Camp Ten Trees' 2010 Auction Early Bird tickets

Camp Ten Trees early bird ticket pricing listed below until January 15th.  This is a great organization in their 10th year, please consider supporting them!  On Seattle Announcement Calendar and Auction Sidebar.  Ms T

 

Celebrate Camp Ten Trees' First 10 Years at the 2010 Auction!

2010 marks the first ten years of the Camp Ten Trees summer camp program!  Join us in the celebration by attending our 10th annual dinner and auction event.  "We've Got Friends 'Round Here..." will be held Saturday, April 10th in Seattle. 

Click here to get your tickets today!

Tickets for "We've Got Friends 'Round Here..." Dinner & Auction Event
INDIVIDUAL - Early Bird Price! - $65 - Buy your individual ticket by January 15th to secure the lowest ticket price to this annual event supporting Camp Ten Trees. 

VIP - $125 - Celebrate our first ten years in style with this special individual ticket package.  You'll be treated to a pre-event cocktail party mixer with other friends of Camp Ten Trees, including the evening's special guests.  Enjoy appetizers from Seattle's own Cafe Flora, cocktails, and an early peek at the auction items.  Plus, everyone who purchases a VIP ticket will be entered into a drawing to win one of ten passes for valet parking at The Westin!

TABLE - Early Bird Price! - $650 - Rally your friends, family, and colleagues to support the children and youth of Camp Ten Trees by joining you at your very own table!  There's no better time among friends than gathering over great food and drinks and bidding on fabulous items in support of programming that changes the lives of children and youth of LGBTQ communities and their allies.  It's through supporters like you that we are able to fill the auction hall each year and raise the funds necessary to sustain Camp Ten Trees.  Be a part of it; build a table!

Ticket prices January 16th - February 28th:  Individual $80, VIP $125, Table $800
Ticket prices March 1st - April 10th:  Individual $95, VIP $125, Table $950  

Click here to get your tickets today!

Thanks for joining the celebration of our first ten years of creating a loving and engaging youth camp environment for LGBTQ communities and their allies.

HotFlash goers get into Convert for free

Saturday, December 19th
8pm - 2am
$5 cover 21+
Chapel
1600 Melrose Ave at Pine
All Queer Dance Party
Dress to Express!

In the Spirit of the Holiday Season, if you have a Hand Stamp from HotFlash

Come to our party in a pair and get in FREE. 

Why go home when you are just getting warmed up?

We will turn the heat on with sizzling music and FIRE!

Show your HotFlash stamps at Convert and pay no cover, yep, that is FREE!

2 Stamps = Free Entrance for both people

3 Stamps = Free Entrance for the three-way

4 stamps = Free Entrance for the 4-some

5 stamps = Free Entrance for all (find a single gal and pair up with her, come on, share the love!)

Special attention will be paid to those Dressed to Express by the Dj's...be prepared.

Free admission requires 2 stamps minimum which allows 2 people in Free

Merideth Baxter - Walk a mile in her birkenstocks

When I turned on the View a couple weeks ago to catch up on the important news in the world and heard that Merideth Baxter had come out as a lesbian I admit...I felt a moment of titillation.  Trying to figure out why is a question I will not bother to get a therapist for as it is not a top 10 puzzle AND I get weirdly shy discussing my fantasies with a therapist.  What followed in the discussion on the View though could drive me to drink.  I will share with you what I am sure has damaged my ever so refined, delicate and now fragile queer self image.   

Bill Getty, producer of the View asked the asinine question that must be on some Americans mind.  He wanted to know if the reason all these women that were coming out later in life were doing so because of the lack of available men?  Thank heavens Whoopi is on the panel and seems to come close to knowing where our team sits on the bench.  Some days I feel hit by a bat and this was one of them!  Whoopi denied this idiotic premise but I thought I should break it down for those in search of a village (of course, they aren't reading this as they are hitting the brush).

It appears that some peoples illogical logic has to be that we homo female types:
a) are too butt ugly (unattractive) to catch a man or
b) there is not enough eligible bald pot bellied men of a certain age so we have no choice but to turn to eat our own!

There were the usual jokes or concerns [on the View] about how Merideth's poor husbands must feel about her coming out.  They might feel like they did something wrong to make their ex wives get with a woman butcher than them.  This begs the question of whether a person can be 'made to be gay'.  There certainly seems to be a weird sense of responsibility that people take on for anothers' sexuality that I find off base and icky.

