CAYA in Place; Liberate The Haberdashery! 😷

Dear Lost Souls,

Greetings from the Haberdashery Multiverse! 🖖🏼 Come As You Are . . . and stay where ya'll at!

It is with profound relief and pride that The Haberdashery Board of Directors has announced our strategic implementation of the Administration's 'curio of cures'. We are confident that in the coming days we will be able to smuggle adequate supplies of blue lights and disinfectants to the Left Coast to offer up a 5 gallon keg of New Orleans-style Clorocanes 🌪 to our brilliant band of loyal Harberdites. Accordingly, we are planning on a carefully planned multi-day phased reopening of The Haberdashery, doing our part to prioritize and restore the national economy, and culminating in a mega bash next Friday evening!!!! . . . demonstrating that social distancing is a liberal hoax!

Yes my Snooty Snowflakes, CAYA is on for this evening. Please join us (at 7:30pm sharp) for a cocktail tutorial, as we shake up the Deep State with our signature Clorotini . . . a delicate blend of ammonia, sodium hypochlorite, hydrogen peroxide, and calcium hypochlorite . . . delicately stirred to prevent premature detonation . . . and garnished with a paper-thin shaving of urinal cake . . . best enjoyed under the restorative glow of dappled blue light. Happy days are here again!

But in the mean time! . . . this week you are invited to join us at The Last Resort from your sequestration sanctuary on our dedicated Haberdashery Zoom channel (Meeting ID#: 510 646 5316) at 7:30pm PST. Feel free to fluidly join the conversation or melt back to your corner of the Multiverse whenever you like. We will maintain the wormhole opening all evening (round'about midnight), or until after the last Haberdite signs off.

We are all making this up as we go. But, with a long pour of compassion, a shot of empathy, and more-than-a-dash of patience . . . though we may emerge shaken or stirred . . . our community of Haberdites will navigate this gauntlet of isolation with poise and dignity . . . and an adult beverage in hand. 

Now be safe out there . . . and above all else . . . be kind to one another, my fellow Haberdites!

Yours,

Los Cabañeros

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to April 8th, 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

CAYA - Schrodinger's Quarantine

Dear Lost Souls,

Greetings from the Haberdashery Multiverse! 🖖🏼 Come As You Are . . . and stay where ya'll at!

Does the economy exist to support the basic needs of each member of our society so that they may best strive to meet their maximum human potential . . . or do humans exist as drones to sacrifice themselves on the altar of unchecked consumerism in service to the care and feeding of abstract monetary indicators? Well kids, we have all been directed to go sit quietly in the corner of the classroom to contemplate this dynamic. This evening, we invite you to join us in Our corner of an edgeless reality, with an adult beverage in hand and the comfort of some live music, to pontificate on the relative absurdity of Schrodinger's quarantine. Fear > Learn > Grow

Yes my Prepackaged Proletariat, CAYA is on for this evening. Please join us (at 7:30pm sharp) for a cocktail tutorial, as we slide softly off the edge of a flat earth into the deep welcoming pool of a Mezcal Negroni.

We are not drinking . . . we are learning.

You are invited to join us at The Last Resort from your sequestration sanctuary on our dedicated Haberdashery Zoom channel (Meeting ID#: 510 646 5316) at 7:30pm PST. Feel free to fluidly join the conversation or melt back to your corner of the Multiverse whenever you like. We will maintain the wormhole opening all evening (round'about midnight), or until after the last Haberdite signs off.

We are all making this up as we go. But, with a long pour of compassion, a shot of empathy, and more-than-a-dash of patience . . . though we may emerge shaken or stirred . . . our community of Haberdites will navigate this gauntlet of isolation with poise and dignity . . . and an adult beverage in hand.

Now be safe out there . . . and above all else . . . be kind to one another, my fellow Haberdites!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to April 29th, 2004: CAYA - Fer Foke Sek!
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA Blog, and register for email updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com

CAYA in Place; Holy Week!

Dear Lost Souls,

Greetings from the Haberdashery Multiverse! 🖖🏼 Come As You Are . . . and stay where ya'll at!

"Good Friday" is always relative . . . but considering the week we've had . . . there was really only room for improvement. From the passing of yet another musical legend, John Prine, to the now likely prospect of candidate Biden being gutted like a fish in the general election, to the dramatic jump in the US Corona death toll, to another series of naked power grabs by 45 . . throw in the usual mix of earthquakes, hurricanes and wars, and you've got the makings for a lovely weekend ride with the four horseman of the apocalypse.
But fear not . . . This evening the Haberdashery will once again offer some minimal respite from the whirlwinds of armageddon as we kick off our Easter celebration in sequestration with some digital fellowship and a crash corse in fluid dynamics. Please join us (at 7:30pm sharp) as we offer a video tutorial on the subtleties of crafting a simply marvelous Caipiriña . . . or Caipirissima . . . or Caipiroska . . . depending upon the state of your depleted alcohol reserves.

We invite you to join us virtually at The Last Resort from your safe haven on our dedicated Haberdashery Zoom channel (Meeting ID#: 510 646 5316) at 7:30pm PST. Feel free to fluidly join the conversation or melt back to your corner of the Multiverse whenever you like. We will maintain the wormhole opening all evening (until about midnight), or until after the last Haberdite signs off.

We are all making this up as we go. But, with a long pour of compassion, a shot of empathy, and more-than-a-dash of patience . . . though we may emerge shaken or stirred . . . our community of Haberdites will navigate this gauntlet of isolation with poise and dignity . . . and an adult beverage in hand.

Now be safe out there . . . and above all else . . . be kind to one another, my fellow Haberdites!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

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

Come As You Are; Lean On Me . . .

Dear Lost Souls,

Greetings from the Haberdashery Multiverse! 🖖🏼 Come As You Are . . . and stay where ya'll at!

This past week two legendary minstrels, jazz patriarch Ellis Marsalis, and R&B great Bill Withers, were called home for their final performance . . . another reminder of how nourishing the arts have been for all of us during each of our respective shelter-in-place odysseys. Please join us tonight as we pay homage to Ellis and Bill, sharing some virtual space and fellowship from our individual multiverses.

We will kick off the evening (at 7:30pm sharp) with a video tutorial on how to conjure a handcrafted 'Perfect'  Manahattan . . . crisp and dry, like we like'm. The City and State of New York are staring down the barrel of a tough few weeks ahead, so we will also be raising a toast to wish Manhattan the strength and fortitude to persevere.You know it is a dangerous world out there when picnic tables are deemed a public hazard! But just like last week, we invite you to join us virtually from your safe haven at The Last Resort on our dedicated Haberdashery Zoom channel (Meeting ID#: 510 646 5316) at 7:30pm PST. Help us pay musical homage to Ellis or Bill by playing a song for your fellow Haberdites ... and/or just sing along from your respective CAYA Cave.

Feel free to fluidly join the conversation or melt back to your corner of the Multiverse whenever you like. We will maintain the wormhole opening all evening (until about midnight), or until after the last Haberdite signs off. If you have experienced any revelations on how we may harness the endless variety the cosmos for the benefit of future Cocktail Hours, please share those with us.

We are all making this up as we go. But, with a long pour of compassion, a shot of empathy, and more-than-a-dash of patience . . . though we may emerge shaken or stirred . . . our community of Haberdites will navigate this gauntlet of isolation with poise and dignity . . . and an adult beverage in hand.

Now be safe out there . . . and above all else . . . be kind to one another, my fellow Haberdites!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

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