I attended the October meeting and it was a blast! Very well attended in a terrific space. If you LA pipesters haven't come to a meeting you're missing out, big time. I really enjoyed chatting with the various attendees and in particular, Brian McNulty of Anima Pipes. Come out and support this club!
A word about the space. The event was held at Briar Hound in Pasadena. It's a cool spare space, open on weekends only, that is devoted to pipes and pipe tobacco. No cigs, vapes, cigars. The young proprietor is passionate about pipes, offers a nice selection of artisan pipes at very attractive prices, a few blends of his own, and a small selection of tinned tobacco. It's basically a start up, and an insane idea in these times.
But if LA pipe smokers want s place to meet up, and a place where they won't feel like an afterthought, they need to support this place. There are few places in LA to go where a pipe smoker can feel at home and in the next couple of years there is a pretty good chance that at least two major stores will close. Briar Hound is a place where the pipe smoker can feel right at home.