CAYA in the City; DJ Mr. Fabulous spins Potrero Hill!

Dear Lost Souls,

By popular demand, the Haberdashery will be back in San Francisco this week . . . kickin' it at Club 631 Pennsylvania Avenue, on Potrero Hill . . . facilitating all you City folk to Come As You Are, juuuust a little bit closer to home. To tempt your wayward musical souls, we will have special guest DJ Mr. Fabulous spinning the night away; joining us from Italia! We know plenty of you are headed out to the Playa this weekend, so don't be afraid to stop by and show off a little Black Rock City style before you skip town! We are expecting a healthy crowd, so on this occasion, to help us better serve you, we welcome you to contribute your favorites to the bar. A big thanks to Christy Bolingbroke and Aliza Arenson for hosting!

Yes, my Cosmic Urbanauts, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. The stars are gonna be out, the cocktails are gonna be shakin' and stirrin', and the music is gonna be thumpin'. So put on your dancin' shoes, shimmy up to the bar, let our dedicated Cabana Boys weave your whimsies into alchemical gold, and float away with Mr. Fabulous as he takes you on a rhythmic adventure across his magical ocean of sound. Cocktails will be served at 6:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route on your evening's voyage . . . 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 August 22nd, 2002; Solid Ground & Protected Harbors
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

'Tis the Season of the Haberdite!

Dear Lost Souls,
 

As the political season is heating up, summer is starting to cool down. 'Tis the season of the Straw Man . . . when quality discourse yields to petty jibes, and empty triumphs over heralded half truths or shameless misrepresentations. 'Tis the season of the Burning Man . . . when the tribes of NorCal hoist the banner of their Clan, navigating the swirling dust and infernal heat to cleanse their souls with karmic offerings penned on the temple wall; to be consumed upon the communal pyre. 'Tis the season of the Haberdashery . . . when our timeless communion is joined with the promise of new beginnings, to season the brew that fills our communal cup, as we hoist a toast to many future harvests of health and good cheer!
 

Yes, my Loyal Lords and Ladies, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. And, as on any other occasion of our humble gathering, our dedicated team of mixologists waits patiently to temper their craft in the kilns of your alchemical whims . . . though, whims may be provided upon request. Your satisfaction is our fulfillment. Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary campaign . . . or to linger indubitably, insatiably, and 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 August 14th, 2003; 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; Cool Baby! . . . Swingin' with the Rat Pack; Frank is in the house!

Dear Lost Souls,
Slide into something COOL, BABY! . . . get out your shark skins and tip that Fedora just so . . . come Dino, come Sammy, come Joey, come Franky . . . but most of all Come As You Are! . . . It's time to kick it with the Rat Pack!

This week we will be featuring the original Rat Pack in the original Ocean's Eleven! That's right Man, none of this Clooney/Pitt/Damon/Roberts crap! . . . we're talkin' Sinatra, Martin and the rest of the boys! Park your Politically Correct on the porch, and learn how the bad boys ran Vegas back in the day! The evening's feature film will be softly nestled in a generous bed of swingin' Rat Pack tunes, and of course, the appropriate alchemical accoutrements . . . the Martinis and Manhattans will be shakin', the music will be swingin', and we will also be stirrin' up Frank's favorite cocktail (not a Martini!).

Yes, my Sassy Swingers! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday Evening! Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm and Ocean's Eleven will start promptly at 9:00pm . . . Frank is NOT someone you want to keep waiting!! As always, please feel free to swing on by for lickedy split . . . 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 31st, 2003; Persian Splendor
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 week. Los Cabañeros are busy in foreign environs, spreading the gospel of the Haberdashery.
Translate: We got better offers.

We send you out into the world to hoist a glass in the direction of our sacred hall, in honor of our solemn covenant! . . . and we'll see you next week.

