CAYA; Alarmistgeddon at the Hab C4

Dear Lost Souls,

BREAKING NEWS . . .

. . . As the Storm of the Century rages outside, The Haberdashery is coordinating communications from the CAYA Crisis Command Center (Hab C4), where the C4's leadership team is formulating minute-to-minute strategic responses to the crisis at hand. Our team of Alchemists and Sultans of Swing are diligently preparing for this evening's disaster response meeting which will assist our distinguished community of Haberdites to appropriately react to what can only be characterized as an extraordinarily underwhelming meteorological event. Regardless of the challenges we face in blowing this event out of proportion, The Haberdashery is committed to overreacting in every manner conceivable, and we invite you to join the rally this evening as we hunker down at the Hab C4 and treat this crisis with the euphemistic respect it so richly deserves.

Yes, my Alchemical Alarmists, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. The doors will open at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening disaster . . . or to linger indefinitely!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to December 13th, 2001; CAYA; Old Lawn Signs
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/B

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Belated Thanksgiving Cocktail

Dear Lost Souls,

Last week we were blissfully off-grid, celebrating Thanksgiving in the buff; basking in the thermal baths and desert sun of Death Valley National Park. To make up for our absence, we invite you to swing by this evening to lift a glass and toast a belated Haberdashery Thanksgiving with a hand-crafted cocktail.

Yes, my Fun-Loving Fowl, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. The doors open at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening holiday soiree . . . or to linger indefinitely!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to November 27th, 2003; CAYA - Holiday Cocktail Party
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Save the Keg! . . . The Appropriate ReAllocation of Precious Resources

​Dear Lost Souls,

Once again, the gods have delivered upon the Haberdashery an embarrassment of riches . . . in the form of a 3/4 full keg of outstanding Drakes 1500 Beer . . . as well as pizzas from Passione Pizza. Wednesday was the Prototyping the Future Conference and Expo, which received an overwhelmingly positive reception . . . and from which these surplus resources have remained. In the spirit of conservation, sharing, and reallocation, we will be capitalizing on this opportunity by having a volunteer and speaker appreciation party . . . so there should be some very interesting characters in attendance . . . we shall see! Please join as we celebrate a noteworthy professional success (and milestone) and toast to a bright future of Greener, Smarter, more Resilient Cities around the world! 

Yes, my CAYA Compatriots, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening ... and the Haberdite Nation is called to arms! The beer will be flowing, the pizzas will be bubbling, and the Cocktails will be shaking. The doors open at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to swing by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening kegfest . . . or to linger indefinitely!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to November 4th, 2001; CAYA; Love and Tapas
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Novembrrrrrr

​Dear Lost Souls,

In the wake of Daylight Savings Time, and with the days growing ever shorter, we are left staring down the barrel the BRR months . . . Octo, Novem, and Decem . . . formerly the 8th, 9th, and 10th months of the Roman calendar . . . but now doomed to nomenclature limbo in the Gregorian Calendar . . . with which I had NOTHING to do! But I digress. I think my point was that it is getting colder. Woe.

Yes, my Meteorological Magi, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. And though the day may get darker and shorter, the Haberdashery will keep the hearth fires burning to warm your Haberdite hearts and guide your weary souls home to our sacred hall. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening soiree . . . or to linger indefinitely!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to November 13th, 2003; CAYA; Novembrrrrrrrrrr
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Sabor Mexicano; Vamos a Partir el Pan Juntos

​Dear Lost Souls,

The Haberdashery is once again experiencing an Embarrassment of Riches; overflowing with quality tasty nourishment . . . and what better way to share that wealth than with you, our loyal band of Haberdites and Haberdietesses! . . . exalted and loved one and all! This evening we are pleased to offer you a generous portion of hospitality from Sabor Mexicano (Saldana Farms), the catering arm of Cancun Taquería; gluten free and locally sourced, it will be a feast fit for a Rey! 

Yes, my Latin Lovers, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . and we will not leave you hungry. Please bring a cerveza or tequila to share and we will provide the rest with mucho gusto! Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening fiesta . . . or to linger indefinidamente! 

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to October 23rd, 2003; CAYA; The Hallowed Eve
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Short and Sweet . . .

