About us
Welcome to FurLife: Pacific Northwest Furries! We are a community of more than 5,000 "furry" anthropomorphics fans from all over Washington State, British Columbia, Oregon and Idaho. Come join us at a meet sometime!
Check the upcoming event list to see what's going on: https://www.meetup.com/furlife/events/calendar/ Our major quarterly meet is When Furballs Strike, the world's largest "Furbowl" that attracts 300-400 attendees from all over the Pacific Northwest! Our next one is WFS 56, which will be in late Winter.
Make sure you're subscribed to our email list to get meet announcements!
Guests:
Please feel free to bring guests - It's great to have someone there that you already know! Please note that while all ages are welcome at most FurLife events, you must be 18 to register for a Meetup account. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Featured event
When Furballs Strike (WFS) 56 - Fursuit Bowling at Kenmore Lanes
When Furballs Strike has been booked for Saturday, Feb. 21! The theme will be "Furry Luau" - our Pacific NW winters are cold and dreary, so let's take a trip to a warm tropical paradise for our late Winter furbowl! Look for many themed items (including lots of Lilo & Stitch stuff!) in our prize raffle!
We are very excited to offer two unique Ultrasponsor gifts for those registering at the $30 level: A colorful custom surfboard keychain with "FurLife - WFS 56" to commemorate our bowling Luau together, and a WFS logo drawstring backpack to hold your keychain and all the other WFS swag! Please consider purchasing a high level sponsorship if you can, as it helps support the event.
Also, for the second time ever, we will be offering a gift to EVERY registered bowler - a beautiful Hawaiian Lei! The traditional lei (flower necklace) is given as a gift signifying the "Aloha" spirit of love, friendship and community, which we enjoy celebrating at WFS. Photos of the gifts are on our Telegram Channel and website bowlwfs.net.
REGISTRATION & COST
Each registration comes with 2 games of bowling & shoe rental, listed are the additional benefits of each tier:
$13 Base Reg
- 1 raffle ticket
- 1 Hawaiian Lei
$16 Sponsor
- 5 raffle tickets
- 1 Hawaiian Lei
- 1 FurLife or WFS Sticker
$20 Supersponsor
- 10 raffle tickets
- 1 Hawaiian Lei
- 1 FurLife or WFS sticker
- Choice of FurLife/WFS Logo Item: Fridge Magnet, Ballpoint Clicker Pen or Coaster
$30 Ultrasponsor
- 15 raffle tickets
- Ultrasponsor-only raffle drawing ticket
- 1 Hawaiian Lei
- 1 FurLife or WFS sticker
- Choice of FurLife/WFS Logo Item
- WFS 56 Custom Surfboard Keychain
- WFS Logo Drawstring Backpack
To pre-reg, send your payment here via Paypal OR Venmo using the "Family & Friends" option: http://paypal.me/kijani / https://www.venmo.com/u/kijanilion and please put the following in the "Notes" or "Additional Info" box:
- What name you want for the bowling score screen (this will also be your check-in name)
- Your Telegram handle (for confirmation or questions about your pre-reg, otherwise I will confirm through the app's messaging system)
- If you are bowling in a group, please list ALL of your group members so there is no confusion after the pre-reg lanes fill up
You may pay for multiple people on the same pre-reg (this is encouraged), just be sure everyone's info is in the notes, and what level reg everyone is getting is clearly noted.
We have been close to selling out of lanes the last several meets so we will be putting up to 6 bowlers per lane, and all lanes will have a minimum of 5 bowlers.
If you pre-reg, there will two separate, much faster-moving lines where you quickly pick up your raffle tickets, gifts and lane assignment. Pre-Reg closes at 11:59pm on Tuesday, Feb. 17 Do not send payments in after the cutoff as you will still have to go to the at-event reg line.
FURSUIT CHANGING/GROUP PHOTO
We have a dedicated room for fursuit changing/storage (behind the party room partition). Please be courteous to other attendees and only use this room if you need to, and try to space out usage so it doesn't overcrowd.
