Am I right?

Like, for instance, the event’s location is a secret until shortly before the event. Or, say, you’re not allowed to document it with your cell phone or share details on social media.

Some events I’ve been to in the past couple of years have required you to turn off your phone and stash it in a sealed envelope. Juicy. It makes you remember it in a whole different way, without the digital crutch.

I can’t be the only one who’s noticed, and I can’t be the only one who absolutely loves it.

This is not news to most everyone I know in the SF Bay Area. Is this happening all over? (Dear readers in lands far away, please do write me with that answer!)

It helps that I grew up in a much less digitally-connected world, and that I always carry around a pen and pad of paper in my purse. For digital natives, it’s feels novel, a fun little low-or-no-tech game. “Yay, it’s the ye olde days,” I hear them say.

Basically I think it’s this: too much knowledge of the party (well, most anything) spoils it. It’s like Googling the heck out of a potential date. Where’s the mystery? We are not our avatars!

We can all agree that Information spreads quickly on the Internet. What if you host an event that’s only “advertised” by word of mouth? Will enough people show?

I’m here to tell you: YES.

Will it feel more special? YES.

I think 2015 has been feeling very 1995 to me, and I love it.

[You all are part of THIS, right? JUST ASKING.]