Yankee Swap

Come explore a Kamp Koop tradition: The Yankee Swap.  This is the 16th year in a row to run the event and it is always a smash!  Tommy, remember, no tawdry gifts this year or you will be forever black-listed.

Happy Holidays!

BLAZE

Kamp Koop is standing strong and united.  Thank you for your thoughts and concerns regarding the five alarm blaze at the kounselors' mess hall. 

BIG.NIGHT.LIGHT.

Kamp Koop will observe the lighting of the Washington Monument tonight with cider and cookies.  Bring your friends and leave the winter blues behind for a night.  Be careful not to look directly in George's eyes and watch out for Elmo.

Revival

Kids, the noon hot yoga session is canceled today as nostalgia for an era when lunch was Lunch (i.e. an event) reigns supreme. Get out of your spandex and into your "Sunday's finest" for gin, oysters and steak.  Enjoy.  Your grandfather would be proud.

One Year

The two founders of Kamp Koop celebrated one year of krazy with the kids last night with original recipe Kamp Koop Kay-sedillas!  Huzzah!

Flight Status

The buses leave for the National Air and Space Museum at 7:00PM.  Be prompt and wear your finest bomber jacket.  Pop Party to follow upon return at Kamp B. Hill North.

FistFights

Shall be taken out back behind the dumpsters

Full-ish

Happy Hour dinner specials are a racket: one is served just enough food to remain hungry, at which point happy hour ends and the foolish patron finds the bison burger the only satiating menu option, meaning one is forced to purchase an appetizer and a regular priced entree when the entree alone would have been enough sustenance in the first place.  This is as bad as or worse than the hidden overdraft fees charged by Bank of America.  And fattening.  Bummer.

If it Flies, It Dies

The kids at Kamp Koop enjoyed an afternoon of gun toting good fun this past Sunday.  Shots were fired and birds fell. They fell down. The "de facto" winner of the day was Maury.  Though his dismal skeet score in no way reflected his handicap (based solely on a sliding scale of charismatic chutzpah), his gray-scale garb, pumpkin slaying skills and dexterous verbosity (we now have a name for kounselor post-skeet kocktails: apres-skeet) won the adoration of the masses.


Mo, This Bud's for you

The Rundown

So much has happened over the past few weeks. A solo classical guitar serenade. A swinging laptop shindig. So many tapas. A crab feast. A happy birthday in the country. Tennis showdowns. Dinner parties on the square. Lost some campers to cross street. A guitar recital. Late night jazz jams. Courtyard parties. Sailing soirees. Cats. Furniture. Kosovo. Brazil. Baltimore. Recording sessions. The kids have done so much! Ellaboration to come!

Cheers gang. We're all so proud.

Feline Frisky

WTMD will have their final 2010 concert in the backyard tonight.  To celebrate, come to the Kamp Koop Garden After Party hosted by Roger Sterling the Cat featuring his new favorite band! 

Today at the Zoo

KAMP KOOP GOES APE!

BIRDS

The Swedish Kamper presented OWLS today at show 'n tell.  Everybody try your best owl impression!  How far can you spin your head around your neck?  Along with your usual search for unicorn poop in the woods, keep an eye out for owl pellets to dissect after sports on Sunday.

Beeeeezzzz

Wildflower Honey is the treat of choice today at Kamp Koop

Bus Driver

We regretfully announce the departure of our most tenured bus driver

Pasta Night

Kamp Koop had a rather successful pasta dinner last night.  Thank you to all those who helped roll and cut the dough.  Bonus points will be awarded to any camper who submits a report on the history of pasta.   


*Bonus points redeemable for ammunition, engraved knives, domestic beer and smokeless tobacco.

Dear America

Fun is only fun if it is organic. So stop sucking all the fun out of it.

Bookstore

Demand studies suggest it is time for Kamp Koop to offer team merchandise.  Our bookstore will be up and running shortly.  Be sure to check back soon!

AUTUMN...

it starts today and doesn't quit until the shortest day of the year.  happy harvests. 

Mobile Phone Etiquette

Let it be known that a call-back is expected when one misses a phone call on his/her mobile phone even when there is no voice mail or text message explicitly requesting a response.

Heeeeeeeeeeere's (to) Johnny!

Kamp Koop would like to thank Johns Hopkins University for sponsoring our recent field trip to Hershey Park.  Word of advice: stay off the swings.

LOST KAMPER!!!!!

LANKY ONE IS MISSING!
LAST SEEN ON LONG COUCH IN DORM ROOM 1 WEST.

PLEASE REPORT ANY INFORMATION.

50 Years!

HAPPY BDAY OPEC

KAMP KOOP: TRANSPORATION

We at Kamp Koop would like to thank Goldman Sachs for their recent charitable contribution to our fleet of vehicles.

Kampers:

With the change of season, we will make the switch from aquatic activities to racket recreation.  Tennis and Squash sign-up sheets are now up in the reading room.  Shoes and headbands are required to participate.

Tea Time

Three senior members of Kamp Koop were involved in a culinary kerfuffle.  The case of the Italian Panini from Cuba covered with American Cheese flabbergasted the brain-trust into wild epileptic fits of drop-ceiling terror and fluorescent light confusion.  The staff members recovered but a marble mouthed waiter bent their minds beyond normal human limits.  Wandering like a pack of drooling fools, the staff members used a local Asian market as a life boat back from the depths of the banal and found solace in a 20 LB bag of rice.

Dolphins

Remember to thank Pablo for the croquetas, a special addition to our Kamp Koop does Kuba lunch menu. Here  is some more reading to help you digest.  Cigars will be available to all Kampers at two in the main lobby.

-Patria o Muerte

Kuba

According to a recent conversation with a minor kounselor at  Kamp Koop: Denver, Kuba is an island of excitement and myriad eccentricities.  Her claim has merit so Fidel Kastro is the theme of kamp today.  Mix a planter's punch for breakfast and read this.

Friends,

We at Kamp Koop thank you for your support and patience as we end what turned out to be our busiest summer sessions on record!  After a whirlwind closure to the 2010 session (apologies to Antonio's parents/damn you jellyfish of the narrows Kent), the kounselors at Kamp Koop took some well needed R&R in the former Yougoslavia.  The jaunt in the Balkans was boundless and groundless, yet rather fruitful.  We are, once again, full of vigor and ready to bring you another season of unexpected vulgarities.  We begin with musical festivities on the main lawn with the sweetest adult beverages available through the window of the mess hall; just reach your hand in and fish around until you find your post-work treat.  Masks and costumes are available in the common area on the first floor of the NW building.  Bring your own body paint and a healthy dose of over-caffeinated energy. 

Fondly,
Robert
Kamp Koop Kommander (de Facto)

kamp koop kounselor konfligration

this is a shout out to all of the applicants (421...where did you all come from?).  Thanks!  Totally swamped sorting through headshots, etc...   there are only two positions available so this is going to be a really tough decision.  good luck all.

greetings blogo world

kurrently taking applications for kounselors.  send headshots.  kover letters not required.