Happy Hour/Raffle Results

I'm THRILLED to announce that the happy hour and raffle party at the HiFi bar in the marina I held last week with 2 of my teammates, Brooke and Casey, was a success!!

THANK YOU to all of my friends who came out all the way to the marina on a dreary, semi-rainy night and paid the $5 cover and bought raffle tickets to support us!! YOU ALL ROCK!!

THANK YOU to all of my friends who donated a raffle prize through their business or organization! It was so fun for me to see so many friends win great prizes donated by you ~ You really helped me make the event successful and fun! So big shouts out to: Sports Basement for donating gift certificates, Sassy Sweet Treats for donating the delicious tin tower filled with 2 dozen cookies and 1 dozen brownies, KFOG, World Class Rock! for donating live from the archive and new music sampler cds, Fruition Women's Health for donating a whole foods/organic cooking class, GQ for donating a year subscription to GQ Magazine, Full Of Joy Yoga for donating an adorable children's yoga book and to Lani, author of that book, for also making a homemade photo album, my friend Julie who makes and sells homemade portobello mushroom lasagna's (which you can order by emailing her at this email address: lllasagna@gmail.com), Koch Entertainment for donating a huge variety of cds and dvds, my friend AJ who donated a wine chiller and 5 bottles of his wine which I don't believe is for purchase so you can always check out his the restaurant he's working at now Cortez Restaurant, Snowden Vineyards for donating a signed magnum of cabernet sauvignon and last but not least to Bean & Leaf who donated a basket filled with 2 types of fresh roasted coffees, a coffee mug and organic chocolates. YOU ALL ROCK AS WELL!!

Aside from knowing some of the friendliest people around, there were a couple of local business I'd like to give a shout out to as well for donating raffle prizes: Baby Jak Blankets donated a baby blanket - these are THEE softest blankets around and they make adult ones as well, Rebecca is a friend of a friend and this is a local SF business, I am a loyal customer and when I asked she happily donated, Black Nose Trading Company donated a dog treat jar, they have a new store on divis and also do dog daycare and bathing, Walt is the owner there, he's really nice and his friendly dog can be found lying around the store, Tru Sake in Hayes Valley for donating a magnum of sake, despite his accountant telling him no more donations, owner Beau din't even hesitate to give me this great prize, Five Star Truffles a small truffle and coffee shop on Divis who donated 3 boxes of handmade truffles - Santos and Julio will take care of you there, don't forget to try the caramel truffle, it's to die for, and finally to The Yoga Tree for donating an 11 class yoga pass, Lance at the Castro location was so friendly to interact with, I've taken several workshops and yoga classes at yoga tree, I recommend checking them out if you haven't.

Please visit and support these businesses!! They were so generous to me.

Together, we all raised over $900 last Thursday for The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society! Brooke, Casey and I split that money 3 ways and I am again THRILLED to tell you that I was able to donate all $300 of my portion through a friend's work to get a 100% match ~ so you all helped me raise $600 towards my goal! How amazing is that?! Which means that I now have exactly $1,625 left to raise out of $4,400.

Of course I think this is a great cause and my hope is that someday a cure for cancer WILL be found. Until that day, this is probably not the last event I'll participate in but don't worry, I'll give you a break in between fundraisings. :)