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🥳 A social group to help you meet new friends!
📍San Diego & North County
👩🏻‍🦱 Founded by @msalexandrahunter
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🍂 San Diego & North County friends, Fall is here (just waiting for the weather to get the memo lol) and our October meet new friends event calendar is live!

This month we’re celebrating all things 🎨 Creativity 🎭!

📅 October San Diego Events:
👟 Walk + Talk 40’s - Oct 13 🥗 Serve Night at @sdfoodbank - Oct 20
🥳 619 Night - Oct 21
☕️ Brew Crew (walk + coffee) - Oct 24

Whether you’ve been coming to IRL events for a while or you’ve been thinking, “I should finally go…” we’d love to meet you! 😃

Comment RSVP and we’ll send you the link to sign up!

See you soon friends! 🤠

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THE most common DM and email I get these days is, “I’m nervous about coming.” And that makes sense!! Because hello yes! Walking into a group of strangers can absolutely feel scary! But I want you to know if that’s you, feeling nervous, SO many other people you’ll be meeting are feeling nervous too.

And when I (Alex 👋) created @irl.sd & @irl.hq, I had that constantly running through my head. How can we help create environments that make meeting new friends feel less scary?

It’s a learning curve, for both you and me! I’ve done some trial and error and learned a lot from your guys’ feedback. But the goal remains the same. Create opportunities for connection in ways that feel laidback, easy, and safe. And you guys, each of you, have been a huge part of making that a success! Because one of the other most common pieces of feedback I get is “everyone is so friendly and I’m so glad I decided to come.”

Thank you for being those kind of people, the kind of people that make others feels comfortable and welcomed. This mission to create friendship simply would not be possible without you. Thank you for being here. ❤️ Friends in San Diego by @irl.sd

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You guys 🙈 lol—I realized this weekend I’ve never formally introduced myself to this group!! There’s a person behind @irl.sd & @irl.hq …and it’s me! Hello! 👋

I’m Alexandra Hunter (@msalexandrahunter ), but you can call me Alex! I founded IRL SD in July 2024 (a little unintentionally tbh lol). I made a post saying I had 4 tickets to the Padres game and anyone who wanted to come could join. That was our first “official” event and the rest is history!

By day, I work in event marketing but my passion is social health and helping people find, build, and maintain meaningful community. And I LOVE networking people. It truly brings me so much joy to help connect you to other great people, so never hesitate to ask me to play wingwoman. It would be my honor!!

I wasn’t always like this though. I’m an extrovert at heart but spent a long time as a bit of an isolationist (bc tbh it felt safest “there”). So I know how hard life can feel without people—and how life-giving it is when you have the right ones. Which is why I created this group, to help others find the community we all deep down need.

I’ve lived in San Diego for 5 years and grew up in AZ & TX. I moved here not knowing a single soul… right at the start of C0vid. It was weird, it was lonely, but it was also a big inspiration for starting IRL SD, so that really came full circle well I guess.🥲

My little life motto is: Life is hard, but we shouldn’t have to do it alone. And that’s what I’m here to hopefully help do, make the world a little less lonely. ❤️

Would love to learn a little about you too! 🤝Drop your name, how long you’ve lived in SD, and where you’re originally from and let’s see how many people we have from the same home state! 👀
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San Diego friends, our 40’s+ walk & talk is right around the corner!

You guys specifically asked for an event for the 40 and onwards crowd and who are we to say no. 😎

It’s easy, laidback, co-ed and free!

(And yes, you can still come even if you’re under 40!)

See you soon! 🤠

📆 Tues, Oct 13
⏰ 6 PM
📍 Mission Bay

Comment WALK and we’ll send you the link to RSVP!

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You ready to meet new friends in San Diego?! 🤠

Comment RSVP and we’ll send you the calendar!

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Guess what San Diego?! We host a walk specifically for people 40+ to meet new friends!

It’s easy, fun, and free! Hope to see you at the next one!

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👟 We’ve always hosted meet new friends events for all ages…20s, 30s, and beyond. But last year the 40+ crowd asked if we could have a few events specifically for their age group and I (Alex lol) was like sure, why not?! And thus was born our 40’s+ Walk & Talk!

It’s a laidback evening designed to help you connect with new friends in similar stages of life! We walk for about an hour with a little time to mingle before and after.

If you’d like to meet new friends in San Diego and that sounds like your kind of evening, we’d love to meet you at our next one!

And yes you can come even if you’re not 40 yet! 🙂Anyone who wants to walk is welcome, just know most people will be in that age group!

📆 Tues, Sept 29
⏰ 6:00 PM
📍 Mission Bay

Comment “walk” and we’ll send you the link to sign up!

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🥳 What’s 619 Night you ask? It’s our monthly San Diego meet new friends event, designed to help you meet new friends in an easy, laidback way!

We play games, have ice breakers, raffles, and prizes!

It’s a great way to connect with people more 1:1 and build meaningful connections. This isn’t just about meeting people, it’s about creating intentional time to start building friendships!

Thank you to everyone who came out last night and thank you @themixersandiego for hosting us!

Can’t wait to see you next month! 🤠

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And we call it Brew Crew! We walk for an hour and get coffee after, all with the intention of helping you meet new friends in San Diego!

It’s free, it’s co-ed, it’s easy and laidback. See you at the next one!

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❓ What’s 619 Night, you ask?
Our monthly meet-new-friends event designed to help you meet new people and other local community groups in San Diego! We have ice breakers, trivia, and of course there are always prizes! 👀

Comment 619 and we’ll send you all the info about our next one on Sept 16!

#sandiegoevents #thingstodoinsandiego #meetnewfriends #sandiegofriends #meetnewpeople

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🎉 San Diego friends, 619 Night is right around the corner!

Join us for an evening curated to:
1. Help you meet new friends 👋
2. Introduce you to local community partners — fellow social clubs, hobby groups, and more! 🤝

This month we’re headed to our pals @themixersandiego in Liberty Station, and we’re especially excited about this one!

The Mixer is a family-owned restaurant that recently shared that they’re struggling and could really use the community’s support. We love getting to support local businesses through IRL when we can, so we’d love to show up for them this month!

Join us for an evening of new friends and supporting a local business while we’re at it!

🗓 Wed, Sept 16 ⏰ 6:19–9:00 PM 📍 @themixersandiego at Liberty Station

🎟 Tickets required. Comment “619” and we’ll send you more info and the ticket link!

#sandiegoevents #thingstodoinsandiego #meetnewfriends #sandiegofriends #meetnewpeople

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