Singles Parties, July 19 - 24, 2010

3 parties this past week:

• Marin Single Mingle, Monday, July 19, at Vin Antico in San Rafael. We usually don't do parties on a Monday night, for fear of a low attendance, but actually got quite a crowd!
  
• MidLife Singles Mixer, Wednesday, July 21, at Espetus in San Mateo. Also, a nice turnout. Huge, beautiful Brazilian-cuisine restaurant. Rumors are they invested millions into converting a former antique store into a showcase restaurant!
• Miss Cougar Marin Contest & Dance, Saturday, July 24, at Grille 101 at Embassy Suites Hotel San Rafael. Big crowd, fun party. Congratulations to Debra Wand, who was crowned Miss Cougar Marin. Read about Debra in the feature story later this week in the Marin Independent Journal! Debra won a free berth on the International Cougar Cruise, December 3-6, 2010, departing from Miami and visiting The Bahamas. Only $99 per person! (does not include port charges and government taxes). Thanks to The Singles Travel Company for donating this wonderful prize!

Two more parties this coming week:

• Art & Wine Mixer, Tuesday, July 27, at Art People Gallery at The Crocker Galleria in San Francisco. Nice turnout at last month's mixer at this lovely gallery.
• Contra Costa Singles Convention, Saturday, July 31, at Renaissance ClubSport Hotel in Walnut Creek. This is our largest annual gathering in CC County. Special treat this year: Master Hypnotist John Farley will perform his acclaimed Hypnotic Seduction Show, followed by giant Dance Party.

More details and more singles events at www.ThePartyHotline.com. See you at the parties!

Singles Parties, July 14 - 17, 2010

3 parties this past week:

• Bastille Day Celebration, Wednesday, July 14, at Faz in Danville. Small turnout. Guess we don't have very many singles of French descent!
• Art & Wine Mixer, Friday, July 16, at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in Novato. Fun party, lots of new faces, not enough men.
• Golden Gate Yacht Club Dinner Dance, Saturday, July 17, in San Francisco. HUGE crowd, chilly night. No, Larry Ellison of Oracle did not attend. Must be married...
  

3 parties coming up next week:

• Marin Single Mingle, Monday, July 19, at Vin Antico in San Rafael. This is a new location, in the heart of Central San Rafael.
• MidLife Singles Mixer, Wednesday, July 21, at Espetus in Downtown San Mateo. Another new location for us, our first-ever at a Brazilian restaurant. Annie Gleason and Mason Grigsby will be on hand to answer all of your midlife dating questions.
• Miss Cougar Marin Contest and Dance, Saturday, July 24, at Grille 101 at Embassy Suites Hotel in San Rafael. Winner receives a free berth on the International Cougar Cruise, courtesy of The Singles Travel Company!

Details about these and other singles events at www.thepartyhotline.com. See you at the parties!

Singles Parties, July 3 - 11, 2010

Four parties over this period, all well-attended:

• Crystal Ballroom Match Your Key Dance, Saturday, July 3, at Hotel Shattuck Plaza in Berkeley. What a lovely venue for a singles party! Nice turnout, lots of compliments about the hotel, which is an old one that has been refurbished at a cost of millions of dollars.
• Canadian Cougar Convention, Friday, July 9, at Tattoo Rock Parlour in Toronto. Huge crowd, massive media coverage from major newspapers all over Canada, plus numerous TV and radio interviews. Go onto our www.cougarevents.com to see some of the publicity.
• Geeks & Gals Ball, Friday, July 9, at Dinah's Garden Hotel in Palo Alto. While I was up in Toronto running the Canadian Cougar Convention (see above), Barbara Millin of Singles Supper Club ran our co-sponsored our party in the Silicon Valley. Excellent crowd and DJ HickeyB! of Choice Music did another terrific job with the music.
• Wine Tasting Party at Windy Hill Winery, Sunday, July 11, in Cotati. Nice turnout, great wine, fun party, terrific view!

Next week features three more singles parties:

• Bastille Day Celebration, Wednesday, July 14, at Faz Restaurant in Danville. This is the #1 National Holiday in France. My dad was born in France, so I decided to sponsor a celebration here in the Bay Area.
• Art & Wine Mixer, Friday, July 16, at Marin Museum of Contemporary Art at Novato Arts Center at Hamilton Field. This is a beautiful building and setting, perfect for enjoying fine wine, fine art, and fine people!
• Dance by the Bay with Luau Buffet, Saturday, July 17, at the Golden Gate Yacht Club, home of the America's Cup. Larry Ellison's Oracle Team won the world championship of yachting, sponsored by this Yacht Club. All of our parties at GGYC attract a huge crowd!

More information about our singles events at www.ThePartyHotline.com. See you at the parties!

Singles Parties, June 15 - July 1, 2010

Our Hot Summer Night Mixer, Tuesday, June 15, was at a new location for us, Izzy's in San Ramon. Lovely location, good appetizers, excellent live music, and a fairly good turnout. We would love to do this upscale restaurant again.

We also did a Waterfront Dance on Friday, June 18, at another new location for us, Fandorin Restaurant in Burlingame. Gigantic floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the Bay made this an excellent venue for our party. Large dance floor, ample room to mingle, wonderful ambiance made this a popular party, with many compliments all night.

Jim Spillane hosted three parties while Debby and I were in Chicagoland hosting the National Cougar Convention (details below).

• Summer Mixer, Tuesday, June 22, at First Street Cafe in Benicia. This party was extremely crowded. We like it that way, as it's easier to meet people if you literally are forced to bump into them. First Street Cafe is a very popular restaurant and all of our parties there have been well-attended, so we plan to return next year.
  
• Match Your Key Dance, Friday, June 25, at Four Points by Sheraton Hotel in San Rafael. Smaller crowd than expected.
• Art & Wine Tasting Party, Saturday, June 26, at Art People at the Crocker Galleria in San Francisco. Another fine party at this beautiful art gallery.

Our National Cougar Convention, Saturday, June 26, at Embassy Suites O'Hare Airport, attracted a huge crowd, as well as NBC's Today Show and MTV, plus lots of photographers and reporters. Congratulations to Amy Roberts of Aurora IL for winning the crown of Miss Cougar America 2010. Amy won a free week at Hedonism II Resort & Spa in Jamaica; as well as a free berth on The International Cougar Cruise, December 3-6, 2010. Almost 100 cougars and cubs already signed up for this cruise, so don't hesitate to sign up before the inexpensive cabins sell out (only $99 for the cruise, per person, can you believe it!) Details at www.singlestravelcompany.com. Call 1-888-286-8687 before the prices go up.

We also had a local Cougar Dance on Thursday, July 1st, at Bliss Bar in San Francisco. Big turnout, including a TV crew filming a pilot for a possible cougar reality show. Good luck to our good friends, Jaime and Lee, who would star in this series, if it gets picked up by a national TV network. They met at one of our cougar parties. More nformation about cougars at www.cougarevents.com.

Our Crystal Ballroom Match Your Key Dance happens on Saturday, July 3, at the lovely boutique Hotel Shattuck Plaza in Berkeley. We have a lovely downstairs ballroom with lots of space for a large crowd and plenty of dancing!

More details about our upcoming events at www.thepartyhotline.com.

Happy 4th of July!
Rich