⏰ Party Timeline
| Time |
🚌 Recommended Route
🔗
Park at Green Lake Park & Ride by 11:30 AM. Catch the 62 bus by 11:42 — it might leave early! Arrives ~12:00 PM.
|
Lisa & Other Guests | Bryan & Mark |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11:30 AM | Arrive at Green Lake Park & Ride | Lisa & Elaine look for parking. Start of when guests start looking for parking. | — |
| 11:42 AM | Catch 62 Bus (may leave early!) | — | — |
| 11:55–12:00 PM | Arrive at Octopus Bar | Lisa & Elaine arrive, wait for bar to open. Guests start trickling in | — |
| 12:00 PM | — | Bar opens + cake delivery from Jim, Brena, Sean | — |
| 12:00–12:30 PM | All bus guests settle in | People arrive | — |
| 12:15 PM | — | — | Mark picks up Bryan |
| 12:30–1:00 PM | — | Everyone should be at the bar! | They look for parking |
| 12:45–1:00 PM | — | — | 🎉 Surprise Bryan as they arrive! |
🎂 Cake, Menu & Bar Etiquette
🧽 Please reuse your glass when possible and bus your own dishware to the bar area after eating. Let's keep it clean and easy for the staff (and the surprise guest 😉).
🍰 Cake Flavors
- 5” Champagne & Strawberries (Top Tier)
- 7” Cookies & Cream (Bottom Tier)
- 8” Devil’s Food w/ Vanilla Buttercream & Bittersweet Ganache
- 6” Tiramisu Cake
🚗 Getting to the Bar
🚨 Best Option: Green Lake Park & Ride + Bus
Parking will be extremely limited near the bar. The easiest and most reliable option is to:
- Park at Green Lake Park & Ride (free and usually has space!)
- Take the 62 bus directly to The Octopus Bar — it’s only a ~15 minute ride
We've even got your route ready to go:
Tap the image to open Google Maps directions!
🤷 If You're Really Set on Driving...
For full driving and parking info, including risks and nearby options, please scroll to the Driving section on the main page.
💬 Shoutouts & RSVP Reminder
👏 Thank You to the MVPs
This party came together with the help, support, and stealth of some truly wonderful humans:
- Brena – Cake research and shopping MVP 🍰
- Sean, Fernando & Nate – Creating edible D&D dice + Sean’s designing a party favor for guests 🎲
- Brena, Sean & Jim – Cake transport heroes
- Elaine – Party favor guardian (her house is basically HQ)
- Mark West – The one bringing the birthday boy 👀
- Eric Konen – Surprise backup escort (in case Mark can't 😅)
- Thomas Miller & Nick Rodgers – Helped brainstorm the perfect cake quote
- Jason Kuc – My party alibi.
- Pat Clark – Our resident DJ, my great friend. Music vibes incoming 🎶
- Trevor Marsh – For generously hosting us at his bar
- The Octopus staff – Big thanks to the bartender & cook working that day!
- The CakeWalk Shop (Everett) & Rosellini’s (Seattle) – For the sweet masterpieces
- Bryan – For being the kind of person worth throwing a surprise for 💛
📣 I'm locking the headcount soon! The bar needs an RSVP count, and I’ll be reaching out to a few of Bryan’s friends to help spread the word.
👉 If you’re on this list, I’ll be texting you directly to make sure the RSVP reminder gets out to folks who haven’t filled out the form yet. Feel free to pass it along or check in with anyone you're close to.
✅ Already notified:
👉 If you’re on this list, I’ll be texting you directly to make sure the RSVP reminder gets out to folks who haven’t filled out the form yet. Feel free to pass it along or check in with anyone you're close to.
✅ Already notified:
- Andgela (updated)
- Cheyanne
- Christian
- Chris Weber (updated)
- Darren and Dani (updated)
- Eddie (updated)
- Emily Lobitos
- Eric Konen
- Flavio (via Alex)
- James Medina
- Mark West
- Nick Rodgers
- Pete Lee
- Rafa Parras
- Thomas Miller