The fursuit group photo begins staging at 2pm before bowling starts. When setting up for the photo please let shorter fursuiters be in the front, and spread out side-to-side as much as possible since the photo is taken as a panoramic. Those in front must either sit or kneel.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11am - Party room opens
Noon - Pre-Reg Check In opens
12:15 - At-event Registration opens
1:40 - Registration closes
2:00-2:15 - Fursuit Group Photo (usually in the middle of our assigned lanes, listen for announcement)
2:15 - Bowling starts
4:15 - Bowling ends
4:30-5:30pm - Awards, Prize Raffle
PRIZE RAFFLE
There will be many amazing prizes for attendees to take home in our prize raffle which takes place in the Party Room after bowling.
Extra tickets may be purchased for $1 each (or $4 for 5) anytime during reg, and we will do last call after bowling ends. Raffle proceeds go towards costs of running the world's largest furbowl, prizes for the next WFS & our monthly dues for FurLife on Meetup.
DJ ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON!
GROUP DINNER DETAILS COMING SOON!
FOOD
Kenmore Lanes has a full restaurant and bar for us to order from at our leisure. Please do not bring in any outside food or drink as this is against Kenmore's house policies. Things like bottled water/sport drinks kept in the party room for our fursuiters is fine and encouraged.
TELEGRAM CHANNEL
We now have a Telegram Channel dedicated to announcements & updates for WFS! Join it here: t.me/bowlwfs
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First WFS meet or want to see how much fun it is? Check out these videos from recent furbowls!
When Furballs Strike 52 - New World Record! 411 attendees, 203 fursuiters!
Upcoming events
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Weekly Meetup (18+): Panera Bread
Panera Bread Bellevue, 4004 Factoria Blvd SE, Bellevue, WA, USPresenting the weekly Furry Food Meetup! We're an 18+ weekly gathering of furries. Our home base is the Panera Bread in the Factoria Mall, Bellevue, on Tuesdays, with occasional excursions to other dining establishments.
- Please at least order a drink from Panera, but grab food from anywhere and bring it over. (Panera, Panda Express, Red Robin, Arepa Grill, Sushi Omiya, etc.)
- Everyfur is responsible for their own bill.
- Attendees must be at least 18, or accompanied by a parent or guardian at all times.
Parking/Transportation:
- Panera is in the Factoria Mall with spacious parking. Numerous bus lines pass by as well.
Suiting/Masks/Tails:
- We are cleared to full-suit inside the restaurant but not inside the mall. This is a family-friendly public restaurant so please keep the gear PG and sauce-safe.
Contact:
- If you need to contact the host, please do so on Telegram, as Meetup messages take upwards of a day to hit my inbox.
- Telegram - https://t.me/TiesAndTails
- BlueSky - @tiesandtails.bsky.social
- Website - http://TiesAndTails.Club
(Note: This is a Telegram waiting room. We've had a lot of replicants trying to sneak in, spam, and steal data. See the pinned message in that Telegram group for directions on how to enter the main chat.)
2 attendeesWhen Furballs Strike (WFS) 56 - Fursuit Bowling at Kenmore Lanes
Kenmore Lanes, 7638 NE Bothell Way, Kenmore, WA, USWhen Furballs Strike has been booked for Saturday, Feb. 21! The theme will be "Furry Luau" - our Pacific NW winters are cold and dreary, so let's take a trip to a warm tropical paradise for our late Winter furbowl! Look for many themed items (including lots of Lilo & Stitch stuff!) in our prize raffle!
We are very excited to offer two unique Ultrasponsor gifts for those registering at the $30 level: A colorful custom surfboard keychain with "FurLife - WFS 56" to commemorate our bowling Luau together, and a WFS logo drawstring backpack to hold your keychain and all the other WFS swag! Please consider purchasing a high level sponsorship if you can, as it helps support the event.
Also, for the second time ever, we will be offering a gift to EVERY registered bowler - a beautiful Hawaiian Lei! The traditional lei (flower necklace) is given as a gift signifying the "Aloha" spirit of love, friendship and community, which we enjoy celebrating at WFS. Photos of the gifts are on our Telegram Channel and website bowlwfs.net.
