From Fix Wilson Yard (legal disclaimer: which is separate in every way from Uptown Update):
While Fix Wilson Yard has made considerable headway in taking the city to court and making our voices heard, we still have a long way to go in the fight. Taking on the city is an onerous task and we cannot do it alone, we need your help and what better way than by joining us for an evening of Hollywood glamour and glitz – “Prelude to the Oscars©" – A wine tasting headlines our star-studded evening featuring a choice of bold California Wines!
Light bites will be included to cleanse the palate between glasses and awards will be given for the best wine of the evening voted by your expert sense of taste. Our gracious hosts that evening are the great neighbors at In Fine Spirits, 5418 N. Clark Street and admission is $40 per person. The date is Thursday, February 19th, from 7-9pm.
Tickets can be purchased online at the link here - You can also pay by check. Make your check payable to GWNA (Graceland Wilson Neighbors Association), write "FWY Oscars Event" in the memo section and mail to: Fix Wilson Yard, P.O. Box 13365, Chicago, IL 60613.
Please make sure your check is in the mail and postmarked by February 9.
Don't be left out in the cold. Space is limited so buy your tickets now, before we sell out!
Shouldn't this be like a masked ball or costume party so we can hide our identities from the Sith?
ReplyDeleteIf I were to attend, and I'm not saying I am or anything, I would use single dollar bills to pay with no credit card, check or paypal account traceable back to me.
I mean isn't attending such a fundraiser now essentially civilly punishable in Chicago? Could Holsten theoretically sue the venue for hosting such an event? What about the wine manufacturers and the distributors? The bottle makers? The label makers. The truck driver who delivered said wine?
My head is about to explode. Perhaps by typing this post I can now be sued.
Legal Disclaimer:
The "IrishPirate" is not directly involved in Uptown Update or Fix Wilson Yard. He has donated money to Fix Wilson Yard and has exchanged emails with "Uptown Updater". The most recent regarding the mice infested store on Sheridan. The IrishPirate's email has a completely made up name and to the best of my knowledge my identity is unknown by Uptown Updater and any of the men who likely fathered me.
Once the IrishPirate did introduce himself to James Cappleman's partner Richard at the Ace Hardware on Broadway. Richard might be able to describe my physical appearance, but that was over two years ago and he does not know my true name. Which I may not even remember depending on how much alcohol I have consumed.
The IrishPirate suggests the following description:
As tall as John Wayne, as pretty as George Clooney, with just a hint of PeeWee Herman and Herman Munster.
The IrishPirate does not know the identity of the folks behind Uptown Update and if captured will not be able to give up any information on said identities. He does however, know the location of every decent chicken joint and hooker in a three mile radius of Wilson and Broadway. Under duress or after being offered a small bribe the IrishPirate will give up said information on the chicken and the hookers.
The IrishPirate is actually not a pirate. He is actually not Irish, but could claim Irish citizenship if he needs to flee the country.
The IrishPirate, like Bob Dole, enjoys speaking of himself in the third person. One day when he leaves Uptown for the retirement home he hopes to pull a Nixon and say "You won't have IrishPirate to kick around anymore".
I have to hand it to FWY for brilliant marketing to the gay community in Uptown... Oscars? Brilliant! My gay friends make a huge deal out of the Oscars. I never got it myself....
ReplyDeleteUnlike Irish Pirate I am Uptown Update and freely welcome the torture that should accompany such a disclosure. It's about time said torture was for a good cause other than shits and giggles. I also remember my name, am of Irish descent, and gave my real name to Richard though NOT at the Ace Hardware.
ReplyDeleteBut like the afore mentioned Pirate I do hanker a beer or two from time to time. Beer of choice; Why, Guinness, of course. And I, too, favor the masked party idea as they traditionally involved orgy-esque behavior.