CAYA; A Christmas Miracle!

Dear Lost Souls,

It’s a Haberdashery miracle! … with Christmas falling on a Friday night! . . . Now, even though Santa may be a Ho, that is a pretty damn good reason to celebrate!

In the spirit of the season, we will also be gathering for a modest Christmas feast earlier in the evening, and we are pleased to open our doors to any of you Haberdite orphans out there. If you would like to join us for dinner around 5.30pm, please do let us know so that we can plan accordingly.

Yes, my Raucous Reindeer, Cocktail Hour is on for this festive Friday evening. As always, cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to swing your sleigh on by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening yuletide 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 December 18th, 2003; CAYA – Santa Is A Ho

P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog and register for updates: caya20.blogspot.com



The Haberdashery is located at:


2124 5th Street



Berkeley, CA 94710



T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Warm Holiday Wishes and Haute Cocktails!

Dear Lost Souls,

It's been a chilly week in the neighborhood ... but our smoldering hearth of fellowship and good cheer continues to radiate warmth and brightness in our hallowed halls, inviting Haberdites to join us from near and far. And so, to celebrate a bit of holiday cheer, we invite you to come share an evening of special cocktails, nestled safely in the shade of low expectations and the ephemeral glow of eclectic wishing stars. In the spirit of the season, this evening we will be featuring Alaskan Martinis ... as well as our usual wide range adult beverages prepared by our most excellent and qualified band of haute Alchemists. 

Yes, my Thirsty Haberdites, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to swing on 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 December 20th, 2001; CAYA; Holiday Cocktails II - Carnage at the Dry Bar
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog and register for updates: caya20.blogspot.com



The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; A Special Haberdashery Pour for the Holidays!

Dear Lost Souls,

'Though the weather outside is frightful, the rain is so delightful! Since El Niño finally came, let it rain, let it rain let it pour ... and, in the spirit of the season, we'll be doing a bit of pouring of our own ... in particular of The Haberdashery Brewing Co.'s new 'Golden Hour IPA'; inspired by the rich colors, magical light, and relaxed atmosphere of our own West Wing. We'll also be unveiling another batch of our famous Ocean View Porter; this time highlighted with oak and honey accents. You won't be disappointed!

Yes, my Thirsty Haberdites, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to swing on 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 December 11th, 2003; Come As You Are - All Yule Tied Up?
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog and register for updates: 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.

We'll see ya next week!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

CAYA; Gratitude For Our Time . . .

Dear Lost Souls,

'Tis the season of gratitude, generosity, and good cheer. For all its myriad of flaws and inconsistencies, we live in a country and part of the world that offers an unprecedented level of security, opportunity, and privilege. It is safe to say that in terms of overall quality of life, we (particularly those of us on this distribution list) have the good fortune to be within the 99.9 percentile of the human experience ... not just in terms of the current global population ... but in terms of the entire sociocultural evolution of our species. While we continue to critique, challenge, and actively disrupt those aspects of our system that are in need of ongoing attention, let us also take a moment to humbly recognize that our lives are blessed with a disproportionate and unprecedented level of well being, and reflect on how we can generously share this karmic windfall in the proper spirit of the season. Now, that is something for which it is worth taking a moment to be grateful ... and the Haberdashery is happy to oblige!

Yes, my Hellalucky Homo Sapiens, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to swing on 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 27th, 2003; CAYA; Holiday Cocktail Holiday
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog and register for updates: caya20.blogspot.com



The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

Holy Haberdite Matrimony!

Dear Lost Souls ...

Short and sweet ... clear and understated ... Cocktail Hour is on for this week. Two of our own Haberdites are getting married on Saturday, so we will be hoisting a glass and enjoying a quiet night of fellowship and good cheer in anticipation of a big weekend.

Yes, my Matrimonial Merry Makers, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to swing 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 6th, 2003; CAYA; Talkin' 'Bout the Weatha'
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog and register for updates: caya20.blogspot.com



The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Symphony Settimanale

Dear Lost Souls ...

