So this is sort of embarrassing to admit because as stoner moments go, well, it was quite a large lapse. Over here at the Den, we actually, well, sort of forgot to celebrate the New Year. We vaguely remember something about flashing lights, a dropping ball, a nuclear power plant, and a rock stuck in our brake but we've sort of lost it all in a cloud of smoke. About the 15th we sort of snapped to and realized "Whoa, it's the New Year." On top of it all, we haven't seen all you beautiful Ents of Seattle in going on a month now. So we invite you all along for the magical journey of the Seattle Ents New Years Redux: Let's Give It Another Try for Posterity. We would feel greatly blessed if you all would come out and help us bring in the New Year (again). If y'all hold true to form, we definitely won't be able to forget it this time.

Want to make a huge difference and interact with some of us Ents at the Disco Den in a more intimate setting?

Show up early and help us get ready for the festivities. We <3 these ents especially as they help us make this whole thing possible and we absolutely love getting to know these brave souls even better. Of course, we also treat our volunteers extremely well.

Have a dish that is better made fresh or need an oven to bake your dish to its delicious, cheesy climax?

We absolutely would love for you and invite you to please show up with your ingredients or oven ready dish and take advantage of our kitchen to bring your amazing dish to fruition.

Where: Disco Den (PM for physical location)

What's our plan you ask? It includes generous helpings of:

• Italian food (I'm really hankering some delicious meatballs)
• Your stories of your New Year's celebrations (Maybe we can shake some of our loose if you share)
• Dancing Bears (Hopefully?)
• Dropping of the Bong at 12:34 AM (We think this is an awesome time to do anything)
• Show'n'Tell (Bring an interesting artifact, item from your travels, a fun project that you are working on and wow us with tales of woe, adventure, and creation)
• Spaghetti Westerns:
  • Fist Full of Dollars
  • For A Few Dollars More
  • The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
  • Once Upon A Time in the West
  • Other suggestions?
• The Bush Of Requirement (For those of you in the know, ;-). For those of you not, you are about to find out.)

Things to Bring

• Vaporizers!
• Delicious Italian Food
• Board Games
• Your Exuberant, Beautiful, Wonderful, Charming Self
• A Sense of Humor
• Ideas for Other Things to Do

Things Not To Bring

• Bear Traps (Why would you even think about bringing this?)
• Robert Atkins (Mortal Enemy of Italian Food)
• The Flying Spaghetti Monster (He would probably be offended by us chowing down on his brethren)
• Broncho Billy Anderson (Our spaghetti westerns might run and hide from him making it hard to watch them)

Things Which Will Be On Time (within a tolerance of /- 10 minutes)

• Trains
• The Bong Drop
• 4:20 AM

Things to Keep in Mind

• We are getting quite a retinue of vegetarians in our ranks. This is not to say that you should not make something with meat (Us meatitarians appreciate such deliciousness greatly) but please do consider making your dishes vegetarian if your dish is already only a few ingredients away. We <3 our vegetarians.
• We as always love to keep our air quality good for Ents and non-Ents alike. So remember bring your vaporizers if you got 'em.
• Any Ents that are worried about getting home safely at the end of the night: Worry no more! We've got couches and air mattresses galore!
• There are cats at the Disco Den so if you have a severe allergy, please take this into account. Sorry to any one that has to miss out because of this. Cheers!