Events
Come celebrate how hard we work and the crappy pay. Bring all your significant others and kids. Bring your friends. Bring something to grill and something to share. Bring beer. Should call it "Bringie Day."
It's at Rancho Laguna Park. It's at 2101 Camino Pablo. Here is a map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&q=rancho+p...
Get out and enjoy nature with the kids. If there's no one there right at 10am just wait a few minutes
Please help us spread the word.
Walk Oakland Bike Oakland invites you to participate in:
Oakland Kidical Mass
A social ride for anyone interested in a kid-friendly, mellow bike ride. Expect a leisurely pace and relaxed atmosphere. Where you’ll get to know others who move their families around Oakland by bike. Children under 18 should be accompanied by an adult to participate.
Sunday September 20, 2009 (note *Sunday*)
Meet up at Lake Shore Park
(between Lake Merrit and 580)
Between 10:00 and 10:30
Depart around 10:45
Ride to Jack London Square.
Feel free to help spread the word with the attached flier.
Questions contact:
Middle Harbor Park (Oakland)
To get there, take Seventh Street west from downtown, past West Oakland BART, all the way till you hit the stoplight at Middle Harbor Road. Continue thru the intersection and take the first right into the Middle Harbor parking lot.
Hi East Bay Dads,
Just a quick - and probably final - pre-event email to you all. We're hoping to see many of you, our east bay gay dads, so we can create a wider community of gay dads - so please come join us all on Saturday.
From where I sit, it looks like we're all a-go for Saturday. All the loose ends are tied up and we're on our way - but please do your best sunshine dance between now and then for blue skies, warm winds and no fog! But come prepared for it all! It's San Francisco after all...!
When: Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Time: 1100am - 400pm
Where: West Bluff picnic area, Crissy Field, SF.
What: Mega BBQ potluck - bring BBQ food+buns and one dish to share, bring your own drinks, chairs, blankets, towels, beach toys, kites, pride flags etc etc!
Full Details: CASTRO DADS group page on Facebook
I look forward to seeing/meeting you all and having a great time - and a big thanks to all the volunteers that have stepped up to help out!
Cheers,
Kevin & Hana
Come join the 1st Annual GAY DADS MEGA SUMMER BBQ!!
Date:
Saturday, September 26th, 2009
Time:
11:00am to 4:00pm
Location:
West Bluff Picnic Area, Crissy Field, San Francisco
Group Photo:
2:00pm at the Amphitheater
Bring your clan and let's see what a whole load of SFBA gay dads and their kids looks like! We will have one big mega BBQ pot-luck set up with activities for the kids of all ages. Our Family Coalition & COLAGE will also be on hand with some of their own activities for the kids too! Our aim is to give the dads as much of a break as well! ;-)
All you need to bring:
Food -
For the BBQ (incl. buns) and a side dish to share (burger accoutrement, salad, dips, fruit, beans, veg, chips, cookies, desert etc) - we'll have a couple of folks behind the BBQ grilling all day, so we plan on having one "mega potluck" - we'll grill all day and lay out the sides. Then we all share. Easy. Special requests a-ok too.
Drinks -
Bring whatever works for you in your cooler.
Comfort -
Blankets, chairs, wind-breakers, etc to make a comfy spot on the picnic area lawn. There is no shade so bring a parasol/umbrella. Bring any fun outdoor games you may have for the kids...
Beach -
We'll be right next to the beach - and if it's a hot day we'll have fun frolicking at the water's edge.... so bring a change of clothes for your kids and a bucket and spade! Bring bathing costumes & towels!
Misc -
Don't forget the sunscreen, cameras, and your PRIDE flags and banners.
Services -
There are restrooms right next to the Warming Hut cafe adjacent to the picnic area.
Needs -
We need a large square/rectangle marquee to stand over and shade the pot-luck food table. Please email me if you have one you can bring.
Specific Location -
We will be nabbing the BBQ/picnic area known as "West Bluff in Crissy Field". This is located at the western end of Crissy Field with plenty of parking right next to the picnic area, which is just east of the Warming Hut cafe and "amphitheater". Drive as far west as you can on Old Mason Street and park just after the roundabout - we will have some balloons/flags to mark our spot. A map is posted on CASTRO DADS group page on Facebook.
