October Office Hours: Pumpkin Painting @ Shameless Grounds

Aimee rocks.
How awesome is it that she always picks out a cool venue?
How unique is it that she always plans a fun activity to go with her office hours?
How dedicated is it that she follows up on RSVPs so she makes sure she has enough supplies for everyone? (Sorry for RSVPing so late!)
How cool is it that she makes sure that everyone is introduced to each other?
She is like the party rockstar.
Thanks to Aimee, Office Hours and any other Unilocal event is less intimidating if you don’t know anyone. Every single Unilocal event I’ve been to I’ve met new and friendly faces… it’s just that cool. So if you’ve been thinking that you’d like to come to an event, but you just don’t know anyone, you really don’t have an excuse. Plus, it’s super neat to see the personalities you see online come to life!

Office Hours is what Unilocal is all about. Great location, but I will review the venue on it’s own page. I unfortunately had to rush away early (after having so much fun I lost track of the time and was LATE) to a dinner with the boyfriend’s family. His family had many curious questions about Unilocal: «So, it’s like, a community?»
YES. Unilocal is not just a bunch of random people reviewing businesses. We are a group of people who share a love food and supporting local businesses, and enjoy hanging out and forming friendships. And we embodied all of that!
Painting pumpkins was too freaking cute. Like Mandie said, it was very therapeutic. I am quite proud of my Burst-​kin.
New Unilocal Poncho swag, which was perfect considering the dreary weather we’re having. It is adorable — has a superhero on it! I may or may not have come home and «flown» around the apartment to my own superhero theme song, wearing absolutely nothing except the poncho. What? Aerodynamics, yo. Devin H. can vouch for that one.
Way to lead that group activity, Tracey… such a teacher you are. Unilocal-​Libs are entertaining as all get out.
I really wish I could have had time to make my way down the table and talk more to all of you. Thank Goodness we have Office Hours every month! I always look forward to them.
Thanks, Aimee!

I always enjoy Unilocal Office Hours, mainly because I find out so much more about people due to the intimacy of the events. With larger events you have to work the room, and mingling with all that amazingness sometimes gets confusing that when you are thrown with a less-​intimidating amount of people, you can create bonds that are stronger than some of my closest friendships.
Word.

I was looking for you! Why didn’t you come? You are missing out. If you are new to Unilocal you need to come to «Office Hours». This is a great way to ask questions of Aimee and other Unilocalers. I know I had many questions in the beginning.
This months event/​meeting was held at Shameless Grounds. What a cool place. I had hibiscus tea. First time I’ve had that in its «real» form. It was in a bag– sort of like a diaper, no silly little tea bag.
We did something fun. we painted pumpkins. I left mine, Hope it amuses someone.
I meet some new folks– Angela and Cherry. I would love to meet you too!
Come to the November «Office Hours». You will like it. Alcohol will probably be involved.

My fellow Unilocalers, I’m going to let you in on a well kept secret. Some of the best Unilocal events are the Office Hours. If you don’t believe me, come to the next one and you will see how much fun they are really.
What makes the OH’s some of the best is that it is a small intimate gathering. It’s like a private party in someones home or backyard. It gives new Unilocalers an opportunity to meet Aimee, Elite members and all Unilocalers an opportunity to bond in a relaxed environment.
OH’s also gives me motivation to visit a venue I may have never thought about visiting. I would have never gone to Shameless Grounds and OH’s got me there and I loved it. Shameless Grounds is not for everyone, but it is one cool coffeehouse. SG is not a family environment, there is a adult/​sexual theme going on. Being a previous coffee shop owner I was impressed with the detail that their Batista used in making the lattes and cappuccinos. I did not eat anything from the menu, but what I saw at other tables looked delicious.
Another great thing about OH’s, is a group of adults can sit around a table and paint pumpkins. Also, there usually are attendance prizes and this time we got the new Unilocal Poncho. Which is sure to be a hit on the fashion scene this rainy fall season. I am sure American Apparel and LL Bean will be wishing they created the design. Take note of the posted picture and be green with envy.

Sooo fun! The conversations, people & coffeehouse were awesome & cool! Dang it, I can’t believe I left my uniquely decorated pumpkin at the event. Kudos to Aimee for picking such a cool place & for organizing a cool event!

