Cleveland East Side Fun

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 the Asian Lanten 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 lanterns! 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!

There will also be live acrobatic performances every hour on the Fifth Third Bank Stage and food for purchase - so we can eat dinner there.

Tickets can be purchased here: https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/zoo/program-events/asian-lantern-festival-presented-by-meijer
$24 to $30. The link has further details.

We will meet at at the MAIN GATE at the zoo, between 6:00 PM and 6:30 PM for a 6:30 PM Departure (see map here): https://www.facebook.com/ClevelandMetroparksZoo/photos/a.192459715001/101603260971850/?_rdr

IMPORTANT: we will be leaving the main gate at the zoo for a 6:30 PM departure. If you are running late, we will check the comments section of the Meetup site to see if there are any messages from you, and then post in the comment section where we are located in the zoo so we can find one another.

For more information: https://www.clevelandmetroparks.com/zoo

We are going to be outside. 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 your stretchy pants, 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. Perhaps wear bug spray, and get ready for some fun!

PS: I hope you enjoy this song: https://youtu.be/7jL_tiP0wX4?si=3h5dEnvpu9Y93BM4

Chugga, Chugga, Chugga, Chugga, Choo, Choo, Chugga, Chugga, Chugga, Chugga, Choo, Choo!!! I think I can. I think I can. I know I can. I know I can. Chooooooo chooooo!!!!!

Step onto The Big Easy Express and let the rhythm of the rails take you straight to the heart of New Orleans—where the jazz is smooth, the cocktails are strong, and the stories are as rich as a bowl of gumbo.

We’ll meet at the station between 6:00 and 6:30 for 6:30 departure. I repeat we will be departing at 6:30. Did I say we will be departing at 6:30 we’ll be departing at 6:30!

****************IMPORTANT ************

The venue guarantees we are reserved for 40 people to sit altogether.
They are NOW ready to take payment! Yeah!!!!!!

Please call 330-439-5708
They will take your credit card number over the phone. If they don’t pick up, please email

Customerservice@cvsr.org
9 am - 4 pm Monday - Friday

Tickets are $60.

The theme for the event is something that I’m working out with them. It will not be murder mystery I repeat it will not be murder mystery so please do not worry about that. All you have to do is just call and say I am with AlexAndria and Cleveland Eastside fund and pay the ticket and boom that’s it. Do not refer to any of the actual themed events under the Mardi Gras umbrella. I repeat do not refer to any of the actual themed events under the Mardi Gras umbrella. All you have to do is say my name is X I am with Alexa, AlexAndria and Cleveland Eastside fun. I am here to pay my ticket for August 8, and that is it.
These people are a little bit disorganized. What is the sound of one hand clapping I do not know but if you say anything about a Mardi Gras actual theme, then they will get confused.

We will be served nibbles. Please plan accordingly I do not want anybody to starve.

More details are here: https://www.cvsr.org/excursions/entertainment-excursions

So put on your stretchy pants, your brightest, most colorful, colors—- because after all it is a Mardi Gras train— and your smile!!

You can even wear beads! But notice I did not say you can wear beads and nothing else. Remember, you can only be naked under your clothes because that is not this kind of a Meet Up. They can do whatever they’re doing in New Orleans but you can’t be doing it on this Meet Up so remember to wear your clothes. Colorful ones. Even stretchy ones because we are going to eat on this train and we are going to drink on this train, but we are not going to barf on this train. This will remind me of when I went to school in New Orleans. And no, I did not barf but I did watch my friends barf, but I’m not going to watch my friends barf on August 8, OK?!

So Get ready for some fun and let Laizzez les Bonne Temps Roulez!

What is shimmery and shiny all over and belongs on your fingers toes around your beautiful neck, wrists, ankles, or even belly? Yesssss it’s jewelry and gems!

Please come join me and be dazzled by not only the fossils, jewelry, gems, and all things shiny, but also the price points!

Details are here :

https://www.gemstreetusa.com/#upcomingshow

Please check back for more details as the website is still being updated.

So put on some comfortable shoes, wear your stretchy pants because we are going to go to a restaurant afterwards to eaties (TBA), come with bare hands, bare feet (in your socksies and shoesies), bare neck, bare wrists, and bare tummies (not Bear tummies- or else I will have to Gucci, Gucci, Gucci, Gucci, Gucci, bougie bougie, bougie, boogie, boogie, you) and prepare to be adorned with jewelry and gems!

We will meet between 230 and three for a 3 PM start . There are a couple of buildings so we will meet outside of the buildings. I repeat we will meet outside of the buildings at the entrance of those buildings but outside. Did I say we will be outside at the entrance to those buildings? Yes I said we will be outside meeting at the entrance of those buildings so they do not go into those buildings. We will meet outside outside. Outside.

And get ready for some fun !

Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! Is it Superman? Noooooo it’s even better. It’s Ingenuity Fest! This is exactly what happens when you put a whole bunch of amazing creative artists together. Magic happens when people get together but when artist people get together, a rare phenomenon happens that scientists still cannot explain. It is like a mixture of mind-boggling shimmer and tangy goodness, all wrapped up in a silk bow laden with silver and gold! Oh, and don’t forget the diamonds because diamonds are a girls’s best friend. This is your only hint for now —you’re going to have to come to see for yourself— with moi!

Please come join me for an extravaganza of artistic amazingness.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door.

Re: https://www.ohiotraveler.com/cleveland-ingenuity-festival/

5401 Hamilton ave Cleveland

We will meet for dinner between 5:30 PM and 6:00 pm for a 6:00 pm start. The restaurant: Fiyah Korean BBQ and Hotpot. Mmmmmm!!!! fiyahkoreanbbq.com

After dinner, we will mosey on down to Ingenuity Fest at 5401 hamilton Ave (6 minutes walking from the restaurant ) where we will get our art on and creativity-ize to our hearts’ content!

So wear something that expresses your passion for being none other than you- YOU, YOU, YOU!! Beautiful, amazing, wonderful unique- only one of you in the whole wide world- YOU!!!

Put on some comfortable shoes, and get ready for some fun!