Quirkyalone: It’s a mindset

Thanks to a posting on our online community, I learned about San Francisco’s first “quiet party” this past Saturday night at the Unusual Shoppe gallery in Hayes Valley. That’s right, a party where you are not allowed to talk, and all communication between partygoers happens in notes and pantomime. It was a little tricky to write and hold a glass of wine at the same time, but it was fun to scribble with people that I might not approach at a regular party. (They bill these as “silent dating” events–you know like speed dating, but you can’t speak–but I found it interesting from an anthropological perspective too, just to watch people mingle and giggle silently.) Judging from the number of people who had heard about quirkyalone at the quiet party, there is quite a synergy between these two phenomenon. Maybe we can do a quiet party at Quirkyalone Camp this summer . . .

P.S. To everyone who voted for our film in the INdTV contest. Thank you! But we didn’t win. Sigh. But we did make a great movie about International Quirkyalone Day. We’ll post the movie on this site soon so you can watch it in perpetuity.

Related posts:

1. Getting the Party Started (with IQD Party Packs)
2. Quirkyalone Movie Night at the Kabuki: A Private Screening of Sex and the City
3. Eight Hours Left!
4. Sixth Annual Quirkyalone Day Party in San Francisco
5. International Quirkyalone Day Party Tips and Supplies