Hello, H-Town Kossacks! To anybody who may be interested, the Houston Area Kossacks group is planning a special meetup event this month. Instead of a more “traditional” meetup (get together, eat, shoot the shit about the site, local/state politics, how we’re all fucked under Trump, etc.), we decided to do all of that while also contributing to a good cause. As it turns out, it is a cause to help one of the most vulnerable groups under this new administration: LGBTQ youth.
Human Rights Campaign Houston and the HRC Foundation’s Welcoming Schools program are putting together a charity event at Hamburger Mary’s in Montrose. If you’ve never been to Hamburger Mary’s, it’s a super fun bar and restaurant featuring drag performances. From the charity event FB page:
Come out to eat, drink, and play Bingo... Mary's style! HRC Houston and Welcoming Schools ask you to come out and join us at Hamburger Mary's for Charity Night. Every dollar raised at this event will go directly to work in Houston schools. HRC Foundation's Welcoming Schools is the nation's premier professional development program dedicated to creating respectful and supportive elementary schools by embracing family diversity, creating LGBTQ- and gender-inclusive schools, preventing bias-based bullying, and supporting transgender and non-binary students. HRC Foundation is a 501c3 and all donations are fully tax deductible.
Dinner seatings are at 7pm and 7:30pm. Games start at 8pm.
The event will be on the evening of Tuesday, May 23. We will be meeting at Hamburger Mary’s for dinner at 7:00 PM. The cost of the event will be whatever you order for dinner, plus $10 for the games that follow (all proceeds go directly to the Welcoming Schools program). The $10 ticket price will be collected at the event (I believe it will be added to your tab). About parking: Anybody who knows Montrose knows that parking is always limited. Hamburger Mary’s does have a private lot, but it is small. There is also valet parking, but the best bet if you don’t want to pay for valet will probably be street parking. Since this is a Tuesday evening and not a Saturday evening, parking should be a little easier.
Here are all of the event details:
Date: Tuesday, May 23
Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Hamburger Mary’s, 2409 Grant Street (menu at link)
Cost: $10, plus whatever you order for dinner ($10 ticket price collected at event)
Parking: Private lot, valet, street parking
If you are interested in coming, we’d love to have you! I made a reservation for 15, and there is still plenty of room. Please comment below or send me a message if you can make it. However, I just ask that you only RSVP if you are definitely planning to make it (and, if you can’t make it after you RSVP, please let me know at least 24 hours before the event). Because this is a charity event with limited room, the restaurant really needs accurate numbers (and they have my credit card information on hold, so I don’t particularly want to piss them off). We are only accepting firm “yes” RSVPs—no “maybees”! If you are a maybe right now, send me a message once you know for sure that you can make it.
Here is our current RSVP list:
Chrislove
Chrislove’s BF
icelus
Texdude50
scott5js
We’re looking forward to seeing you at Hamburger Mary’s!