Singles Parties, January 27 - February 24, 2012

As usual our Golden Gate Yacht Club Dance in San Francisco, Friday, Feb 24, attracted a huge crowd! DJ Flip, from Las Vegas, got lots of compliments. Hopefully we can get him to DJ for us again. It was a clear night, with spectacular views of the Golden Gate Bridge, The City, and The Bay. Marvelous party.

We always do several fun parties before Valentines Day, the one day of the year that no one enjoys being single:

• Meet Your Valentine Dance, Silicon Valley, Friday, Feb 3, at Michael's at Shoreline Park n Mountain View. Big crowd!
• Meet Your Valentine Dance, North Bay, Saturday, Feb 4, at Embassy Suites in San Rafael. Good turnout.
• Meet Your Valentine Convention, Friday, Feb 10, at the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame. Nice turnout. Yours truly gave a well-received talk on "How to Meet Your Valentine in 2012."
• Irish Valentines Day Dance, Saturday, Feb 11, at Lilly Macs in Sunnyvale. Laura Lane of Singles Supper Club, who ran this party for us, reports a lively crowd.
• Valentines Day Mixer, Tuesday, Feb 14, at Crogan's in the Montclair area of Oakland. We packed the place. We proved it can be fun to be single on V-Day!

Two other notable singles parties during this period:

• Match Your Key Dance, Friday, Jan 27, at the Pleasanton Marriott. Good turnout.
• East Bay Singles Convention, Friday, Feb 17, at the Hilton Newark Fremont. Nice turnout, although it didn't look very crowded because it was a huge ballroom. Emily Morse gave a fun, informative talk on Sex. Nobody walked out, so I guess she didn't offend anyone (nor did she bore anyone!)

UPCOMING PARTIES:

• Match Your Key Dance, Friday, March 2, at David's at Santa Clara Golf & Tennis Club. Always a good turnout for our parties at this lovely large restaurant!
• Art & Wine Tasting Party, Saturday, March 3, at Nieto Fine Art Gallery near Union Square in San Francisco. Our first party (December, 2011) at this gorgeous art gallery attracted quite a crowd. We wanted to repeat last month on the Saturday before Valentines Day, but had to cancel it because of the Chinese New Years Parade. A million people competing for limited parking spots would not have been fun!
• Whitney Houston Tribute Dance, Saturday, March 10, at the San Mateo Marriott. One of ou favorite DJs, DJ Darryl K, was seriously injured a few months ago in a motorcycle accident. The good is that he is back! Darryl will play the great hits (and videos!) of an American icon, plus a few of her superstar contemporaries (Michael Jackson, Madonna, etc.). Should be a terrific night at a lovely hotel!
• St Patrick's Day Dinner Dance, Friday, March 16, at a Silicon Valley location. More details soon.
• Singles Charity Ball, Saturday, March 24, at the Marriott Hotel Bishop Ranch in San Ramon. This is our first-ever party at this elegant hotel, which is the home of a giant Singles New Years Eve Bash most years. Should be a huge crowd, particularly since your $20 donation is tax-deductible. 100% of the money goes directly to The Seva Foundation to restore sight to the blind, at an average cost of only $50 per eye surgery in the Third World. Tonight meet lots of new single friends who care about others!
• A Night to Remember, Friday, March 30, at Servino's Ristorante in Tiburon. Always a packed crowd at this lovely restaurant. We have our own large banquet room upstairs, with great views of The City and The Bay!

Details and Discounts at www.ThePartyHotline.com/PartyCalendar.html. See you at the parties!

Singles Parties, January 6 - 21, 2012

2012 has started off with a BANG, with several terrific parties! The big one was our first-ever party at the renowned Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco on Jan 21. Humongous turnout. All night llong our singles thanked us for choosing such a lovely venue!