... minstrels, pipers, drummers, and fools! ... please join us for another Friday night symphony; casually composed from simple fellowship and glorious good cheer ... a cornucopia of revelry, laughter, and low expectations, illuminated by the gentle glow of the Haberdashery's eclectic star light ... an overture of simple pleasures and absurd intellectualism to ease you blissfully into a well-deserved repose ... a perfect interlude to the weekend, awaiting you at the top of the stairs.

Yes, my Demigods of Haute Harmony, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to swing by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening petite concerto ... or to indulge in a fermata lunga.


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 7th, 2002; CAYA; A Declaration of Independence for Sensible People

P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog and register for updates: caya20.blogspot.com



The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

Boo! - A Campaign of Fear

Dear Lost Souls,



'Tis the season of zombies, witches and goblins, the living dead, and ancient monsters who haunt our waking dreams. They appear everywhere, howling incoherently, and impossible to silence . . . making us fear for our lives, the lives of our children, and the future of the civilized world ... threatening to chase our friends and families from their homes (and even out of the country), to take away affordable healthcare, basic human services, education support, and our constitutional right to privacy. What's more, they seek to extend this diabolical agenda to other nations and peoples who are innocent, and defenseless against their ghoulish onslaught.

 . . . Oh, and it's Halloween too.

Oh yes, my Partisan Partygoers, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served by our not-so-fiendish alchemists starting at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to wander by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening exorcism ... or to haunt us eternally.


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 30th, 2002; CAYA; Boo!


P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog and register for updates: caya20.blogspot.com



The Haberdashery is located at:

2124 5th Street


Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970

CAYA; Ay, Coaster Caramba! (unsubscribe option)

The West Wing Drink Coaster; stop by and get yours!

Dear Lost Souls,

Always looking to expand and enrich the experience of our merry band of Haberdites, this evening we will unveil our freshly minted "Cocktails in the West Wing" coaster ... a sturdy and brutally functional piece of advanced technology for safely resting your adult beverage comfortably and stylishly on any surface . . . Because yes, we care about you that much.

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Please note that our new invitation format offers an ‘unsubscribe’ option below … just in case you have become weary of our pithy and persistent prose. We are always pleased to include you in our mailings but do NOT want to be a nuisance. Please note that Haberdashery membership is NOT attendance dependent, so do NOT be at all concerned if you rarely visit us or live far afoot … you are nevertheless present every week in our hearts and tumblers.

So yes, my Heralded Haberdites, Cocktail Hour is on for tonight. 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 16th, 2003; CAYA; October Fest in California

P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog and register for updates: 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 as we will be conducting a Cabana Boy off-site training in beautiful Big Sur. But, you can be sure that we will be hoisting a few adult beverages 'round the campfire; toasting Haberdites everywhere ... and we invite you to do the same. Sláinte!

We'll see ya next week!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

CAYA; Autumnal Nirvana

Dear Lost Souls,

October in the Bay Area! ... Paradise!  ... gorgeous weather, Fleet Week, Hardly Strictly, Sustainability Month, Conference Season . . . and on and on. There is so much to capture the imagination ... it can be downright overwhelming. But fear not, my überachieving Haberdites, there is a quiet oasis 'just around the bend, a tucked away hollow in the exotic East Bay, a shimmering jewel in the crown of West Berkeley ... WeBe in the Five & Dime ... 'Club Med by-the-Bay' ... 'Martha's Vineyard West' ... The Haberdashery. So Come As You Are, leave your worries by the front stoop, saddle up to the bar, and let our dedicated band of Cabana Boys fulfill your every cocktail fantasy * ... then lose yourself beneath the dappled shade and shadow of low expectations, to wonder idly in a collective dream under the Haberdashery's canopy of eclectic wishing stars.

* fantasies provided upon request

Yes, my Erudite Epicureans, Cocktail Hour is on for tonight. 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 port o' call ... 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 2nd, 2003; CAYA - Martini Mania Strikes!
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; Do Drones Dream of Eclectic Sheep?

