HEY EVERYBODY OUT THERE IN THE ETHER.  HOPE ALL IS WELL.  BUSY BUSY HERE:

TORTURED ON 24, OPEN HEART SURGERY ON GREY'S ANATOMY, INVESTIGATING VAMPIRE MURDERS ON TRUE BLOOD (NEW ALAN BALL SERIES FOR HBO).  BONNIE'S RECURRING ON CHUCK (TIGHT ASSED GENERAL BECKMAN: WE LIKE REHEARSING HER SCENES AT HOME . . .)

 

BUT THE REASON I'M WRITING:  I WANT TO INVITE LA CENTRIC PALS AND ACQUAINTANCES TO ATTEND THE POSADA, A TERRIFIC EVENT HOSTED BY THE AIDS SERVICE CENTER ON DECEMBER 1 IN PASADENA.  THE POSADA IS A 2 MILE WALK (REALLY MORE OF A LEISURELY STROLL) THROUGH DOWNTOWN PASADENA TO COMMEMORATE AND HONOR THOSE WE'VE LOST TO HIV/AIDS.  IT TAKES PLACE AROUND DUSK, IS CANDLELIT (WELL, FAKE CANDLES, BUT SUCH IS THE ERSATZ AGE WE LIVE IN: FIRE MARSHAL BOB MUST BE LISTENED TO), TAKES IN GORGEOUS CHURCHES, CIVIC INSTITUTIONS, ETC.,  INCORPORATES BEAUTIFUL MUSIC AND OTHER FANCY- PANTS ARTISTIC THINGS (NO MIMES, HOWEVER), AND - THIS PART'S REALLY IMPORTANT - MAKES THE AIDS SERVICE CENTER A BUCK.

 

HOPEFULLY.

 

THIS PART, REMEMBER, IS IMPORTANT.  IF YOU COME TO WALK, DROP A FEW CLAMS.  IT CAN BE 5 OR 10 CLAMS, REALLY.  THE MORE THE MERRIER,  THE COOLER THE EVENT, AND THE MORE COMPELLING THE MESSAGE (PRESS COVERAGE, YA KNOW).  

 

AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, MAYBE PASS THE WORD ON TO YOUR PALS?  OR BETTER YET - BRING YOUR PALS!  OR HAVE THEM SUPPORT YOU BY PLEDGING THEIR SUPPORT TO THE ASC, I.E., YOU WALK, THEY PAY!   IN FACT, EVEN IF YOU'RE NOT LIVING IN LA, YOU CAN STILL SUPPORT THE ASC, WHICH DOES FABULOUS WORK!  (FOR THOSE OFYOU WHO DON'T KNOW FROM PREVIOUS APPEALS:  THE ASC PROVIDES A RAFT OF SERVICES TO UNDERPRIVILEGED PEOPLE THROUGHOUT LA COUNTY WHO ARE AFFECTED/AFFLICTED BY HIV AIDS - FOOD, SHELTER, MEDICAL ATTENTION, PSYCHIATRIC SERVICES, TOYS FOR THE KIDS AT XMAS TIME, YOU NAME IT).

 

ATTACHED YOU'LL FIND A LINK TO THE AIDS SERVICE CENTER'S POSADA WEBSITE WHICH GIVES YOU MORE SKINNY THAN I CAN GIVE YOU HERE.   YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF OPTIONS WHEN YOU GO TO THE SITE.  YOU CAN FORM YOUR OWN TEAM, OR YOU CAN JOIN OUR TEAM AS WALKERS, OR - IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT, BUT YOU'D LIKE TO TIP YOUR CAP - YOU CAN SPONSOR US.  OUR TEAM IS CALLED "BONNIE AND JOHN'S TEAM".  I WANTED TO CALL IT SOMETHING SMART-ASSY BUT BETTER MINDS INTERVENED. 

 

BONNIE AND I DO THIS EVERY YEAR, IT TAKES ABOUT TWO HOURS, IT MAKES YOU FEEL GREAT, IT'S NOT TOO EXPENSIVE, IT'S PRETTY, AND YOU'RE DONE IN TIME FOR COCKTAILS IN PASADENA. 

 

WHO CAN BEAT THAT? 

 

XOX JB