Too, if you post in the
General Eastern Gatherings section, calling for a munch somewhere close enough to visit and far enough to avoid feeling you'd be "found", you'd likely find a couple folks would come out to have a cuppa and meet some o' their own.
Means you'd know folks that could roll down to NEST with ya. Could go to other gatherings with ya. Means y'wouldn't be rollin' into events alone, which makes LOTS of people feel awkward.
Lots of advantages to just calling for a munch in your 'hood or nearby.
What d'you do? You post a thread titled "Munch in the 5 Boroughs" and name a location, and a date and time. Go hang their wit' a book, and some object you can name in the post that ANYONE could see (a feather for a bookmark is an easy one.
Once ya got one other person wit' ya, there, yer set, 'cause you can actually talk 'bout whatever, and then the two of you can post about the success of socially enjoyin' it.
There's LOTS of people in that area.
The reason this post is stayin' root level is that this ISN'T hard to do. Munches are the EASIEST way to start organizing, and even if you NEVER have a gathering, you DO have a crew to roll with to other gatherings.
Now go do it.