Asian Lantern Festival at the Zoo pls payMeetup $1 by Aug1- Yeah!

Thanks for being the BEST part of Cleveland Eastside Fun — you make these events absolutely Aah maaaa zing!

BUT, and that’s a very big BUTT: sometimes people sign up BUT don’t come, and that makes me hangry!!! It also makes me want to start giving spankings — because then people who are on the waitlist don’t get a chance to come! So everybody loses. The worst part of it is, is that I don’t get to see your cutie patootie little face! And the rest of your friends here don’t get to see your cutie little patootie face either! We can’t have that, can we?!
Never fear I have fixed this problem:
So now you owe me a dollar. Yesssss a dollar. For realzzzzzz. And this is not just any dollar —this is a MAGICAL dollar!

This $1.00 goes to Meetup and reserves your spot! If I do not see this dollar from you by the deadline (in the title of the posting), then I will VERYreluctantly have to move you to the waitlist and your spot is no longer guaranteed.

The $1.00 is non-refundable to hold your spot. If you can’t attend, please cancel so someone on the waitlist can join. If the one dollar is not paid by the deadline, you will be moved to the waitlist.
The Meetup site is cray cray and so I am inputting my payment methods for the MAGICAL $1 here; thank you for your patience:
PAYPAL: https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/YTLQVTEM7KR8Q

VENMO: Please find AlexAndriaCESF

I will manually check in VENMO or PAYPAL to see if you have paid the MAGICAL $1, so do not be alarmed if your status on ‘Meetup’ still shows as ‘unpaid’.
Remember:
This $1.00 is separate from the cost of the activity which goes to the venue. I will always give you a means to pay the venue.

Capisce!!?

And now a drum roll please. I said drum. roll. Please!

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Ever wonder what zoo animals do at night under the snuggly-wuggley blanket of stars? Do tree pandas play chess with meerkats, debating who has the best makeup techniques? Do giraffe mommies and daddies read bedtime stories to their calf beh-behs about how one day their necks will grow so long they will be able to nibble on the green cheese of the moon? Do koala really invite the 3-toed sloth to pass the eucalyptus-chie to the left-hand side while listening to Bob Marley? (If not, they MUST be doing something similar to this!) And do kookaburra gargle with salt water and sing scales to warm up for the next day’s solo performance?

Well, wonder no further!
Please join me for a walk at Asian Lantern Festival at the Cleveland Metropark Zoo where we will not only observe these amazing creatures during their night-time activities, but we will be able to enjoy these beauties under a glittery backdrop of 1.5 million lights! Imagine a curtain of sparkly-goodness behind all of the fuzzy-ness, scaley-ness, prickly-ness, noisy-ness, fluffy-ness, slimy-ness, and stinky-ness (ok maybe we will avoid the tamandua) you can handle!

Food and drink will be available for purchase and we will start the evening by having a meal there.

Ticket sales are not yet posted on their website. https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/zoo
When it is, I will post a link.


We will meet at the MAIN GATE between 6:00PM and 6:30PM for a 6:30PM Departure (see map here): https://www.facebook.com/ClevelandMetroparksZoo/photos/a.192459715001/10160326097185002/?_rdr

IMPORTANT: we will be leaving for a 6:30 PM departure. If you are running late: come to the food court, which is the right after you come through the ticket booths. We will be dining. Just look for me. I will be eating like a hamster. Have you ever seen a hamster fill up their cheek pouches? That would be me!

I will update the Meetup site comments section for this event from time to time to tell you where we are.

BUT, and that’s a very BIG BUTT: being outside does NOT mean we will inside the outside animal habitats. I repeat: outside does NOT mean we will be inside the outside animal habitats. So NO, you do not get to take the eucalyptus – chie, even if the koala passes it to you on his left-hand side, no matter how much he insists. Even if the 3-toed sloth tries to pass it to on his left-hand side —bundled with a pack of gourmet brownies from Heinens. You do NOT get to take it from him. Ever! I don’t want to be responsible for putting you behind bars. I mean, how do you think all the other animals got to the zoo? The poor zebras are still on probation, even after they got out!! And do you think the platypus is the way he is just because? No -sometimes strange things happen with zero explanation. Remember Hoffa? Things don’t just happen to human people! Eventhough you can’t mess around with the koala or his 3-toed friend, please feel free to sing with the kookaburra to your heart’s content!

So wear comfortable shoes and might I suggest for you to bring a water bottle /thermos so you can sip from it while we are walking around. Wear bug spray - because mosquitoes get hangry too—and get ready for some fun!