12th Annual Sea Fare Fundraiser

If you have the disposable income, this event is a no-​brainer, well-​organized and priced to keep out the riff-​faff… like most of my friends I don’t have the disposable income to afford a $ 125 ticket, and for some that’s sadly a day’s pay, so for those people, here’s why SEA FARE is a great value:
First and foremost, you get to see the aquarium WITH NO KIDS. NO KIDS. None running around and cutting you off, none of them filling up the first three feet of viewing space banging on the tank walls, none filling up behind you for whom your view blocks, none squeezing in like drunk chicks at Coachella with no regard to personal space, none of them yelling and screaming and wiping boogers on the leaf dragons.
Secondly, you get to walk around the aquarium with a drink in your hand, and six in your belly… because OPEN BAR. Wide open. Like, there were more than a dozen different bartenders throughout the event serving free booze.
Third, you get to try TOO MUCH FOOD from local restaurants. By too much food, I mean they didn’t run out the 2 ½ hours I was there. (I would have stayed all 4 hours but my wife met every bartender). The lines never got larger than 3 people.
Food vendors (using exclamation points for how much I liked the items I tried): Alondra Hot Wings (BBQ and hot wings!); Attic (hot Cheeto mac & cheese!!); Auld Dubliner (boxty!!), Bluewater Grill (clam chowder!); Bubba Gump (shrimp skewer! hush puppies! spinach dip!); Buono’s (variety of pizzas!!! and two pastas!); Deb’s Kitchen; Delius; EJ Malloy’s (irish egg roll!!); Europa Winery; Federal Bar; Gladstone’s; Karl Strauss; Kincaid’s Bay House; King’s Fish House; L’Opera (chicken lasagna!!!); Parkers Lighthouse; Premier; Primal Alchemy; Rubio’s (tilapia taco!); Simply Sweet (pb&j cupcake!!! chocolate cracker! sea Salt choc chip cookie!!!, etc); SIP lounge; Sky Room; Slapfish (the only vendor out of in process both times I went); Steamed Vegetarian (fake tuna!!); SWEET Hollywood; Taco Beach (carnitas and chicken tacos!!), Temecula Olive Oil (orange infused spice cake!)
Could’ve used more tables, like double, though most of the people with whom we shared tables were nice. One acted like Mrs. Howell. (Calm down, Lovey, I’m not gonna fart on your pearls.)
So, if you figure the cost of the aquarium is $ 30. And think of the NO KIDS as a $ 10 premium. That’s $ 40. Getting full on food, basically a buffet, is at least $ 25. That’s $ 65. Free parking. That’s $ 75. Now all you have to do is drink $ 50 worth of booze, and you’re good. Very good.
And, oh yeah, it’s all for charity, yo. Supporting schools. (Schools of fish).