Donations -
We will have a basket out for donations from each family that is able to donate ($5-$20) to help cover some of the shared costs - entertainer/clown for the kids, supplies for kids games, charcoal for bbq's, condiments, paper plates, cups, napkins, utensils, paper table clothes etc etc..
This event is supported by -
CASTRO DADS, Meet Up SF Gay Dads, East Bay Gay Dads, Bay Area Gay Dads, Gay Future Dads, Out n About Gay Dads of Sacramento, LGBT Parents are Social Too!, Gay Dads of San Jose, Gay Dads on The Peninsula, Rainbow Family Adventures, Our Family Coalition, COLAGE.
We look forward to meeting everyone that can make it!
Kevin Wakelin
CASTRO DADS
You can join CASTRO DADS on Facebook!
Hello East Bay Dads!!
Please come join the 1st annual GAY DADS MEGA SUMMER BBQ!!
The intention of this event is to bring together all the gay dad groups in the SFBA for one mega annul event - what fun to see so many gay dads and their kids hanging out, meeting and having fun!! Please join Castro Dads, Meet Up SF Gay Dads, Meet Up Bay Area Dads, Out n About Sacramento Gay Dads, Gay Dads and LGBT Parents are Social Too on Facebook with support from Our Family Coaltion and COLAGE!!!
Saturday, September 26th 2009
11:00am - 4:00pm
West Bluff BBQ/Picnic area in Crissy Field*, San Francisco.
Bring your clan and let's see what a whole load of gay dads and their kids looks like! We'll have some activities for the kids of all ages, but will need some volunteers to help out too. Our Family Coalition & COLAGE will also be on hand with some of their own activities for the kids too! Our aim is to give the dads as much of a break as well! ;-)
We will have a basket out for donations from each family that is able to donate ($5-$20) to help cover some of the shared costs - entertainer for the kids, supplies for kids games, charcoal for bbq's, condiments, paper plates, cups, napkins, utensils, paper table clothes etc etc...all you need to bring:
BBQ food (and buns) and a side dish (burger accoutrement, salad, dips, fruit, beans, veg, chips, cookies, desert etc) - we'll have a couple of folks behind the BBQ grilling all day, so we plan on having one "mega share potluck" - we'll grill all day and lay out the sides. Then we all share. Easy. Special requests a-ok too.
Drinks - bring whatever works for you in your cooler.
Blankets, chairs, wind-breakers etc to make a comfy spot. Bring any fun outdoor games you may have for the kids...
Sunscreen, cameras, PRIDE flags etc.
Bathing costumes & towels! We'll be right next to the beach - and if it's a hot day we'll have fun frolicking at the water's edge.... so bring a change of clothes for your kids!
Specific Location:
We will be nabbing the BBQ/picnic area known as "West Bluff in Crissy Field". This is located at the western end of Crissy Field with plenty of parking right next to the picnic area, which is just east of the Warming Hut cafe and "amphitheater". Drive as far west as you can on Old Mason Street and park just after the roundabout - we will have some balloons/flags to mark our spot.
Time:
11:00am to 4:00pm
Date:
Saturday September 26th, 2009
Group Photo:
2:00pm at the Amphitheater
Latest updates will be posted on CASTRO DADS group on Facebook - please join us!
Please email me for any suggestions or questions -
We look forward to meetiing you all! And please spread the word to all the gay dads that you know!! A pdf flyer of the event is attached - please download and send on and around,...!!
Thanks!!
Kevin Wakelin
Grab your passports and foreign currency - the East Bay Dads go to Benicia!
City Park has a huge wooden play structure, sand, grass, tables and grills.
Map:
http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&client=safari&ie=UTF-8&q=benicia+city+...
Keeping things up north this week. Arlington Park is off of Arlington (duh). Parking is free and is available alongside the road.
For those of you coming from Oakland, taking I-580 and going on I-80 after the split is your best bet. You would want to take exit 15 for Potrero Ave.
Here is the address:
1120 Arlington
El Cerrito, CA 94530
Here is a map.
See you there!
