Join us for July’s AAAWashed dinner at Shilla on Tuesday, July 20th from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM.

Please note that we’ve moved the date up a week earlier since many are going to be leaving for the IKAA Gathering the following week!

Date: Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Time: 6:30pm – 8:30pm
Location: Shilla Restaurant
Street address: 2300 8th Ave, Seattle, WA
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Please RSVP on Facebook. For more information, you can reach Jenny at jenny@aaawashington.org

AAAW BBQ
Save the Date: August 28th
Location: Carkeek Park
950 NW Carkeek Park Rd.
Seattle, WA 98177-4755

This is a reminder to save the date for our annual BBQ! More details will follow shortly. Check back soon!

NEW Location – NEW Day!

AAAWashed is moving back to Tuesdays, and we will be changing locations to Shilla Restaurant by Seattle Center. The restaurant has its own parking lot underneath the restaurant, and the interior has been remodeled. Please join us for our signature, monthly event to meet other adult adoptees. See you there!

We have tickets in the first level, just above the left field wall, for the game versus the New York Yankees. You buy the ticket and we’ll provide the food (all you can eat hamburgers, hot dogs, regular fries, popcorn and cookies) and drinks (water and sodas)…tickets are $34 each and you get a value of over $55!

We have the 300 level landing above left field for our dining area (by the BBQ area), starting when the gates open at 5:10 pm–great views of the city, the sound and the field, where we can watch batting practice while we eat some great ballpark fare! As the game gets ready to start at 7:10 pm, we will head down to our seats on the 100 level. Come early for food and drinks and stay for the game to cheer the Mariners.

If you are KIDS campers, add your number of tickets to your registration sheet we’ll get you tickets during camp!

AAAW members–payment by check can be sent to:

Tim Holm
15117 31st Drive SE
Mill Creek, WA 98012

Come join us for our monthly happy hour at Wann Izakaya on Tuesday, May 25th at 6:30 PM

Wann Izakaya is located at 2020 2nd Avenue.

AAAWashed will start at 6:30 PM. If you have any questions, please email Heidi Park at heidi@aaawashington.org

See you Tuesday!

AAAW will host Happy Hour at Wann on Monday, April 26th at 6:30 p.m. Wann has all-day Happy Hour on Mondays!  (Previously, we had AAAWashed on the last Tuesday of the month, but for the next few months we will be at Wann for the last Monday of the month.)

Wann – Japanese Izakaya
2020 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121

If you’re curious about the Happy Hour menu, feel free to download their PDF by clicking here. Most of Wann’s Happy Hour Drinks are $4 and their draft beer is $2.50. Their Happy Hour Foods range from $2 to $7.

If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us at aaawash@aaawashington.org or vpcomm@aaawashington.org

AAAW will host Happy Hour at Wann on Monday, March 29 at 6:30 p.m. Wann has all-day Happy Hour on Mondays!  (Previously, we had AAAWashed on the last Tuesday of the month, but for the next few months we will be at Wann for the last Monday of the month.)

Wann – Japanese Izakaya
2020 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121

If you’re curious about the Happy Hour menu, feel free to download their PDF by clicking here. Most of Wann’s Happy Hour Drinks are $4 and their draft beer is $2.50. Their Happy Hour Foods range from $2 to $7.

If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us at aaawash@aaawashington.org or vpcomm@aaawashington.org

NEW HOTEL VENUE! NEW ACTIVITIES! SPECIAL EVENTS!

Come to the IKAA Gathering 2010 in Seoul, Korea August 3 – 8, 2010! Meet hundreds of other adult adoptees from all over the world! See old friends and make new ones! All sessions and most activities are held at the Lotte Hotel in the heart of downtown Seoul. Great food is included in your registration fee, especially the amazing dinners, evening programs, special activities, concerts and gala celebrations. And we have some great deals on airfares that are available to our registrants! But, if you’ve never been to a Gathering, or if you’ve gone before and want to know why you should come back, here are some reasons to consider going!

What does it cost to go to the Gathering this summer? How about 1 week in Korea for as low as $1,600! Airfare to Korea, most meals for 6 days, registration fee (including entrance to ALL activities!), 7 night’s hotel. Approximate airfares to Korea range from $990 from Denmark, $1,070 from the West Coast of the US, $1,350 from the Midwest, and $1,390 from the East Coast (rates are approximations only and can fluctuate depending on day of flight and availability of seats). Early registration fee is $175 and 7 nights hotel (shared room) is $440. Add airfare and you’re at $1,600 to $2,000 depending on starting location. That’s doable, right?

