Boothn02

Hi I'm moving next week, to calabasas,ca I am a little concerned how to meet new people, was wondering if any Brits near here? Or tips on how to interact or meet new people?

Sally Redux

I am in Calabasas but don't ask me for tips on meeting people

Will try to help you if I can though.

Poppy girl

Calabasas, Justin Bieber the Kadashians filthy rich area

Poppy girl

Flippen heck girl you kept that quiet who's your neighbour!!

Sally Redux

Howie Mandel is the only one we seem to see.

Poppy girl

I remember going up there on business once to a I think it was a Ralphs and did not want to leave, its beautiful there.

Howie Mandel sure you could find better than that lol

Sally Redux

Only my daughter moves in those circles

Bob

The usual, meetup and facebook groups I'd have thought, if that's your cup of tea...

GeoffM

This will probably be my vaguest post yet... there is a British pub in the Hollywood area +/-10mi (keeping my options open here, but I'm pretty sure it's NW of downtown) that apparently has a social scene. There's a bloke that posts here occasionally called Mark something or other who can tell you more.

I keep meaning to go myself as I have rellys up in Tarzana which is somewhere near... ish... maybe. There's a British shop in Tarzana too, very small but at least you can get Bisto there.

larrabee

Are you thinking of the Cat and Fiddle?

http://www.thecatandfiddle.com/

That's pretty far from Calabasas though.

Boothn02

Thanks for your responses, I will defiantly visit the British shop in Tarzana, :-) its not far from we will be. Only 3 days until I travel. Ps I have already sent things like Bisto, HP sauce and salad cream over :-)

GeoffM

I don't know; there was a pub referred to by another poster. It might be it.

What?! Tis but a mere hop.

I think this link might work: here - if not, googling for British shop in Tarzana should work. But it is very small so don't expect much in there. And as it's imported, it's expensive. It's tucked away in a row of shops at the back of the car park behind Blockbuster/Cocos/Vons.

Boothn02

Nice one Geoff, I will defiantly visit :-), also I will have to get some care packages sent from the UK? So how long of you lived in California?

GeoffM

There's also Amazon. I ordered some curry powders from the UK from a recommendation on this forum and - just as the poster said - the package got opened by Customs! But they're pretty good mixes. Yesterday we had Peri-Peri chicken (ok, not Indian but from the same place) and the wife loved it - close but not the same as Nando's. Actually, around here there are loads of ethnic shops including Indian but even the Indian places don't sell the same stuff as the UK - different part of the Indian subcontinent I think, like Bangladeshi instead of Punjab cuisine or whatever.

I've lived here about 14 months now.

larrabee

I knew someone would call me on saying that it was far but we could walk to our local in West Hollywood!