Yours,Los Cabañero

CAYA; The Sound of Chickens

Dear Lost Souls,

Please enunciate, repeating the following in a loud clear voice . . . so your office-mates can hear clearly:

In English:
RO-UH-RO-UH-ROOOO! (cock)
Cockadoodledoo! (cock)
WRA, WRA, WROW, WROA, WRO! (hen laying eggs)
Brawkk-AWK! (hen)
KuuUU KuUU KUUUK (hen)

In Italian:
Coccodé Coccodé! (hen)
Chicchirichí Chicchirichí! (rooster)
Pio pio pio pio (chick)

In Spanish:
Quirri, quiri, quiri, quiri (cock)
CAR-CAR-CARROO! (rooster in the morning)
Car-ra,ca-ra, ca-ra,ca-ra (hen)
Pio! Pio! Pio! Pi! (chicks)

For more information and multilingual translations: http://www.eleceng.adelaide.edu.au/personal/dabbott/animal.html

Oh yes, my Chickedies! Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening! Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quick peck en route to your final coup de ville . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañero

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to November 14th, 2002; A Toast to Gardeners!
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register your email for 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! Run for the Hills!

Dear Lost Souls,

There will be no cocktail hour this Friday the 13th . . . We are hiding in the Trinity Wilderness in case the ill will of this fateful day triggers an early Mayan Apocalypse!

We send you out into the world to hoist a glass and carry good tidings from the Haberdashery!

Yours,
Los Cabañero

CAYA; Pagans, Patriots, and the Promise of a God-fearing Nation (ATTENTION - 9:00pm start time)

Dear Lost Souls,

Happy Independence Day!

With the rockets’ red glare, a hotdog in hand, and our nation’s capital about to spontaneously burst into flame, it is time to celebrate the anniversary of our great nation’s fiery birth in the crucible of hard-won liberty. It was on this day, oh-so-many years ago that, with the help of a few humble fisherman, Jesus Christ and the founding disciples crossed the mighty Delaware River to sign the ten commandments and declare our independence from those Cheeky Englishman; prompting Paul Revere’s fateful ride, to brave the shadow of British tyranny, and deliver us from another six weeks of winter.

While subsequent generations faced the sometimes formidable task of liberating and protecting God’s chosen land from the pagan agendas of heathens, infidels, and ‘natives’ who were incapable of understanding the simple majesty of Manifest Destiny, we eventually persevered, triumphing over mountain, river, and forest . . . digging deep into the earth's bowels to free God’s bounty . . . paving over wetland and prairie to provide convenient vehicular access to the shopping malls and drive throughs that pump their life-giving commerce through the cholesterol clogged veins of red-blooded American consumerism.

But, stay vigil my fellow Americans! Despite the unfettered fossil-fueled glory that our nation has enjoyed, our enemies lie in wait.  Progressive anarchists, climate-obsessed bohemians, and those unfortunates whom the Lord did not grant the benediction of being born within our cosmically ordained borders, raise the evil specter of their socialist and egalitarian agendas. They threaten to slow the oil-soaked wheels of righteous capitalistic glory, undermine the sanctity of proprietary-based marriage, regulate the whims of the world-saving selfless investment banker, and deny our downtrodden corporate citizens their God-given right to a political voice proportional (only) to the size of their hard-earned wealth. There is no sleep for the weary.

Yes, my Postmodern Patriots, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. We will be opening the gates a bit later than usual, at 9:00pm, to facilitate our attendance at the Oakland Art Murmur. We invite you to join us for a stroll through the galleries at the Murmur before heading back to the Haberdashery’s Hallowed Hall to hoist a chalice in honor of 236 years of flawless adherence to Judeo-Christian values. As always, we invite you to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary revolution . . . or to linger indefinitely.

Yours,
Los Cabañero

P.S. This week's Haberdashery Flashback takes us back to July 5th, 2001; Independence Day!
P.S.S. Be sure to visit the CAYA blog, and register your email for updates: http://caya20.blogspot.com/

The Haberdashery is located at:

2124 5th Street

Berkeley, CA 94710

T: 510.229.2970