Dear Lost Souls,

Onward grinds the cosmic mill, and we are left to wonder idly about the origin of the eternal rhythms that guide the dance of the temporal spheres. Fridays come, and Fridays go . . . as Haberdites of old and new gather for our weekly communion under eclectic wishing stars, plotting our celestial course toward the brighter horizons of our collective dreams. Though near and far, dimmer and brighter, and ever ephemeral in their character, these temporal points of fire and hope set our imaginations to visualizing the unthinkable, harnessing the irrepressible, and manifesting the impossible. Cocktails are like that.

Yes my Clairvoyant Cosmonauts, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening ... and just to keep you on your toes, the Cabana Boyz of West Berkeley have added some luminous enhancements and variety to the Haberdashery's soothing array of eclectic twilight ... forever striving to improve the character of instrumentation for the stimulation of your collective imagination. The first Haberdite to identify all of the improvements will get a customized cocktail, handcrafted by our burly band of dedicated CAYA Alchemists ... who are forever in your service.

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 30th, 2001; Liberation of the Drone 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; No Cocktail Hour - Extensive Research, Research, Research

Dear Lost Souls,

Oh no! There will be no Cocktail Hour this week. What is a weary Haberdite to do? Well, hold on to your ear lobes and we’ll be back next week … same Hab time … same Hab place. In the mean time, this evening we will be sure to hoist an adult beverage in the name of Haberdites everywhere ... and we ask that you to do the same.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to September 6th, 2001; CAYA; Extensive Research, Research, Research
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

CAYA; It's Time to Abide - Big Lebowski Night

Dear Lost Souls,

The wait is finally over, and this aggression will not stand, Man ... it is time to abide.

Tomorrow night The Haberdashery will be hosting the long-awaited Big Lebowski Night; film screening and White Russian contest ... you know, a lotta ins, a lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous.

Show time is at 9pm! This is not Nam, there are rules here ... so, special points will be awarded for:

• A zip line entrance into the Haberdashery's Hallowed Hall dressed in your finest S&M gear,

• Making a White Russian using non-dairy powdered creamer,

• Bobbing for cash in the Haberdashery's toilette,

• Fixing the cable,

• Having a nice Marmot.

 . . . you're not blowing!!!!

Yes, my Little Lebowski Urban Achievers, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening ... so, don't fuck with the Jesus ... dig up some appropriate Lebowski apparel, grab your bowling ball, and hop on your flying carpet ... it really ties the room together. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary shabbat observance ... or to linger until you get the bull ... or the bull gets you.

Yours,
The Dudes .... or, Los Cabañeros ... if you’re not into the whole brevity thing 

!!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 27th, 2001; CAYA - Cocktail Hour Returns

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 in the Dusty Saddle

"Three days in the desert, and you bring me beer?!" ...

Dear Lost Souls,

After two weeks of holding court out in Black Rock City, the Haberdashery has returned to its Berkeley roots ... a bit o' dust behind the ears, but none the worse for wear. To celebrate our homecoming in international style, we are unveiling a precious case of Japanese crafted specialty beer, by the name of TakaTe', carefully brewed for the blistering climate of the Black Rock Desert. In addition, we'll be sharing some pictures and harrowing stories as we continue to extricate the dust from our nether regions.

Yes, my Badass Burners, Cocktail Hour is on for this evening ... and our dedicated Alchemists of Sling eagerly await the tired Haberdite masses as they trickle in from the harsh wilderness of another week in the proverbial / primordial coal mines ... so grab your favorite canary and come on by for a cocktail! As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to you primary evening's oasis ... 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; Dust Gets In Your Eyes

Dear Lost Souls,

Holy Cocktail Hour Batman! Is it too late to announce CAYA? ... Never! With dreams of fiery dust devils and raver buns dancing in our heads, your fearless sultans of swig are diligently preparing for our annual pilgrimage to Black Rock City ... but before we go, we've saved the last dance for you ... our loyal tribe of thirsty Haberdites who never cease to amaze us with your endless talents, boundless generosity, and unrivaled loyalty.

