Happy Thanksgiving!

Well, I hope all our American friends enjoyed their Thanksgiving holiday. We held no events yesterday so everyone could spend the day with their families - because, no matter how much we enjoy providing great music and events for you, families are a true treasure.

What that means is that the next five weeks may be a little less than orderly. As everyone's Christmas events (and Hanukkah, and the other holidays this time of year) begin to occur, we will probably have a little chaos in our schedule. Keep an eye on our calendar, and make sure you're getting announcements through our group or our subscrib-o-matic.

What it also means is that some of you will get extremely tired of Christmas music over those five weeks. We will do our best to not overwhelm you with it. (Though, that Toys For Tots CD kiosk is still up, near the stage - you can contribute or buy a CD and help some less fortunate kids have a Merry Christmas.)

We hope everyone will have a very happy holiday season. And, we pray for safety and peace for all those deployed this holiday season - may victory bring you home soon.

A new event

A quick note from the road. (The resistance in Tangier needed a few things....) On Thursday, we will be trying something new: an old time radio broadcast. We will be streaming two episodes of the 1951-52 Bogie & Bacall radio program "Bold Venture" at 6pm SL, just before DJ Suzetta's Big Band event. I hope you will come on down and give it a listen.
Must slip away; the NAZIs are close. Hope to see you there!

Why we do what we do.

This afternoon at Cafe Casablanca, a few things happened that really brought home exactly why we do this.

As I got to the club today, there was a lovely couple dancing to our stream. It turned out, it was an anniversary for them. They have been together in SL for a year and were kind enough to say the Cafe is very special to them. They stayed for Annabel Trafalgar's show, where they were serenaded with some wonderful dedications and congratulated by the people enjoying the hour.

Another of our favorite couples, TuMing Urquan and Betty Kolonimann also came in today and were nice enough to share this image of them as they enjoyed the show. Anna sang "Unforgettable" for them. It is their song. Many of you know, it is also NytEyes and Conlaoch's song, so NytEyes wore an even bigger smile.

So many of you say such wonderful things about our club. I'm always thrilled to hear how a couple met at Cafe Casablanca, or fell in love all over again. Often, people tell us how much they enjoy relaxing to the stream while they take care of other tasks. We work very hard to offer a place for you to feel as at home as we do.

If you understand the realities of owning a club, you know we'll never get rich. Most clubs don't even break even, but when our patrons tell us they met at Cafe Casablanca, or a special event took place here...or simply that they always enjoy their time at the club, then we have all the riches we could ever ask for.

Thank you all for making this worth doing and filling our little gin joint with so much love.

Giving from the heart

I was remiss in the month of October, in not mentioning here on the blog about our Breast Cancer Awareness Relay For Life kiosk. If you visited in October, you are certain to have seen it, and heard us mention it there, but I really should have brought it up here, as well. Well, it's still there - right next to Sam's Piano. [Correction - the kiosk is gone. But, you can still donate through Suzetta Moonites during our Big Band nights on Thursdays. She could tell you the location of other kiosks, as well.] Donate as your heart moves you.

I also wanted to mention that we now have up a vendor for the SL Christmas album for Toys For Tots. For a contribution of L$500 or more, you get a CD with 50 (yes! 50!!!) SL artists performing a bunch of your favorite Christmas songs - including our very own Paulette Oldrich. Basically, you buy this great CD (I bought mine this morning) and you get 50 songs by 50 great performers that you can listen to anytime you want in SL, and Toys For Tots gets your L$500 - the whole thing. You can also donate through the kiosk if you don't want the CD, but want to contribute. (The folks who put this together with the artists is Wunderland Records.)

Please, when you come on by our place - or keep your eye out for it elsewhere in SL - consider getting a copy of this. You will love the music on it, and Toys For Tots will benefit, as well.