​Dear Lost Souls,

YES! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for tonight! . . . you know the drill:

Cocktails (and Haberdashery Home Brew!) will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening soirée . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to October 10th, 2002; CAYA; Our Merry Band
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Official Tasting of the H1B International IPA, by The Haberdashery Brewing Company

​Dear Lost Souls,

The Haberdashery Brewing Company in West Berkeley is pleased to unveil its latest masterpiece, the H1B International IPA, created by a select team of international consultants, master brewers and useless bystanders. Our latest creation will take your taste buds on an international journey of intrigue and wonder . . . dry hopped, steeped with sharp wit, and carefully aged for over 5 months. The Haberdashery is pleased to offer you a select limited tasting, to be accompanied by our usual mix of lite hors d'oeuvres and cheeky banter. Please feel free to contribute in any any of these categories.

Yes, my Blasphemous Brewers, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening soirée . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to October 17th, 2002; CAYA - BADAS
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Why So Sour?

Dear Lost Souls,

Has the work week got you down? Does the heat and dust of your proverbial coal mine have your craving something lite, crisp and refreshing? Well, grab your sweet Canary, put on your party dress and come on by the Haberdashery for one of or signature Sours . . . an alchemical masterpiece, shaken to a balanced rhythm, chilled to metaphysical perfection, poured with deep caring, and garnished with a sprig of verdant joy from the Haberdashery's own organic urban garden. Thirsty yet?

Yes, my Capricious Coalminers, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening soirée . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to September 19th, 2002; CAYA; Pagan Pride
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; The Delusion of Balance & the Balance of Delusion

Dear Lost Souls,

Day & night. Sun & moon. Dark & light. The Equinox. This now is the delicate balance of the spheres . . . that we presumptuously label and 'precisely' measure with the mathematical contrivances of a god complex hardwired into our timeless quest to understand an inevitably ephemeral existence. The blind folly of countless 'enlightened' individuals, multiplied times the unchecked propagation of a species that misinterprets its gross shortsightedness . . . manifest in the rapid destruction of our isolated and fragile terrestrial biosphere . . . for celestial wisdom and the delusion of enlightened self determination. Better perhaps, that we simply toast the rare majesty of another day, and not presume to peer behind the opaque curtain of a heavenly clockwork, or naively pretend to work the levers of the fates. Would that we serve each precious moment on this earth up and neat, without the garnish of distractions that cloud the clarity of purest alchemy that brought us naked to this day.

Yes, my Pernicious Primates, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening tête-à-tête . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to September 19th, 2003; CAYA; All Things Equal
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Out of the Dust . . . Rise Fountains of Effervescent Joy

Dear Lost Souls,

Sound the celestial trumpets . . . bang the ceremonial drums . . . rattle glad tambourines! We have returned from a whirling tempest of desiccation and sweat-fueled chaos . . . and have now arrived at another day of music and rejoicing in the Haberdashery's Sacred Hall! On this occasion, after much contemplation and careful planning, the Haberdashery Board has invested in a Soda Stream . . . oh yeah! Grueling initial trials and testing have been hugely successful, all indicators are green, and this evening will be the first full battle testing of this space-age advancement in corporal and spiritual refreshment. Our Cabañeros are poised and ready to unleash the Kraken. Don't miss the excitement!

Yes, my Effervescent Evangelicals, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening Dance Across the Universe . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to September 11th, 2003; CAYA; Christening of the New Wing!
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Festa Italiana - Pizza & Wine Party!

Dear Lost Souls,

It's Haberdite appreciation night at CAYA! As a special demonstration of how much we love you, we are going to have a pizza, pasta, and antipasti party to beat the band! . . . of course, the band is also invited to feast! There will be plenty of food! . . . Please bring along a bottle of wine to share with your fellow Haberdites . . . they are a thirsty lot!

Yes, my Incandescent Italianos, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails (and pizza!) will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening Festa della Sera, or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to August 30th, 2001; CAYA; Haberdashery Drone Relief!
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; No Cocktail Hour This Evening

Dear Lost Souls,

There will be no Cocktail Hour this evening . . . as the HaberHosts got better offers.

We invite you to go out into the world to spread good cheer and fellowship in the name of our sacred communion. We will lift a glass in your name and we invite you to do the same!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

CAYA; The Bluegrass in Always Greener

Dear Lost Souls,

Last evening, at an outstanding Blue Grass / New Grass concert, David Grisman reminded us that today is the 72nd birthday of Jerry Garcia . . . a favorite of the Haberdite Community. Now, what better way to honor Jerry and his legacy, than to hoist a hand crafted cocktail and play a ditty or two in his name? . . . and so we shall!

