Another Lovely Gathering at Arlington Community Garden

A lovely day, wonderful food, a chance to meet new folks and spend time just hangin' out together. Thanks, Judy and everyone else who helped out.

Michelle

well, after some consternation and working with bureaucracy we finally got the event for Michelle together

Story: we talked with Michelle to see what she would like to do and after mulling it over it was decided that we would organize a barbecue for last Saturday, Dec. 5.  We told Michelle to invite whoever she wanted, we scouted the available sites and decided on one, we got the menu together, and, unable to locate Michelle's "social worker" who, we were told, could get the approval we needed, we went to people we know at LHH - and, on Friday, Michelle distributed flyers to everyone on her ward.

We thought we were all set until we got a flurry of phone calls from the Doctor and activity therapist on Michelle's ward. "you're having a barbecue and we didn't know about it..."  "there's protocol..." "how are people getting there??"

Although it wasn't a barbecue (this time) we ended up having a great party (bingo, pulled pork, steak, hot links, potato salad, cole slaw, 2 cakes, etc) in a wonderful space on the 7th floor - we must have had at least 15 people plus those who dropped by accidentally (?) - and, now we know how to get it done the way we want - a little weary but very gratifying

Jose

met with Jose today and he and I went to Corneta on Mission St. where we are having a get-together for his friends on Wed. Dec. 16 - from 4-6 in the afternoon
Please join us
We'll host the food, you can host your drinks
It was fun talking with him as he had his Tamarind drink (good for the GI system) and I had my favorite -
melon
he and I also discussed tennis - point systems, the courts (clay,cement,grass,wood, etc) there's always something interesting coming from him

Jose continues to work on his justice campaign and is constantly finding new angles -