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California Alumni Association Hoops Party

I was talking to a friend the other day and said I couldn’t believe we had kids. I mean, wasn’t it just yesterday that we were knocking back shots at night, waking up the next morning and brunching with bloody mary’s? This parenting thing is still so foreign to me! I spend my week thinking about how I’m going to entertain my little monster over the course of a WHOLE weekend! And I only have ONE. Most people have double that.

Anywho…an email crossed my inbox for a family-friendly event at my alma mater and I figured it was a great opportunity to dress said monster in blue and gold attire and start chanting, “Roll On You Bears!”

Taking place on the Berkeley campus, it was essentially a big tailgate party at the Alumni House before the Cal vs Washington State basketball game on Saturday January 14. There was a magic show, bouncy house, catered Mexican brunch, pom-poms, mini-flags, crayons and coloring books, a pre-game Q&A with the basketball coach, Oski the Bear, cheerleaders and the Cal Band. Whooo! It was sensational.

And the food was to-die-for. I stopped everyone on the catering staff to tell them, “I think that’s the best caesar salad I’ve ever had, and I consider myself a caesar salad aficionado.”

The magician was a Cal alum who majored in theater and applied mathematics. Like for real. I can’t believe people like this exist in the world. His grand finale was memorizing a Rubik’s cube that had been mixed up by the audience, and solving it blind-folded within 90 seconds while balancing on a rolling cylinder.

Similar: Bleeding blue and gold at the Cal vs UVA game.

(Very first photo of the Cal Band in the Alumni House via California Alumni Association Flickr account)

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  1. Janine Huldie

    January 25, 2017 at 5:51 pm

    Looked like such a fun and awesome event. Glad you got to attend 😉

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  2. Patrick Weseman

    January 26, 2017 at 8:54 pm

    Very cool. I love Cal Basketball.

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  3. Dana

    February 1, 2017 at 5:55 am

    I remember the days of trying to fill the hours with fun things for my kiddos. This sounds perfect!

    Now I want some caesar salad.

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  4. Charlotte

    February 7, 2017 at 8:36 pm

    Omg your little man is getting so big! Adorable 🙂 sounds like a great time–who doesn’t love a big tailgate party?!

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    • Catherine

      February 18, 2017 at 2:06 pm

      i think it’s so important to raise children surrounded by traditions!

      Reply

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