Yelpin’ Under The Sea @ The Fred Wildlife Refuge

Katy, volunteers/​vendors & Wildlife Refuge team!!! You did it again! Seriously, you must be superheros to have the ability put together 4 awesome parties in one month.
Sorry for the late event review, let this be of no representation of just how awesome my under the sea experience was.
Can’t really go wrong w/​$ 1 drinks that go to charity, great food samples (Wingdome, you KILLED me with that nuclear sauce,) and great company! My friend and I even got mermaid facepaint! I love that Unilocal gives me an excuse to live out my inner-​child.
Thanks to all the sponsors!!! It was a really great event and I met a lot of non-​elite Unilocaler’s which was a nice change.
My only question is Katy: When’s the next month of parties? Do we ever give you a break? ;)

Oh, Unilocal,how I enjoy being a Part of Your World, especially when you are throwing such entertaining events as Under the Sea. I feel bad for the Poor, Unfortunate Souls that do not get to attend an event that offers a free event that includes food, drinks for dollar (goes to charity), and loads of entertainment.
Walking in to the Fred Wildlife Refuge for this event was like taking a Tour Through the Kingdom with all of the Fanfare you could imagine as everyone was having a great time, decorations made the place look amazing, and the staff and volunteers catered to everyone’s needs (back rubs included!).
There were people Fathoms Below on the dance floor doing a Jig or whatever crazy dance move they could come up with. The only thing missing was a Fireworks display, but being indoors that probably wouldn’t have been a good idea.
I’m now running out of Little Mermaid song titles to fit in to this review so I will just say thank you as always to Katy H for another wildly successful event!

Damn, sorry Unilocal… I was a bit delayed with this one… so I better make it good eh?
First off, I gotta hand it to the AMAZING Katy for making this event happen! Even better, I loved how she was in costume rocking a super cute «easy breezy Japaneesy» sailor outfit… so cute!
Aside from that, the event was fantastic! Fred Wildlife Refuge is such an interesting venue! The upstairs is more quaint and was where the majority of the vendors (fantastic wines from Tapena, KIND bars, M-​Berry, that giant ass Frog thingy). The pours were generous and the cause (gotta love TWIF… making it «fun» one world at a time…) is one I stand strongly for (prepare to taste the wrath of my cardboard tube! huzzah!).
Soul’d Out brought the boom boom pow once again with a fantastic DJ set and a great mix of music… now if only more people would dance… looks like it’s up to your friendly neighborhood Prince to break it down on the dance floor for ya! I love that Katy (the fantastically classy hostess that she is) can break it down and hold her own on the dance floor with ya boy.
Overall! Fun Fun Fun… love it and thanks Katy… thanks so much!
5 look-at-this-stuff-isn’t-it-neat-wouldn’t-you-think-my-collection’s-complete stars out of 5

Had a blast! Props to Z’Tejas, those bites were BOMB! Got some cool swag off the tables too hehe. Although I have to say I am not a huge fan of the venue but it was cool none the less! Thanks!

I’ve never been to a bd Unilocal event and of course this is no exception. My fav part was the mberry, that stuff is so entertaining, I think I will now bring it to all future parties. I also enjoyed the new varieties of popchips. I hear the tacos and captain morgans were good as well. Love the fish theme, love the swag. I did tell my bf there would be wings based on the last reviews and wanted to watch everyone try to eat the hot ones, but I guess that was my mistake. It now tells me that every event must be different and perhaps I do need to make it to another if that’s still an option.

Great event with fantastic energy and fun folks. As always, Katy was the hostess with the mostess and her campadres (from volunteers to booth vendors) were fantastic. My favorite? The photo booths and the magic fruit taster.
Great space for a party of this size! Thanks Unilocal :)

This was an EXCELLENT Event! Thanks to Katy and the excellent volunteers who really make these events so dang fun!!~ (only hard part was it was on a Monday BUT~ WOW~ what a great start to the week! I)
I liked that it was a benefit and gave $ 10 extra bucks to the good cause! Cause that is how I roll when I am kindly offered $ 1 drinks!
First, the Space @ Fred, OMG so cute and kitschy with an old 70’s Motel vibe.
+ I liked the CA observation below LOL! Having just returned from a Portland visit, it reminded me of a campier Doug Fir Lounge as well. It looks like you can morph this space into whatever you need from a benefit party, photo shoot or dj event. Very cool!
Second, the Food!
+I loved loved the Central Wings Buffalo Hot sauce Taco with Blue Cheese, man that was perfect spice! I love wings (esp good hot ones) and I loved this Taco!
+ More Food! Pop chips, so many interesting flavors which I had never tried before, I loved them! Kind Bars had new tasty flavors showing as well. Ginger Beer and Curiosity Cola’s offered to mixed into excellent Crown Royal drinks! The Freixenet Red Wine was my favorite, cute bottle and a tasty Merlot! I feel bad I missed the beer but can’t do the trilogy of drinks in one evening’s event. I will catch the awesome brew next time! :)
Next, on to the entertainment!
+ Massage and Chiro practitioners giving free adjustments. So cool!
+ Photo booth looked like all had fun, I missed it due to line at the time!
+ Dj was really good at keeping a variety of fun mix of indie and hip hop dance set going on into the eve. People dancing and Beach Balls flying! WHEW! Now it’s a party!
Thanks so much for this super awesome organized event just for Unilocalers!

Well, I’m pretty confident I went to the best event of the four going on. This one was pretty packed and I liked the cocktails better than the Safari party. I hope Katie was happy. EVERYONE DANCED!
We had a great time burning our mouth on wing sauce, drinking really strong dark and stormies, and playing with bubbles.

