The Emperor's 198th: A Birthday Party in Salute of Emperor Norton
This 9-layer cake was created in 1916 to celebrate the 35th birthday of a large women's-goods store in Columbus, Ohio. The cake weighed nearly one ton. Source: Popular Science Monthly
Last February, The Emperor's Bridge Campaign* held our first birthday party for Emperor Norton. It was his 197th.
There was wine and a cake — with 197 candles! And we offered a presentation of our research pointing to a birth date of 4 February 1818 for the Emperor.
We called it an "annotated birthday party."
This year, we're leaving the notes behind!
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Please join us for
THE EMPEROR'S 198th
A Birthday Party in Salute of Emperor Norton
Thursday 4 February 2016, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Emperor Norton's Boozeland (upstairs)
510 Larkin Street (at Turk)
San Francisco (map)
Birthday cake
Raffle of 3 bottles of handmade spirits
from Treasure Island-based Raff Distillerie:
+ Emperor Norton Absinthe Dieu
+ Bummer & Lazarus Dry Gin
+ Barbary Coast Rhum Agricole
Cash bar
TICKETS: Admission is free with an Emissary of the Empire card;
$10 for all others (in advance or at the door)
All proceeds will support the work of The Emperor's Bridge Campaign.
No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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We'll be surrounded by the wonderful collection of Emperor-themed art that our good friends at Boozeland have assembled in the couple of years since the Campaign held its launch party there in September 2013.
Hope to see you on the 4th!
* In December 2019, The Emperor's Bridge Campaign adopted a new name: The Emperor Norton Trust.
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