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Special Secrets and Tips For The Ball 2009

Thursday, December 24th, 2009
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We are looking forward to hosting you tonight at The Ball 2009 in NYC, The Ball in LA (see NBC coverage) and The Ball for Ages 40+.

Here are some insider tips about the Biggest Ball of them all - The Ball 2009 in NYC!

  • We’ve sold more advance tickets for tonight’s event than for any in our 15 year history! So we are expecting an amazing night.  Ok, that wasn’t that thrilling.  But we do thank you sincerely and have worked hard to ensure a great, fun night for you.

  • Plenty of tickets will still be available at the door. And we’ve become pretty good over the years at making sure wait times to buy tickets are as short.

  • Our Hummer Limo / Luxury Bus Service runs from 10 pm to 3 am. Our plan is to run the Hummer Limos between Hiro, The Park and Cabanas and the Luxury Buses to Carnival, which is further away.  However, during the course of the night, we sometimes re-route them if a particular venue has become too crowded.  (Here’s a story about the humble beginnings of our limo sevice idea).

  • Important: We want you to enjoy all of the venues tonight or, at least as many as you would like to visit. However, during the busiest portion of the night, some venues may be temporarily at capacity.  When that happens, we will direct you to one of our other venues that isn’t yet full.  Of course, you can stop back at the first venue later in the evening and you will be able to enter all of the venues during the course of the long evening, if you so choose.

  • If you bought a Jewniversal Pass in advance, you must pick it up at the venue you selected during the checkout process.  Each venue has its own list only of the people who chose that venue as their starting point.  We will email you a reminder this afteroon.

  • The “Jewniversal Pass” sounds like the Golden Ticket from Willy Wonka. The sad truth is, it’s only a wristband. But you have it, you can enter all of the venues and use the limos, luxury buses (and the Wonkavator).

  • Finally, when you enter the venue where you will start your evening, please be sure to obtain:  1)  The Jewniversal Pass; 2) An admission ticket to Friday’s Free After Party at Lucky Strike. If you visit Carnival, please also pick up your 4 game tickets.

Most importantly, drink responsibly, drive safely and best wishes for a Happy New Year!

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The Song That Semi-Outed Harrison Ford

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

(This is the 5th Day of our “12 Days of the Ball 2008” series).

In the spirit of the Second Day of Hanukkah, to get you primed for The Ball and, more meaningfully, in the interest of getting a post done quickly, here is the song that sparked a Hanukkah revolution and semi-outed Harrison Ford:



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Best Version of “Dreidel” Not Sung by a Gay Men’s Chorus Ensemble in Full Cowpoke Regalia

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

(This is the 7th Day of our “12 Days of the Ball 2008” series)


Songs In The Key of Hanukkah - Dreidel

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Yippee Chai-Yay

Saturday, December 20th, 2008

(This is 8th Day of our “12 Days of the Ball 2008” series)

When we first started The Ball, I received a lot of phone calls both from people were unhappy that we were throwing a Jewish-themed event on Christmas Eve.  I remember one in particular from an outraged reporter from a Jewish newspaper that I fielded while I was in a bowling alley.  The fact that I was in a bowling alley has absolutely no relevance to this paragraph.

The kind of thinking that underlies those phone calls is, at best, antiquated and, at worst, something I may blog about at some point in the future.  Suffice it to say that if we are in some kind of war with Christianity, I wish someone would have told me and my non-Jewish friends.

One of the questions I was always asked on those phone calls is why we didn’t sponsor The Ball on Hanukkah instead of Christmas Eve? The answer is easy:  because on Christmas Eve virtually all clubs are otherwise empty and because people have no work the next day.

Still, it’s nice when it happens that Hanukkah falls at the same time as The Ball, as it does this year. And its in that spirit that I give you this video.  Though some may accuse me of hyperbole, I’m standing firm in my position that this is the best version of “Dreidel” ever sung by a gay men’s chorus ensemble in full cowpoke regalia:


Captain Smartypants Sings Dreidel

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Boyfriend Arm Pillow

Monday, November 10th, 2008
The dude is heartless

The dude is heartless

Is this the perfect Hanukkah gift for the single woman in your life?

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