Yes, my Merry Minstrels, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening soiree, or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to August 14th, 2003; CAYA; On a Hot Summer Night
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Golden State of Mind

Dear Lost Souls,

'Tis the height of another California summer, and what better reason to celebrate! Please come join us for cocktails and a fat slice of the California dream, in the form of a hand-crafted adult beverage of your choice!

Yes, my Coolicious Californians , Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening destination, or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to July 20, 2001; CAYA; Victim Relief for the California Experience
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; WTF?

Dear Lost Souls,

Wednesday Thursday Friday . . . that cant' be an accident!? After another bewildering week of labor in the coal mines, we can all use a moment of pause . . . to nuzzle up with a perfectly crafted cocktail, a handful of peanuts, and some cool company . . . that is where you come in!

Yes, my Curious Canaries , Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . Come join us under our eclectic wishing stars for another evening of fellowship and good cheer. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening destination, or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to July 11, 2002; CAYA; Summer Hiatus
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Let It Flow

Now . . . the weather outsides' delightful

The glasses chilled and quite full

Now you've got some place to go!

Here we go! mi re do, let it flow!

Dear Lost Souls,

After a bit of a summer hiatus . . . The Haberdashery is back in full swing! . . . eager to shake, rattle, and pour . . . fulfilling your every cocktail dream and whatever other whims of fantasy we can satisfy! (fantasies may provided upon request) So, please join us as we renew our weekly constitution, reconfirm our sacred communion, and re-celebrate our right to libate.

Yes, my Haberdashery Heroes, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening destination, or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to July 6, 2001; CAYA; Crap, Nap & Pine
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; No Cocktail Hour - R-Evolution Project Fundraiser at SF Public Works

Dear Lost Souls,

There will be no Cocktail Hour this week.

We will be attending the fundraiser and party for R-Evolution at The Public Works SF (161 Erie St. Off Mission Between Duboce and 14th). This party is to support the third and final sculpture in Marco Cochrane's epic series . . . after Bliss Dance and Truth is Beauty.

Come out and support this amazing project and learn more about the women's empowerment agenda underlying Marco's work.

Best,

Greg

CAYA; Gemini Rising

Dear Lost Souls,

’Tis once again the age of Gemini, that most glorious time of year when we are reminded of the variety, vitality, and creativity that the twin heralds of Spring bring to the world. So, dawn glad wreaths of laurel, grab your favorite Gemini, and swing on by the Haberdashery for a special two-for-one celebration under the eclectic wishing stars of the Haberdashery’s sacred hall.

Yes, my Astrological Astronauts, Cocktail Hour is on for this evening. As always, Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary celebration of spring, or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to June 13, 2003; CAYA; Flag Day in the Gemini Nation
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Summer - The Pre-Party

Dear Lost Souls, 

Memorial Day has past . . . and though the Solstice continues to tempt us on the temporal horizon, summer has unofficially begun. So get out your white pants, mini-skirt, bathing suit, BBQ grill, and flip flops. The shoulder season is over and you are now welcome to roam freely throughout the world for another summer of fellowship and good cheer in the City by the Bay!

Yes, my Bay Area Brethren! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening.  Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to drop by for a quickie en route to your primary Bon Ton . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to May 15th, 2003; CAYA; Dreams to Share
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; No cocktail hour this week; on the road

Dear lost souls,
There will be no cocktail hour this week but follow me online and help support the escape for good and make a stand charity against child slavery:
I am in NOLA supporting the Escape For Good race and my chosen charity Make a Stand! . . . Which fights child slavery all over the world. The winner of the race who gets the most donations and points will receive $25K for their charity of choice. No obligation to donate, but here is the info:

We were on the channel 4 TV morning show this morning to talk about the race: https://www.dropbox.com/s/6xt1tvzoyeh9ny6/WWL_05-22-2014_08.42.24.mp4

You can follow me on Facebook or on Instagram and Twitter at: GGGumbo
or you can donate directly on the Crowdrise pageat: https://www.crowdrise.com/teamdelboy/fundraiser/gregdelaune

If you donate, you will receive an email with the tax deductible information from crowd rise.

Thanks for your support!