Sometimes Aimee doesn’t want to make Office Hours into an event we can review on Unilocal because she gets sick of hearing how amazing she is and how amazing her events are. Well get used to it, Aimee. We are UnilocalERS. We MUST Unilocal about your awesomeness or we will shrivel up and waste away in the fetal position, rocking back and forth, muttering about 5 stars and vadazzling.
For your reading enjoyment, I have turned my review of tonight’s experience into a «Yelp Lib». If you don’t know what a Unilocal Lib is, SHAME on you for not coming to the event tonight. Ditch another event and I will be forced to post your picture on
as punishment.
Fill in the blanks as directed.
Tonight a gaggle of totally _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (adjective synonymous with «awesome») members from _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (name of awesome website with Real Peeps and Real Reviews) convened at St. Louis’ newest and hottest coffee shop, Shameless Grounds, for pumpkin painting and delicious gossip.
_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (name of Unilocal Community Manager) and _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (name of Elite Unilocaler) _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ed (verb) their _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (name of hot beverage) and _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ed (verb) their pumpkins.
Things were going smoothly until somebody spilled their _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (noun) on ___________’s (name of Unilocaler) _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (noun).
Polite conversation suddenly turned _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (adjective) when _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (name of Unilocaler) brought up the _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (euphemism for the waxing of the female pubic region) and the _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (word describing the act of attaching rhinestones to clothing using a home appliance). None of the other customers at Shameless Grounds minded the raunchy humor, though, as this sex-​positive coffee shop seemed pretty open to pretty much any topic of conversation.
Some of the Unilocalers present assumed «sex positive» was synonymous with «orgy» and expected a lot more _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (adjective) _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (noun synonymous with sex) to be occurring at said coffee shop. The Mexican Mocha, though, was the hottest thing going.
Laid back. Fun. Friendly. Aimee’s tab.
Office Hours are the best thing since _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (adjective) _​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​_​ (noun).

Awesome time had by all! As everyone else has already said, Aimee rocks, blah, blah, blah. Good thing she’s a grounded individual… otherwise, she’d have a head the size of Texas. She’s adorable, but would look so-​completely-​ridiculous with a large head.
I’ll wait to review the place and their goodies, but this was a great meeting place. It was big enough that we didn’t feel like we were taking over the place, but small enough where a million other people were in the room fighting to hear one another.
I knew several attendees from prior events… and «knew» most of the others from their reviews, but it’s always so much better to hang with the «real deal». We had some interesting (typical Unilocalaliscious Awesome) conversations, and got to know one another over some yummy drinks (thanks, Aimee!!). I had the hot chocolate… and it was so good I drank it within 10 minutes. I felt like a little kid and really wanted to turn my mug over, saying «all gone?» while looking at the barista with puppy dog eyes so that she’d feel bad and make me more.
What a cool group we are! It’s not egotistical or inappropriate to say if it’s true, right?
Love the Unilocal Libs on the napkins. I got a couple to take with me to Denver just to show what an awesome time we have. Oh, the fun I’ll have when drinking and playing with the Unilocal Libs. I really enjoy Tracey W’s version… That girl is a rock star all the way.
My lil punkin might still be drying, but it was too busy listening to the awesome banter and conversations to dry while we were there. Can you blame it? I cannot.
Cannot wait until the next event!

Pumpkins, Ponchos, and Coffee, Oh my!
This was a great Unilocal event! After the busy day I had it was so nice to be around fun people while paining pumpkins! It was in fact a very therapeutic event in a way and sometimes it actually was pretty quiet while we were all concentrating on out creativity. Painting is not my forte, but I think my little guy turned out ok after all. He will be traveling with me to my office in the morning.
As for the atmosphere it was a great location! Shameless Grounds will get its own review from me soon, but in one word this was «different», and of course I mean that in a good way.
As this was my 2^nd Unilocal event I am still kind of new to the scene, but everyone is always so nice and welcoming! I am so glad I have joined Unilocal.This has helped me meet some pretty amazing people in the past few months. I enjoyed laughing and chatting with everyone who was there.
I must admit that the best most amazing part of the night was when Tracey began to fill out the Mad-​Lib Napkins… Yes, Unilocal has their very own napkins with Mad-​Lib! It was great! The table participation shouting out verbs, adjectives, and nouns was perfect! We had some pretty funny stories to tell.
I look forward to some more Unilocal events and I look forward to getting to know some more people!
Oh and did I mention Aimee brought us some Unilocal Ponchos? Well they are pretty much amazing! Thanks!