TONIGHT! Wednesday January 8th, 2013 from 9pm to midnight (or later) at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: Winter Craft Mugs-n-Stuffs
$2 Donation, por favor
$4 DRINK SPECIAL!!! >>> The Lyla! A Ginger Beer and Whiskey so you can feel Frisky!
Here we are, in the year of 2014, and now that I’m over the flu, BOY will I be happy to see YOU! I’m going to break out the drawing stuff and the colored paper and put out some DIY mugs, because I have a bunch of those. But don’t worry, if you were here for that night, and you already HAVE a DIY mug, I’ll have something else up my sleeve for you to do.
January 8th is Argyle Day, I’d wear my argyle sweater, but I think it made me look too much like an old geezer, so it was donated to a thrift store. Someone else can look like an old geezer… and be warm. January 8th is also National Bubble Bath Day, which I think is perfect now that the holidays are over and it’s time to breathe. The Ancient Greeks and Romans, the Japanese, the Chinese, the uptight Victorians, basically every culture through the ages knew that sometimes you just have to calm down and sit in hot water. If you haven’t taken a bath in awhile, give it a whirl, it’s a cheap way to feel 5-star in 5 minutes, and if you don’t have a tub, check out Wii Spa or Century Spa or any o’ those $15 dollar treasures in Korea Town that has all the luxury and none of the nonsense. Because this is that time of year when soaking around is warranted.
Then there’s toffee. It’s also National Toffee Day, a confection that didn’t have any record in our lexicon until the year 1825. In Wales, it was apparently a thing to invite people over during the holidays and make toffee in a pot on the fire! Gonna have to try that sometime, but until Akbar gets that big chimney hearth they’re always talking about, I think I’ll try to locate some good toffee to share for us this evening.
WORKSHOPS for YOUR SHINY NEW 2014 LIFE
• Also, were you thinking of taking ceramics? Kristen Lee Erickson is teaching it out in La Cañada at the Community Center!
• Or were you thinking about “Getting More Gay” in one of Ian MacKinnon’s gay liberation creative workshop series?
• And also in your town is the I + We Collective Movement Workshop with Human Resources coming up mid month!
See you at the Craft Table,
JP Craft Captain