I apologize for anything I may or may not have done with poblano peppers.
After helping to set up a bit, I suddenly found myself ‘tasting’ the drinks that were available and before I knew it, I had been at the FRED for 6 hours. Clearly I sign of a good party is completely losing track of time =D The decorations were very cool, the food was delicious, the new Emerald City beers are awesome, and everyone who helped out rocked. I feel bad for anyone who didn’t get to help inflate the palm tree…
I’m willing to admit that I have enjoyed meeting a bunch of people who I have chatted with for years now without actually seeing face to face and if I’m not 86’ed from helping to set up the future events based on my mild ridiculousness, I will probably insist on returning to do it all over again!
P. S. Wing Central — Your tacos were very delicious, however, I was sad that there weren’t WINGSSS! Just saying.

I helped setup the last party but left before things got underway — so I was excited to just BE at the Fred Wildlife Refuge as a volunteer this time around. Im no professional face painter, but I do know a thing or two about makeup so I happily helped Katy out by painting faces for this under the sea themed event.
Even though I was working most the time, I got to sample Z’Tejas ceviche and pie — SO GOOD. The Wing Central’s taco with buffalo sauce and blue cheese was killer (and I hate buffalo sauce), and Emerald City provided some tasty beers.
I was working downstairs the entire duration — so I got to see just about everyone stop by for food, photos, and some booty shaking fun. Fred Wildlife Refuge is and awesome venue and did more than provide a great space, tunes, and ambiance for the rowdy Unilocal crowd.
Thanks to the guinea pigs who let me paint their faces! Thanks to all the vendors for the yummy drinks and nibbles. Thanks Katy for making a ~work~ opportunity something really fun! I can’t wait to come back to just enjoy myself in 2 weeks.

Our wonderful CM Katy H is putting on not 1 party this month, but 4 HUGE parties at FRED Wildlife Refuge. Since she was doing so much for us, I knew I had to at least help in some small part. I volunteered to show up and help her set up at 4 pm. Even though it was «volunteer work» it was a complete blast! I told myself I had to leave around 730, you know, right after the party started… but like Michael K, I ended up staying way later then intended because it was just that much fun!
The space is awesome, with the upstairs being like a 1970s living room that was probably used in Porn in the San Fernando Valley. Downstairs was a huge open, all white space, which included projections of water for the Under the Sea theme. If anyone noticed all the awesome fishes on the wall… that was my wonderful work.
It was so nice to meet everyone in the auspices of taking photographs for Unilocal.I also enjoyed all the food and drinks. I ended up drinking entirely too many beers from Emerald City, but they were so yummy, and everyone was so nice, I couldn’t stop. I also loved whatever it was that the awesome bartender Jim mixed me, that involved lime and Ginger Beer. I just told him to surprise me, and I was definitely surprised at the deliciousness. The food from Z’tejas and Wing Central was delicious, and all the people helping out were fantastic. I realize now I didn’t manage to sample any of the champagne, and that makes me sad.

Attendees of the other Unilocal Zoo events, eat your hearts out! I am flabbergasted that they managed to flood FRED Wildlife Reserve up to a depth of eight feet! Simply a marvel of engineering! If you’d asked me, I would have said it couldn’t be done. And on top of that, the water was refreshing yet temperate. Kudos indeed.
Naturally, this rendered the ground floor unusable, so I’m impressed at how the remaining space was utilized. I enjoyed the Emerald City Beer; the Tejas ceviche and chocolate «pie» was really good. I must have had four or five of those tasting plates. The Captain Morgan Dark N’ Stormy was really quite tasty, and how cool was it to see the return of the magic berry pills – biting into a lime was divinely sweet.
And to go swimming on top of this? Awesome. Funny how no one expected this and everyone ended up improvising a swimsuit. What a sight we all must have been.
I’m only sorry I missed the draining event. Raising that garage door must have been a rush!

We had a terrific time last night at the Under the Sea event at The Fred Wildlife Refuge.
It felt good getting $ 1 drinks knowing that it was supporting a good cause too. Win/​Win me thinks…
The space was cool, the food and drinks were great (Jim was mixing some mean cocktails– his Dark ‘n Stormys were the best IMO), & there were just the right amount of people there so that you could move around and find a place to sit.
All the staff working there were super nice and it was good to catch up with some old Unilocaler friends.
Been a while since I’ve been able to make an Elite Event and this was a great way to get back on track. I’m hoping to attend another of these maybe next Monday or the Monday after.

It was a great event! Katy dressed up in a killer costume! Thanks Katy, you are the best!
It’s very nice that some of the Unilocalers helped out setting up the event before it started. Kate S. volunteered to do face-​painting for people in the event. She did a great job!
The whole event split into two floors. DJ, Food and beers were downstairs. Taco from Central Wing was awesome! I had two, one without their hot sauce, and one with. The sauce is HOT! Z’Tejas catered mango ceviche and the nacho pie were really good. I believe I had more than two plates of them! Other vendors upstairs like pop chips or photo booth were very nice too. There were free massage and free chiropractor consultation as well.
One thing which was difficult for me was the parking. However, I was able to park across street in front of Starbucks by buying something to get two-​hour parking.
Thanks Katy and all the Unilocalers who helped! This is awesome!

I went here for a Unilocal party just the other week and I was pretty impressed with the venue space. I live just down the road and I had no idea prior to this. It would be really fun to be able to plan a party to have here. The lack of parking is not that big a deal to me. Anyone who is used to Capitol Hill probably won’t have a problem finding parking somewhere and then just walking over.