Bay Area Active & Social - 20s, 30s & 40s

Saturday Night Board Games in Mountain View

Sat, Aug 29 · 5:30 PM PDT

Alamo Drafthouse Mountain View, 2575 CALIFORNIA STREET, SUITE 99, MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, US

Join us at Dumbots Bar and Grill on the top floor of the Alamo Draft House theater in Mountain View for Saturday night board games. Many of our members are board game enthusiasts who love teaching board games to new folk -- no board game experience required. You're welcome to bring your favorite games (the bar doesn't have any but I'll bring a bunch) and we'll see you there!

Venue Details

• The venue owners have kindly waived reservation fees, so we ask all attendees to support the venue by ordering food or a drink.
• Tons of nearby parking (details below).
• A five-minute walk to a Caltrain station (details below).
• The Dumbots bar is on the third floor of the Alamo Draft House theater. The venue has elevator access to all floors and escalator access to the second floor.

Games

• Our members bring all sorts of board and card games!
• Word Games (Just One, Hues and Cues, Decrypto, Codenames, Wavelength)
• Visual Card Games (Detective Club, Mysterium, Dixit)
• Territory Building Games (Terraforming Mars, Scythe, Dune Imperium)
• Grid Building Games (Earth, Castle Combo, Happy City)
• Racing Games (Heat: Pedal to the Metal, Jamaica)
• Social Deduction Games (Avalon, Saboteur, Secret Hitler, Feed the Kraken, Blood on the Clocktower, Two Rooms And A Boom)
• Number Games (Hanabi, TEN, The Crew)

Parking

• Tons of free no-time-limit parking in the bar/theater building's eight-level parking garage (Apple Maps, Google Maps) with lots of free parking.
• Additional free no-time-limit surface in the lot by 24 Hour Fitness (Apple Maps, Google Maps).

Dumbots Bar and Grill Menus

• Food and drinks menu here.
• The bar and grill opens at 4:30pm, for folk that want to arrive early and have dinner there before the board games begin.
• The kitchen closes at 10:30pm but the theater stays open until around 11:45-midnight.
• Non-alcoholic mocktails served as well! Ask the bartenders about their mocktail menu.
• Note: outside food and drinks are prohibited.

VTA Light Rail & Caltrains

• The San Antonio Caltrain station is a five-minute walk to the bar. (Google Maps, Apple Maps), in case you've got a Caltrain station near your home or workplace.
• If you're near a Light Rail station, you can take it to downtown Mountain View and walk across the platforms to catch a Caltrain to the San Antonio stop.
• Alternatively you can take Light Rail to the "San Fernando" stop near SAP arena, walk a block to the Caltrain to Diridon station in San Jose and ride that to the San Antonio Caltrain station.

Park calisthenics

Mon, Aug 31 · 6:45 PM PDT

Peter T. Gill Park, Milpitas, CA 95035, Milpitas, Ca, US

This time we'll focus on upper body and do more wrist, finger, and shoulder work to prepare for handstand and planche progressions. If you went to the last event, this will be similar but less lower body work, so we'll do mobility work, exercises, (some) plyos, and finish with upper body work. If you have finger/wrist/elbow/shoulder/back pain, come to this event since a lot of the exercises we'll do will help with that.

Everyone is welcome to this so it's fine if you don't have any experience, since I'll give variations of each exercise to make things easier or harder and you can pick which variation you want to do. This will be a gradual and casual session, so if there's any exercise you're not sure about, ask questions, and if you don't feel comfortable doing something, just skip it.

Calisthenics is a fancy way of saying body weight exercises, so we'll do exercises that don't require any special equipment. To keep things simple, the exercises here will avoid not just special equipment but also any equipment, so you'll be able to do everything we do here at home after.

We'll be on grass and some people had many mosquito bites last week, so avoid wearing a t-shirt and absolutely do not wear shorts, and wear full sleeves/pants instead (ideally a little loose/baggy fit). We'll also do some exercises on the ground, so bring a mat if you don't want to be directly on the grass and wear shoes that have good traction. If you want to do pullup/bar/ring exercises, arrive early or stay late (we don't have time to do those during the event). You can also bring your own equipment (resistance bands, parallettes, weight vest, ...) and work on your own/ask for workout suggestions/provide workout ideas.

If you arrive late/can't find us, check the comments (scroll down past this description to the bottom of the page).

If you're interested in this event but can't make it because of time/location, leave a comment below. If you know parks with calisthenics/workout equipment, add that in a comment below too.

GETTING THERE
Car:
A little more than 2 minutes (0.5 miles) after getting off of 680
Around 5 minutes (1.7 miles) after getting off of 880
There's a small parking lot in front of the basketball court, otherwise you can park on the street.
BART:
Get off at the Milpitas BART station, then it's a

• 15 minute (2.7 miles) bike ride
• 20 minute bus ride (take the 47 or 231)
• 7 minute drive/rideshare (2.4 miles)

Carpool:
If you have a car, please help out and give rides if you're comfortable doing so! Use https://www.groupcarpool.com/t/ - note that the info you enter here is PUBLICLY available for anyone who has the link, so don't fill out all the fields, just the required ones (use a backup if you can).

FOOD
Walking/talking/eating is not part of the event and will be after the event, so plan to stay later if you want to do that. Nearby places within a 10 minute walk:
- IHOP
- Mikonos Grill (Greek)
- La Milpa (Mexican)
- Chick-fil-A
- Yogurtland
- Jamba Juice
- Crumbl Cookies
- Sri Radha's Veg Cuisine (Indian)
- Erik's DeliCafe
- Luu New Tung Kee Noodle
- Giorgio's Italian Food and Pizzeria
- Yoshi Sushi
- Nothing Bundt Cakes
- El Torito
- Starbucks
- Peet's Coffee
- i-Tea
- Safeway

Photo credit: Jack Liou (Google Maps)

SAFETY DISCLAIMER
The organizers of this meet-up are unpaid volunteers and not expert guides. All participants agree to assume 100% responsibility for their own safety, conduct, and well-being and recognize that possible hazards exist while participating in outdoor (or any other) activities, and agree to participate solely at their own risk. If you RSVP “Yes” and/or attend any of our events, it shall be conclusively presumed that you understand and agree to this policy and disclaim the host of any liability.