Miranda Culp and Mirandaband and the 6th Annual Quirkyalone Party February 14, 2008

The sixth annual International Quirkyalone Day is approaching. . . please put this party on your list! Come mingle with fellow quirkyalones and listmakers. This party is a celebration of romance, freedom and individuality AND my books: Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics and To-Do List: From Buying Milk to Finding a Soul Mate, What Our Lists Reveal About Us (perhaps you made it to the
To-Do List Jam here at Red Hill last month!).

Thursday, February 14, 7 pm
Red Hill Books
401 Cortland Avenue
Lovely Bernal Heights
San Francisco

Bring a to-do list to see if its compatible with someone elses.

Miranda Culp of The Mirandaband will be lighting up torch songs.

The after-party will continue next door at the Stray Bar (309 Cortland) at 9pm with hors doers and continued merry-making and mingling.

About IQD:
IQD has now been celebrated in forty cities around the globe. But it started here in SF and NY in 2003.

What is it? International Quirkyalone Day is a do-it-yourself celebration of romance, friendship, and independent spirit. Its a celebration of all kinds of love: romantic, platonic, familial, and yes, self-love.

International Quirkyalone Day is not anti-Valentines Day. Its NOT a pity party for single people. Its an alternativea feel-good alternative to the marketing barrage of Valentines Day and an antidote to the silicone version of love presented in shows such as The Bachelor.

For more information, visit www.quirkyalone.net
(That's last year's International Quirkyalone get-together in San Francisco that we've attached to this email.)

To see some lists, check www.todolistblog.com

To host your own quirkyalone party, check the IQD page for party tips and
party supplies and post your party on the online community.

About the Mirandaband

In 22 words, sounds like:

Julie London hopped up on Ginseng, that sixteen year old Django Reinhardt took into the studio except now she's in her 30's, if PJ Harvey and Erykah Badu had a lesbian step child, Blossom Dearie with a head cold, toss in some nail clippings of Yma Sumac, if Bessie Smith went digital, If Jorie Graham sang jazz, Sade's cameo on Girls Gone Wild, If Kay Starr ran away with a ska band...

Whether or not you're alone or just quirky...feel free to share this with anyone you know who might be either or both....

Quirkyalone Day is based on the ideas in Sasha Cagen's book Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics. It's an invitation to create a great day for yourself, whatever that means to you (and your partner if you have one and choose to celebrate with him or her). It's a day to celebrate the things you love to do alone and the things you love to do with your friends. Ways to celebrate include: throwing a dinner party, buying yourself new underwear, rearranging your furniture, taking a long walk without your cell phone, exploring a new part of town, organizing a card-making party, trying a new recipe, or coming to or hosting a quirkyalone party.

The first-ever celebration of IQD in 2003 featured parties in San Francisco, New York, Providence, Rhode Island, and Glasgow, Scotland. The parties resulted in worldwide media coverage, beaming the quirkyalone message of love and empowerment around the globe.

The second annual International Quirkyalone Day was celebrated in bars and cafes in Bristol, U.K., London, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Seattle, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Providence, Albuquerque, St. Paul, Atlanta, Madison, and San Francisco.

The third annual IQD was even bigger. It was celebrated in 24 cities around the world: Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Chicago, Illinois; Edwardsville, Illinois; Eldridge, Iowa; Houston, Texas; Las Vegas, Nevada; Los Angeles, California; Lynwood, Washington; Madison, Wisconsin; New Delhi, India; New York, New York; Norristown, Pennsylvania; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; Ontario, Canada; Owings Mills, Maryland; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Rock Hill, South Carolina; San Francisco, California; Sedalia, Missouri; St. Paul, Minnesota; Sterling, Colorado; Sydney, Australia; Utica, New York; and Washington, DC.

The Sixth Annual will be at Red Hill Books with the Quirkyalone doyenne herself, Sasha Cagen, in person.

Event submitted by Eventful.com on behalf of redhill.