OTHER PARTIES INCLUDE:

• Marin Singles Convention, Jan 6, at Servino's Ristorante in Tiburon. Big crowd, entertaining talk by author Susan Bradley on Finding Drama-Free Love in 2012. We got lucky with the weather, with a clear night and lovely views of San Francisco and The Bay.
• Wine Tasting & Dance, Jan 7, at Redux Nightclub in Walnut Creek. Good turnout, fun party.
• Cougar Mixer, Jan 12, at Bay Cafe at Palo Alto Golf Club. Fun discussion of cougar dating, with just about everyone sharing their views and dating experiences.
• Napa Valley Singles Convention, Jan 13, at Silo's Jazz Club in Napa. Big crowd (for a small town like Napa) and fun dance. I have received several requests to repeat this fun venue.
• Friday the 13th Dinner Dance, Jan 13, at Los Gatos Lodge. Laura of Singles Supper Club, who ran this party, reports a good turnout and fun party.
• Winter Night Delight Dance, Jan 14, at Grosvenor Hotel in South San Francisco. Below average turnout, but fun party regardless.

Next Friday, Jan 27, we are hosting a Match Your Key Dance at the Pleasanton Marriott. Then we move into Valentine's season, with six MEET YOUR VALENTINE parties:

1. Silicon Valley Meet Your Valentine Dance, Friday, Feb 3, at Michael's at Shoreline in Mountain View. Our annual party in Michael's ballroom is always well-attended. Co-sponsored with Singles Supper Club.
2. North Bay Meet Your Valentine Dance, Saturday, Feb 4, at Embassy Suites Hotel in San Rafael. Our annual Valentine Party at this lovely hotel is always well-attended.
3. Meet Your Valentine Convention, Friday, Feb 10, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Burlingame. Huge crowd expected for this one, which features yours truly giving an entertaining talk on How to Meet Your Valentine in 2012, followed by dancing.
4. Valentine Art & Wine Tasting Party, Saturday, Feb 11, at Nieto Fine Art Gallery near Union Squar in San Francisco. Big crowd at our December party at this beautiful art gallery. Hopefully history will repeat itself!
5. Irish Valentines Day Party, Saturday, Feb 11, at Lilly Mac's, a fun Irish pub and restaurant in Downtown Sunnyvale. Our first-ever party at this fun Irish pub and restaurant. We have the entire place reserved for our party, both upstairs and downstairs, and accommodate a huge crowd! You need not be Irish to attend, but you might want to wear some green.
6. Valentines Day Mixer, Tuesday, Feb 14, at Crogan's at Montclair Village in Oakland. This trendy area is a great spot for our annual V-Day Mixer.

OTHER NOTABLE PARTIES:

• East Bay Singles Convention, our largest annual event in the East Bay, on Friday, Feb 17 at the Hilton Hotel's big ballroom in Newark/Fremont. Author, Sexologist, and Radio Personality Emily Morse gives a frank talk about a subject that is taboo to some, followed by dancing.
• Marin Single Mingle, Tuesday, Feb 21, at George's at Downtown San Rafael. First-ever singles party at this renowned music venue.
• Golden Gate Yacht Club Dance, Friday, Feb 24, in San Francisco. We never fail to attract a massive crowd that this fun venue!

MORE INFO at www.ThePartyHotline.com/PartyCalendar.html. See you at the parties!

Singles Parties, November 22 - December 31, 2011

We ended 2011 with a bang, celebrating at 3 New Years Eve parties:

• Pre-New Years Eve Dance, Friday, Dec 30, at Sheraton Palo Alto. Huge crowd. We wanted to repeat our NYE party on Dec 31 at this nice venue, but they were already booked for NYE. So we did the next best thing: a pre-NYE party. Good move.



• North Bay New Years Eve Bash, Saturday, Dec 31, at the Flamingo Santa Rosa. Jim Spillane ran this party for us, as I was busy running the San Francisco NYE Bash (see below). Good turnout.



• San Francisco New Years Eve Bash, Saturday, Dec, at Neptune's at Pier 39. Good turnout, especially for the optional Progressive Dinner that preceded the dancing. Great party, with DJ HickeyB! spinning our favorite hits.

OTHER PARTIES during this time period:

• Single Millionaires Party, Tuesday, Nov 22, at Chevy's in Foster City. Not as big of a turnout as we usually get at our millionaires parties, but everyone enjoyed our speaker, Allen Hamm, on How Millionaires Get There and Stay There. Good appetizers from Chevy's.



• Tri-Valley Singles Convention, Saturday, Nov 26, at the Pleasanton Marriott. Big crowd.



