
Sketch & Sip: Doodle Night at the Chocolate Lounge (No Skill Required)
Zero pressure doodling over thick drinking chocolate at a Pack Square chocolate lounge, with stick figures and messy sketches encouraged. Casual social sketching of the room, the square, and each other makes meeting new people easy.
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