Guest Post: 1st Annual West Coast Urban Sketchers Sketchcrawl

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New info: There's now an online Google map showing locations for the whole weekend. You can access it on your computer here: http:// (http://goo.gl/maps/zAuG3) http://goo.gl/maps/zAuG3

For a simplified version of this map that you can download and print, go to http://files.meetup.com/3296482/SketchcrawlMap_July2013.pdf

Note that the schedule now includes a 12:30 lunchtime meetup Saturday in the fountain plaza in front of the Embarcadero Building.

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Here's what the USK website says about this event:

Announcing the 1st Annual West Coast Urban Sketchers Sketchcrawl (http://wcuskskcrawl.blogspot.com), July 12 - 14, in the San Francisco Bay Area.

This event will offer any and all urban sketchers anywhere throughout the world, who for whatever reasons, were not able to attend the Barcelona Symposium, a chance to meet new people, and to enjoy group sketching and socializing in the fabulous San Francisco Bay Area, located on the West Coast of the United States.

No fees, no workshops, the event is designed for meeting with new people and friends, and sketching all day on Saturday, the 40th World Wide Sketchcrawl (http://www.sketchcrawl.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=66), in the city where Enrico Casarosa gave birth to the "World Wide Sketchcrawl," San Francisco.

SCHEDULE of EVENTS:

Friday, July 12:

The Golden Bear Inn (http://www.goldenbearinn.com/) in Berkeley is recommended as a reasonably priced, central place to stay. Click on the link to contact them directly. Transportation by the SF Bay Area USk'ers will be provided.

"MEET-UP" at 5Pm in the front office area: Dinner at a local Mexican Restaurant, "Picante (http://www.picanteberkeley.com/menus/regularmenu.pdf)". (Transportation again, by members of the USK SF Bay Area members.)

Early arrivers may want to gather at 3 pm to do a bit of sketching in and around the surrounding neighborhood.

GPS this address: 1620 Pablo Ave, Berkeley, CA., 94702 (https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=209611220762853600657.0004de2f92803d684d49f&msa=0&ll=37.874849,-122.294196&spn=0.001258,0.001998)

Saturday, July 13:

"MEET AND GREET" at 10 am on the large traffic island (https://mail-attachment.googleusercontent.com/attachment/u/0/?ui=2&ik=d86d94c6d6&view=att&th=13ec01f5ca02fad0&attid=0.1&disp=inline&safe=1&zw&saduie=AG9B_P_VvSvnoNv4xd9hQ6kIQniG&sadet=1369248411958&sads=PKOKISN-LQ_0TvMDlogHH9KnDeo) right in front of the Ferry Building.

(For those staying at the Golden Bear Inn, we will depart no later than 8:15 am to catch the 8:46 am BART to the Ferry Building (https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&sugexp=ernk_rr&gs_rn=9&gs_ri=psy-ab&tok=PRHv_UQF2oe2EL0qahgA1g&pq=ferry+building&cp=15&gs_id=2d&xhr=t&q=ferry+building+san+francisco&safe=off&bav=on.2,or.r_cp.r_qf.&bvm=bv.45175338,d.cGE&biw=1920&bih=901&wrapid=tljp1365818211976037&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=krtoUb77IJH2igKK6IC4Cw) at the foot of Market Street. Arrival time - 9:12 am.)

Sketching options from there:

Sharing at 4pm: Meet back together at the back side (water side) of the Ferry Building, then find a place for dinner and continue sketching into the evening, or head back to Berkeley. Participants choice.