Real live chess

Hi,

although I play a fair amount of online chess games and that it helped me a lot in improving my skills, I still feel that I don't play enough real live chess (in front of a real board, against a real opponent).

Real live chess seems to have a completely different quality than online and I think I am missing an important aspect of chess. I would like to play more live chess.

Chess clubs and chess cafés are too intimidating (players are too strong) for my needs. 

How do you tackle that problem? How do you find opponents for your chess games?

Thanks!

Carlos.

how about if you ask your neighbor or someone you meet if they play chess.

then you can arrange to play a game of chess with them