Best,
Greg

CAYA; On The House, The House is On

Dear Lost Souls,

Please join us for our weekly communion of extraordinary inebriates, as we gather under our electic wishing stars around the sacred Haberdashery hearth and toast the end of another work week.  

Yes, my Curious Cohort! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening.  Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to you primary Friday evening destination . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours!

Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to May 8th, 2003; CAYA; Animal Lovers
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Cool Breeze & A Tasty Cocktail

Dear Lost Souls,

What better way to end another long shift in the proverbial coal mines . . . than to grab your favorite Canary, put on that yellow pa . . . pa . . . party dress, and swing on by the Haberdashery for some sweet and sour punctuation to your work week?! . . . Our dedicated in-house alchemists will be on hand to respond to your fluid whims . . . or shake and stir up some whims of their own. 

Yes, my Bay Area Bumpkins! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening.  Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to you primary Friday night soiree . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to May 9th, 2002; CAYA; But Once a Week
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Ridin' a Heat Wave!

Dear Lost Souls,

The days are getting longer . . . and now they are also sizzlin' hot!!!! . . . that is, by Bay Area standards! ;-| pansies!

Having trouble keeping cool . . . on the outside? The Haberdashery has just the solution!: A custom crafted cocktail expertly prepared by a member of our crack team of cheeky Cabana Boys. We also do bar tricks.

Yes, my Citizens of the Sun! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening.  Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to drink deeply from the refreshing fountain of Haberdashery fellowship . . . or to linger infernally.

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to May 2nd, 2002; CAYA, New Email Address
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Come for the Cocktails . . . Stay for the Enlightenment

Dear Lost Souls, 

We are still praying at the Temple of Minimal Effort:

Yes, my Enlightened Ones! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening.  Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to manifest yourself for a quickie en route to your eternal destiny . . . or to linger infinitely. 

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to April 11th, 2002; CAYA; The Temple of Minimal Effort
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA

LS,

The HAB is on.

PFFTSBFAQOLI. 

LC

Flashback; 4/18/03; CAYA; BAR

2124 5th Street, Berkeley

CAYA; Arrivederci Antonio

Dear Lost Souls,

This week will be Antonio's last CAYA before he returns to Italy! The time has gone fast and he has been a great addition to our merry Haberdashery band. We have high hopes that he will be able to return in September/October and rejoin his adopted home! We'll keep you posted. On a related note, we are still looking for a housemate for the 5-6 month period when Antonio will be back in Italy. Let us know if you are interested or have any friends who may be a good fit.

Yes, my Multi-Culti Minions! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening.  Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to trek on by for a quickie en route to your primary evening's destiny . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours!

Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to April 10th, 2003; CAYA; May Flowers Anticipated
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; The Doctor is in the House

Dear Lost Souls, 

As a special guest this week, we have the distinguished Dr. Levine visiting us from his SOCAL Experience. Intellectually he seems none the worse for wear . . . though he does seem to be bobbing his head around a bit more than before. You be the judge.

Yes, my NORCAL Nation! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening.  Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary evening soiree . . . or to linger indubitably.

Yours!

Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to April 29th, 2002; CAYA; - Fer Foke Sek
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

No Cocktail Hour This Week

Dear Lost Souls,

There will be no Cocktail Hour this evening.

We send you out into the world to spread Haberdashery good cheer and fellowship, and we'll look forward to seeing you next week!

Yours!

Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to March 25th, 2004; CAYA; No Cocktail Hour This Week; Come to a Film Festival/Dance Party!
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

CAYA; All Things Being Equal

Dear Lost Souls,

Night & day . . . ying & yang . . . darkness & light . . . good & evil . . . peanut butter & jelly . . . ebony & ivory . . . Milli & Vanilli . . . our world in perfect balance . . . though sometimes deceiving to the senses. We search for meaning as our center of gravity shifts to a new season . . . from today to tomorrow . . . an incremental step in a timeless, ceaseless dance, in which we search for an order, a structure, or a star to follow:
An eclectic star ignited in the celestial kiln of our infinite imagination . . . chilled by the vast distance of time and space  . . . whose perception is garnished with millennium of the sweet collective human mythology that feeds our bright eyed quest for a sense of meaning . . . and perpetuates the illusion of a universe that we might dare to manifest inside our minds eye. A quantum cocktail of vast fluid possibility precariously held aloft within the fleshy temporal lens of perception through which we view our nanofraction of participation in the life of a benevolent universe.

