The LOSTie Party: Memories and Keepsakes

The LOSTie party was a joint effort by the residents

of The Barracks to celebrate LOST

and gather together as friends and fans.

Guests to the party received an amazing invitation

and instruction letter by mail about a month prior to the event.

Lottery Ticket was the mastermind/leader of the group/organizer 

to the entire event. She made all of  the arrangements for 

The Barracks and created the best invitation

I have ever received.

The envelope gave a hint to the level of
awesomeness it contained:

Rob Perrin was responsible for editing and finessing

the accompanying letter from Castro Blareski.
(obviously an alias)

a post-it note attached to the letter 

provided additional information.

MEL and Kiwilostie were the primary

chefs/cook/grillmasters for the dinner.

I missed the beginning of the party since I was

still at Preview Night at Comic Con,

But I can attest that my late dinner was

terrific and the spread was impressive.

CaliPH was the official photographer.

I can't wait to see his photos!

He is traveling for his job right now, so it will

be a couple of weeks before he returns home

and can post the pictures

Scoupost contributed leis

for the guests. You can't celebrate LOST

without a nod to Hawaii!

Comixguru made the nametags

for the event. Many of us had never met in person

and it made for an easy way to identify people

whose online icon gave no clue as to what they

looked like in real life.

The Barracks symbol on the nametag

was designed by Lottery Ticket and can also

be seen on the instruction letter above.

Chris L had custom mugs made as keepsakes

 with iconic images from LOST - a different

image on each mug. 

John Locke's orange slice smile

decorates mine.

Zort70 made awesome 

Pinky and The Brain/LOST mashup

placards and refrigerator magnets

for the event.

JST_THINKING made amazing

bookmarks that were included in the party favor bags.

The stained glass effect is incredible 

and the bookmark is just beautiful.

I made some little mementos of

an "Evening at The Barracks"

that were comprised of backgammon pieces,

one light,one dark.

(The flip side of the light backgammon piece 

reads: SDCC 2011. The tag contains Christian's words

to Jack in the Sanctuary from the LOST Finale.)

JST_THINKING also recreated

Hurley's Golf course flag and

guests at the LOSTie party 

participated in a putting contest....

 

...in addition to Jo Garfein's LOST Trivia.

Guests were subjected to an orientation film

and "testing" upon arrival to the party.

The Orientation Film was made by Ben Murphy.

The film was fantastic if not a little

creepy and the testing left me traumatized.

But it was all very cool.

Prizes were awarded for the testing and the party games,

contributed by various members of the group.

The three guests who attended the party in costume

were each awarded one of the LOST Live screen prints

by Kevin Tong. Patrick McKinley

attended in Dharma Khaki shirt and shorts,
and Jared Wong and David Hanson wore Dharma jumpsuits.

They are pictured below with Jo Garfein.

Kevin Tong's original sketches for The Hatch print

were presented to Lottery Ticket by the residents

of The Barracks in appreciation for all of her efforts in

coordinating EVERYTHING.

Thanks to Scoutpost for coordinating the

the purchase of the gift with Kevin Tong

and to Bonnie Green for picking up the 

sketches in Los Angeles and transporting them to San Diego.

Scoutpost also commissioned a fantastic card

that was presented to Lottery Ticket signed by all of 

the residents of The Barracks.

We presented Jo Garfein with

"The Hatch Painting" print by Jack Bender

in appreciation for being a LOST champion

extraordinaire and leading the LOST Trivia.

Party favor bags were distributed to party guests as they left 

The Barracks. (A special thanks to Nate Duval for

allowing me to use an image from his print "The Barracks" 

on buttons and stickers for the party favor bags.

 Also thanks to Chris L for designing the lettering

on the logo. I don't know how to do any of that

sort of thing, so am very grateful for the contribution)

Components of the bag included 

a magnet

iron-on transfers featuring Lottery Ticket's 

Barracks design

Dharma Swan temporary tattoos

a Barracks pencil

a Barracks memo clip

a Barracks button/pin

a "non-functioning" toy compass

(you can't be LOST if the compass works)

JST_THINKING's bookmark

All in all, it was a night to remember and

memories to cherish forever were created.

The residents of The Barracks are the greatest

group of friends anyone could ask for
virtually and in real life!

alphabetically:

Mary Jane C.

Bonnie G.
Paul H.
Fiona K.

Ian K.

Charles L.

Chris L.
Mike L.

Alice L.

Paul M.

Rob P.

Mary Ann S.

Justin S.

Honorary Residents

(included in all Barracks activities, but staying offsite)

Sue H.

Sam H.

Patrick M.

(Pat was the pallet drop master,

accepting all of the MANY shipments

to San Diego prior to the group's arrival.

His dining room quickly filled up packages, parcels 

and poster tubes. He cheerfully transported all of

the Dharma Drops to The Barracks.

 I hear he also makes a mean jambalaya.)

Also thanks to all of the guests of the LOSTie party.
It was wonderful meeting you all.

I hope to add more photos from the party to this post,
but want to respect the wishes of those who don't want
to be publicly identified by name. I'm still in the
process of obtaining permission from The Barracks
residents and party guests.