Sept. Swanking - Pink Martini @ The Hollywood Bowl (or some such thing)

[Chernabog]

OK so now we are a couple weeks away from our day o' pink -- perhaps we should make the itinerary, no? Everyone should have my cell phone number in case you get lost, confused, stolen, misdirected by Lisa, walloped, pancaked, or smurfed. PM me if you do not.

As the concert starts at 7:30, we will need to ARRIVE at the Bowl I would say at 5:00 to get a nice eating area outside the bowl grounds. Not that EVERYONE needs to be there at that time, mind you, but at least some of us do as we do want a good eating spot, no? We have two options as far as this is concerned.

Eating inside the area where you give your tickets isn't a good option, since then I'll be worried about everyone getting their ticket, so:

1) Park and eat down by the parking (FYI, parking at the bowl is $13/car. You can also go to hollywoodbowl.com to look at other parking options). Here is a map of the bowl, I am talking about where it says "Lot D", which is accessed when you come north on highland (where we'll be coming from). There's a nice house-y looking museum down there, grass and benches. There's a couple of more secluded areas with benches, but we'd need to get there super early to stake out those spots :P. The advantage to this, especially if you park there, is that you don't need to schlep unnecessary stuff up the hill to the Bowl, since anything extra from dinner you can put back into your car

2) Other eating option is to park wherever at the Bowl, and eat outside the bowl itself on the grass (where it says "The Plaza" on that map) or one of the bench areas listed by numbers 2, 3, and 4 on that map. These areas are nice because they're closer to the bowl, but it is more of a schelp.

My vote is for the less schleppy.

As far as WHAT food to bring, I think our trips to the cemetary screenings can serve as a model. It is sort of semi-potluck -- bring something for yourself and something you can share around.

Try and stay in the theme and make it pink! Pink lemonade, who wants to bring fixins for the pink martinis?

Now, onto the Pink day PRIOR to our arrival at the Bowl -- our ideas were to have Pink's (hot dogs) for lunch, go to Pinkberry, and perhaps stroll around the land of the pink triangle (west hollywood). Any other ideas on what to do after lunch and dessert? I'd say that part of the day should start at noon at Pink's, otherwise we'll never be hungry for the dinner!!!

Phew!!! That was a lot to type up. Your suggestions, please!