Start with the new hotel – The Lotte Hotel in downtown Seoul (Myeongdong district, not Jamsil) is a 5-star hotel and one of the top 3 or 4 hotels in Korea. It’s such a great location and we’re able to hold all sessions and most activities at the hotel. The hotel has a great room rate for our Gathering, at only $105 per night per room, single or double occupancy (KRW 120,000). As at any other hotel in Seoul, there’s also a 10% tax and 10% service charge added. The registration code is “IKAA Gathering”. http://www.lottehotelseoul.com/index.asp. The hotel has a fantastic grocery in the basement, amazing food court, and wonderful department store attached – you can seemingly buy anything there! The hotel even has its own subway stop and you don’t even have to go outside to catch it!

Airfares are available from a number of sources. One source is through Sharp Travel, (206) 464-1995 or sharptravel@hotmail.com who can book tickets for most North American cities, and through a variety of airlines. A plus to booking through Sharp Travel is that one lucky person will get their airfare for free! Book (and pay for) your flight before May 29th and there will be a drawing for one person to have their airfare refunded! An option for those from Denmark is through Finnair, who is offering a special rate of only DKK 5,400 ($990)! Contact Korea Klubben for this deal. Other local associations are working on discount airfares from their countries, too, so contact your local association for more information. But if you can find another, cheaper fare, by all means book it!! And tell us about it so we can post the information, too!

Your registration fee is only $175 if you book now! For this, you receive a value of more than $700! It includes all meals from Tuesday to Sunday (except for two lunches on your own), amazing meals catered by the Lotte Hotel as well as a few off-site meals provided by other hosts. Also included is the Research Symposium, attendance at the Adoptee World Cup tournament, daily sessions, special age-group sessions (that were “missing” in 2007 but are back by popular demand!), a special session for first-timers to Korea, a business/academic/professional symposium, film festival, World Series-type poker tournament, special activities with Korean nationals, fun evening activities, and a final night celebration with special performances. There will be a number of new sessions, including “team building” contests, games and prizes. And for you first-timers to Korea, or first time there as an adult, we have an “Amazing Race” for you! “Adoptees loose in Seoul” is the theme, where you can learn your way around Seoul by following fun clues and crazy experiences while earning some great prizes! In addition, registrants get lots of freebies, too – directory, Symposium book, group photo, t-shirts, and many other items from our various sponsors!

AND, if you want to continue the fun and camaraderie AFTER the Gathering, there is a Post-Gathering tour for registrants and their families that will take place from Monday August 9th to Sunday August 15th, where you’ll see Gyeong-ju, Busan and Jeju Island. Total cost is only $700 per person!

The long and short of it is YOU can make it happen! We hope to see you in Korea this summer at the IKAA Gathering 2010!

AAAW will host Happy Hour at Wann on Monday, February 22 @ 6:30 p.m. Wann has all-day Happy Hour on Mondays!  (Previously, we had AAAWashed on the last Tuesday of the month, but for the next few months we will be at Wann for the last Monday of the month.)

Wann – Japanese Izakaya
2020 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121

If you’re curious about the Happy Hour menu, feel free to download their PDF by clicking here. Most of Wann’s Happy Hour Drinks are $4 and their draft beer is $2.50. Their Happy Hour Foods range from $2 to $7.

If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us at aaawash@aaawashington.org or vpcomm@aaawashington.org

AAAW will host Happy Hour at Wann on Monday, January 25 @ 6:30 p.m. Wann has all-day Happy Hour on Mondays!  (Previously, we had AAAWashed on the last Tuesday of the month, but for the next few months we will be at Wann for the last Monday of the month.)

Wann – Japanese Izakaya
2020 2nd Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121

If you’re curious about the Happy Hour menu, feel free to download their PDF by clicking here. Most of Wann’s Happy Hour Drinks are $4 and their draft beer is $2.50. Their Happy Hour Foods range from $2 to $7.

If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact us at aaawash@aaawashington.org or vpcomm@aaawashington.org