Halloween on Pine

Come out and party at Halloween on Pine!

A Frightening FREE Halloween Festival – 8PM – MIDNIGHT • Pine & Broadway

• Fabulous food and drink specials from your favorite local eateries.
• Haunting sights and sounds by DJ Groovy Lu
• Diabolical dancing by moonlight
• Hair-raising comedy showcase by the Laugh Factory
• COSTUME CONTEST! Over $1,000 in prizes: Best Superhero • Best Villain • Best Female Overall • Best Male Overall • Most Outrageous

The event, while not outright ADULT ONLY, I was advised that it’s going to be a bit on the rowdy side, like mini West Hollywood.  So if you want to keep your kids from seeing things they’ll ask about later *ahem*, you might want to sneak out without them.

On a selfish note, I am performing Thriler with a group of Thrill the World Los Angeles and OC zombies at 8:30, then I’ll teach for an hour, and perform again at 9:45.  After that, I’m free to party down.

Join me, won’t you?

…a.k.a. Zombie Pub Crawl this Saturday.

ETA – @oakmonster is assembling a group of @lazombies for a surprise performance at the V Room at some point. So, come on down! …and since nobody replies thus far, I’m just going to cancel this.

Assemble for a night of anarchy and immortalize the 3rd annual 2009 ZOMBIE PUB CREEP!

The alarm has rung to the depths of the grave and the dead are pissed again at the City of Long Beach. This can only lead to one thing “Zombify” yourself and reek havoc upon innocent civilians with us. NO LIVES ALLOWED.  If you’re ready to grab death by the horns and force fear upon humanity, you’re long wait for the bloody zombie nation is over.

The concept is easy; it’s about becoming deceased for one evening to unleash the most unruly of behavior by “zombifying” yourself. Deck yourself out in the deadliest and most creative ways-any way you can think of.

The zombies gather in an unsuspecting crowded area (in this case, Long Beach) and then it begins; zombies, victims, mayhem and booze.

Crawl Lineup:
8pm-10pm V Room 918 E. 4th St.
10pm-12am Cheapshots 941 E. 4th St.
12am-2am Ferns Cocktails 1253 E. 4th St.Any questions? Ask, otherwise we’ll see your rotting corpses there.

It’s time to celebrate the end of summer. Some of the kids are back in school, some of the adults too. It’s the last 3-day weekend we’ll have for a while and we might as well spend it with family and friends having a ton of fun. For the young (and the young at heart like @EdLovesSumo) we are going to have a child-friendly tweetup at @wildriverswater on Saturday, September 5th, 2009.

Address:
8770 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA, 92618-4200
Phone: (949) 788-0808

Directions:
From I-5, exit Bake Parkway, turn west 2 blocks to Irvine Center Drive, turn north, 1 block to Lion Country Rd, turn left into park

From I-405, exit Irvine Center Drive, turn south one block, to Lion Country Rd., turn right into park.

Cost: General Admission $31.98 (Height 48 inches or taller)
Senior Citizens 65 and Over are Free of Charge.

Junior Admission $19.98 (Height less than 48 inches – height will be checked at entrance gate)

I highly recommend taking advantage of the coupons which can be used online or you can print them out and pay at the park.

Coupons can be downloaded and printed from @wildriverswater, either on twitter or Facebook

There is also a printable coupon available.

@MeganEnloe and @daNanner will be there from about 10 and will hang out till 1030 in the picnic area. Hope to see you there!

WOW! Had a blast last night at The Reef. It turned into a Girls’ Night Out with me, @torie007 and @ResaMichelle. Torie and I were very basic beginners and Resa has salsa’d recently. At 8:30 the lessons began. The broke us into two groups, Beginners and Professionals. Erica was a really good teacher for the beginners. I’ll be honest, this was my very first time salsa dancing and the first time I had been out dancing in a very, very, long time.

Omar the bartender apparently hooked Resa up before I got there and she can attest to the quality of his drinks. I had three  of Terry’s (the other bartender) 007’s. I would have had more but he ran out of Bacardi O.  The $1 tacos were much larger than I expected and pretty tasty as well.

After the lessons they opened the dance floor up. Apparently there were already some regulars and I heard that the Long Beach Salsa Club meets there. No shortage of good dance partners.

I’m hoping to do another tweetup here with a larger group and maybe the SMAPs. Excellent service from the staff, great dancing, and so much fun!

Torie, Resa, feel free to add your impressions.

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All right ladies and gents, by popular demand, and sponsorship of The Reef, we are going dancing! If you don’t dance, feel free to come and watch, eat, drink, and make merry with the LBC crowd.

What: Tweetup and Salsa Dancing (with lessons!)

When: Thursday, August 20, 2009 from 7:00 PM on. Dance Lessons start at 8. Happy Hour is from 4-7.

Where:
The Reef
880 S. Harbor Scenic Dr Long Beach, CA 90802

Please RSVP in the comments. I will need a headcount.

I love my girl @Shelley_Rae. She knows how to party. Next tweetup is 7:00 at Panama Joes on 2nd Street, Friday July 31. It’s very informal, just show up and drink.