Yes, my Bay'ta Breakers, Cocktail Hour is on for this evening. The glasses are chilled, the empty shakers stand vigil, and our scrappy band of Haberdashery Alchemists stand at the ready to fulfill your ephemeral mellifluous desires ... however stirring or shaking they may be. As always, please do not hesitate to stop by for a quickie en route to you primary burn for the evening ... 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, 2003; CAYA; Autumn Looms and Weaves
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; Underwater Carnival in The SF Mission

Dear Lost Souls,

This week's Cocktail Hour will merge with a mega Pre-Playa Burning Man Party in San Francisco, hosted by IDEATE, the camp where the Haberdashery will manifest during the 2015 Burning Man festival (at 6:00 and Donniker for those Haberdite Burners out there). At tonight's party there will be burlesque performances, killer dance music, a great bar, a karaoke rickshaw, a mind-controlled interactive karaoke jellyfish mirror, face painting, costumes, energy healings ... the works. It's like a little taste of Burning Man without having to get dusty. You can check out the details on the IDEATE Facebook Page, and register HERE.

We will hope to see you there!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to August 8th, 2002; CAYA; Refuge from the Heat
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 Tonight - We've Been Trumped!

Dear Lost Souls,

This week Cocktail Hour has been trumped by a better offer ... what did you think I meant?

We will not be meeting at the Haberdashery tonight, but our fearless Cabana Boys will still be hoisting glasses in honor of the global Haberdite community . . . and wishing you a most righteous weekend.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to August 15th, 2002; CAYA; Dali Lama Instructions for Life
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; Bring the Kids to Meet the von Trapps!

Dear Lost Souls,

How do you solve a problem like the work week? Try a delightful evening with the von Trapp Family! ... traveling incognito as the "Webers" ... climbing every mountain and exclusively visiting the Haberdashery from Germany as part of a California tour. Our crack team of alchemists and cabana boys will be doing their darndest to offer the von Trapps a few of our favorite things ... including some American BBQ and a little do-re-mi with the Haberdashery house band ... before they have to say, "so long, farewell". 

Oh yes, my Mischievous Minstrels, CAYA in on for this evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm . . . or join us at 6.30pm for a BBQ for the von Trapps. The von Trapps have a wide age range of children, so feel free to add a few to the mix! As always, please do not hesitate to stop for a quickie en route to your evening's primary 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 July 31st, 2002; CAYA; Sweet Baby Ray
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 End of An Era; Please Sign

"I'm not going to censor myself to comfort your ignorance." - Jon Stewart 

Dear Lost Souls,

August 6th is Jon Stewart's last Daily Show! ... now let that sink in.

The Haberdashery has adopted an important pet project in our national interest, to have Jon stay (or bring him back) to host the Daily Show during the 2016 Presidential Campaign. Impossible? It is if we do nothing ... it's not if we get enough national support! CLICK AND SIGN THE PETITION NOW . . . and then GET THE WORD OUT; share it with your friends and family! Imagine how cool it would be if we pulled this off ... but more importantly, imagine how the campaign will suffer without Jon Stewart protecting truth and transparency on the crowded avenues of political discourse. Act now!

We now return to regularly shhhheduled shhhilliness . . . 

Oh yes, my Insatiable Satirists, CAYA in on for this evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop for a quickie en route to your evening's primary double entendre  . . . 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 July 29th, 2004; CAYA; Two To Go Go
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; A Midsummer Night's Overture

Dear Lost Souls,

'It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that sting' ... I mean swing ... or shake ... or stir ...

In any event, CAYA hit the ground running last week with an impressive turnout of loyal Haberdashery stalwarts and fresh new faces ... and a good time was had by all! This week we will extend our streak to two ... with another midsummer night's dream of quality fellowship, live music, lofty rhetoric, and handcrafted cocktails conceived and executed by our steadfast band of steely alchemists. (note: no alchemists were executed in the production of this evening's event)

Yes, my Theoretical Thespians, CAYA in on for this evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by and enjoy a brief mellifluous overture en route to your evening's Main Event . . . or to linger indefinitely until the grand finale.

