It's not often that someone can blow into a town and have lunch with a couple of dozen friends that one has never seen before. Blogging, however, opens some pretty unusual doors, and today I got to spend a few hours with some terrific people. We had an informal meeting of CQ readers at the El Torito Restaurant in Fullerton, enjoying lunch and some great conversation. Of course, the CQ community includes some pretty impressive bloggers, such as Patterico, Mike Lief, Darleen Click, the Grumpy Old Man, NZ Bear, OC Chuck, and Achillea. It boasts equally impressive readers and commenters, and I'm happy we got the chance to get together. For such short notice, we got quite a few people together -- I think the final count was 22.

For all of those who made the time to join me, I thank you for spending a little time getting to know one another today. For those who couldn't do it today, I hope we get another chance in the future. In the meantime, here are a couple of snapshots of the party today for everyone's enjoyment.

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