Yes, my Intrepid Cosmonauts! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening.  Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to rocket by for a quickie en route to your primary celestial destiny . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to March 21st, 2002; CAYA; The Eternal Struggle
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Patty's Day - Get On Your Green

Dear Lost Souls,

As the whims of the Fates sometime decree, this year the two most important holidays of the year fall back to back; Mardi Gras and St. Patrick's Day! . . . oh and what a glorious season of good cheer it is! We thank you all again for helping to make the Haberdashery Mardi Gras celebration a big success . . . and we now invite you to share a bit o' the cheer with us this Friday evening as we honor the venerable St. Patrick . . . who did a fair amount of soul saving himself! . . . and who, without a doubt, was an accomplished Mixologist as well! We hoist our shaleighleighs high in your honor Sir!

Yes, my Crazy Celts! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening.  Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Shaleighleigh roundup . . . or to linger a wee while. 

Yours!

Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to March 18th, 2004; CAYA; Here Comes the Sun
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

Bon Ton! . . . Mardi Gras 2014 at the Haberdashery

Dear Lost Souls!

'Just a quick reminder that our glorious communal day of celebration at the Haberdashery Mardi Gras Party is up on us! We'll hope to see you sometime tomorrow . . . or perhaps some of you tonight . . . to earn your Cajun cooking chops!

Yes, my Bayou Brethren! . . . that's right! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this evening! As always, cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Mardi Gras Bon Ton . . . or to join the Second Line and linger 'til the Hurricanes arrive!

Bon Ton!
Los Cabañeros

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to February 18th, 2004; CAYA - Mardi Gras 2004

Bon Ton! . . . Mardi Gras 2014 at the Haberdashery!

Dear Lost Souls . . .

Get out your party dress! The wait is over! Mardi Gras 2014 at the Haberdashery is finally here!!

Please take a moment to RSVP / sign up on the Eventbrite page so we can get an idea of how big the crowd will be (http://caya-mardigras2014.eventbrite.com)
IN BRIEF:

Friday, Feb. 28th

• 7:30pm – 12:00am – The Taming of the Roux (CAYA Cocktail Hour, Saturday prep, and a Cajun cooking primer)

Saturday, March 1st

• 11:00am – Midnight – all-day Mardi Gras Party including live music jams, DJ Mr. Fabulous, & plenty-o good food . . . plus Lagniappe!
• (3:00pm – 7:00pm) – Primary period of feasting!

Come Join the CAYA Gumbo!

Gumbo is not just a dish . . . it is a ménage of flavors, people and ideas. Come experience the Haberdashery's brand of social alchemy and Loooousiana hospitality first hand. Musicians, be sure to bring along your instruments! We are scheduling sunny weather and there will be lots of live music jamming in the back courtyard. DJ Mr. Fabulous will also be on hand to spice up the mix. WARNING: Please be prepared to shake your booty . . . this is not a drill.

DETAILED SCHEDULE:

• Friday evening, Feb. 28th: There will be Friday Night Cocktail Hour as usual. For those of you interested in the Festival of the Roux, and other cooking secrets from The Big Easy, this is the time to come. Chop, chop chop!! Please let us know if you are coming to help out so that we will have an idea of how much help we can count on . . . WARNING: Friday night can be detrimental to Saturday . . . and should be taken in moderation, particularly if your intent is a full-on Saturday.
• Saturday, March 1st: This is an all day affair . . . give or take a day . . . rumors of a Sunday brunch abound . . . so feel free to come and go as you please; children are more than welcome; particularly during the daylight hours (before  bedtime). In the morning, beginning whenever we crawl out of bed, there will be Mimosas, Screwdrivers and Bloody Mary's for those that arrive before noon . . . or whenever. We will start the primary serving of food in the mid-afternoon. There will be the usual fair of Gumbo, Jambalaya, Red Beans & Rice, etc. . . . whenever they are ready . . . and of course, lagniappe . . . yea, yea . . . and there will be LOTS of bread pudding for the ladies.

WHAT TO BRING: . . . Hurricanes are in the forecast  . . . but your favorite beverage contribution is much appreciated, so please bring along beer or other libations to share (we will have coolers and ice on hand). There will copious amounts of food, beads, and Hurricanes. There will also be plenty 'o munchies, but if you are feeling particularly motivated, feel free to add a little something extra (lagniappe!)! . . . but, for GOD SAKE, please take home your beads!!! They are our Mardi Gras gift to you!!

