Cinco de Lebowski!
Sunday, May 3, 2009 at 11:52AM 
Friday night was the 4th annual Cinco de Lebowski here in the Rose City, an event that's become as much of a tradition in some circles as driving poorly in the rain, expounding endlessly on why Ptown is better than Seattle, complaining about Californians moving up here, riding the MAX, and hitting up VooDoo doughnuts after a hot night out in downtown. I run in those circles. The event is hosted by Cort and Fatboy, your friendly afternoon djs on the local rock station. After pre-Lebowski-ing at the Green Dragon with mucho white Russians and Candyland(?. A really boring game. And before you comment and say "It's for little kids, idiot!" the box says 3 and up. There's zero strategy involved. Once you learn to identify colors, a three year old has just as good a chance to win as a 75 year old. If I'm going to play a children's game against a child, I want my superior intellect to give me a decided advantage), we migrated to Laurelhurst Park where the March of the Lebowskis started (after mixing some more Caucasians for the Nalgene at Anne's car). There was only one way to get into the movie at the Baghdad Theater this year. You had to wear a robe in honor of the Dude, and you had to participate in the march. Our group, 12 strong, got our bracelets right before they ran out (phew!) and waited around for the march to begin. And while waiting, a plan was hatched. The plan was designed to remedy the fact that we were at the very end of a 600 person line, thus ensuring that our group would not be able to sit together. So when the march left the park and began to move down 39th, we took off out of a side gate to the park and began power walking (this was specifically part of the plan) down 37th. We moved quickly 4 or 5 blocks, then cut up to 39th and joined the march within the first hundred people. Our deviousness was delicious. The march was crazy. 600 Lebowskis will not march quietly on the sidewalk, and we ended up taking over a lane of traffic. The number of cars driving by and honking, or rolling down their window and yelling 'Hey Lebowski!' was large and very cool. We arrive at the Baghdad and secure a great block of seats in the front of the balcony. Not long after the Troublemakers started rockin' out their brand of rock/swing tunes. We danced, we watched the middle aged ladies hit on the guitarist, I bought a cd. Finally it was time for the movie. The favorite quotes were yelled loudly and it is definitely a movie that holds up upon repeated viewings. The night ended with a great walk back to the cars in the pouring rain. Which I didn't mind, because I had thought ahead and thrown my rain coat in my back pack. I'm sure we'll be back next year...
portland 
Reader Comments (3)
You are supposed to only play Connect 4, Shuffleboard, and Battleship when you are at the Green Dragon. Or color on the tables with chalk. Boredeom is what you get for not opting for the aforementioned.
And also you forgot to mention the other super stealth move of the night when there were only 10 wrist bands left, Amy was still a mere 15 blocks away with no chance of making it in time for a wrist band -(which was necessary in combination with wearing a robe for entry: don't worry, she brought 2)-when her super savvy sister, Kim, slipped her wrist band off, ran towards the wrist band line in bionic woman style, all while throwing her robe off and trading it for another, and putting her hair up in the ultimate disguise to procure yet a second wrist band. Wrist band number 598 out of 600 to be exact. To be given to Amy so she could gain entry into the Bagdad. This worked in perfect combination with the cutting in the parade line for awesome group balcony seats and the sneaking in of white russians in thermos'. Nice work team!
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