Here are arrangements. If you don't see your name here, we don't know you're planning on staying at our house! If they confuse or alarm you, please alert the hosts.Young master Horace Phair turns ten this year.
The U.S. holiday of Columbus Day falls on Monday, October 10 in 2011 C.E. This is relevant to us because some places of work and study allow that as a day off, and this is a party that takes a whole weekend, sometimes plus. It is relevant to us because we are taking part in a great tradition of our people. This will be the tenth year of said great tradition. If you have to ask what people...
We're older now, maybe not wiser, maybe not even more mindful of the injuries and ailments (both physical and psychical) that may come with years and might recommend greater temperance in one's behavior. Not this weekend, anyway.
But try these behaviors: Feel free to tip the bands. Treat our neighbors as you would like them to treat us. And hug the people who like hugs. It'll make you feel better. (I have found hugs to be a good hangover treatment.)
| Span | Things | Place |
|---|---|---|
| Friday afternoon, evening, and night | Arrivals Join us at PlanetMF as we lounge on the couches and porch, drinking beer and eating pizza, while waiting for everyone to arrive and duplicate mixCDs. Pizza is likely to be available; as-needed excursions to the foodcarts at SE 12th & Hawthorne are encouraged. Cocktails after. Toasts throughout. | Planet Motherfucker |
| Saturday morning | Brunch at Dave and Jenny's games and gabbing, trip to Powell's likely | Dave and Jenny's (blocks north of Saluthaus) |
| Saturday afternoon | Trip to Sock Dreams Portland Fresh Hop Tastival at Oaks Park (noon-8pm) Jam skate lesson at Oaks Park Roller Rink from 6-7! | Sellwood, some distance south of everything else. |
| Saturday evening | Delightful meal presented by Jack. BANDS: Rian O'Hara Stefan Jecusco and mystery complement Mykle and Seamus | Salut |
| Sunday morning and on to noon | Brunch | Salut environs |
| Sunday afternoon and evening | THINK AGAIN, MY FRIEND taping at PMF (quiz show, topic: PASTRY) Evening: new songbook singalong at Salut. Fire? If enough people are interested: figure drawing at Salut Other stuff you wanna do in Portland | Portland, Ore., USA. |
| Monday morning | On Monday morning, we will hold our traditional Bloodies Mary Service including a brunch of scrambled tofu and toast. Zombie-like celebrants will slouch towards this magnificent buffet at Planet Motherfucker sometime after 10am. In the event of no-rain, frolicking (juggling, frisbee, bocce, quoits) in nearby Colonel Summers Park may occupy the afternoon. | Planet Motherfucker |
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In case you didn't know, Portland is a brunch town. Especially if you have a hangover. (Portland is a hangover town. Especially if you started your day with mimosas.) (Lather. Rinse. Repeat. Portland. Town. Mimosa.) The map has locations of some nearby favorites -- the general recommendation is to wake up, make yourself as decent as you want to be, grab a couple of eating companions and go! There is often a line, and finding seating for more than five or six might push your brunch into solid lunchtimes, especially on a Saturday. (And there's usually coffee available to people in line, just so you know.)
This is Portland, so it's ok to go to brunch in your pyjamas. Just tell them you're with us.
This year's feed is not spaghetti. It's probably more solanaceous and less gluten-ous. Bring your spoon! We will provide bowls or mugs or whatever to scoop your food into before you scoop it into yourself. Veggie/vegan food will be present.
Trimet buses are great and they go where you want to go, more or less. You can check trimet.org for the important information and trip planning.
Also, there are a few loaner bikes that will be available. We don't have spare helmets, though, so if you value your noggin, maybe you can pack one? (Renting from a local bike shop - say Citybikes - is also an option!)
Here are arrangements. If you don't see your name here, we don't know you're planning on staying at our house! If they confuse or alarm you, please alert the hosts.
conform, ideath, lettie jane, caesar
icicle, ouroboros, renderer/tiaz, kpele * Roninspoon (bunking with Schuster)
their friend Matt
Horace Greeley is DEAD and will not be attending the party
The Columbus Day Storm of 1962 (otherwise known as the Big Blow) was an extratropical wave cyclone that ranked among the most intense to strike the United States Pacific Northwest since at least 1948, likely since the January 9, 1880, "Great Gale" and snowstorm. On a larger scale, the Columbus Day Storm of 1962 is a contender for the title of most powerful extratropical cyclone recorded in the U.S. in the 20th century; with respect to wind velocity, it is unmatched by the March 1993 "Storm of the Century" and the "1991 Halloween Nor�easter" (aka "The Perfect Storm"). In the eastern United States, only hurricanes of Category 3 or higher have brought winds of the magnitude witnessed in Oregon and Washington on Columbus Day, October 12, 1962.
Everything2 is readied for its first infusion of material from everything.blockstackers.com, which occurs on Nov. 13.