AUGUST 30, 2008 – SAN PEDRO, CA. – It will be a hat time in the old town at the Fourth Annual Lobster Breakfast fundraiser at 7:30 am Friday, Sept. 19 when the San Pedro Rotary Club hosts 250 guests as local Red Hat Ladies square off on opening day of the Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival with a lobster hat competition.
San Pedro’s notorious red hat gang, the Cranberry Tarts, goes for round three against Lomita’s Dames of Whinin’ Roses for the coveted Official Crown of the King of Crustaceans, and win a $500.00 donation to the charity of their choice.
“We’re in this to win, not just for the halibut,” said Cranberry Tart and past champion Vice-Queen Dorothy Matich.
“This time we’re going to knock them off their perch,” responded The Dames of Whinin’ Roses. “The can carp all they want, but this year they are going to need all the kelp they can get to beat us. When we’re done with them they’ll be singing to a different tuna.” The annual lobster hat throwdown is organized by local chapters of the Red Hat Society who bills itself as a “national dis-organization” whose qualifications include being over 50 and attending meetings in full regalia (huge red hat, purple outfit and usually a bright crimson feather boa).
“In four short years the Lobster Breakfast has become a great local fundraiser for the San Pedro Rotary Club and kickoff for the Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival,” said Jim Hall, Lobster Festival producer. “Through events like the Lobster Breakfast, First Class Ticket sales, and other opportunities we have been able to donate over $130,000.00 to local non-profits.”
Tickets are $10.00 each with 100% of the proceed going to Rotary. Seating is limited, but the public may attend by calling the Caroline Brady at 310-831-0603. The breakfast menu includes an all-you-can-eat lobster casserole buffet, sliced fruit, coffee and juice. All food and expenses are donated by San Pedro Fish Markets and the Port of Los Angeles Lobster Festival. The competition is held in the upstairs banquet room at San Pedro Fish Markets.
