*** See everyone tonight! ***

UPDATE #5: Drink specials include $4 for most beers (Heiniken, Amstel, Miller, Blue Moon, Peroni, Yuengling), $5 Sangrias, and $5 Gua Rapo drinks until 7pm! Food specials include $5 empanadas, arepas, chifles, and tostones also until 7pm!

UPDATE #4: Looks like this will be a gooood one... so spread the word, come on out, and mix and mingle with new and familiar faces!... and again, I encourage everyone to have a GOAL OF MEETING 3 NEW PEOPLE.

UPDATE #3: The Fun Korean Culture & Language group will also be joining us!

UPDATE #2: The Washington Japanese Language group will be co-hosting too!! Also, I just realized, this happy hour falls on our 1 year anniversary, so let's celebrate!

UPDATE #1: CCCCDC, DC APA Film, and AAA-Fund YP will be joining us as well.

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Let's kick off 2008 with a bang!... come January, I always get a good case of cabin fever... and feel the need to get out... sooo hopefully, this happy hour will help!

My new year's resolution is to get more involved with Asian charities, so we'll be benefiting the Sunflower Mission... www.sunflowermission.org ... an organization committed to improving lives in Vietnam through educational assistance programs (80% of proceeds will go to the Sunflower Mission, the remaining 20% will go to the 20s & 30s Asian group to cover meetup fees and expenses).

So spread the word, mix and mingle with new and familiar faces, have some fun, and help support a good cause!... suggested $5 donation. Also, the following groups will be co-hosting so far!

. 20s & 30s Asian Going Out Group
. Vietnamese Professionals
. OCA-YP (Org. for Chinese Americans)
. JET AA-DC (Japanese Exchange Teaching)
. CCCCDC (Chinatown Community Cultural Center)
. DC APA Film
. AAA-Fund YP (Asian American Action Fund)
. Washington Japanese Language
. Fun Korean Culture & Language

(If you know of any other groups that might be interested in joining, just let me know.)

For those that haven't been there before, Gua Rapo is a sleek lounge with international flair, hookah pipes, and "guarapo" (meaning sugarcane juice) cocktails, for which the place is named after. WE'LL BE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. See www.latinconcepts.com/guarapo

To help continue the friendly tone of this group... I'd like to again encourage each person to have a GOAL OF MEETING 3 NEW PEOPLE at this event.

- J.T.

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Courthouse metro (RECOMMENDED) is within walking distance (Orange line), just 2 stops outside of DC, yet still in VA for you NoVA peeps. WE'LL BE ON THE SECOND FLOOR. Suggest metro / cabbing it (esp. during rush hour), recommend using wmata.