Musicians! - Bring your instruments. There will be live music galore!
Amateur photographers! - bring your cameras . . . there will lots of colorful scenes to record!

DRESS CODE: Well! . . . there is no dress code, and you can wear whatever the hell you want . . . but this IS Mardi Gras . . . so festive attire is appropriate! In general, this could mean carnival masks, and/or your favorite colorful wig . . . pull out that old sequined party dress (e.g. flapper style), a boa, feather tiara . . . a dapper hat or sport coat . . . Seersucker is always encouraged! HOPPE style! . . . or just show up in jeans and a t-shirt!!!! . . . the point is to relax and have a good time. We will have lots of beads and other parade trinkets on hand to accessorize! . . . which you WILL take home!

As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie . . . on Friday or Saturday; or to linger indefinitely.

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation!! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to February 6th, 2002; Mardi Gras 2002; Come As You Are
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

Start Your Taper - The End is Nigh

Dear Lost Souls,

Short and sweet . . . the 2014 Haberdashery Mardi Gras Party is just 8 days away; on Saturday, March 1st. We will be sending out the official invitation tomorrow . . . and you should be starting your taper towards this most momentous of annual holidays . . . but in the mean time, the wheels of time churn on . . .

Yes, my Eager Epicureans! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening.  Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by en route to your primary Mardi Gras season fête . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to February 6th, 2002; Mardi Gras 2002 - Come As You Are
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; T-14 Days / Feb 14 . . . Coincidence?

Dear Lost Souls,

It's a sign from St. Valentine! . . . This not-so-subtle numeric code is telling us to prepare for the most important holiday of the year; The Haberdashery Mardi Gras Party, only two short weeks away. Have you picked our your Bon Ton outfit? . . . and don't forget to fluff your boa!

Yes, my Capricious Cupids, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . and our In-house Intrepid Italian is trotting out his Latin Lover hosting chops to hoist a Valentine toast to the international demigod of love and affection . . . himself, another Italian hero of the gentler arts. All are welcome, stag or solo, to stop by for a cup of good cheer and open fellowship. Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by en route to your primary 'encountre' . . . or to linger indefinitely. 

Yours!

Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to February 13th, 2003; CAYA; St. Valentine's Day
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; 21 days and a Red Velvet Teaser

Dear Lost Souls,

It is only 21 days until the Habedashery Mardi Gras party! Be sure to mark your calendar for Saturday, March 1st  . . . and by now you should be well set into your training. We appreciate that each of you needs to prepare in your own special way, but try not to make the rookie mistake of starting your taper too early. We don't want pitiful scenes of Haberdites hitting the wall during their second bowl of Red Beans and Rice when they haven't even gotten into the Jambalaya or the Gumbo yet!

Yes, my Bacchus Bacheloriates, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Our newest Haberdite, Antonio Sala (from Modena, Italy), seems to be settling into the NORCAL lifestyle quite well! He will be an honored resident at our sacred lodge through late April . . . so please stop by to meet him, and make him feel welcome. In honor of Antonio, a beer lover at heart, the executive board is unveiling a few bottles from the new batch of The Haberdashery Brewing Company's Red Velvet Ale . . . just to check if it sees its shadow.

Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by en route to your primary Beer Week soiree . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to February 1st, 2002, 2001; CAYA; T-8 Days
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Snakes on Heals of Horses; The End of An Era

Dear Lost Souls,

Capitalizing on his somewhat limited Irish heritage, but buoyed by boundless aspirations, this weekend our loyal friend and consummate Haberdite, Dr. Andy Levine, will be channeling his best St. Patrick; leaving the Bay Area with the snakes, and riding off into the southern California sunset on a Chinese horse with no name. Despite the desperate pleadings of the Haberdashery Executive Board, Dr. Levine has decided to take his FfffhD and lead a perilous mission down to LA LA land. Down and out in that cultural wilderness, he'll be planting the Haberdashery banner under some polyethylene palm tree, carrying our message of unbridled mediocrity to the muddled masses . . . who will no doubt be shaken and stirred by his refreshing message of new libations. Far be it from any of us to judge . . . but let's do it anyway! Put 20 seconds on the clock:

• He'll be dying his hair blond so that in SOCAL . . . oh wait, never mind;
• He's leaving all his books here . . . 'cause readin' ain't so popular down there;
• Mickey Rourke called . . . he wants his attitude back;
• As a psychologist there just wasn't enough work in NORCAL; . . . budumbum!
• . . . (please come prepared to give the Doctor an appropriate hard time!)