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 10th, 2003; CAYA; A Midsummer's Night Drink

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; Greece and Italy Trigger 11th Hour Haberdashery Bailout

Dear Lost Souls,

Late night Monday, key Haberdashery policy makers convened in a surprise Advisory Board session, welcoming back CAYA's European envoy over crepes and cocktails. Facing poor liquidity and growing unrest by thirsty Haberdites, the board was forced to accept a bailout offer by previous management ... which has promised to resume regular Haberdashery activities immediately. Left under Greek and Italian management for the last two months, the Haberdashery has been crippled by ongoing closures and gaps in its service delivery pipeline. A CAYA spokesperson dismissed any links to the recent departure of the resident Greek delegate, claiming the move was previously scheduled and unrelated to the bailout. The Greek delegate, who could not be reached for a response, did comment via email saying, "Sorry about the ivy, dude. I did water the bloody thing!!!"

Faced with the enormity of the crisis, frantic preparations for this Friday's Emergency Referendum began immediately. While officials refuse to comment on the specific content and procedural execution of the Emergency Referendum, a resident alchemist was overheard saying that it promises to be shaking, stirring, and chilling in its complexity and scope ... with an apropos wage 'garnish' to top it off.

We're back! ... Soooooo yes, my Mediterranean Misfits, CAYA in on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm PST. As always, please feel free to drop by for a quickie en route to your primary evening bailout . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañero

 !!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 20th, 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; Haute Couture

Dear Lost Souls,

As many of you may already know, Greg is traveling around Europe and will be gone for another 60 days. While he’s frolicking in the Italian streets, entertaining himself with fancy girls with their haute couture handbags and their stylish outfits, he left us here to thirstily carry the burden of our lives. Luckily, a small group of brave Haberdites decided to take the responsibility of quenching your thirst while our usual host is gone.

Yes, my bewildered friends, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails may not be as fancy as Greg’s ones, but will be served at 7.30pm anyway. 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 May 8, 2003, Come As You Are - 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

Dear Lost Souls, 

'Tis the season of the Taxman . . . who now, fat and happy with his pound of flesh, sits satiated on the fruits of our domestic labors . . . so to fund the pork and politics that fouls the halls of our National Capital . . . while undeserving the care and feeding of our nation's precious human capital, who ignorantly (and often blissfully) fuel the parasitic machinations of graft and partisanship that are the bane of today's political status quo. Now two days later ... as our vision slowly clears and the sting of the bite begins to numb, we may return to our regularly scheduled lamentations, albeit with a lighter purse . . . and an adult beverage in hand, that so holds a promise of soothing the pain and blurring the vivid dysfunction of our per annum omage to our romantic experimentation with an imperfect union.

Yes, my Depleted Dilettantes, CAYA in on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm . . . and this week there will be some sweet and savory Cajun treats for early arrivals. As always, please feel free to swing by for a quickie en route to your evening's primary fleecing . . . 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 - Mayflowers Expected
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 - Back to the Future

Dear Lost Souls,

There will be no Cocktail Hour this week . . . as we are on a fantastic journey Back to the Future!

The good news is that YOU TOO are invited to attend. We are helping to organize a major bash tonight at The Village in San Francisco . . . and it is going to rock! Come party like Marty McFly in 2015! . . . Don't miss our featured DJs, Dance Troops and Body Work!:

DJ Jimmy Bell - https://www.facebook.com/jimmybellofficial
DJ Chris Harnett - http://www.chrisharnett.com/
Crash Dance - http://www.crashdancesf.com/

Come be a part of the convergence of creative makers, prototypers and designers from the Market Street Prototyping Festival and community members from IDEATE 2014, our Burning Man camp based on sustainability, innovation and bringing radical creativity to the world.

Register at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ideate-back-to-the-future-tickets-16402768121 
More info at: https://www.facebook.com/events/1576462472637162/

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

CAYA; A Pretty Damn Good Friday!