I remember in high school I knew a guy who had 2 or 3 girlfriends who came out after being with him.   Yes, he did get teased a bit but he played it up because he liked the idea of going where 'no man had gone before or after'.  Mind you, it was the Star Trek era.  Now, did he turn them queer or did he happen to be attracted to lesbians?  I doubt he chased them out of the closet with his penis.  He also LOVED telling people he had been with real lesbians (vs fake ones I guess?).  I believe people get to know themselves and gain a comfort level in their own time with who they are and it is unlikely in most cases to have anything to do with a current or ex spousal unit. 


Yes, men seem to be treated in conversation as if something has happened to them by their EX, mind you many years divorced EX WIFE coming out as I saw in Merideth's case.  A woman's internal feelings become about a man in our ego sideways male driven society.  Interesting how a woman once again is referenced in terms of her [ex] husband instead of her own accord.  This is not unusual in other countries at all but here we think we are so evolved.  

Sometimes I thing things are as simple as people are attracted to who they are attracted to.  Isn't that profound?  Maybe some women are coming out later in life because they finally have the opportunity to pay attention to their own wants, needs, desires and who they actually are versus who they have been told they should be their entire lives.  Perhaps after years of taking care of others they are looking inward and deciding it is time to take care of themselves.  Whatever the reason, I applaud, encourage and respect women to find their voice and come out in whatever way feels right for their individual path. After all, they are the ones that have to walk in their birkenstocks.

Ms T



Disclaimer:  if you need to read this disclaimer to realize this is written in the style of satire then I am glad I made you put on your glasses.  I only intended to offend people with no sense of humor or lack of style shown by wearing polyester seersucker clothing.

Satire definition according to Dictionary.com:

1.     the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc.
2.     a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule.
 

We LOVE Tamara the Trapeze Lady

TAMARA the TRAPEZE LADY is making the holidays festive!  I wish she could fit in my stocking as she is indeed a present.  Ms T


Wow!  The Holiday season is in full swing at the Columbia City Cabaret.  If you missed our wildly entertaining post-Thanksgiving event you can still get on the sparkle train to Ta Ta Town on Saturday December 19th.


Our favorite buxom blonde chanteuse SYLVIA O'STAYFORMORE will warm your cockles; talented new burlesque star WHISKY BLISS goes down smooth, straight no chaser; quirky philosophers CHICKEE and BOOM BOOM bring their own very special infectious Holiday spirit; sexy sky vixen MICHELE FRANCES queries "What are you doin' New Year's Eve?"; SEYMOUR SQUIRREL gets nutty (I mean naughty) all over the place and TAMARA the TRAPEZE LADY's new mantra is "Be the tree".  The Columbia City Cabaret is getting you just what you always wanted this year.


Vendors confirmed for the Cabaret Craft Fair are:

FLEUR DU MAL Burlesque attire and accessories

www.Fleurdumal.etsy.com


PAYNE CREATIONS Dolls, images and art by Miss Oblivious

www.paynecreations.com


Columbia City Cabaret mini top hats and Tamara The Trapeze Lady “Blow Me” postcards are always available at the door at intermission.

For complete information on the venue, tickets, seating, and future events, please go to www.trapezelady.com and click the Columbia City Cabaret link on the home page.


Columbia City Cabaret
Saturday December 19, 2009
Columbia City Theater

4916 Rainier Ave. S.

Seattle WA 98119

Contact- tamara@trapezelady.com

206-605-9920
Door at 7pm  Show at 8pm


Get your tickets now!  They sell out fast.
$20 brownpapertickets.com

$25 cash only at the door

Ask about VIP group seating on the balcony.

Weekend Christmas Ships

This weekend if you are looking for something different to do maybe hopping on a boat on and listening to Christmas tunes while peeking into peoples big ass homes on the water might be just the thing to do to brighten your spirits.  It looks like the main Christmas ships are sold out but the Parade ships that follow the big ole Christmas ship still have room.  I have added one websites information but believe me there are plenty to pick from as the water will be full of baby ships following the mother ship.  Please note I have not added this event to the Seattle Announcements Calendar and the ticket link at the end of the post will take you to the Christmas Ship website Seattle Tours.  Ms T

The brightly lit Parade Ships follow the Official Christmas Ship.
Many boats make up the parade ship fleet, including many privately owned boats from nearby marinas.
Our Parade Ships are fully enclosed with outside areas, restrooms, and a cash bar.
Onboard activities include a 'Ho-Ho-Ho' contest, Santa's magical presence, sing-a-longs, and a kids' activity area.
All parade ships position themselves alongside the Christmas Ship to enjoy the outstanding choral performances.
Happy Holidays!

