San Jose Steampunk Craft Party

The weather is.... odd. The economy is the pits. Recycling may be our only hope for the future and the Girl Genius/Mad Scientist Steampunk Ball isn't until April ....So lets make some stuff!

We're having a craft day! I've got a working sewing machine and lots of odds and ends. Join us for goggle modding, jewelry making, costume sewing, plot writing, story swapping, quicky lessons in Knitting and Crochet (just in time for Stitches!) and any other crafty business we can think of.

When: Saturday, February 21st, noon (or when you get here) to 6ish (or later if you Insist...)

Where: Our House! 1169 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA 95050 Phone: 925.787.2591

What to Bring:

• Yourself


• Friends and Family


• Small children (if you have them)


• A craft project or an idea you want help with


• Any supplies you might need that I don't have (see me for more info on the Room Full of Craftiness)


• Something edible to share with three other people.

I'll be making a GIANT pot of home made spaghetti, and of course we have tea.

It is our intention to support the future of America by feeding as many college students as possible, so if you are in college, just show up for the food.

We can also provide rides to and from public transit. Don't be shy!

RSVP Admired but not required. Last minute additions welcome!

Babbage Day Photos!

We had a terrific time at the museum and then Dinner (despite some complications with the restaurant)

Here are the pics and video... we were't very inclined to take photos with so many exciting things to look at...

The LINK!

Steampunk Babbage Day in Mountain View, CA

Some crazy Victorian engineering enthusiasts have built an actual Babbage Engine on the designs of the Brilliant, if persnickity, Charles Babbage. The machine is elegant, beautiful, digital, efficient and calculates numbers to 32 decimal places without the use of electricity.

The machine itself is one of 2 in existence (the other is housed in a dark, neglected, corner of the Science Museum in London. We were there. Very sad.) and it will only be available for public viewing until May 2009. After that it disappears into a private collection (and the livingroom of one of the Captains of Industry, Nathan Myhrvold of Microsoft fame.)

So we're planning a field trip... And... to honor Babbage and all that might have been, we're making it a Steampunk Event!

Join us at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View for a little Tech History and then off to the Green Lantern for Chinese Food and socializing.

When:
Saturday, January 17 at 2:00 pm then Dinner at 5:00 pm (when the Museum closes)

Where:
The Computer History Museum- 1401 N Shoreline Blvd. Mountain View, CA 94043
The Green Lantern- 1477 Plymouth St. Mountain View, CA 94043

What to Wear:
Come show off your best Steampunk/Mad Scientist/Dr. Horrible/Victorian Adventurer/Time Traveler outfits or slum it as a Modern Californian.

What to Bring:
A little money for dinner. (The Museum is free (Donations accepted). The Green Lantern Menu is HERE.)
Small children
Friends
Family
Cameras (for the inevitable photo op)

Join us for the whole day, just the museum or just dinner. We always want to see you!

Note to People Taking Public Transit- We can easily pick you up at the Mountain View Caltran Station. Its a straight shot to the museum and we have a (micro) mini van.

As Always- Everyone is Welcome!

Steampunk Tea Party Photos!

What can I say, but that Steampunk people are the Best people. What other group in the whole world is so kind, generous, entertaining and lively that you can invite 20 near strangers with an age range of 4 or 5 decades to a party and everyone has a great time?

There was tea! (Mmmmm.... blackberries)
There were Sweets and Sandwiches! (Walnuts and cucumbers and cream cheese, Oh My!)
There were Parlor Games (Charade - 0 - Pictionary Anyone?)

And there were 20 people in my livingroom, which, considering its size, is Quite remarkable.

Thank you everyone for a wonderful, joyful evening welcoming in the new year. I could not have asked for (nor arranged) better company.

Pictures Are Here (except for all the blurry ones of Leigh... will that girl EVER stop moving?)

Steampunk New Years Eve Tea Party!

Join us for a Steampunk Tea Party at our house on New Years Eve.

All the fine china (I have enough cups and saucers for about 50 people and enough tea for 100) hot tea and baked goods (and finger sandwiches!) you can manage and some steampunk parlor games or readings or storytelling or crafts and so on to occupy us until Midnight and beyond.

We live in Santa Clara , so guests would need to make their way to the South Bay, but we could probably manage some crash space. We also have two indoor cats who are super friendly but shed.

What to Bring:

• Yourself


• Wayward Friends and Family


• Any Small Children you belong to


• Something stylish And Steampunky to wear


• An iPod of music you enjoy


• Party games you like to play (hey, we can even keep it Historical! Wink anyone?)


• Any celebratory streamers/horns/hats/etc you have hanging around (or kidnap from Target, hehe),


• A plate of your favorite finger sandwiches and an appetite for tea and cake.

We'll privide tea (Black, Green, White, Chai, Roobios, Herbal, Oolong, you name it... its in the Tea Cupboard) and china teapots, cups and saucers and enough baked goods to sink Amsterdam.

When: 8pm, December 31st (7pm if you want to help decorate)

Where: 1169 Scott Blvd, Santa Clara, CA, 95050

RSVP Much Appreciated. Last minute attendees, Please don't hesitate to Join us!

As Always, everyone is welcome!

Sunnyvale Steam Con Pics are Up!

The 2008 Steam Con was a wild success!

Our unedited, blurry, fabulous, too dark and comical pictures can be seen here. Editing will occur as time allows:

http://joejohnson.smugmug.com/gallery/6446323_YcT9B/1/408541040_jAMve

Thank you to all the lovely people who posed while I tried to get my camera to work!

Additionally, all the Zeppelin Airmail Delivery Letters (and two industrious replies!) can be read at the link below!


http://joejohnson.smugmug.com/gallery/6325925_T7QJt/1/398983848_BCZpcThe Steampunk Letter Project was a roaring success, and my darling students were thrilled to get their replies. I think we struck a blow for good where this one set of creative teens in involved.

Thank you to everyone who volunteered to get a letter!Cheers!

SteamPunk Adventure at the Academy Of Sciences

Its Time, Ladies and Gentlemen to investigate the darkest jungles of the sub equatorial rain forest and have our photographs taken in front of a charging Dinosaur.

The California Academy of Sciences will re open at the end of this month and that means local Steampunks have the perfect location for our next adventure!

So clamber into your best explorer's khaki, don those pith helmets, bring photographic equipment and join us for an afternoon of discovery!

When: Saturday, October 11 at noon.

Where: The NEW California Academy of Sciences
Golden Gate Park
55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118

What to Bring:
Money for Admission
~Adult $24.95
~Senior (ages 65 and over) $19.95
~Youth (ages12-17) $19.95
~Child (ages 7-11) $14.95
~Ages 6 and under FREE
Small Children if you have them
Your Favorite Sandwich
Some Sort of Baked Good To Share
A Thermos of Your Favorite Steamy Beverage (or a Cup To Try Someone Else's)
A Camera

We hope to see you there!