24 July 2009
Hey everybody, it's Crunch Time!
Now usually when I hear that phrase it means that we just had a champion haul of King Crab and it's time to put on the bibs and munch, munch, munch on some of those profits!
But in this case, it means we have ONE DAY left to raise funds for the Paddleboat Regatta!
If you're a Paddler, push a little harder today!
If you're a visitor to the site, find a team that has a name you think is clever and sponsor them with some cash!
If you're my mother, I'm so sorry that I missed brunch yesterday!
If you plan on coming to watch the Regatta (which I highly suggest, especially considering that it's octopus season), don't forget to purchase a ticket for the after-party. They're only $15 and include fun, food, and drink. And you get a chance to mingle with your favorite paddle-boaters, trading tales of adventure, action, intrigue, love, mystery, suspense, and whatever other categories of tales there are to trade. Collect them all!
See you Sunday, and get ready to show me what you got!
All my salty love,
The Admiral
22 July 2009
The Admiral's Log
So it's five days until Regatta Day and I don't know if I'll be able to get another wink of sleep. It's like the time I was charged with chasing down a thirty-food squid…the excitement gets the better of me! (But not the squid, mind you. Not only did I catch him, but I did it just after a nap and with only a net and two sticks of dynamite. And then I fed an entire busload of children their best meal that week.)
Echo Park Lake is calm and ready.
The Paddleboats are greased-up and waiting.
The fans are camping out on the street, jockeying for good Regatta viewing positions.
So let's keep those sponsorships rolling…we still got a ways to go before we reach our goal of $30,000…and do NOT forget to stretch. The last thing we need is someone pulling a hammy and stopping halfway through the final figure eight, tempting the carnivorous Echo Park Ducks with a delicious, stationary meal. They will find you, and they will eat you. I know from experience.
Wear a costume on Sunday! Or forever be labeled "The Boring One."
All my love,
The Admiral
14 July 2009
Recappin with the Cap'n (er, Admiral, arr)
Ahoy all ye paddleboaters and lookie-loos. It's almost July 26th, and you know what that means...it's Regatta Time!!
After years of trading spices overseas, I've decided that it's time the admiral had a little fun. And what better place to find adventure than Echo Park Lake? The ducks! The picnics! The untold treasures (and bodies) at the bottom of the lake! And speaking of treasure, have you seen the trophy that awaits the team that raises the most funds? Cracker Barrel!! I'm not one who is impressed easily, but I nearly wet my rubber boots when I saw that sparkling award!
Win that trophy!
Raise those funds!
Repeal Prop 237! (The taxes on Wattleseed are killing me.)
How are this year's contestants faring so far?
Stop the Presses is stopping for no one, and has shot to the top of the list!
Sparkle Motion is not satisfied with last year's "Best Team Spirit" award, and may prove deadly to all competition. Have you seen their dueling unicorns? It will haunt your dreams...
The Intellectual Enrichment Club: Nautical Chapter is raising money like a hot biscuit.
Thought that last analogy didn't work? Then just wait until you hear how Inna Regatta Da Vita has fallen a few places like an iron butterfly.
Rounding out the top 5 are the Knotty Girls, full of sass and ready to kick some bass.
The rest of you teams are doing a great job too...but we can do even better! And for those teams that haven't uploaded a picture yet, please do it! Without a picture, you're just another faceless paddleboater in a sea of beautiful hipsters. So show me what you got!
And to all of you wonderful readers out there, if you've got a few extra bucks that you want to give to the kids, please find a team you like and sponsor them! And then join us on the 26th for the best Regatta held in July between Figueroa and Alvarado that you've ever seen!
Cheers
The Admiral
9 July 2009
Ahoy Paddleboaters!
Admiral Holiday here with The Lakefarers Report.
Just back in from a trip through the Strait of Malacca, and free of my entire load of spices (so long, Wattleseed!), I'm happy to report that the conditions of Echo Park Lake are perfect. A cool sou'wester wind may soon be replaced by the gusts of El Nino, but for now the coast is clear.
Now on to the race!
Soaring to the top like an iron butterfly is Inna Regatta Da Vida, in the lead with $400. But can Christopher Cole and Sarah Brin hold off the tenacious advances of the Knotty Girls, right behind them with $365? Babs, Claire and Diane are looking for someone to eat their wake, and as of now that's pretty much everyone else. (Ask for the low-sodium wake, if available.)
In the spirit of giving, Sparkle Motion has offered to "rock you like a hurricane," and rock you they have, raising $332.03 so far. ("$.03?") They won last year's Best Team Spirit award, and with the promise of two unicorns meeting in a fiery duel on some pink planet, they just might do it again!
The rest of you copper bottoms are doing a fine job raising scratch, but we can certainly do better! It's like what my father used to say: "A bucket of cod can feed you for a week, but who wants that much cod?" So get out there and trap me some lobsters!
And if you haven't uploaded your team picture yet, why not?! The admiral needs visuals! I want to see your beautiful faces, like Two Tears in a Bucket. Or a picture of a baby elephant having a bath, like Pedal to the Shtetl. Would someone like to show me what an octopus looks like playing the drums?
Today's Sailing Inspiration: Brandy, by The Looking Glass.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-dleViv2nc
Press on my friends!
Admiral Barry Holiday
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