Christmas Ships take about 2 - 3 1/2 hours

Saturday, December 19 - Second Sailing
Departure from Kirkland 8:00 pm - Return 10:30 pm
Choir: Northwest Girlchoir - Amore
Sheridan Beach Club 8:55-9:15 pm
*Matthews Beach 9:45-10:05 pm

Sunday, December 20
Departure from Kirkland 5:00 pm - Return 7:45 pm
Choir: Master Chorus Eastside
Carillon Point 5:15-5:35 pm
*Meydenbauer Bay 6:35-6:55 pm

Prices - including tax
Our Adult Retail Rate 'Our Adult Retail Rate' is the Alcatraz Media Inc. rate for this tour/activity. This is the rate charged for orders placed by telephone. :     $39.38
Our Adult Internet Rate 'Internet Rate' is the Alcatraz Media Inc. rate for orders placed online. :     $34.38
Your Internet Order Savings:     $5.00
Our Senior Rate
(ages 65+):     $30.94
Our Child Rate
(Ages 5-12):     $16.50
Child - Free
(Under 5):     $0.00
Tickets
Thanks to Seattle Tours for this information.

Blog Mistress 'Drop Down Menu' has arrived

I have done a little rearranging and added a 'drop down' menu in the first column that replaces much of the writing that I had cluttering our home page.  I call her 'Blog Mistress' as she will assist you find out the tips and tricks to get around Seattle Announcements.  Blog Mistress does not currently have any link associated with it.  Under Blog Mistress you will find links for and should receive live links in your email about the same time you receive this email:

• How to Subscribe to email
• Important Calendar FYI
• SeaAnn vs GayZette
• Why did SeaAnn become public?
• How will you deal with private events?
• How do I refer a friend to SeaAnn?
• Subscribe to GayZette via Email
  
• Email vs RSS Readers
• Frequently Asked Questions -rewritten (originally posted on 10/1)
• Helpful Techy Hints (previously posted on 12/11)

I invite you to peruse Blog Mistress as I will use and abuse her and I invite you to do the same on a regular basis.  I will be continuing to stream line the website and put items in their place.  Squeal...I just love to do that.

My apologies as you may see a post that has run before as I have changed a word or three and wanted to spruce it up.  This will happen from time to time and I know you all know how to IGNORE me when you don't want to hear what I am la la la la I can't hear you....

Warm hugs until later,

Ms T

Important Calendar FYI

Seattle Announcements Calendar is full of cutting edge events that are meant to entice an adult only audience while other events are indeed fabulous to take your diverse family and friends to. You will find all necessary information for each event on the calendar including type of event, cost, time frame, address, web information and phone numbers. 

The default view is set to Agenda for ease of viewing all events in a day but you may change it to Daily, Weekly and Monthly to suit your personal preference as we are all about preferences (this may have to be done each time you come back to the web or if the page is refreshed). The Print button provides you with many options and is located at the top of the calendar. 

Depending on how you have your PC settings will determine whether: when you pause the mouse over the top of the event- the individual event opens and you can see the entire details of the event or you may have to click your mouse once or twice to OPEN the event. The details you see are also determined by the VIEW chosen; Daily, Weekly, Monthly or Agenda.

Full venue information can be found categorized by type of establishment on the sidebars of the blog under their specific category (ex., WildRose found under Bars). I resource many FREE and low-cost options for entertainment and the calendar is updated constantly!  On a normal month currently there is upwards of 350 entertaining, educational, thought provoking, community focused events to choose from.

While the Seattle Announcements calendar is updated constantly and serves as the placeholder for events the GayZette blog which is found below will have the juicy details of what is happening in our greater Seattle community. The GayZette highlights and provides additional details for the calendar and can easily be subscribed to so you can receive emails or via a RSS feeds to your Reader so you can plan your social life well in advance.  You can also receive the calendar on your phone so you can attend events on the spur of the moment!  On rare occasions you may notice an event mentioned in the GayZette but not find it on the calender.  You can assume that the event is accurate from the GayZette posting and may not have made it to the calendar due to time constraints or a mind that has wandered off.

Additionally, we are on Twitter so you can have up to the date tidbits and be in the know when you are on the go! I am not a twit when I tweet so don't worry I won't tweet the mundane and make you feel insane.

If you have an event you would like added to the calendar or you have an announcement, please send it to me and I will be happy to take care of it for you!  Take a moment and introduce yourself to me if we have not met or say 'hello' if we have.  I feel that I already know so many of you as I find events that you might enjoy reading about or attending.

Truly, there is no place I would rather live as we have wonderfully compassionate people, a variety of events to choose from, sense of community and good ole naughty fun!  The Emerald City is the place to be!

I welcome you from the bottom of my heart,

Ms T