stay in the area and hit either King Harbor Brewery (@ 182nd / flatland territory) or King Harbor Brewery (RB Pier/International Boardwalk out on Santa Monica Bay) and Naja's Place (RB Pier/International Boardwalk)
parking convenience at RB pier may be low-ish on Sat evening
c) Go further afield and hit The Honest Abe Cider House & Meadery (Carson) or switch to something a bit closer to your hotel (basically around the block) such as Smoky Hollow Tasting & Taproom/r6 Distillery (El Segundo)
Smoky Hollow/R6 looks *great*; there's also Surfridge Brewing a couple blocks from there
d) Stay in the greater Torrance area and hit any number of the breweries there (
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/33784164-post48.html)
Red Car and Yorkshire are basically brewpubs w full kitchens
food trucks at some other venues
- Smog City has Bison Truck
- Monkish has Bivrit Falafel
- Strand has Bunz Gourmet Burgers
any one (or maybe two) of those are workable, as noted ... any other locals are welcome to weigh in (and of course join in)
Originally Posted by
DELee
Part of it depends on whether you intend to make it to the Systems Thinking Roundtable @ 7 am on Sunday or not....
oh I certainly intend to ... start time notwithstanding, those sessions have been my favorite part of the dozen or so INCOSE conferences I've attended -- given my late (or early, depending on one's perspective, lol) arrival, Sat ain't gonna be a late night regardless
Originally Posted by
DELee
p.s. Depending on your selection(s), may be easier to move closer into Torrance rather than staying up in El Segundo - haven't heard much good things about the former Hacienda Hotel...
I was at SMC one week a month ~Sep 2017 to ~Dec 2018 and spent a LOT of nights at that property; it falls into the "perfectly adequate" category, and the economics definitely work ... $115 vs $142 for the Courtyard opposite King's Hawaiian vs $207 at the Marriott
Originally Posted by
DELee
Wow - who knew INCOSE and Boeing and
jrl767 had so much pull at AS...
you can probably leave Boeing out of this; I've been gone longer than I was there