CAYA; Cometh the Epiphany! . . . and Mardi Gras Season!

Dear Lost Souls,

With the passing of the Feast of the Epiphany (on January 6th) we have officially begun the Mardi Gras season! And with only 32 days to go, you should be in full training mode!!! So, get out your King Cake, deck the halls in purple, green, and gold, and start perfecting the subtleties of your roux . . . oh!, how dark will you go?! Have you learned the difference between an etouffe, a creole, a jambalaya, a filet gumbo, and an okra gumbo . . . with lagnappe? Start your research now and be prepared for Hurricanes in the forecast! Bon Ton!!

Yes, my Cosmopolitan Cajuns, Cocktail Hour is on for the Friday evening . . . your one-stop-shop for hospitality, low impact fellowship, music jams, and signature adult beverages. As always, our crack squad of Haberdashery Alchemists will be on hand to fulfill you cocktail fantasies . . . with Lagnappe! Fantasies may also be provided upon request. Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening venue . . . 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; The 2013 Magic Carpet Ride

In moments of eternity

We stretch out our arms to let life swirl around us,

Tears of joy wash clean our senses to reveal the intensity of experience

And illuminate the dynamic beauty of the Present.

                                                                          1991.12.26

Dear Lost Souls,

Benvenuto a 2013! And so another year begins, with high hopes and timely resolutions for the months to come. But, perhaps the most infinite gift we can manifest this year is the conscious intention to realize the limitless wonder of the present moment in which we find ourselves. Yesterday is gone, and tomorrow is a crap shoot. So catch a ride on your magic Carpe Diem, and remember to embrace every instance of this ephemeral roller coaster ride we call life!

Yes, my Capricious Carpet Jockeys, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . as the countdown to MardiGras begins!; only 39 days to go!!! It is never too early to start training! As it was in the beginning, is now and always shall be . . . our Mixology Maestros will be on hand to guide you in your whimsical wanderings through Mr. Boston’s Beverage Bible . . . whims may be provided upon request. Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening venue . . . 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

CAYA; Adieu To You Too 2012!

Dear Lost Souls,

WELL! . . . you've survived the Mayan Apocalypse, the War On Christmas, and another holiday dinner with your flatulent Uncle Ernie . . . only to face the dawn of 2013 crammed in the back seat of an economy careening off a fiscal cliff . . . under the steady guidance of The Boner and Pelosi Show. But, don't worry Sweet Virginia, there is still a Cocktail Hour to believe in . . . your a-political, multicultural, post-apocalyptic, fiscally responsible, trans-dimensional oasis in the sanity starved desert of our disaster-strewn temporal reality.

Yes, my Bewildered Bedouins! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening! 2012 was indeed a year to remember . . . AND TO FORGET!! And so . . . for one last gig in 2012 . . . we invite you to The Last Resort; to come find shelter under the Haberdashery's canopy of low expectations . . . dappled with shadowy dreams, chromatic melodies, and beckoning constellations of electric wishing stars. As always, our band of alchemical wizards will be on hand to guide you in the thoughtful pursuit of more ephemeral resolutions . . . to quench the karmic thirsts that are sure to arise in yet another circumnavigation of our smoldering Sol.
Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday night terminus temporalis . . . 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 December 13th, 2001; Old Lawn Signs
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

The Meyen Lemon Calypso

THE MEYEN CALYPSO:

Juice from ½ a Meyer Lemon
1 Teaspoon of raw cane sugar
2 oz. of fine dark rum
2 oz. of coconut water

- Add ice, lemon juice, and sugar to shaker and shake vigorously
- Add rum and coconut water to shaker and shake vigorously
- Serve in chilled martini glass with a spiral of lemon rind and a mint leaf as a garnish
- for additional effect, coat edge of glass with powdered sugar
- Put on Calypso music and shake vigorously.
Enjoy!

CAYA; Your Meyer Apocalypso Rally Point . . . and a Haberdashery Plan B

Dear Lost Souls,

This could very well be our final correspondence . . . scratched out in desperate emotion on the eve of the End of Days . . . as we stare woefully down the barrel of our cosmic annihilation. Solemnly, the Haberdashery is honored to have been selected as a post-apocalyptic rallying point for our collective journey to the bosom of Hades. . . no doubt because of our generous cache of "critical supplies". So grab your loved ones, scamper on over, and join us on board the last party barge across the River Styx . . . with a perfectly chilled cocktail of your choice in hand!
 
Yes, my Denizens of Doom! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . apocalypse or not! . . . A metaphor against a meteor! . . we shall make Meyer Lemon Calypsos out of Mayan lemons . . . Indeed! a "Plan B" worthy of our Merry Band of Haberdites!! . . . one way or another, Saturday is still TBD.

Cosmic annihilation notwithstanding, cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your karmic destiny . . . or to linger indefinitely, indubitably . . . AD INFINITUM!

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 December 4th, 2003; Come As You Are - Kneedeep in the Glög
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; Countdown to the Mayan Apocalypse! Are you ready?

Dear Lost Souls,

The nature of speech is deception;
for the lens of the spoken word
can never illuminate the true nature
of limitless ideas conceived out of pure thought

But when the veil is lifted
and we are liberated from this mortal coil
we shall know the light of truth
flowing uninterrupted between our eternal souls.

 . . . so, you better get your cosmic Shite together before all your friends and family see you in your karmic skivvies!
Yes!, the Mayan Apocalypse is just one week away, on . . . wait for it . . . Friday! . . . coincidence? 4 out of 5 Haberdites don't think so!
But, worry not! The Haberdashery has an exit strategy . . . albeit a shaky one . . . chilled, stirred, and garnished.

Yes, my Corporeal Cosmonauts! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . just so we can share one last moment in the comforting glow of low expectations before we step through to the other side . . . Martini in hand.
As it was in the beginning, cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. Please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to the eternal destiny of your soul . . . or to linger indefinitely, ephemerally, and transubstantiationaly.

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 January 5th, 2012; CAYA; My My Mayan Sharona
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; Santa is Still a Ho!

COME ON!
 
The truth shines bright as driven snow
He spreads good cheer wher'ever he goes
All decked in red and trimmed in white
He's dressed for Love on Christmas night
 
With Rudolph's nose to guide his sleigh
A bright Red Light to lead the way
He won't take cash to pay the bill
With milk and cookies he gets his fill
 
No need to tell the girls and boys
About the Tart who brings their toys
But don't pretend YOU didn't know
That Old Saint Nick is just a Ho!
                                                                    (reprinted from CAYA 12.13.03)

Yes, my Rambunctious Reindeer! . . . Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening . . . but what sparkling experiential iceberg rises on that temporal horizon!??? . . . it's Alaska Martinis!! . . . back in season, and just in time to provide perfect punctuation to the end of another week in the Old St. Nick Sweatshop. Ho, what better way to toast in the holidaze delirium than with a frosty multicolored alchemical masterpiece prepared by our crack team of effervescent elves. Be sure to tip your hard working elf appropriately . . . although inappropriately is also much appreciated.

Cocktails will be served at 7:30pm. As always, please feel free to swing your sleigh by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening seasonal soiree . . . or to linger indefinitely . . . indubitably . . . and festively in the hazy lazy glow of another Haberdashery Holiday Party.

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 December 18th, 2003; Santa is a Ho!
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