This is my 6th annual Lunar New Year celebration in Houston Chinatown. We are going to have hotpot - shopping - drinks at Dun Huang Plaza. Here is the lineup: 6:30 pm - Let’s meet for dinner at Shabu House. You pay for what you eat. Each hotpot is around $15 before tax & tips. 8:30 pm - After dinner, we crawl to GW Supermarket. I will introduce the vegetables we ate and fresh seafood section. 9:30 pm - Before the end of the evening, we’ll stop by Meccha Macha for some drinks. You pay for what you drink. Please introduce yourself in the Join the Conversation below, so I can contact you for dietary restriction and event updates. RSVP is highly recommended. If seats are full, please join us at adjacent tables. Tea sampling for registered crawlers. #ChinatownCrawl#HoustonFoodie Note: Times are approximate, but we are going to these 3 location in one night.
This is great to learn that you have been hosting those meetup for 6 years! I hope many people will join you on this event.
I guess it will be hosted in the Chinatown of Houston, is this right? Do you know something more about the Lunar New Year? As you mentioned, it will be the year of the pig. Do you know which will be the element this time? As it is a 60-year circle calendar every combination of an element and an animal probably has its own specific prosperity beliefs for the year?
I am more than curious to ask if you are Chinese? 你会讲中文吗？
Hi. @TsekoV yes. I have been hosting community meetup in Houston Chinatown since 2014. I have shared a few events with Local Guides Connects. It was amazing experience to meet LG in Houston. But there isn’t any formal structure in Houston Community. People are not as active and organizing events became a great challenge.
I am not familiar with the Chinese Zodiac. But I know the cycle comes every 60 years (12 zodiac and 5 elements). Like this year is the Year of the Earth Pig and last year was Fire Rooster.
@MortenSI The meetup went well. Except none of Local Guides showed up. There were 5 people said they are going on my meetup page. But only one person was from Houston. I really wish there was a way to filter people within 100 miles can hit RSVP. (2 from Morocco, 1 from South Carolina and 1 from unknown because there was no public photo or review). I will try this again for my meetup event in May.
I’m glad to hear you had a great time at least @LouMC .
The best way is to just continue hosting meet-ups, and eventually people will be lining up to join.
If you have an idea about filtering participants for meet-ups, I suggest posting it in the Idea Exchange section here on Connect. Remember to explain your idea thoroughly and feel free to include a screenshot if you can.
I’m looking forward to seeing what you have in store for you event in May.