Yes, my Ecumenical Equestrians, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Please come by to wish Dr. Levine a Bon Voyage, and much success in his new digs down in the South Land. We will miss him. As it has always been, and always shall be . . . cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to gallop on by en route to your primary rodeo . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to July 27th, 2001; CAYA; He'd All Growed Up
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Mardi Gras Season - HOLD THE DATE - Saturday, March 1st

Dear Lost Souls,

We find ourselves staring down the barrel of another Mardi Gras season, just 5 weeks out from the most important holiday of the year, and the Haberdashery's premiere annual event. Have you been training? Is your liver appraised of the situation? Have you aligned organ donors? Have you started to pick out your outfit? Are you paying attention, damn it!!!!??? This is not a drill! The Gumbo will flow, the Red Beans will jump, the King Cake with reign, the Jambalaya will jam, the live music will thump, and the Hurricanes will blow. And whatever happens next is . . . well, that stays between you and your Mardi Gras beads.

Yes, my Cajun Cousins! Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening, and it is time to start to mentally, spiritually, and euphemistically prepare for Fat Tuesday, which is on March 4th this year. Our annual Haberdashery Soiree will be on Saturday, March 1st . . . actually beginning Friday evening, February 28th with the Festival of the Roux! Oh, I can already hear the smoke alarms going off. This Friday, in celebration of the Mardi Gras season, we will be unveiling another batch of our precious and famous Blade Gin infusion . . . 'cause that is just how much we care!

Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to dance on by en route to your primary Mardi Gras season second line . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to January 24th, 2002; CAYA; The Mardi Gras Season
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Back at the Hive

Dear Lost Souls,

Warm ups are over . . . 2014 is off and running at a breakneck pace. Everyone in reconnecting, reorganizing, long-range planning, budgeting, accessing, goal setting, and benchmarking in dedicated service to the hive . . . back at it . . . dancing around in circles, gesticulating wildly, and deriving a disproportionate share of our self worth from our "critical" contribution to the betterment of the organization. Jazus! It's enough to make a thirsty Haberdite long for a break from all that pseudo-productivity. Well! . . . not to worry, the Haberdashery does not disappoint . . .

Oh yes, my Apian Automatons! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. So, we invite you to buzz on over and let one of our CAYA Temple Mixologists weave their alchemical magic, and deliver you the delicious custom-crafted adult beverage that your soul so properly deserves; always perfectly chilled and appropriately garnished. Our comforting canopy of low expectation promises to re-energize your spirits, and so allow you to reach your pollinating power potential. As always, cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to buzz by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening soiree . . . or to linger indefinitely!

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to January 9th, 2003; CAYA; Sendem' Down Under
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; No Cocktail Hour This Week

Dear Lost Souls,

There will be no Cocktail Hour this week.

 . . . ummmm . . . we got a better offer.

But, we'll be sure to hoist an adult beverage in your honor . . . and we ask that you do the same!

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to April 24th, 2003; CAYA; No Cocktail Hour This Week
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

CAYA; Welcome to 2014! . . . Broken Resolutions Accepted

Dear Lost Souls,

Well, you survived the Holidays . . . and made it through 2013 with your sanity more or less intact. Now, while 2014 still has the fresh 'new year' smell, what better way to celebrate its boundless possibilities, than with a uniquely hand-crafted Haberdashery Cocktail in your hand? This week, as a special service to the Haberdite community, and in deference to the booming Shared Economy, we will be hosting a New Year's Resolution Swap. If you haven't broken yours yet, this is a good chance to show it off, before it dissolves into a January haze . . . broken resolutions will still be accepted as long as they are in reasonable and recognizable condition.

Oh yes, my Holiday Heroes, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. You survived the season! . . . now sit back and reap the benefits under the dappled eclectic star light and comforting shade of low expectations we tirelessly maintain at your favorite Last Resort. Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening soiree . . . or to linger indefinitely!

Yours!
Los Cabañeros

!! Please drink responsibly and arrange for safe transportation !! . . . your well-being is our first priority!

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to January 3rd, 2002; CAYA; 2002 Year of the Palindrome
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970