SAVE THIS DATE FOR THE ANNUAL L.O. HOLIDAY PARTY!!!  The Laguna Outreach annual Holiday Party and White-Elephant Gift Exchange has been a tradition for many years.  Casual to semi-formal attire welcome.  Please join us for great food, holiday music and a lively gift exchange.  It won't be the same without YOU!

Bring a potluck dish to share, as well as your perfect gag gift (under $10) for the White Elephant Gift Exchange.  Also bring a friend, or make a new one there!  We'll look forward to seeing you all at the gayest, grandest event of the season!

Free Admission for Members, $5 Admission for Non-Members

OUR FAMOUS DON'T COOK TONIGHT! event is dark in November since it trades months with Great Conversations, and will be replaced in December with our Annual Holiday Party.  This group tours various OC restaurants for fun and friendship, and the cost is only what you order off the menu -- but the friendship is FREE!

Stay tuned for the location food choice details for the next meeting of this fun-filled dining-out group.  This event will be led by our new group leader, Robyn Wilson.  So, take a break from the kitchen and join us next month at our Holiday Party!

PLEASE JOIN US THIS MONTH WHEN GREAT CON ADDRESSES GRATITUDE. Wikipedia definition: Gratitude, appreciation, or thankfulness is a positive emotion or attitude in acknowledgement of a benefit that one has received or will received.  In the month that we celebrate Thanksgiving - what are YOU grateful or thankful for?  Join us for a very special evening.

This group is now meeting every other month on ODD months of the year (hint: Nov-08, 09: Jan, Mar, May, etc.), and hosted by our very own Laguna Outreach Co-Chair, Mary Barsaleau.  These activities are not potlucks, so we're ever so grateful to the host who provides light refreshments and opens their home to this wonderful group.

Dr. Frank Patti facilitates Great Conversations and is a psychotherapist with a private practice in Santa Ana.  Suggestions for future Great Conversation topics can be sent to DrFrankPatti@cox.net.

Free Admission for Members, $5 Admission for Non-Members

THIS MONTH, ON POST-TURKEY DAY, L.O. WILL BE SHOWING another fabulous gay-themed film from Germany.  The film is entitled Regular Guys and is simply fabulous!!  A review of this show quotes: "Aimed at mainstream audiences, this German sex comedy centers on Frankfurt police officer Cristoph who gets blind drunk after his girlfriend breaks up with him and he ends up the next morning in bed with Edgar, a homosexual auto mechanic.  Poor Cristoph is beside himself trying to figure out whether or not he and Edgar .... " Does this sound interesting?  Join us to find out what happens to Cristoph!

As always, this showing will take place at Cap's House.  The heated spa will be open for your bathing pleasure, so bring a bathing suit and towel!  Please also bring a potluck dish to share - you pick it - and we'll all enjoy it!  Hope you can join us for another great movie night!

Free Admission for Members, $5 Admission for Non-Members

UCLA - USC FOOTBALL RIVALRY GAME!  After 77 games, the perennial football rivalry between Southern California's chief football schools gives USC 42 wins to UCLA's 28.  Seven of the 77 games ended in ties.  UCLA, however, maintains the longest winning streak in the rivalry -- eight years from 1991 to 1998.  USC lost the opportunity to match that record after ending a seven-year winning streak (1999 to 2005) in the 2006 game.

Please join Laguna Outreach's own Cap (I-Have-USC-underwear) Capeloto as he roots for his Trojan buddies vs Frank (I-Dream-in-Blue-and-Gold) Patti as he roots for the boys from Westwood.  Hot Dogs and Beer will be provided by L.O. - bring your favorite Potato Salad recipe to participate in the "Potato Salad Contest".  See you there -- wear your team colors and bring your team spirit!