Think Irvine is quiet and boring? Think again. Find spontaneous tonight hangouts, hidden nature and late-night food spots, cheap transit escapes, and fellow Anteaters down to explore.
Choose your mood, roll the roulette, and get a tested micro-adventure with transit directions and student budgets.
What is your current situation?
Step away from the screen, walk across the bridge, and grab a signature milk tea or egg puff.
Step-by-step game plan:
Casual micro-hangouts happening today and this weekend. Tap "Count Me In" to join or chat with the host.
Hooking up Nintendo Switch to the main TV in the community recreation room. We have Mario Kart, Smash, Catan, and Coup. Everyone welcome!
Meeting: 2nd Floor Lounge Room A
Grabbing a fire ring at Balboa Pier in Newport Beach! I have a car with 3 open seats leaving from Verano Lot 22 / Palo Verde. Splitting firewood & marshmallows.
Meeting: Pickup at Verano Community Center / Lot 22
Setting up a couple hammocks and a spikeball net near the redwood grove in Aldrich Park. Complete beginner friendly! Bring a blanket or snacks.
Meeting: Near the Redwood Grove circle
Study break! Anyone down to walk over to University Town Center for mango green tea & egg tarts? Leaving from Plaza Verde / Campus Village lobby.
Meeting: Meet at Plaza Verde front clubhouse steps at 9:15 PM
You do not need a car to have an incredible time at UCI. Within 10-15 minutes of campus housing:
Over 70% of students who join spontaneous hangouts come solo. Everyone is looking for new friends and study breaks without the awkwardness of big club politics.