REGISTRATION & COST
Each registration comes with 2 games of bowling & shoe rental, listed are the additional benefits of each tier:
$13 Base Reg
- 1 raffle ticket
- 1 Hawaiian Lei$16 Sponsor
- 5 raffle tickets
- 1 Hawaiian Lei
- 1 FurLife or WFS Sticker$20 Supersponsor
- 10 raffle tickets
- 1 Hawaiian Lei
- 1 FurLife or WFS sticker
- Choice of FurLife/WFS Logo Item: Fridge Magnet, Ballpoint Clicker Pen or Coaster$30 Ultrasponsor
- 15 raffle tickets
- Ultrasponsor-only raffle drawing ticket
- 1 Hawaiian Lei
- 1 FurLife or WFS sticker
- Choice of FurLife/WFS Logo Item
- WFS 56 Custom Surfboard Keychain
- WFS Logo Drawstring BackpackTo pre-reg, send your payment here via Paypal OR Venmo using the "Family & Friends" option: http://paypal.me/kijani / https://www.venmo.com/u/kijanilion and please put the following in the "Notes" or "Additional Info" box:
- What name you want for the bowling score screen (this will also be your check-in name)
- Your Telegram handle (for confirmation or questions about your pre-reg, otherwise I will confirm through the app's messaging system)
- If you are bowling in a group, please list ALL of your group members so there is no confusion after the pre-reg lanes fill upYou may pay for multiple people on the same pre-reg (this is encouraged), just be sure everyone's info is in the notes, and what level reg everyone is getting is clearly noted.
We have been close to selling out of lanes the last several meets so we will be putting up to 6 bowlers per lane, and all lanes will have a minimum of 5 bowlers.
If you pre-reg, there will two separate, much faster-moving lines where you quickly pick up your raffle tickets, gifts and lane assignment. Pre-Reg closes at 11:59pm on Tuesday, Feb. 17 Do not send payments in after the cutoff as you will still have to go to the at-event reg line.
FURSUIT CHANGING/GROUP PHOTO
We have a dedicated room for fursuit changing/storage (behind the party room partition). Please be courteous to other attendees and only use this room if you need to, and try to space out usage so it doesn't overcrowd.
The fursuit group photo begins staging at 2pm before bowling starts. When setting up for the photo please let shorter fursuiters be in the front, and spread out side-to-side as much as possible since the photo is taken as a panoramic. Those in front must either sit or kneel.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
11am - Party room opens
Noon - Pre-Reg Check In opens
12:15 - At-event Registration opens
1:40 - Registration closes
2:00-2:15 - Fursuit Group Photo (usually in the middle of our assigned lanes, listen for announcement)
2:15 - Bowling starts
4:15 - Bowling ends
4:30-5:30pm - Awards, Prize RafflePRIZE RAFFLE
There will be many amazing prizes for attendees to take home in our prize raffle which takes place in the Party Room after bowling.
Extra tickets may be purchased for $1 each (or $4 for 5) anytime during reg, and we will do last call after bowling ends. Raffle proceeds go towards costs of running the world's largest furbowl, prizes for the next WFS & our monthly dues for FurLife on Meetup.
DJ ANNOUNCEMENT COMING SOON!
GROUP DINNER DETAILS COMING SOON!
FOOD
Kenmore Lanes has a full restaurant and bar for us to order from at our leisure. Please do not bring in any outside food or drink as this is against Kenmore's house policies. Things like bottled water/sport drinks kept in the party room for our fursuiters is fine and encouraged.
TELEGRAM CHANNEL
We now have a Telegram Channel dedicated to announcements & updates for WFS! Join it here: t.me/bowlwfs***
First WFS meet or want to see how much fun it is? Check out these videos from recent furbowls!
When Furballs Strike 52 - New World Record! 411 attendees, 203 fursuiters!
142 attendees
WFS 56 Group Dinner - Luau at the Burrow (Vulpine Taproom)
The Burrow at Vulpine Taproom, 17171 Bothell Way NE, Ste. A015, Lake Forest Park, WA, USThe When Furballs Strike 56 Group Dinner has been booked, and we are excited to announce that we have once again partnered with Vulpine Taproom to bring you "Luau at the Burrow", our post-WFS group meal! It will be located inside the Burrow, the coffee shop attached to Vulpine, with an amazing pre-set (prix fixe) themed menu. Cost of the dinner will be just $15 - feel free to send the dinner entry and WFS bowling pre-reg payments together if you're attending both!
