Please join us for our annual Fall Party on Saturday, November 4th at 4:00pm. Members should have received a Punchbowl invitation for the event. As with last year, the Club will provide the turkey. Any questions, feel free to contact Carol A. who is pulling this all together with your help!
We have a great TGIT Happy Hour planned for Settebello Pizzeria Napoletana located in The Collection at Riverpark, 2760 Seaglass Way, Oxnard, CA 93036. It is near the Movie theater and just down from REI. Plenty of parking in the structure behind the restaurant.
Ralph B. requested this location for a TGIT so we can thank him. Settlebello offers a wide variety of pizzas, salads, salumi, antipasti, pasta and dolci. See their menu at: https://www.toasttab.com/settebellooxn/v3.
Settebello was one of the first restaurants to open its doors to the Riverpark community in The Collection at Riverpark. From the day they opened the pizza oven has been manned by Pizzaiolo/Chef Rafael Garcia. Rafael has been part of the Settebello family since the beginning of our journey that started in Henderson, NV nearly 15 years ago. Since then Rafael oversaw the opening of our Pasadena location before relocating himself and his family to Riverpark to operate Settebello Oxnard.
Sign up early as people are dying to attend this exclusive event. Deadline for sign up is September 7: SIGN UP
Everyone is a suspect when murder’s on the menu. Cost is $25/person and includes dinner catered by Stone Fire Grill and includes chicken, ribs & tri-tip, pasta, salad & garden salad, breadsticks, dessert and, of course, Champagne. Location TBD.
This is a costume affair, so reach deep into your closet for your Nehru jacket, love beads, mini-skirts and tie-dyed attire!
“Groovy, baby, It’s 1967 and England still swings like a pendulum. You’re spending the weekend with some of the brightest faces in Britain at the Chelsea home of Lord Michael Jagged. What could be more hip and happening? But as you gather for dinner on Saturday evening, the shocking news is brought to you by Austin McClue: Lord Michael is dead. Maybe even murdered. And if he was murdered, one – or more – of you is responsible. Your task is to identify the murderer or, of course, to evade detection.”
It’ll be a crime if you don’t attend, and hehe, maybe one if you do!
The Los Padres Ski and Social Club (LPSC) will host Island Packers October 5 from 7 – 9 PM at their monthly meeting. The general public is invited to hear Cheryl Connnally share the founding of Island Packers by her parents when she was only 10 up to the present. The company recently renewed their contract with the National Park Service to take visitors to the Santa Barbara Channel Islands. This National Park is a local gem and has a fascinating history which Cheryl will share through images and her family story.
LPSC meets at the Pierpoint Bay Yacht Club, 1363 Spinnaker Dr, Ventura Harbor. Feel free to bring a snack to share and drinks will be available for purchase. The Club will soon celebrate 85 years in Ventura. Join us for monthly meetings, happy hours, local outtings, activities and of course ski trips.
Please join us for TGIT happy hour at Eric Ericsson’s (Formerly the Beach House) on Thursday September 21th, 4 – 6pm. Eric Ericsson’s is on the Ventura Pier downstairs from MadeWest Brewery, 668 Harbor BLVD., Ventura, CA 93001. They will validate up to 2 hours parking at the garage at the base of California Street, just bring your parking ticket to them for stamping.
Eric Ericsson’s has a great Happy Hour Menu: including
So enjoy the last great month of summer in Ventura overlooking the scenic Channel Islands, Hope to see you there!
Carol A and Stephanie B have organized this year’s Summer Beach Party, which is moved and will be at Marina Park, 2950 Pierpont Blvd, Ventura, starting at 10:00am. Come early to find great parking in the Marina Parking lot and look for our group. We will have GAMES, FOOD, and FRIENDSHIP!
Come early! The club will provide starter champagne and OJ (for Mimosas), bagels, and cream cheese. We will also provide sandwiches for lunch. Please bring a side dish or dessert to share.
Everyone is reminded to bring:
As always, it will be lots of fun!
Please join us for our General Meeting on Thursday, September 7, 6:30pm, at the PBYC clubhouse, 1363 Spinnaker Dr., Ventura Harbor.
Instead of a BBQ, each person is invited and encouraged to enter the LPSC Great Chili Cook-off and bring a pot of your special chili for folks to sample. First Prize is $25 and Second Prize is $10. The club will provide little cups and spoons for tasting of each entrant’s chili. The club will also provide some chili so no-one goes hungry. Whether you bring chili or not, please bring a side dish or dessert to share!
So start researching recipes and thinking of a descriptive name for your chili, and start cookin’!
We have some exciting fall events coming up that we will discuss, including our Annual Beach Party, a Champagne Murder Mystery Dinner and our upcoming Fall Party.
We hope to see you there!
Before TGIT Happy Hour at Sea Fresh, Rebecca says: “Let’s go kayaking!” We’ll meet at 3:00 pm in front of the Channel Islands Kayak Center. It is located at 3600 S. Harbor Blvd. Suite 2-108 Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard, CA 93035
Cost is $12.50 single kayak and $20.00 for a double. It is easy and lots of fun!
After Kayaking at Channel Islands Harbor, Rebecca says: “I’m thirsty and hungry!” So please join us at 5:00 pm for TGIT Happy Hour at Sea Fresh, 3550 Harbor Blvd, Channel Islands Harbor, Oxnard. Sea Fresh is right next door to the kayak center and has a nice selection of drinks and food. You don’t have to kayak to meet us for TGIT!
Instead of a General Meeting, we will do a meet up at the Ventura County Fair. We will meet on August 3 at 6:00pm near where the Grandstand Entrance line starts (or ends) for the Patti LaBelle concert. The concert starts at 7:30pm, but the line forms and the gates open much earlier.
Admission to the Fair is $10 for Seniors and $15 for Adults. Parking is tight at the fair, and locations of remote lots and shuttles can be found here: Free Shuttles and Parking
Patti LaBelle, is an American R&B singer and actress. She has been referred to as the “Godmother of Soul”. She began her career in the early 1960s as lead singer and frontwoman of the vocal group Patti LaBelle and the Bluebelles. Some of hits include Lady Marmalade, New Attitude, You Are My Friend.
Please join us for an exciting outing to the Santa Barbara Polo and Racquet Club on Friday, August 11 3:30pm. Sign up here by August 4 here as participation may be limited: POLO RESERVATION
The Polo Club is located at 3300 Via Real, Carpentaria, CA 93013. Admission and parking are free and carpooling is encouraged. There is open seating in the grandstand. Bar and food service is available at the club. No picnic food or water can be brought in.
Dress code for the club is “Santa Barbara Casual,” which suggests nice pants/jeans and a Polo/ golf (collared) shirt for the gentlemen and equivalent for the ladies. We suggest leaving the flip flops and stiletto heels at home if you plan to participate in the tradition of divot stomping on the pitch during the break.
Divot Stomping on the Field
It will be fun and the second time for some of us to experience !