This Wednesday, July 8th, 2009 from 9pm ’til midnight at Akbar, it’s CRAFTNIGHT!!!
Project: The Lanyard Life
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Los Angeles has transformed into summertime wonderland, can you imagine not being breathless with all there is to admire and love? I thought not, that’s why for the FIRST TIME EVER we’re doing lanyards at CraftNight this week. Lord knows why we’ve waited so long for this moment, I guess I just needed to mature as a Craft Captain in order to be able to handle lanyards, they’re kind of intense and mystical.
Some of you are really quite resilient in the field of lanyards, you know who you are. But some of you never got that classic summer camp moment, shouting bizarre rhyming musical stanzas with cult-like precision around the bonfire, while weaving strands of double-sided colorful plastic cords into key fobs, bracelets, picture frames or even figures like clowns or animals. Now is your chance, meet your destiny.
Leave it to the French, plastic lanyards started as a fad in the 1950s over there, and eventually made it into recreation programs all over the world. There are even special names for some of the knots you can learn to tie: Spiral Knot, Cobra, Staircase, Butterfly and other variations! So if you happen to be a lanyard jedi, come on in here and lend us your skills! If you’re a beginner, don’t worry, I’m one too, and if we do lanyards often, our brains will benefit from its positive effects on our coordination skills, and as the years accumulate, we will eventually be the coolest senior citizens IN HISTORY!!! YEOW!
See you at the Craft Table, you gorgeous toothsome animal, you!
JP Craft Captain
Public Service Announcement: Aw jeez, REALLY?!? For the love ‘o’ Mary, whoever is bringing their OWN beer into the bar during CraftNight (Fat Tire brand, which Akbar doesn’t carry) STOP IT!!! Yes, it’s true, times are hard, but not so hard that you have to be completely uncouth by bringing your trashy-ass beer bottles into Akbar and leaving them there for us to recycle. Akbar is not a chain, it’s not “the man” it’s a neighborhood oasis that has the strongest pour in Silverlake, no joke. Pre-game at home, leave your bottles at your place and please support us by purchasing at least ONE cocktail at OUR place! Have a little class, aye? Sheesh.