Please note the meal will now be served in two shifts, Timeslot 1 (6pm) and Timeslot 2 (6:45pm) with 20 tickets available per shift. Please get in line at the start time of the timeslot on your ticket.
MENU
Vulpine owner Iku Fox and his team have crafted a unique and delicious menu with a Hawaiian flair to match our "Furry Luau" theme! The dinner comes with any 2 sides, entree of choice, and a dessert.Sides
Island Sesame Slaw
Steamed Rice
Classic Island Mac SaladEntrees
Pinoy Firelight Pork Belly Adobo
Island Jackfruit Pulled Pork (vegan)Optional Add Ins
Fresh Mango
Cucumber SunomonoDessert
Strawberry Bliss: strawberry, haupia coconut, condensed coconut drizzle
Ice Cream (Flavor TBD)Beverages may be purchased at the Taproom and brought into the Burrow.
Please note that all attendees must pre-pay for the meal AND RSVP to this event on Meetup, or be accounted for as someone's +1 so we have an accurate headcount. Due to limited seating, we must enforce a cap of 40 attendees.
REGISTRATION INSTRUCTIONS:
To pre-pay for Luau at the Burrow, send the $15 payment to Kijani via Venmo or Paypal (use Friends & Family option) and in the Additional Info box, please write LUAU and include the following information:
- Your Telegram handle (or email) so we can send your digital Luau ticket
- The name you would like to use for check-in
- Your preferred timeslot (6pm or 6:45).A list of paid attendees will continually be updated here on the Event Page, and this list will be given to staff prior to the event. Only those on the RSVP list will be allowed entry to the service area of the Burrow. Please note, if you pre-pay but cannot attend, registrations are transferable - please let @kijani_lion know on Telegram or by DMing on Meetup so he can adjust the list prior to the event!
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Additional note from Iku Fox, owner of Vulpine Taproom: From 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM, The Burrow will be reserved exclusively for guests who are on the RSVP guest list for Munch at the Burrow. Due to limited seating, only paid guests will be permitted in the space during this time. Paid guests under 21 are welcome to join the Luau until 8pm (must stay in the Burrow). Vulpine Taproom will remain open for regular service, and guests not on the RSVP list are welcome to enjoy the main taproom until general seating reopens at 8 PM.
Here’s what to expect:
6:00 PM (Timeslot 1) – Check-in at The Burrow counter with your party, please show the server your digital ticket with your name and timeslot. Food will be served on a first-come, first-served basis. Please vacate the seating area when you are finished, to allow everyone in Timeslot 2 to have a seat to enjoy their meal.6:45 PM (Timeslot 2) – Check-in at The Burrow counter with your party, please show the server your digital ticket with your name and timeslot. Food will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.
6:00–8:00 PM – Exclusive access to The Burrow for paid dinner guests only. Seating is open, so we encourage sharing tables and making new connections!
Dinner guests can order both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks from Vulpine to enjoy with their meal.
8:00 PM onward – The Burrow opens for general seating. Luau guests are still welcome to stay and mingle!
Feel free to grab drinks from the taproom throughout the evening, can’t wait to see you there!
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Huge thank you to Iku Fox and the staff at Vulpine for hosting us. We greatly look forward to seeing you all at our Luau at the Burrow after WFS!
PAID RSVP LIST
6pm Timeslot
1. Em
2. Cyber Wolf
3. Kijani
4. Kitwana
5. ChaosReign
6. Saber
7. Damon
8. Shrikefox
9. Jackpot Coyote
10. Roxy
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20.6:45pm Timeslot
1. Dusk
2. Frey
3. Jul Deer
4. Tubs
5. Gunner
6. Gwydien
7. Wolfy Seafang
8. WoofADoof
9. MarzzRover
10. MonsterYote
11. Lik'a
12. Riley
13. MadDog
14. Aven
15. Kipple
16. Hearz
17. Chillstice
18. Sela
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20.28 attendees
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