RSVP in the comments so we know who to look out for. You can also add it to your calendar from our Google Calendar

Check out SoCal tweetups for details and to RSVP for a Downtown Disneyland Tweetup

What:
Downtown Disney Summertime Tweetup

When:
June 21, 2009 from 3 pm-5 pm

Where:
Tortilla Jo’s at Downtown Disney.

So RSVP to @ResaMichelle or @SoCalTweetups for a spot at Tortilla Jo’s (we’re calling in for tables on Friday the 19th – make sure you let us know by then!!).

See you there!

Details:
All ages are welcome
It’s free to hang out, but food and park admission are at your own cost
Non-tweeps are welcome too!

The idea was born out of a back-and-forth between @fstop23, @torie007, @anaperiodista, and @oakmonster about food.  With so many cooks/foodies in our midst, why not have a potluck?

So…welcome to our first potluck Tweet Up!

Tweet Up Party!

Gregg/@fstop23 has kindly offer up this residence for us to hold our first ever potluck.  Given, it’s in Anaheim, not Long Beach, but hey, we’ll take any venue offered!

What: LBC Tweet Up Potluck

When: Saturday, June 6 – 4 p.m. onward

Where: Gregg’s place – State College & Katella (Angels Stadium / Grove area).  We will have access to a nice, large community room, kitchen area, pool table with the pool/jacuzzi outside with BBQ grills.

For privacy/security purposes, we will email you the actual address once you sign up for the potluck.

Please RSVP below and make sure to put your email address down. An EVITE with Gregg’s address will be sent to you once you sign up here. You will be able to see the attendee list and what everyone is bringing. Or email me at oakmonster at gmail.

If you have signed up here before @torie007 but haven’t received your Evite, please let me know.

We Love Long Beach Community BBQ

On Saturday, May 23^rd, We Love Long Beach (WLLB) will host its first Community BBQ of 2009. The event will be held at Marine Stadium Park from 1:00pm – 5:00pm and feature free food, live music, art exhibits, kid’s activities and an exhibition roller derby match!  We are particularly excited to introduce what we are calling “NGO Row”, where 10 different Long Beach based non-profit organizations will be on hand to build awareness and provide opportunities to make a difference in the needs of our city. We invite you to take part by attending this great event.  

 

We also would like to ask for your thoughtful support of WLLB. Whether it be for an individual event or the organization as a whole, your donation(s) of physical items, personal expertise and financial resources are essential to the ongoing mission of “knowing and serving” this great city.

 

Here’s how you can help:

 

o        Donate a Raffle Prize for the Spring 2009, WLLB Neighborhood BBQ.

Suggested items might include: Physical merchandise or a gift certificate for your retail, restaurant or professional services. (WLLB Tax ID #26-4139875)

o        Donate Financially. Checks can be made payable to “We Love Long Beach” or you can securely donate online through Paypal by clicking on the “Make a donation” button found on our homepage: www.welovelb.org. (WLLB Tax ID #26-4139875)

 

o        Donate your Time and Expertise.

·         Volunteer for the Spring BBQ or any other event. Contact: Robin Jones (robin@welovelb.org)

·         Become a Media Partner and contribute creatively through writing, graphic design, photography, video production, music, and/or web support.

·         Provide your professional expertise to support the ongoing operations and development of WLLB.  

 

We Love Long Beach is motivated by the belief that each person has a fundamental longing for relationship, justice and beauty. Our desire is to foster a community where knowing and serving the people, the neighborhoods and the city of Long Beach brings help, hope and restoration wherever it is needed. We invite you to partner with us in these efforts and thank you for your consideration.    

                               

 

What: AIDS/LifeCycle Drag Benefit to support Oakley’s friend Greg’s first ride!

When: Monday, May 4. Drinks and greet 8-10 p.m. Show starts at 10 p.m.

Where: Hamburger Mary’s – 740 E. Broadway Avenue, Long Beach.

How much: $10 cover charge donation

My good friend Greg, a Lakewood native and Long Beach resident, is participating in his very first AIDS/LifeCycle, a fully supported, 7-day bike ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles, May 31 – June 6, 2009.  That’s 545 miles, y’all!

THAT is dedication that we can–and should–get behind!

On Monday, May 4th, Greg is dusting off the frock and, well, dragging out of the closet his alter-ego ANGELICA STRANGE DEVILLE to the stage to raise money for his AIDS/LifeCycle ride.  $10 cover donation with raffles and games and a LOT of fun.  Cocktails from 8-10 p.m.  Show starts at 10 p.m.

Certainly, I will be there!

This will be a once in a lifetime opportunity…see it now or never!  (You may be better off with never, he said…)  Having had met Angelica before, I can guarantee you, this will be one heck of an evening!

To support Greg without going to the show, please make a TAX DEDUCITBLE donation to Greg.

AIDS/LifeCycle is co-produced by the L.A. Gay & Lesbian Center and the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and is designed to advance their shared interest to end the pandemic and human suffering caused by AIDS.