You're invited, January 29th

topic posted Tue, January 4, 2005 - 5:57 PM by  offlineTansy
I haven't figured out how to post an event invitation, so I hope this will do - please let me know if you think you'll come!

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You are all invited for a clothes and music swap, with dancing on mystery lumps and hot tub bathing!!

Date: January 29th
Time: afternoon & evening. I was thinking of starting around 3, and going as late as anyone wants to stay.
Bring: clothes you want to trade (or sell, if you're especially fond of them), bellydance or otherwise; music to play for each other and blank CDs in case you want copies; munchies or beverages if you like; a towel.

Directions:
Drive North on 101, through Marin and Petaluma.
After the Railroad Ave exit, take the first Cotati exit which is Sierra Ave.
At the stop sign turn left and go under the freeway,
take the 3rd right, which is Grove St., and go over the hill.
Turn right on Madrone (Grove St. ends here), it will make a sharp left, and then you take the first left on Isabel. If you get to 116, you've gone too far.
Our house is the 4th on the right, 7729 Isabel, and there's a big slope of iceplant in front.
The number here is 707-665-0131 if you get lost.

My plan was to make a big pot of soup (veggie - let me know if there's something you can't eat), and have some things to drink and desserties on hand. You're welcome to add to that however you want.

We can try on stuff and dance in the former garage, it has the aforementioned mystery lumps but it's pretty spacious, and it has mirrors.

The hot tub's outside - if it's raining, we'll want umbrellas, or I can try to scare up a rain structure of some kind (or maybe we can try one of the famous shade structures??).

If there's anything I've forgotten, or you have suggestions, let me know!

-Tansy
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Tansy
SF Bay Area
  • Re: You're invited, January 29th

    Wed, January 5, 2005 - 1:57 PM
    We've got access to EZ-Up tents that we use at the race track so we'll bring one with us. We got some camp chairs too.
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      Re: You're invited, January 29th

      Thu, January 6, 2005 - 12:28 PM
      THis sounds sooo great! I can't wait! I'll be snowboarding for the first time this season the 26th-28th, so I'm sure the hot tub will be just what I need.

      Count me in. If anyone wants to carpool, let me know.
      • Re: You're invited, January 29th

        Thu, January 6, 2005 - 3:58 PM
        Yay! I'm glad you'll be there!

        Shalalah, the EZ-up sounds like a great idea if it's raining! We have one, but it's in Gerlach and kind of shredding. What size are they? The tub is 7' square, I think.

        I realized I'd been thinking of this as an all-girl endeavor -- I don't imagine they'd find the clothing or music parts all that interesting, and I think we might be more willing to improvise with less of an audience -- but you all might not want to leave your sweeties behind for the day. Should they come but go away for a while?? (There's an indoor shooting range nearby, miniature golf, some billiards place & of course bars...) Thoughts?
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          Re: You're invited, January 29th

          Sun, January 9, 2005 - 1:11 PM
          My hub would be glad to not be dragged to a BD thing... but if guys are going to a shooting range he may be interested.
          • Re: You're invited, January 29th

            Sun, January 9, 2005 - 11:51 PM
            I think Christopher would rather not be here too (he was going to stay in Oakland & come up the next day). The range is indoors, and I suspect they might run out of ammo or money long before we were done playing with clothes and whatnot - maybe we can do a trip to the firing range another time and the rest of us can go too!
        • Re: You're invited, January 29th

          Mon, January 10, 2005 - 2:12 PM
          My husband actually likes going to these things, besides, he likes to hang out with a bunch of good looking women!

          Also, I believe the EZ-Up is big enough (10' x 10') but I'll verify that for sure.
          • Change of plans?

            Sun, January 16, 2005 - 7:16 PM
            Hi lovely fellow dancers,

            It seems like our possible attendance is rather sparse, and since I think we'd have more fun (and more clothing) if more of us were there, I had a few thoughts:

            Should we do it at a later date? It sounded like Kyrsten's work will conflict with the 29th, and Shalalah might not have her new cool hair additions by the end of this month (and I'm all excited about seeing it when she does)... Is there anyone else who might be more likely to come if we postponed it? And if we do, when would be better?

            I realize I'd really rather this be an all-girl event (at least if it's here) - I hope that doesn't make anyone not want to come, but if so perhaps a different place would be better? (I'm still all for future boys-included gatherings, here or elsewhere.)

            I also thought I'd like to invite a couple of dancers from around here, if it's okay to add them to the tribe.

            Oh, and if anyone was thinking of not coming because you don't have clothes or costumes to share/trade/whatever, please don't worry! I'm sure Shalalah and I have more than enough to keep us entertained!

            Thank you all for humoring your potential hostess - I hope to see you soon! (though maybe not as soon as I'd thought :-)
            • Re: Change of plans?

              Mon, January 17, 2005 - 9:36 AM
              Oh yes, do I have loads of costume stuff to bring!

              And I think it would be great to have more people added to our tribe, the more the better!

              At this point I too think that postponing would be a good idea, maybe we can try for February 26th, or maybe even the week after Rakkasah, that way we can show off our new purchases or moves that we learned. I'm game for anything.
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                Re: Change of plans?

                Tue, January 18, 2005 - 9:52 AM
                I think it would be nice to do a Cotati clothing swap thingy and then another Oakland dance thingy soonish. I think a clothing, music swap, hot tubby jamboree at Tansy's would be best if we did it all girls, then we could do a regular dance thingy here like we did before. I'd like to get together sometime before the end of February. We might be moving out of our place in April, so if we want to dance here it might be good to do it in February of early March.

                And please feel free to invite more dancers to the tribe! It's open, I just have it as a private tribe because we post our addresses and stuff.
                • Re: Change of plans?

                  Wed, January 19, 2005 - 11:26 AM
                  Thanks for both your thoughts! And for being flexible!

                  I like the idea of doing a swap thing in Cotati and doing another dance thing soon after. Would Feb. 26th (for swap thing) work for you (and anyone else who's still reading this)? I'm guessing that Kyrsten's too busy to be thinking much about other scheduling or we'd have heard from her.

                  Want to plan the next dance thing (in a sperate thread) soon too? My March is already kind of crowded, but I'd enjoy another hafla if I can make it!
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                    Re: Change of plans?

                    Thu, January 20, 2005 - 10:25 AM
                    Sounds good to me! Probably late March or Early April for the Hafla and February 26th for the swap is good for me.

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