About

Nate
Me.
Collector Game Night

A Wisconsin pine and a California palm.

I'm a child of two coasts: for most of my life on Lake Michigan, in Milwaukee, but I've been in and out of Los Angeles since I was a teenager. Now I'm on the Pacific, in LA for good. In either place, I live by the water. The pictures are mine.

I spent the first half of my life bringing people together online to give back, and to put more good into the world. Tens of thousands of people at a time, usually just an email, rarely a face to go with it. Now, in the second half of my life, I want to bring people together in the real world, to build community and have fun. Just ten people at a time, face to face, laughing and talking and making memories.

Interesting people with interesting collections always seem to generate some of the best stories, so I thought I’d bring them all together and see what we can cook up ;)

Catch you at the next one,

Nate

P.S. My day job is AI development, and my side hobby is private game nights with serious collectors.

My two coasts

Lake Michigan and the Pacific, in my own pictures.

A Wisconsin house at night in the snow, every window lit, the porch rail and the tree strung with colored lights
Milwaukee
A lighthouse at the end of a Lake Michigan breakwater under the northern lights
Wisconsin
The sun going down into the Pacific
Los Angeles
Nate, in silhouette under a stone arch, watching the northern lights over the lake
Wisconsin
A pier at sunset, people in silhouette along the rail
Los Angeles
Snow on the pines along a bluff over Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
A bell on the pier at golden hour
Los Angeles
A railing caked in ice over a blue Lake Michigan
Milwaukee
A backyard ice rink in the snow, a hockey net at the far end, a fire pit and iron chairs in the front
Milwaukee
Ice breaking up on the river through town, in black and white
Milwaukee

Join in

Two ways to be part of the next one.

I’m always looking for collectors and hosts, so get on the list here. I match folks up with nights.

Want me to host one for your group? Tell me what you want to do, and I’ll make it happen.

Tell me what you want to do