[ba-filk-announce] February 11 clubhouse filk in Mountain View

[Bob Kanefsky <kanef@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's about time for another filk sing.

Saturday, February 11, 2006
6pm - midnight (maybe later)* -- arrive anytime before 10pm
Willow Park Clubhouse
Moffett Bldv. & W. Middlefield Road
Mountain View, CA 94043

Format:  Filk sing; probably chaos style, possibly some kind of  
modified bardic circle, or one of these days we may try something  
experimental, such as Index Card Preprogrammed Bardic.  Depends on  
how things seem to be flowing.

Beverages:  In memory of Cynthia McQuillin, bring something red to  
drink.  (Not necessarily ruby wine.)

Food:  Bring munchies if you want.  The clubhouse even has a kitchen  
nook.   If you'd like to solidify the McQuillin theme, some  
appropriate choices would be:  (1) Chocolates -- especially dark  
chocolates with fine liquor centers ("Sweet Obsessions"), but not  
M&M's or Brahmn's (what's the title of that one?).   (2) Any food  
containing the word "baby" ("One Size Fits All").  Or maybe we'll  
order pizza.

Attire:  Black lace optional.  (For ladies.  Purple satin optional  
for gentlemen.)           :-)

Location:  Mountain View, northwest of Hangar One.  Willow Park is  
bounded by 85, Moffett Blvd., and West Middlefield Road.  The  
Clubhouse is roughly in the middle, and all three entrances lead to  
it, more or less, but the easiest one is the one on Moffett Blvd.

Google Map:  http://tinyurl.com/b4h6l

Directions:  By car, take either 101 or 85 and get off on Moffett  
Blvd. heading southwest, toward downtown (i.e. away from Moffett  
Field).  From Caltrain or LRT, get off at the Mountain View station  
and walk 1.2km toward Moffett Field.  (Getting back late at night is  
another story.)  In the unlikely event that anyone is planning to get  
here under their own power (e.g., bike, foot, roller blade), Moffett  
Blvd. is the one street that the Stevens Creek Trail crosses at grade  
level; go south one block and turn left.  Despite the address (500 W.  
Middlefield), the clubhouse is right off of Moffett Blvd.  (The  
Middlefield entrance is more roundabout and involves a couple of left  
turns.)  Enter on the first driveway on Moffett that is north of the  
Middlefield cross-street (and south of where 85 passes over) and look  
for a raised glass structure just ahead of you and on your left.

Parking: You can park in any unnumbered space.  (The numbered spots  
are generally the covered ones.)  However, Willow Park has added a  
new rule.  Guests are asked "to distribute the parking of their  
vehicles to the areas between buildings 9 and 10, behind building 4,  
and in front of building 26 to alleviate parking congestion in the  
area between the clubhouse and building 1."  You can check the map  
outside the Clubhouse if you want to know which buildings it's  
talking about, but it boils down to not filling up all the parking in  
front of the Clubhouse.

Hope to see many of you there!

					--Kanef

* Normally events have to end by midnight, but I've applied for  
special permission to keep the Clubhouse later.  It's always been  
granted in the past, and I think it will continue to be, as long as  
we keep the doors closed after 10pm and no one makes noise when  
leaving.  Honoring the new request about parking may also help.