QuirkyAlone Day is coming! No, its not anti-Valentines Day

Below is an announcement of the QuirkyAlone parties celebrating International QuirkyAlone Day, otherwise known as IQD, which coincides with Valentines Day. It’s a fabulous movement for open-minded individuals who are not afraid to be themselves, regardless of societal pressures to follow the 'norm' (whatever that is!).

Dear friends. . .

Everywhere you look, it's hearts and cupids, but don't forget that another important
holiday is also approaching.  INTERNATIONAL QUiRKYALONE DAY. It's not anti-Valentine's
Day, it just happens to fall on the same day. It's a celebration of all forms of love, and
it's available to everyone--single and coupled.

For the sixth year, we in San Francisco will be celebrating with a party. Come for the
bookstore list mixer portion of the evening, then continue to party with us next door at
Stray Bar with quirky cocktails. Here are the deets.

SAN FRANCICSO IQD PARTY
When: Thursday, February 14 (IQD!), 7 pm
Where: Red Hill Books, 401 Cortland Avenue
After-party: next door at Stray Bar, 309 Cortland, at 9 pm

Bring a to-do list to see if it's compatible with someone else's. (It's also a To-Do List
Mixer. . . )

Miranda Culp of The Mirandaband will be lighting up torch songs.

Can you bring friends? Yes! Can couples come? Yes again. Couples are not only
welcome—they are encouraged to attend. There is no ban on a quirkyalone being in a
relationship. International Quirkyalone Day is for everyone: single, partnered, married,
divorced, celibate, or polyamorous.

IQD IN OTHER CITIES

People are currently making plans for IQD in London; Madison; Philadelphia; Bainbridge,
Washington, Los Angeles; and North Adams, Massachusetts.

Check out the forums for information from local party planners: http://quirkyalone.net/php
BB2/viewforum.php?f=3&sid=d802b86f20e31fe194c37c68a08b80a6

You can also get your own quirkyalone party pack at http://quirkyalone.net/qa/iqd.php?c=pa
rtypack
TEN WAYS TO CELEBRATE

Not in SF or in one of these other cities? Feeling like you'd prefer some alone time to a
party? No worries, there are many ways to celebrate Quirkyalone Day! Choose from the list
below, and let us know how you will be celebrate by posting a comment on the
Quirkyalone.net blog!

1. Explore a new part of town — be a tourist in your own city.
2. Get yourself a lovely aqua Singelringen — Swedish for “the Single Ring” — as a
visible reminder that you’re complete whether you’re in a relationship or not.
3. Buy yourself new underwear (throw out all the old ones from the 90s.)
4. Rearrange your furniture.
5. Be creative, doing whatever it is you like to do (write, paint, sew, upholster
furniture, surf, make art of out dryer lint).
6. Be creative with friends. Have an arts and crafts party or cook a meal together.
7. Buy yourself or a friend a bunch of daisies. Daisies are the official flower of the
quirkyalone movement.
9. Volunteer for a cause you believe in.
9. Get cozy in bed with a book. Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics
would of course be a good choice.
10. Come to or host a quirkyalone party!

Yours in anticipation,
Sasha Cagen
Quirkyalone: A Manifesto for Uncompromising Romantics
http://www.quirkyalone.net