Oh, lucky 13! The 13th Annual Valentines Bash was a smash. I was especially happy for the lucky folks who had to catch the black garbage bag that Dan Savage so gently threw into the crowd—a garbage bag that contained one unlucky breakup sweater that some nice gentlemen “took care of” in the men’s urinal.

It was great this year. I laughed, almost cried. What were your favorite moments? Tons more photos after the jump…

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Photography by Claire Price

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All photos Claire Price, video coming soon…

Kelly O—formerly a Stranger staff photographer, music writer, Drunk of the Week columnist, and more!—finished art school and a soul-crushing internship at a corporate advertising agency in Detroit,...

12 replies on “The 13th Annual Valentines Bash!”

  1. I know this is kind of a dumb question…. but how do you deal with the insurance issues surrounding chainsaws, blowtorches, and crossbows?

  2. I know this is kind of a dumb question…. but how do you deal with the insurance issues surrounding chainsaws, blowtorches, and crossbows?

  8. I had a seriously awesome time – got Dan to smash a fondue pot gifted by my impotent, alchoholic, self-destructive ex, and was gifted with goodies afterwards!

    I will be using the free week at Lovelab to contact numerous sober hotties. Thanks, Stranger staff! Thanks, sweaty and sympathetic Seattleites!

  9. Hello Attitude Devant and Fifty-Two-Eighty,

    Yup! My Strat is back, and such a thing of beauty. She and I(along with a bottle of Wild Turkey 101) are doing some Diving Duck Blues on the President’s Day.

    Hope your day was fabulous as well.

  10. That’s my book up there! I think it made a very poignant photograph in the end; a good representation of the marriage that should never have been. Haha!

    Rebekah, we got a free week at Lovelab in the goodies? Shit, I should’ve read those things…

  12. I had a fantastic time! Dan macheted the fuck out of Sandra Bullock for me, and I ran into a couple of coworkers. I tried to use my free cupcake as an icebreaker to meet women, but to no avail.
    I look forward to next year’s bash!

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