Extra-Curricular Activities

Evening activities and some restaurants to make finding your dinner easier:

Friday Night at the Bar

8:30 P.M. – We have a special bar set up just for us. Come get a necklace that shows off the genres you write in or would like to conquer. Then, easily find other writers with your same interests.  

Do you write in more than one genre? No problem. Wear many, and doll yourself up for the conference.

Colors:

GOLD—NOIR

SILVER-COZY, AMATEUR SLEUTH

RED- POLICE PROCEDURAL

GREEN-GUM SHOE PRIVATE DETECTIVE

PURPLE-SUSPENSE, PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER

BLUE-HISTORICAL

Haris Orkin

 9 P.M. Don’t miss meeting Haris Orkin and meet his character James Flynn… Yes, we said James, James Flynn, Secret Agent of Her Majesty’s Service. Haris is a novelist, screenwriter, playwright, and an award-nominated game writer. His James Flynn character exceeds all expectations for the power to formulate a powerful figure for a series, action writing, and laugh-out-loud humor.

  9:30 P.M. At The Bar finishes with a battle between Protagonists and Antagonists. As elements needed to create strong main characters are announced, players will offer their best examples.

Saturday Night

8 P.M. Come join us in the Campground Room for a showing of the documentary WOMEN OF MYSTERY! This one hour film features one of our founding members, Sara Paretsky (creator of PI VI Warshawski from Chicago); the late Sue Grafton (creator of PI Kinsey Millhone from the Santa Barbara/Santa Teresa area in her alphabet series); and Marcia Muller (creator of PI Sharon McCone from the San Francisco area). These writers definitely forever changed detective fiction and helped launch Sisters in Crime to give women writers a much needed boost in the genre. We’ll have a few surprises, too, so plan to attend!

Dining Options

Walking Distance 

Dinah’s Family Restaurant 

6521 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90045

http://www.dinahsrestaurant.com/

Viva Fresh Mexican Grill

6515 S Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90045

https://vivafreshmexicangrilltogo.com/

Martini’s Pizzeria 

6503 S Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90045

https://www.martinispizzerialosangeles.com/menu

Drive or Walk (~half a mile)

The Promenade at Howard Hughes Center (Islands, Dave & Busters, Kabuki, Hummus Factory)

6081 Center Drive, Culver City, Los Angeles, CA 90045

https://shophhla.com/dining

Westfield Culver City (Olive Garden, California Fish Grill, Lucille’s BBQ, food court)

6000 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

https://www.westfield.com/culvercity/restaurants

Drive 

George Paterilli’s Famous Steaks 

5615 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City, CA 

http://www.georgepetrellisteaks.com/home.html 

5i Indochine Cuisine

5407 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

https://www.5iindochinecuisine.com/

Hidden Garden Thai Cuisine

4903 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

https://www.eathgthai.com/

Sizzler

5801 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City

https://www.sizzler.com/menu/sizzler-sepulveda-blvd

Pho Show

4349 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

https://www.phoshow.net/

Panera Bread

10990 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

https://locations.panerabread.com/ca/culver-city/10990-jefferson-blvd.html

Tito’s Tacos

11222 Washington Place

https://www.titostacos.com/

Johnnie’s Pastrami

4017 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

https://www.laconservancy.org/locations/johnnies-pastrami

El Rincon Criollo

4361 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

https://bestcubanfood.com/

Holy Cow BBQ

4130 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

https://holycowbbq.com/

Baja Catch and Grill (Mexican)

12219 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

https://bajacatchandgrill.com/

HomeState (Tex-Mex)

12105 E Waterfront Dr., Suite B, Los Angeles, CA 90094

https://www.myhomestate.com/homestate-playa-vista/

Best restaurants in Culver City (Most on Culver, Venice, and Washington Blvds)

https://www.theinfatuation.com/los-angeles/guides/the-best-restaurants-in-culver-city

https://www.thrillist.com/eat/los-angeles/best-culver-city-restaurants-la

Groceries 

Trader Joe’s

6150 Slauson Ave, Culver City, CA 90230

https://locations.traderjoes.com/ca/culver-city/251/

Sprouts Farmers Market

5660 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230

https://sprouts.com/store/ca/culver-city/culver-city