• SF Holiday Dance, Friday, Dec 2, at the world-famous Hard Rock Cafe (at Pier 39 in San Francisco). Ok turnout, not as big as expected.



• North Bay Holiday Party, Saturday, Dec 3, at Kodiak Jacks in Petaluma. Decent turnout.



• Young Single Professionals Holiday Party, Thursday, at Roux Louisiana Kitchen at Santana Row in San Jose. Disappointing turnout, despite nice location, free parking, appetizers, dancing, only $10 admission. Don't know why we didn't attract a larger crowd...



• Holiday Match Your Key Dance, Friday, Dec 9, at Hyatt Regency Hotel Burlingame. Good turnout. Lovely ballroom.



• Marin Holiday Dance, Saturday, Dec 10, at Nourish at Harbor Point, Mill Valley. Big crowd, great party. Harbor Point used to be THE place to meet singles, especially with the Pacific Sun doing several singles parties per year. When The Sun stopped the parties, everyone forgot about this lovely waterfront location. We hope to do more parties here!



• Marin Christmas Dance, Friday, December 16, at Embassy Suites Hotel San Rafael. Surprisingly good turnout, since we did a dance in Marin just 6 days earlier (see above).



• Christmas Art & Wine Tasting Party, Saturday, Dec 17, at Nieto Fine Art Gallery near Union Square in San Francisco. Beautiful new venue! Nice turnout.



• Benicia Yacht Club Christmas Dance, Friday, Dec 23. Our first-time at this great waterfront venue! Quite a turnout! Hope to do this yacht club again soon in the New Year.



• East Bay's first-ever Single Millionaires Party, Thursday, Dec 29, at EBGB The Underground Bar at Montes. Despite the location in West Oakland, big turnout and great party. Most people stayed after the official end of the party, they were having so much fun! Beautiful interior. Some people didn't come because they are afraid of West Oakland, but it was a safe neighborhood and we have been invited back.

JANUARY is always a big month for singles parties, since the #1 New Years Resolution singles have (other than losing weight) is finding a romantic partner. We have just the lineup of parties you need to fulfill that resolution!

• Marin Singles Convention, Friday, Jan 6, at Servino's Ristorante in Tiburon. Always a huge crowd at this, the largest gathering of romantic eligibles each year in Marin Special treat this year: author Susan Bradley reveals How to Find Drama-Free Love in 2012, followed by Dance Party, with spectacular view of the SF Skyline and Bay!



• Wine Tasting & Dance Party, Saturday, Jan 7, at Redux, Walnut Creek's hottest nightclub.



• Beyond Demi & Ashton: The Future of Cougar Relationships Party, Thursday, Jan 12, at Bay Cafe at Palo Alto Golf Course. It's been a while since our last cougar party, so we are overdue!



• Napa Valley Singles Convention, Friday, Jan 13, at Silo's at the historic Napa Mill. This will be the largest gathering of singles in the Napa area for 2012. Very nice nightclub along the Napa River! Author Jeannine Kaiser will give an entertaining talk, followed by dancing.



• Lucky Friday the 13th Dance at Los Gatos Lodge. It will be your lucky day if you attend this party at a lovely venue.



• Winter Night Delight, Saturday, Jan 14, at Grosvenor Hotel (Best Western) in South San Francisco. Several years since we have done a party at this well-located hotel right off Hwy 101.



• An Elegant Evening at the Fairmont, Saturday, Jan 21, in San Francisco. First-ever singles party at this world-renowned hotel! We are in the Gold Ballroom, with spectacular chandeliers and view of the Bay. Dance to your favorite hits.



• Match Your Key Dance, Friday, Jan 27, at the Pleasanton Marriott. Hopefully another big crowd, like we had on Nov 26!

More singles events and more details on our WEBSITE. See you at the parties!

Singles Parties, November 4-19, 2011

The rain sure didn't keep our singles away during the wet Nov 18-19 Weekend! Both of our events were extremely well-attended:

• Friday, Nov 18, Second Harvest Food Bank Fundraiser, at David's at the Santa Clara Golf & Tennis Center. We raised $5,400 for the hungry! Congratulations to Laura of Singles Supper Club, who organized this one with us.


