CAYA; Official Tasting of the H1B International IPA, by The Haberdashery Brewing Company

​Dear Lost Souls,

The Haberdashery Brewing Company in West Berkeley is pleased to unveil its latest masterpiece, the H1B International IPA, created by a select team of international consultants, master brewers and useless bystanders. Our latest creation will take your taste buds on an international journey of intrigue and wonder . . . dry hopped, steeped with sharp wit, and carefully aged for over 5 months. The Haberdashery is pleased to offer you a select limited tasting, to be accompanied by our usual mix of lite hors d'oeuvres and cheeky banter. Please feel free to contribute in any any of these categories.

Yes, my Blasphemous Brewers, 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 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 17th, 2002; CAYA - BADAS
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; Why So Sour?

Dear Lost Souls,

Has the work week got you down? Does the heat and dust of your proverbial coal mine have your craving something lite, crisp and refreshing? Well, grab your sweet Canary, put on your party dress and come on by the Haberdashery for one of or signature Sours . . . an alchemical masterpiece, shaken to a balanced rhythm, chilled to metaphysical perfection, poured with deep caring, and garnished with a sprig of verdant joy from the Haberdashery's own organic urban garden. Thirsty yet?

Yes, my Capricious Coalminers, 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 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 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; The Delusion of Balance & the Balance of Delusion

Dear Lost Souls,

Day & night. Sun & moon. Dark & light. The Equinox. This now is the delicate balance of the spheres . . . that we presumptuously label and 'precisely' measure with the mathematical contrivances of a god complex hardwired into our timeless quest to understand an inevitably ephemeral existence. The blind folly of countless 'enlightened' individuals, multiplied times the unchecked propagation of a species that misinterprets its gross shortsightedness . . . manifest in the rapid destruction of our isolated and fragile terrestrial biosphere . . . for celestial wisdom and the delusion of enlightened self determination. Better perhaps, that we simply toast the rare majesty of another day, and not presume to peer behind the opaque curtain of a heavenly clockwork, or naively pretend to work the levers of the fates. Would that we serve each precious moment on this earth up and neat, without the garnish of distractions that cloud the clarity of purest alchemy that brought us naked to this day.

Yes, my Pernicious Primates, 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 tête-à-tête . . . 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, 2003; CAYA; All Things Equal
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; Out of the Dust . . . Rise Fountains of Effervescent Joy

Dear Lost Souls,

Sound the celestial trumpets . . . bang the ceremonial drums . . . rattle glad tambourines! We have returned from a whirling tempest of desiccation and sweat-fueled chaos . . . and have now arrived at another day of music and rejoicing in the Haberdashery's Sacred Hall! On this occasion, after much contemplation and careful planning, the Haberdashery Board has invested in a Soda Stream . . . oh yeah! Grueling initial trials and testing have been hugely successful, all indicators are green, and this evening will be the first full battle testing of this space-age advancement in corporal and spiritual refreshment. Our Cabañeros are poised and ready to unleash the Kraken. Don't miss the excitement!

Yes, my Effervescent Evangelicals, 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 Dance Across the Universe . . . 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 11th, 2003; CAYA; Christening of the New Wing!
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; Festa Italiana - Pizza & Wine Party!

Dear Lost Souls,

It's Haberdite appreciation night at CAYA! As a special demonstration of how much we love you, we are going to have a pizza, pasta, and antipasti party to beat the band! . . . of course, the band is also invited to feast! There will be plenty of food! . . . Please bring along a bottle of wine to share with your fellow Haberdites . . . they are a thirsty lot!

Yes, my Incandescent Italianos, Cocktail Hour is on for this Friday evening. Cocktails (and pizza!) will be served at 7.30pm. As always, please feel free to stop by for a quickie en route to your primary Friday evening Festa della Sera, 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; CAYA; Haberdashery Drone Relief!
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 Evening

Dear Lost Souls,

There will be no Cocktail Hour this evening . . . as the HaberHosts got better offers.

We invite you to go out into the world to spread good cheer and fellowship in the name of our sacred communion. We will lift a glass in your name and we invite you to do the same!

Yours,
Los Cabañeros

CAYA; The Bluegrass in Always Greener

Dear Lost Souls,

Last evening, at an outstanding Blue Grass / New Grass concert, David Grisman reminded us that today is the 72nd birthday of Jerry Garcia . . . a favorite of the Haberdite Community. Now, what better way to honor Jerry and his legacy, than to hoist a hand crafted cocktail and play a ditty or two in his name? . . . and so we shall!

Yes, my Merry Minstrels, 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 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 14th, 2003; CAYA; 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