Dear Lost Souls,

Oh my! . . . it's a Full Moon, Blood Moon, Lunar Eclipse, Good Friday! . . . and if you haven't peed your pants yet . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this evening as well! The excitement may be too much! But fear not, the Haberdashery is offering you some low brow, low stress refuge . . . here under our canopy of low expectations, lubricated by the mellifluous musings of our meticulous Alchemists . . . shaking, stirring, and straining to fulfill your every fluid whim. So, leave your loony delusions of paschal virtue at the bottom of the stoop and join us up at the CAYA Gastronomical Observatory for an evening of good cheer and fellowship as, together, we navigate our little blue spaceship through a total eclipse of our nearest celestial soul sister. 

Yes, my Loquacious Lunatics, CAYA in on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free make a last minute orbital adjustment to swing by for a quickie en route to the evening's primary LZ . . . 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 4th, 2004; CAYA; My Guinness!!, It's Good Friday!

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; Ribbon Cutting for the New Wing! . . . TNT Revisited

Dear Lost Souls,

After a bazzillion dollar investment, untold heartache, and herculean toil, we are pleased to open access to a completely uncharted wing of the Haberdashery's Hallowed Halls. This evening's ribbon cutting (at approximately 10pm) will mark yet another expansion in the breadth, depth, and scope of our sacred commitment to CAYA's weekly constitution . . . striving to make your Friday evening ever-so-slightly more enjoyable and regenerative . . . as you bask in the dim brilliance of eclectic starlight, scribbling love letters to the cosmos on the dark side of a waning paper moon. Last night's 'soft opening' was attended by a surly band of intrepid test pilots, and proved to be an unmitigated success, both in terms of the new wing's character and functionality, and as a reminder of the inherent wisdom behind CAYA's *Thursday Night Theory (TNT). 

Yes, my Selenian Scribes, CAYA in on for this Friday evening. Cocktails will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to slingshot by for a quickie en route to the evening's primary terrestrial destination . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

*Thursday Night Theory (TNT): If you wait longingly all week for a Friday 'spiritual' liberation/libation, you are likely to 'over do it' and thereby feel too exhausted to fully enjoy an eventful Saturday evening; effectively curtailing your weekend to a single night out. However, if you begin the weekend on Thursday night, you are inclined to 'take it easy', in anticipation of remaining functional for a productive work day on Friday. Accordingly; then when Friday night rolls around, you will still be excited to start the weekend, but will revel in moderation; both because there is less anticipated buildup to Friday, and because you are a little tired from a Thursday evening out. Finally, since you did not 'over do it' on Friday night, you will be rested for a satisfying evening on Saturday. Conclusion: By going out on Thursday, you have effectively turned (what otherwise might be) a one-night weekend into a three-night weekend.

!!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 22nd, 2004; CAYA - Thursday Night Theory at McNally's

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; Ode to the Star Man

"However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope.” - Steven Hawking

Dear Lost Souls,

Bound and blinded by our subjective glimpse of a vast intractable reality, we strive for individual meaning and belonging. With a pinhole camera's view projected on to a fleshy primate neuronet, we ride on waves of hope, desperation, triumph, and despair . . . all of our own creation. So why not enjoy the ride? . . . make popcorn and lemonade, and revel in the granulated cinema of the ephemeral human experience . . . embracing the projected spectacle of our hopes, dreams, and perfect delusions in an intelligible universe of our own creation.

Yes, my CAYA Cosmonauts, 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 across your event horizon to your primary Friday evening singularity . . . or to linger in the infinite!

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; Beware The Ides of March

Friends, Haberdites, countrymen, lend me your ears;
I come to praise CAYA, not to bury it . . .

'Tis an evil season for emperors and despots,
But let not this dampen the irrepressible spirit of the noble and loyal Haberdite
who gathers with pure heart and open mind to toast the good deeds of our tribe;

Setting aside the petty differences and ephemeral burdens of our workaday lives,

we hoist a cup and nosh a nut it cheerful fellowship and collective good will;

The weekend is here, and let no man, emperor, or fool,
distract us from the fulfillment of or waking dreams;
stirred and shaken to harmonious balance with alchemical acoutremon! 

~

Oh yes, my Insatiable Senators, 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 coup d'état . . . 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 14th, 2002: CAYA; The Laurel Harvest
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