• Saturday, Nov 19, Singles Extravaganza, at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. Great crowd, great party.

4 other parties over this period:

• Art & Wine Tasting Party, Friday, Nov 4, at Room Fine Art in San Rafael. Very small turnout. Surprising, as our Art & Wine Tasting Parties have been popular in the past...


• Golden Gate Yacht Club Dance, Saturday, Nov 5, in San Francisco. Another big crowd, as always, at this very popular venue, although a bit smaller than usual due to the rain.


• Sadie Hawkins Match Your Key Dance, Saturday, Nov 12, at Hotel Shattuck Plaza in Berkeley. Nice turnout for the beautiful Crystal Ballroom!


• Sadie Hawkins Day Mixer, Tuesday, Nov 15, at Hilltop 1892 in Novato. Small crowd, but fun.

We have some great upcoming parties:

• Single Millionaires Mixer, Tuesday, Nov 22, at Chevy's in Foster City.


• Tri-Valley Singles Convention, Saturday, Nov 26, at the Pleasanton Marriott. Our largest event of the year in the San Ramon, Amador, and Livermore valleys.


• Holiday Dance at the Hard Rock Cafe, Friday, Dec 2, at this legendary venue in San Francisco.


• Baby Boomer Holiday Party, Saturday, Dec 3, at Kodiak Jack's in Petaluma. Honoring those of you born between 1946 and 1964 (adults of all ages welcome).


• Young Single Professionals Holiday Party (late 20s to early 40s), Thursday, Dec 8, at Roux Louisiana Kitchen at Santa Row in San Jose. Party starts early at 6pm with cajun-style appetizers and Mixer Game, followed by dancing with House DJ. Co-sponsored with Singles Supper Club.


• Holiday Match Your Key Dance, Friday, Dec 9, at the Hyatt Regency Burlingame.


• Marin Holiday Dance at Harbor Point Tennis Club, Saturday, Dec 10, in Mill Valley


• Christmas Art & Wine Tasting Party, Saturday, Dec 17, at Nieto Fine Art Gallery in San Francisco. This is our largest art & wine tasting party each year!


• Christmas Dance, Friday, Dec 23, at the Benicia Yacht Club. First time at this fun venue!


• First-ever East Bay Single Millionaires Party, Thursday, Dec 29, at EBGB The Wine Bar at Monte's at Pacific Cannery Lofts in Oakland. Our first-ever party that this new venue.


• 2 New Years Eve Bashes: North Bay at the Flamingo Resort Hotel in Santa Rosa; Silicon Valley location TBA.

More info about all of our events at www.ThePartyHotline.com/PartyCalendar.html. See you at the parties!

Singles Parties, October 7 - 29, 2011

HALLOWEEN is always the best theme for a singles party, so we did two of them, as we do every year. Both were very well attended and had great costumes and great energy! Congrats to all of our costume winners.

• Oct 28 at the Embassy Suites Hotel in San Rafael




• Oct 29 at Hyatt Regency Hotel in Burlingame

5 other parties this past month:

• Champagne Social, Oct 7, at Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel in San Francisco. Good turnout, great view from the 31st Floor of this upscale hotel, thanks to the clear night.




• Old School Dance, Oct 7, at W Hotel in Newark. Tough to get a big turnout when we compete against ourselves with another party on the same night! Decent turnout.




• Interracial Dating Convention, Oct 14, at the San Mateo Marriott. Nobody has ever done one of these before, so we didn't know what to expect. Good turnout, lots of new faces.




• Sonoma Wine Country Tasting & Party, Oct 16, at Keating Wines in Sonoma. Nice turnout, fun party.




• Match Your Key Dance, Oct 21, at Neptune's at Pier 39 in San Francisco. Good turnout, clear night, terrific views!

NOVEMBER will be a busy month, with 9 fun parties!

• Art & Wine Tasting Party, Friday, Nov 4, at Room Fine Art Gallery in San Rafael. Many of our singles have been complaining that we haven't done an art gallery wine tasting in many months, so here it is!




• Golden Gate Yacht Club Dance, Saturday, Nov 5, in San Francisco. Normally we only two parties per year at this lovely venue, the Home of the America's Cup, but due to popular demand we are doing a third party at GGYC in 2011!




