Dark Garden Unique Corsetry will be vending at IMSL!!!! (events » community) Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 7:00 PM 8 RSVPs Greetings from Dark Garden!!! We hope to see many of you this weekend at International Ms. Leather!!! This fun event will be taking place at the Holiday Inn Golden Gateway, 1500 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco, CA 94109. We will be in the vending area, with many beautiful items. We will also be taking custom orders at this time, as well.
We will be running a pre-Folsom IMSL special, offering 10% off all custom orders, and $25 off all Ready-to-Wear styles!!!!!

IMSL takes place May 1-4, 2008. See the website for more details---www.imsl.org.

Best,
Jessica of Dark Garden

Louche!!!!!! (events » nightlife) Thursday, May 1, 2008 - 8:00 PM SAN FRANCiSCO'S MOST NOTORiOUS ABSiNTHE PARTY RETURNS TO WHiSPER FOR A CRYPTO-FLiPTO GREEN FAIRY BLOW-OUT BEYOND ALL PAST PROPORTiON!

Join the costumed revelry of vamps, tramps, posers, performers, dandies, demimondes, harlots, libertines, absintheurs, and Weimar wannabes as they unlock Le Tourment Vert for a night of dancing and decadence!

1. First pour with
RESiDENT ViCTROLA CRANKERS:

SMOOVE........www.myspace.com/smoovethedirtypunk
DELACHAUX...www.myspace.com/djdelachaux
MiZ MARGO.....www.myspace.com/djmizmargo
FACT.50..........www.gothpunk.com

2. Cascade the sugar to sweetness.
ABSiNTHE KABARET PERFORMANCES w/........

FRANK OLiViER..........www.funnyfrank.com
MARiEL a la MODE.....republicofmariel.com
THE INDRA................. www.theindra.com

PLUS NAKED HARP & OPERA !!!

3. Now set that shit on FiRE!

NU ABSinTHE COCKTAiLS!
FLITTERY NU ABSiNTHE FAiRiES!
Le TOURMENT VERT MEDiA!

You think you know absinthe?

Whhheeee!

$10.00 presale / $15.00 door
GET YOUR TICKETS AT
www.louchesf.com
www.myspace.com/sfspleen

THE CHICAGO ALL-THAT-JAZZ BALL (events » live music) Saturday, May 3, 2008 - 7:00 PM Let's all go! This sounds fun!!!

THE CHICAGO ALL-THAT-JAZZ BALL
(Sponsored by PEERS – the Period Events & Entertainment Re-Creation Society)
Saturday, May 3, 2008
Location: San Mateo Masonic Temple
100 N. Ellsworth Avenue, San Mateo
Doors Open: 6:45 p.m.
Vintage Dance Lesson: 7:00- 8:00 pm.
Formal Dancing begins: 8:00 p.m.
Band: Lee Presson and the Nails
Tickets: $15.00 in advance (by April 26); $20.00 at the door
Ball Website: peers.org/chicago.html

Rouge your knees, roll your stockings down, start the car, and come join us and host Billy Flynn, Esquire, at the hottest party in Chicago for All That Jazz! PEERS is proud (and truly amazed) to announce that the evening's band will be the one, the only, the incomparable Lee Presson and the Nails.

1920’s or 30’s costume or vintage or modern evening dress (white or black tie optional) is admired, but not required. The year is 1931 but we won't hold you to that.

The music will range from elegant vintage ballroom dance music (waltzes, tangos, fox trots, and even polkas!) to cool blues and hot Swing of the 1920's and early ‘30's – perhaps with a few musical surprises along the way. For guests wishing to brush up on their vintage dance skills, there will be a pre-ball dance lesson in vintage Foxtrot and Swing at 7:00 p.m. with Persephone and Charles. Even if you’re a novice, they’ll soon have you gliding along the floor like young Fred Astaire and swinging like a gate.

Intermission entertainment includes both a half-time floor show and DJ dance music for you insatiable dancers. To fortify us for these vigorous dance sets, a complimentary light snack buffet will be served throughout the evening. (In our current Depression, your potluck contributions are always appreciated!).

Special Announcement from Mr. Lee Presson himself: “The first 100 people who attend the May Chicago Ball will get a free Lee Presson and the Nails CD.”

For information, please call (510) 522-1731 or email peers@peers.org.

Driving Directions:
Take the 3rd Avenue exit off 101, going west into San Mateo. Follow 3rd Avenue across the railroad tracks and turn right on Ellsworth Avenue. The Masonic Lodge - a white three-story Colonial style Edwardian building - is located on the corner of Ellsworth and Tilton.

The Nearly Annual Dark Garden Sample and Rummage Sale! Sunday, July 13, 2008! 11 am-5 pm (events » community) Sunday, July 13, 2008 - 11:00 AM 45 RSVPs The Nearly Annual Dark Garden Sample and Rummage Sale!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
11 am-5 pm

It's time once again for that rare and exotic beast –The Nearly Annual Dark Garden Sample and Rummage Sale!

This Includes:

-Size Samples & Shop-Worn Custom Samples

-Abandoned Custom Creations

-$25 off Ready To Wear Corsets

-10% off Hosiery, Jewelry, Gloves, And More!

..and on top of all that:

-10% off CUSTOM CORSET ORDERS!!

-Fabric Bolt Ends

-Fabric Scraps (PERFECT for crafters, quilters & costumers

Dark Garden offers a new service ONLY at the Rummage Sale:

Have you, or perhaps your corset, shrunk (amazing how they can do that just sitting in the closet)?

Would you like to see if someone else wants your corset?

Please bring your corset in before 5:30PM on Saturday the 12th (if you need to bring it by Sunday morning please call to set up a time). We
will have a special area dedicated to corsets that have been gently worn. Pieces will be sold on consignment, so please be prepared to tell us what price you want for your corset. The consignment agreement will include a 10% markup, and we will need to see a photo ID when you complete the paperwork when you drop off your corset.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Dark Garden is located between Octavia and Gough, at 321 Linden, in Hayes Valley, San FranciscoThe Nearly Annual Dark Garden Sample and Rummage Sale!
Sunday, July 13, 2008
11 am-5 pm

It's time once again for that rare and exotic beast –The Nearly Annual Dark Garden Sample and Rummage Sale!

This Includes:

-Size Samples & Shop-Worn Custom Samples

-Abandoned Custom Creations

-$25 off Ready To Wear Corsets

-10% off Hosiery, Jewelry, Gloves, And More!

..and on top of all that:

-10% off CUSTOM CORSET ORDERS!!

-Fabric Bolt Ends

-Fabric Scraps (PERFECT for crafters, quilters & costumers

Dark Garden offers a new service ONLY at the Rummage Sale:

Have you, or perhaps your corset, shrunk (amazing how they can do that just sitting in the closet)?

Would you like to see if someone else wants your corset?

Please bring your corset in before 5:30PM on Saturday the 12th (if you need to bring it by Sunday morning please call to set up a time). We
will have a special area dedicated to corsets that have been gently worn. Pieces will be sold on consignment, so please be prepared to tell us what price you want for your corset. The consignment agreement will include a 10% markup, and we will need to see a photo ID when you complete the paperwork when you drop off your corset.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Dark Garden is located between Octavia and Gough, at 321 Linden, in Hayes Valley, San Francisco