Singles Parties, Jan 18-25, 2008

While I was escorting 40 singles on a Club Med Turks and Caicos Vacation, we had five singles parties in the Bay Area, hosted by my associates. It was a great week of fun in the sun and a most congenial group, almost evenly split between men and women. We have lots of great trips coming up. Details at www.SinglesTravelCompany.com.

Our Lock & Key & Dance on Jan 18 was at the beautiful Grand Salon of the Radisson Hotel in Dublin. Big turnout. Thank you to Patrick Dalal of LockandKeyMatch.com and Jim Spillane for running the party while I was relaxing in the Caribbean! Next Lock & Key & Dance will be on Friday, Feb 22 at Illusions in Palo Alto.

Our second party that weekend, Saturday, Jan 19, was our first-ever party at Roe Restaurant in San Francisco. Barbara Millin of Singles Supper Club, who ran the Young Single Professionals Party, reports a very large crowd attended, and enjoyed both the fun Mixer Game and the Dance Party that followed. Thank you to Barbara and also to Mayra of SABOR Meetup Group, for their help with the party!

We concluded the weekend with a Free Single Travel Party on Sunday, Jan 20, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Concord. Ann Thomas of The Singles Travel Company hosted that party for us.

The next weekend we had only two parties, beginning on Thursday night, Jan 24, with our Mid-Life Singles Mixer and Live Band Dance at Number One Broadway in Los Gatos. Jim Spillane ran that party for me and reports a very good turnout and a fine performance by The Joint Chiefs. Author Mason Grigsby was scheduled to give a short talk about Mid-Life Dating, but was called out of state on short notice to help with a business merger. Annie Gleason of Get a Love Life filled in for Mason and gave an entertaining talk, I am told. Thank you Annie!

Our second party that weekend, Friday, Jan 25, was waylaid by a big storm, so we had a much smaller crowd than usual at our dance parties. It's a shame, because the Westin Hotel SFO in Millbrae provided us with a huge, beautiful ballroom. Barbara Millin reports that DJ Slick did a fine job of spinning the tunes, and people enjoyed the party, but we were kind of lost in such a huge ballroom. We hope to do another party soon at the Westin and attract our usual crowd of several hundred, weather-permitting.

Valentine's Day is the most dreaded day of the year for singles. No one enjoys being alone on V-Day. That's why we have scheduled 8 Meet Your Valentine Parties:

Jan 29, The Spinnaker in Sausalito.

Feb 1, Spengers in Berkeley

Feb 2, Graziano's in Petaluma

Feb 7, Faz in Danville

Feb 8, Michael's in Mtn View

Feb 9, California Modern Art Gallery in SF

Feb 14, Embassy Suites in Napa

Feb 15, Concord Hilton

Details about all the parties at www.ThePartyHotline.com. See you at the parties!