• Champagne Social, Friday, Nov 11, at Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel in San Francisco. Our singles love this venue, so we are doing our third Champagne Party at this upscale hotel!




• Sadie Hawkins Match Your Key Dance, Saturday, Nov 12, at the Crystal Ballroom at Hotel Shattuck Plaza. This is the one day of the year where women can go for what they want! Normally at these parties the men are given keys and seek out the right woman with the right lock. Tonight we reverse the rules. Should be fun!




• Sadie Hawkins Day Mixer, Tuesday, Nov 15, at Hilltop 1892 in Novato. Sadie Hawkins comes every Nov 15 (not Feb 29), so we had to do a second Sadie-themed party. This is our annual party at this lovely historic restaurant, which is always well-attended.




• Second Harvest Fundraiser Dance, Friday, Nov 18, at David's at Santa Clara Golf & Tennis Club. All of the proceeds go to feeding the poor!




• Singles Extravaganza, Saturday, Nov 19, at the Hyatt Regency in San Francisco. Our largest party of the Fall Season! Big crowd every year.




• Single Millionaires Mixer, Tuesday, Nov 22, at Chevy's in Foster City. Our first two parties with this theme were well-attended, so we are doing a third. This time we are at Chevy's for the very first time!




• Tri-Valley Singles Convention, Saturday, Nov 26, at the Pleasanton Marriott. We've neglected the San Ramon/Amador, Livermore valleys for a full year. We make up for it tonight!

Details on our WEBSITE. See you at the parties!

Singles Parties, September 16 - October 1, 2011

7 singles parties over the past 3 weeks:

• Blue Jean Ball, Friday, Sep 16, at Renaissance ClubSport Hotel in Walnut Creek. Good turnout. Some of the ladies had great blue jean outfits!




• National Singles Week Celebration, Thursday, Sep 22, at First Street Cafe in Benicia. Not as large of a crowd as we usually get at our annual party at this nice restaurant.




• Single Millionaires Dance, Saturday, Sep 24, at Sinbad's in San Francisco. Good turnout for our first ever dance with this theme. We are exploring the possibility of doing a Single Millionaires Cruise. Anyone interested? Where would you want the cruise to go?




• Fall Night Delight, Thursday, Sep 29, at Number One Broadway in Los Gatos. Ok turnout, but not as big as usual due to our scheduling of another event in nearby Palo Alto for the following night.




• SinglesFest, Friday, Sep 30, at Club Illusions in Palo Alto. Nice turnout. This was a last minute party we scheduled only because of the late invitation by the nightclub manager. Would not have scheduled the party, since we already had a Silicon Valley party on the previous (Thursday) night, but didn't want to let the opportunity pass us by to do a party at the Silicon Valley's premiere nightclub! These opportunities don't come every day.




• Salsa Dance, Saturday, Oct 1st, at Tatami Multi Arts in El Cerrito. My friend Joel Koosed of The Meeting Game asked me to promote this party for him. He wanted some new blood. Apparently our singles are not that crazy about salsa, because it was a poor turnout. I guess our singles preferred our 90s party on the same night (see below).




• 90s Dance, Saturday, Oct 1st, at Embassy Suites Hotel in San Rafael. Great party! Loved those terrific hits from the 90s. Definitely will do this theme again. One lady emailed me asking "Are we already getting nostalgic about the 90s? Guess so.

OCTOBER PARTIES

• Old School Dance, Friday, Oct 7, at the W Hotel in Newark. The hits of the 60s, 70s, and 80s are a popular radio format nowadays, so we decided to devote an entire evening to them!


• Champagne Social, Friday, Oct 7, at the Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel in San Francisco. Here we go again, two parties again on the same night. One of my rules is to schedule at least one dance party every weekend of the year. I just couldn't get a good location for a party on Saturday night this weekend (October is a big month for the hotels), so I had to schedule two Friday night parties this weekend.




• Interracial Dating Convention, Friday, Oct 14, at the San Mateo Marriott. This is America's first. Should be fun!




• Sonoma Wine Country Party & Tasting, Sunday, Oct 16, at Keating Wines in Sonoma. Nice venue for a party. Only $10 includes wine tasting and appetizers!




