Come As You Are; Mobilize! . . . Occupy the Haberdashery!!!!!!

Dear Lost Souls,

Tear gas drifts through the hazy avenues of Oakland and Atlanta . . . Rome is burning . . . Occupy Wall Street has gone viral, and following in the footsteps of the Arab Spring, cities around the world find their streets echoing with growing cries for change and corporate reform. Is this a wake up call for the unholy marriage of political cronyism and corporate greed, a death knell to capitalism, or simply the disparate and desperate flailing of a movement that lacks the momentum to command the attention of the entrenched power structure that it seeks to depose? Gadfly or Phoenix!??? Time will tell.

Yes Toto! the Emerald City is under siege. But, just over the rainbow, Cocktail Hour perseveres for another Friday evening, with the warm glow of homegrown music and fellowship. Come trade in your Molotov for a Martini. Whether you prefer your revolution dirty or neat, Cosmopolitan, or in a Manhattan . . .your protest is our occupation . . . shaken . . . and stirring up chaos in pursuit of alchemical perfection . . . CAYA’s humble contribution to the soldiers of the proletariat.

Cocktails will be served at around 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening venue . . . or to Occupy the Haberdashery!!!!! . . . indefinitely.*

Yours,

The Cabana Boys

The Haberdashery 2.0 is located at: 2124 5th Street, Berkeley, CA

Between Alston and Addison just off the University Avenue (UC Berkeley) exit

. . . easy access from San Francisco . . . just across from the Berkeley Bullfighting Association.

* No bulls or bears were harmed in the preparation of this email.

To help you recall the long season of our contentment . . . The Haberdashery 1.0; from 1999 to 2004 . . . Five years you’ll never get back!

http://theaup.com/pages/prsnl/frames/projfrm_prsnl_cktlhr.html

be sure to peruse the photo galleries.

Come As You Are; The Last Resort

Dear Lost Souls,

The destruction and debris from last week’s Caiparinhas has been cleared and the Haberdashery is prepared to resume its regularly scheduled operations . . .

Tired of another Friday evening sipping Mint Juleps at your local Country Club? Is there no movie, concert of Broadway play beckoning you to the theatre? Don’t feel like going to that Rrrager your buddy nick told you about? Bored with the Friday evening television offerings?

Don’t fret . . . you have options! Carrying the banner of democracy and choice in these times of limited opportunity and personal expression, the Haberdashery sends you a gilded invitation to join us at The Last Resort . . . where you’ll always feel like you’re at the top of the guest list . . . where old friends are waiting to meet you for the first time . . . where you’ll captivate the masses as you spin lofty tails of herculean intellectual absurdity . . . swaddled in the warm glow of the Haberdashery’s hallowed halls.

Yes my wayward Haberdites, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . ready to celebrate your arrival, cherish your tenure and anticipate your return. The Cabana Boyz stand patiently by, awaiting to fulfill your alchemical will . . . up, down, rocks or neat, shaken, stirred, dry or sweet . . .


Cocktails will be served at around 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening venue . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
The Cabana Boyz


The Haberdashery 2.0 is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA . . . 94710 on the dial!
Between Alston and Addison right off the University Avenue exit
. . . easy access from San Francisco . . . just across from the Berkeley Bullfighting Association . . . it’s all about picking your neighbors.

To help you recall the long season of our contentment . . . The Haberdashery 1.0; from 1999 to 2004 . . . Five years you’ll never get back!:
http://theaup.com/pages/prsnl/frames/projfrm_prsnl_cktlhr.html
be sure to peruse the photo galleries.

Come As You Are; INTERNATIONAL ALERT . . . CLASS 5 CAIPARINHAS FORECAST . . . SEEK SHELTER

>>>>>> ALERT >>>>>>> BEGIN MESSAGE >>>>>>

Dear Lost Souls,

The international community is officially ON ALERT, bracing in anticipation of the scattered Caiparinhas forecast for this coming Friday. As yet, the strength of the these Caiparinhas has not been determined, but based on previous occurrences and the resulting sense of disorientation, this alert should be treated as an eminent threat. This is not a ‘watch’. This is a full-blown ‘warning’. You are instructed to promptly seek shelter at the nearest Haberdashery . . . preferably in the company of Samba music, comfortable seating, munchies, and warm lighting. There is no need to panic. A dedicated support crew of highly trained emergency response personnel will be on hand to assist you during this crisis, administering primary aid and comfort . . . likely in the form of . . . Caiparinhas.

Yes Haberdites, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . and although there may be storms on the horizon, your Last Resort stands firm, ready to receive you . . . promising to deliver the warm glow of our communal hearth, and the cherished company of familiar refugees. The juke box will  be featuring some tropical beats from south of the equator, and our oh-so diligent Cabana Boyz will be on hand to make sure that the cocktails and the Samba go down sweet and smooth . . . cool and crisp . . . Creole style.
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Cocktails will be served at around 7:30pm . . . with Latin punctuality. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening venue . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
The Cabana Boyz


The Haberdashery 2.0 is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA . . . 94710 on the dial!
Between Alston and Addison right off the University Avenue exit
. . . easy access from San Francisco . . . just across from the Berkeley Bullfighting Association . . . it’s all about picking your neighbors.

To help you recall the long season of our contentment . . . The Haberdashery 1.0; from 1999 to 2004 . . . Five years you’ll never get back!:
http://theaup.com/pages/prsnl/frames/projfrm_prsnl_cktlhr.html
be sure to peruse the photo galleries.

Come As You Are; Ode to Steve Jobs

Dear Lost Souls,

Hoist your iPhones and iPods high into the air, turn up the volume on your favorite song, and take a moment to remember who made it all possible. Tis’ a sad day in the Modern Age! One of the founding fathers and tireless pioneers in the innovative tools that drive the gears of commerce . . . and also satisfy our most whimsical desires for entertainment and escape, has passed to greener pastures. The Haberdashery tips its proverbial fedora to the man who has made all of our lives, at least a little . . . if not a lot more enjoyable. This Bay-Area adopted child of Muslim decent dropped out of college, experimented with psychedelics, heard the call to follow the Buddha in his search for spiritual enlightenment . . and eventually went on to become one of the most powerful and innovative corporate moguls in history, Steve Jobs is the poster child of American opportunity and entrepreneurial zeal. We salute his countercultural spirit and offer up our condolences to the loyalist tribe Mac-faithfuls who tirelessly worked to realize his most ambitious dreams . . . and will no doubt continue to do so.

Yes, my mourning tech-head Haberdites, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. The iTunes are cued and we await the opportunity to toast, together in solemn respect, the Apple of our i . . . 
No, we will not be mourning. We will be celebrating in New Orleans style . . . with food and drink, the passing incarnation of the sentient being who brought us the extraordinary magi-gadgets of light and sound that we have now come to take for granite. The Haberdashery Cabana Boyz will be on hand to guide you in the selection your personalized alchemical vessel of homage.

Cocktails will be served at around 7:30pm . . . and with these, we will toast a much-revered soul, as it transmigrates to find life anew on some higher plane of existence. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening venue . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Greg


The Haberdashery 2.0 is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA . . . 94710 on the dial!
Between Alston and Addison right off the University Avenue exit
. . . easy access from San Francisco . . . just across from the Berkeley Bullfighting Association . . . it’s all about picking your neighbors.

To help you recall the long season of our contentment . . . The Haberdashery 1.0; from 1999 to 2004 . . . Five years you’ll never get back!:
http://theaup.com/pages/prsnl/frames/projfrm_prsnl_cktlhr.html
be sure to peruse the photo galleries.