My apologies for not writing about the LA salon—we’ve been busy trying to get a release out. A full blog post with the audio of the event to come.

It was a smash success—part lecture series, part meetup, part cocktail party, the topics ranged from film music to BDSM to space exploration.

Everyone filled out a tag labeled “Ask me about…” and chatted for a while before we started the “talk” part of the salon. Each 10 minute talk started off with someone getting up and saying a little about what they knew or were passionate about before the group started asking them questions.

As we took a break and everyone rushed to talk to each other about the things discussed, both Judy and I were stunned at how well things turned out. As one person said at the end, “It’s like a book club, where everyone brings their own book and you don’t have to read anything.”

It was an organic, enthusiastic group exploration of the people’s passions and experiences.

We’ll be throwing the next salon in SF a little less than two weeks—where should we host it? The space needs room for 20–40 people. Currently we’re looking at http://bollyhoodcafe.com/.

What do you think?