A Little Sisterna History

This is the first time I've lived in a house with so much history. As we get closer to our party, here's a little background on the historic area we live in. Apparently in March of 2004 our area was deemed the Ocean View Sisterna Historic District. The Sisterna Tract Block 106 is between Fifth St. (west), Addison St. (north), Sixth St. (east), and Allston Way (south).

In 1873, Rosario and Carmelita Sisterna sold shares in their farmland to the Berkeley Land and Town Improvement Association, retaining title and the right to subdivide and sell off lots. During the following decade, the block was settled by immigrants from Mexico, Chile, Ireland, and Germany. Originally divided into 24 lots, the Historic District comprises 11 lots with nine houses, all built between 1877 and 1893 and representing popular Victorian architecture styles of the era: Pioneer Victorian, Italianate, San Francisco Stick, and Queen Anne.

If you want to satisfy your inner geek, here is detailed article on the background of the area.

Goldstar for...

You get a Gold Star for…

76) Wearing the least Amount of clothing

77) Making a Costume from Paper Mache

78) Making a Costume from tape

79) Wearing Body Paint

80) Coming as a Costumed Couple

81) Having a 100 Dollar Bill

82) Bringing a life-size printout of self

83) Bringing something 100 years old

84) Wearing the Biggest Hoop Earrings

85) Men in Drag

86) Bringing 100 themed wine/beer/liquor

87) Come as Hope Mirlis

88) Come as Tony Shayne

89) Showing a hidden talent

90) Edward 40 Hands

91) Breaking a New Years Resolution

92) Drinking from a Fishbowl

93) Winning a dance off

94) Doing “Bad Romance” choreography

95) Providing new“Poker Face”lyrics

96) Bringing 100 themed Mobile to hang

97) Bringing 100 proof liqueur

98) Donating a board game to the apartment

99) Bringing Unwanted gifts to donate

100) Doing 100 beer shots over the night

Things to Do

Things to Do at Party

51) Change top/bottom with 2 people

52) Play a drinking game

53) Introduce a new drinking game

54) Create a shot “Haileys Comet”

55) Make a Boothby Cocktail (1910)

56) Karaoke – Lady Gaga

57) Sing “Im Henry the 8^th” (1910)

58) Sing 100 Bottles of Beer on wall

59) Bring 1910 Themed Diorama

60) Perform a Puppet Show

61) Hula Hoop 100 Turns

62) Perform a G rated strip tease

63) Perform a PG rated strip tease

64) Start a Conga Line

65) Guitar Hero Challenge

66) Get a .100 on Breathalyzer

67) Take Polaroid pictures

68) Tell a dirty joke to at least 5 people

69) Perform Coronation (George V)

70) Make bet (gambling outlawed in 1910)

71) Bring/Play Twister

72) Do a Keg Stand

73) Start revolution in Mexico (1910)

74) Fit as many people in Tony’s Room as possible

75) Spin the bottle

Things to Bring

Things to Bring

26) Bag of 100 Grand bars

27) Mix CD of “100” themed songs

28) A new shot recipe

29) A new cocktail recipe

30) Red Velvet Cake or Cupcakes

31) List of your 100 fave things

32) Homemade Apple Pie

33) Homemade alcohol

34) Homemade Pizza

35) Homemade Cookies

36) Cheese. Who doesn’t love it?

37) Jello Shots (most popular food in 1910)

38) 100 Jelly Beans

39) 100 M & Ms

40) Birthday Cake for House

41) Present for the house (born 1910)

42) Instant Ramen (inventor born 1910)

43) Somethin Blueberry (domesticated in 1910)

44) A video camera to record craziness

45) 2010 Party Favors

46) 4 shot glasses of SF locations

47) Pics of Hotel Shattuck (opened in 1910)

48) A new person to the party

49) Donate a piece of art

50) 100 of something random

Things to Wear

Things to Wear

1) Come as Lady Gaga

2) Come as a Mascot

3) Come as Royalty

4) Come as character from “Up”

5) Come as a Muppet

6) Come as Mark Twain (died 1910)

7) Come as Mother Teresa (born 1910)

8) Come as a UCDavis Faculty

9) Phantom of Opera (book 1910)

10) Jacques Cousteau (born 1910)

11) Come as one of Time Mag 100 Most Influential People

12) President Taft (1909-1913)

13) Boy Scout (established 1910)

14) Frankenstein (Movie released 1910)

15) Wear a Mustache

16) Wear Fashion of 1910s

17) Wear Fashion of 1920s

18) Wear Fashion of 1930s

19) Wear Fashion of 1940's

20) Wear Fashion of 1950's

21) Wear Fashion of 1960's

22) Wear Fashion of 1970's

23) Wear Fashion of 1980's

24) Wear Fashion of 1990's

25) Wear Fashion of 2110's

What comes before Part B?

So, our apartment building turns 100 this year. Or at least we thought it did. Turns out our building was constructed in 1892. So, we just have 18 more years to add to the celebration!

Like we really need a reason to celebrate, anyway.

Friday, February 5 at 9:30PM the fun commences! We are going super theme-y and keeping our original Centennial idea. Tony & I created 100 things to bring, wear and do. We have created a separate entry for each. Feel free to do as many as you want. Just let us know in the COMMENT section. We will update the list every few days, so you can see what's left. If you have any questions, just let us know.

We are super excited to have you party like it's 1910 (or 1892) with us!

-Hope & Tony