UPDATE: We totally changed our plans and made this FREE and therefore even more AWESOME!!! Read the new details HERE.
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My Fellow Interwebby Compatriots:
Some people like to spend their Saturday afternoons at the mall. Some play co-ed sports. Some have elegant brunches and poised conversation.
Then there’s me. Who gets wasted at a divey sports bar with an equally crafty partner in crime, and ends up concocting the most wonderfully ridiculous idea ever over a laptop (don’t drink and type!) and far, far too much beer.
My friends, we give you…
Here’s the pitch: There are many of us who would love to go to one of the Inauguration Balls, but we are relatively poor and without connections. As such, my lovely friends Restaurant Refugee and Katherine of Who Invented Roses and I would like to propose that we throw our own Bloggeration Ball. In fact, it’s not so much a proposition as it is completely happening. We have rented out the top floor Bourbon for the evening of Sunday, January 18th, 2009.
Why Sunday, you ask? Well, my friends, because this is DC, and most of us will be lucky enough have Monday (MLK) and Tuesday (actual Inauguration Day) OFF! Also, partying five nights in a row = funsies! Refugee also had the good sense to point out that this will basically be like the more-fun After Party of an event, only we skip the event and just get down to partying with the people we actually like. Awesome!
The Deets:
Date: Sunday, January 18th, 2009
Time: The ever-classy 9 pm
Location: Bourbon in Adams Morgan (18th and Kalorama, NW)
Cost: A mere $47 via PayPal (I promise, I am a verified member and will not steal your hard-earned dollars). Simply send an email to bloggerationball@gmail.com. List your name, the name of your blog if you have one, and indicate how many tickets you will need. You will get an email with PayPal instructions. Once you have you have paid your money you will be confirmed for the event.
Food: Passed hors d’oeuvres for everyone! (There are rumblings of TATER TOTS… just sayin…)
Booze: Discounted drinks all night (get it? Subsidized?), complimentary champagne toast, and Refugee and I have already started working on signature drinks for the evening.
Dress: Black-tie OPTIONAL. No excuses if you don’t have a tux!
Availability: Space is currently limited to 150 tickets, however if there is greater demand it is possible that the party can grow to 250.
Who’s Coming: Bloggers, readers, lurkers, friends- are all welcome. The only rules are dress for the occasion, be cool, be fabulous, be fun.
All right, hookers, we put it together… now it’s on you!
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damnit to hell! jules and i will see what we can do.
otherwise we’re getting there another time, asap.
sorry. not damnit to hell about the event- it seriously sounds fabulous. just damnit to hell that i dont know if i can make it.
fuck.
I was going to rent out my apartment and go to Fiji for the week, but I’m now having second thoughts. I do love a party….
One person drinking and typing is OK….TWO people drinking and typing on one laptop is really confusing…errr…interesting… for the person on the other end. ;o) Monkeys.
Yay! Yay! Yay! I’m so in.
But, um, LivLuv, the flyer says it’s on Monday…it is on Sunday, right?
Brookem: Definitely- either way, there WILL be a Boston/DC meetup in the near future, fo shiz.
Frecks: Um, FIJI?? Scrap the party and take me with you!!
Fearless: VOLCANO MONKEYS!!!
Venomiss: Fixed! Thank you dear!
Right?!?! It’s such a tough decision!
Ooooh…not sure I can make it as I have an out of town guest that weekend, but I hope!
Ok, pardon me, but I’m cheap. When I have an option for a NYE party for $55, including open bar, you can probably understand why I think $47 + $5 drinks are a fortune.
Plus I’m broke.
Said that, I’ll be on the lookout for pictures, sounds like it’ll be a blast!
How many hand jobs do I get with my payment?
Effing suit.
Lem: You are a whore. But you’re MY whore.
Beach Bum: No worries, chica. We’re getting a bit higher end food and booze, thus the price, but it should be worth it. I hear you on the broke-ness!!!
Arjewtino: Ask your mom.
66: Deal, lover. DEAL.
Ooh, I love this idea!
Your Saturday was far more productive than mine.
oh man, a ball that doesn’t cost $1000. very exciting!
now if i only knew if i could go. family might be coming in to witness that whole world history thing going on. i’m gonna make some calls and see if i can devote that Sunday night to your genius idea.
Liebchen: Believe me, my brain hurts from the effort… but it will be worth it!
f.B: I hope you can make it! Just put the fam to bed and sneak out…
While it sounds fantastic …
… my budget for the month will be going to bunker off my apartment so I can spend the 20th not having to deal with ridiculous crowds on the Metro.
Besides, it’s easier — and cheaper! — to drink at home. Also, I’ll have worked at my pt job and I’ll be way too tired to party. Or drink. Or do anything.
But I do know where Bourbon is!
If I can make it, anyone can make it. Then again, I was probably drunk when I booked that flight.
Please move this party to Los Angeles. I’ll go. So you’ll have one friend.
Actually you probably don’t want to be seen with me.
Wait. I thought it said $7. Um, mama is po’ at the moment, but maybe if I get my nifty student loan check in time. yes, i know i’ll be paying for it for the next fifty years, but hey, what’s life without a few drinks or ten every weekend?
Malnurtured Snay: But that’s why we had it on the 18th! OH, FINE. Be that way.
Fearless: Ain’t that the truth. (To both sentences…)
rs27: You have read my blog… and you are saying I wouldn’t want to be seen with YOU? Impressive.
Venomiss: Shucks, lady. But I understand. We should definitely grab an alcoholic beverage some other time, though!
I’m in! I dunno if GF would be in too, but I’m totally in. $47 for the right to pay $5 for drinks? Hmmmm well I guess it would include the chance to meet the Disgusting Twins…. a great deal at any price
Doug: If that sticks? I will KILL you.
Oooohhh, Disgusting Twins…Sounds like a name for a joint blog.
Any reason to pull out my tux on a moment’s notice is well worth $100, let alone $47.
This will be the party of the year! Somebody drop a line to Barack to let him know. He’d hate to hear he missed it.
Great idea! Unfortunately, I’ll be out of town on my 3rd annual hockey road trip. That phrase sounds un-American!
Aww sounds so fun!! I wish I could go! I’m all the way in California and suuuper broke =[.
if this party was in cleveland i’d be there with bells on.
Will there be a Bloggerational Ball King, Queen and Court? I need to know in order to plan my outfits.
Hm… “Disgusting Twins” you say?
Foggy: See, Fearless? There will be at least 2 tuxes there, guaranteed.
LA Cochran: Hmm, not a bad idea. I’m sure he’s not too busy for the little people!
Sean: Ah, that’s too bad. You freaking Canadian. KIDDING.
LMO & Alex: I wish y'all could! Let us know if you are in town sometime… we'll set up a HH!
Herb: Now THAT is an interesting idea. But it would have to be chosen based on an interesting reason…
66: SHUSH, you. If we were twins, we'd be committing a LOT of incest. Just sayin.
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