CAYA; The Celestial Scales

Dear Lost Souls,

The celestial scales oscillate in their timeless rhythm . . . an intricate symphony of light and gravity . . . ellipses intersecting in golden arcs of cosmic dust sprinkled through the vast and empty darkness. And so, our little blue life raft wobbles along, offering up its tireless bounty of seasonal variations, as we sow and reap the harvest of our labors. So as the scales once again see eye to eye in the glory of the equinox, let us pause to contemplate our good fortune for being in the community of anointed cosmonauts piloting this magical biosphere on its journey toward the promise of our collective destiny.

Yes, my Quixotic Cosmonauts, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. And though the frenzied spin of our weekly toils threatens to eject us from the sweet comfort of Gaia's gracious gravities, the Haberdashery promises a soft landing at the end of another seven cycles of Apollo's golden orb. Come as you are . . . to find refuge in the collective shade of our low expectations in the eclectic company of familiar strangers, and worry not for the morrow.

Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañero

NOTE!: Next week CAYA will be in San Francisco at the Jellyfish Gallery . . . with a two act show including DJ Mr. Fabulous, El Dave, and the Johnny Walnut band!

!! 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; 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; 'Tis The Season of Brrrr!

Dear Lost Souls,
 
Each year, the Labor Day weekend firmly seals the fate of summer . . . an Irish wake to the golden glories of a season past, and a harbinger of the looming advent of Gaia's darker humors. Prepare the harvest, return to school, put away the Playa equipment, and take in the dock. 'Tis the season of Brrrrr . . . when even the names of the months foretell the chill that will bring the heralded crimson and gold of autumn's ephemeral reign.
 
Yes, my Solar Socialites, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . and what better way to celebrate the glory of summer's passing then in the company of your fellow Haberdites . . . the diligent custodians of the CAYA metronome, marking the passing of yet another seven celestial circuits of Apollo's golden chariot. Come join us as we hoist a toast to all that ends, to all that begins again, and to all the promise that will unfold with the glories and sorrows to be revealed in mysteries of the morrow.
 
Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary destiny du jour . . . or to linger indefinitely under our verdant canopy of low expectations.
 
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 August 28th, 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; Apollo's Soltice Joyride!

Dear Lost Souls,

The Solstice is upon us, that magical moment when Apollo’s golden chariot makes its longest and most triumphant arc across the sacred dome of heaven, before plotting his inevitable retreat to the dark promises of another hemisphere. On this glorious day, each of us are an axis mundi completing a celestial circuit between earth and star, terra firma bound to the galactic fortunes of tireless gravity and a tempestuous sun; giver of life and destroyer of worlds. And for all of this, the gods ask only for the offering of a toast to acknowledge our appreciation for the bounty that comes forth from nature's timeless heartbeat.

Yes, my Solar Powered Solstice Soldiers, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Come hoist a glass for the official beginning of Summer’s reign. On this occasion, in reverence to the Haberdashery’s position in the international CAYA Consortium (CAYAC), we will have the pleasure of hosting dignitaries visiting from Greece, Alaska, Chicago, and New York.

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

Yours,
Los Cabañero 

P.S. This weeks Haberdashery 1.0 Flashback takes us back to June 21^st, 2001; The Rights of Spring

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street
Berkeley, CA 94710
T: (510) 229 2970

CAYA; Venus and the Eternal Dance

Dear Lost Souls,

Precocious though she may be in her temptation of Apollo, Venus this past week cast her passing gaze upon our little blue marble  . . . an oh-so humble black dot passing before an immense fiery orb . . . perhaps gone mostly unnoticed . . . but nevertheless confirmation that we are indeed unwitting chorus players in an infinitely complex, rhythmic and precise celestial orchestration of light and bodies in dance. But, perhaps more impressive than these vast distances, unfathomable masses, and cosmic forces, is that we can simultaneously conceptualize these wonders within the limits of our corporal consciousness . . . planets and stars hurtling through infinite space, transmuted into pure thought, projected as manifestations of reality through the interaction of sanguine flesh and firing synapses . . . in our very own, infinitely complex, rhythmic and precise celestial orchestration of light and bodies in dance.

Yes my Cosmonaut Companions, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening! And though infinitely smaller in their frequencies and orbits than their celestial cousins, our crystalline vessels laden with the alchemical culmination of our collective conscience await the steady guidance of the Haberdashery's pantheon of pilots . . . to navigate their bounty towards their terrestrial destinies. So! . . . let Venus and Apollo now stand in awe beneath OUR passing shadow, captivated by the harmonies that flow forth from our unremitting fountain of fellowship . . . nestled in the collective shade of low expectations that grace our temple mount.

Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your final cosmic destiny . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañero

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to June 10th, 2004; Up on the Roof!: Birthdays and Goodbyes

The Haberdashery is located at:
2124 5th Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970