• Match Your Key Dance, Friday, Oct 21, at Neptune's at Pier 39. We did three parties earlier in the year at this wonderful location, with spectacular views. Couldn't get the venue during the Summer, because that is their busy season with tourists.




• 2 Halloween Costume Parties & Dances, Friday, Oct 28 at Embassy Suites Hotel San Rafael; and Saturday, Oct 29, at the Hyatt Regency in Burlingame. Our Halloween parties are always our best parties of the year, so we always do two on the Friday and Saturday before Halloween. The theme attracts a big crowd.
  

Details at www.ThePartyHotline.com/PartyCalendar.html. See you at the parties!

Singles Parties, September 1 - 10, 2011

5 singles parties over the past 2 weeks:

• Salsa Mixer & Dance, Thursday, Sep 1, at Cafe Cocomo in San Francisco. Smaller turnout than usual for our annual Salsa Party. Possibly because we had another SF party the next night and our singles didn't want to attend both, so they chose the Friday party instead of the Thursday party...


• Champagne Social, Friday, Sep 2, at Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel in San Francisco. Good turnout for the first of what we hope will be a monthly First Friday Social at this lovely hotel, with spectacular views from the 31st Floor Club Room. Alas, the view was NOT spectacular tonight, as it was a very foggy evening. Hopefully the view will be better at our next Champagne Social, Friday, Oct 7.


• Name Your Price Dance, Sunday, Sep 4, at Pasta Pelican in Alameda. Big crowd. Not surprising, since it was our first-ever Name Your Price Dance. It was great to have our singles who have been hardest hit by the bad economy at the party, as well as our more prosperous singles! Great party.


• Match Your Key Dance, Friday, Sep 9, at David's at Santa Clara Golf & Tennis Club. Nice turnout.


• Demi vs Madonna Cougar Party, Saturday, Sep 10, at 111 Minna Gallery & Nightclub in San Francisco. Good turnout, and everyone had fun with deciding whether they preferred Demi or Madonna. Unfortunately the wall separating our party from the larger party on the other side was opened at 10pm, as was promised to me, so we were without a Live DJ (we could hear from the other side, but couldn't see him), so I wound up hiring a DJ on the spot and he was able to get the dancing to Live DJ going shortly after 10pm. Sorry about that.

UPCOMING PARTIES

• Blue Jean Ball, Friday, Sep 16, at Renaissance ClubSport Hotel in Walnut Creek. Should be a big crowd, since we are only doing one party this week (instead of the three we did the previous week). Our singles love to show off their best pair of blue jeans at this fun dance party at an upscale hotel!


• National Singles Week Celebration, Thursday, Sep 22, at First Street Cafe in Benicia. We are the official sponsor of National Singles Week each year throughout America, and our annual celebration is always fun.


• Singles Dance with Millionaires, Saturday, Sep 24, at Sinbad's in San Francisco. Last month's Single Millionaires Mixer was extremely well-attended (on a Thursday night!), so we expect quite a crowd for the first-ever Single Millionaires DANCE, on a Saturday night!


• Fall Night Delight Mixer & Live Band Dance, Thursday, Sep 29, at Number One Broadway Nightclub in Los Gatos. It's been quite a while since our last party at this fun nightclub, so we are hoping for a great turnout, especially since The Second Story Band will play many of our favorite classic hits!


• 90s Dance, Saturday, Oct 1, at Embassy Suites San Rafael. We've done 60s Dances, 70s Dances, and 80s Dances. It's about time that we do our first dance featuring the great hits of the 1990s!


• Salsa Dance & Lesson, also on Saturday, Oct 1, at Tatami Multi-Arts in El Cerrito. It is extremely rare for us to do two dances on the same night, but my friend Joel Koosed of The Meeting Game asked me to co-sponsor. I thought our East Bay Singles would enjoy our first-ever Salsa party on their side of the Bay!


• Champagne Social, Friday, Oct 7, at Parc 55 Wyndham Hotel in San Francisco.


• Sonoma Wine Country Tasting & Mixer, Sunday, Oct 16, at Keating Wines in Sonoma.

DETAILS ABOUT THE PARTIES

See you at the parties!