Yeah, the Leo Party. A disproportionate number of our staff are Leos, and thus we feel the need to have a Drunken Rampage to inflict, errr, "inform" Portland of our advancing years. But since this one is "special" (as in "short bus special"), it tends to be invite-only.

For those sad masses who have not gotten an invite, you have months to weasle your way into the next one :)

Prior years involved. . . water balloons. 55 gallon drums. A factory. A large dog. thin white t-shirts. bisexual celtic men in kilts. Sprinting through two neighborhoods. Un-announcable lighting stuff. A maze lit by glow sticks and stocked with food prepared by our food-geek friends. Unexplained booze distribution. Groping. Annnnnd. . . . an SUV loaned to us by a person who does not check this website often enough to know that it was an abysmally bad idea.

FAQ:

Why is it invite-only?
Really, just because there is limited space. A lot of what we do during this thing involves places that max out at numbers far lower than our typical 150-person pub crawls, so inviting the public means we just can't squeeze in. Plus, some times there is stuff that is pretty dangerous and we just aren't putting the fuse to our howitzer in the hands of people we don't know on at least a carnal basis.

How do I get an invite?
Bluntly: you don't. Not through here at any rate. The dR website is a public portal, so invites through here basically just devolve into . . . well, a public invite. See FAQ#1 again.

Is it the same every year?
Nope. So far each year has been entirely different from each other year.

What about those of us who need a Drunken Rampage each month in order to survive/not go through withdrawls/satisfy parole officers/breed?
There are a few other things going on. We will put what we know about in our newsletter, and if something is really neat will put it on our site (if you are hosting such an event, let us know). Otherwise . . . this is Portland. Put on a costume, call three friends and go to a bar. That's how this whole dR thing got started in the first place, and we just stole the idea from Caco. Steal it from us.