I hope you have had the chance to experience the Contributor newspaper. If you haven’t, you are missing out big! http://www.thecontributor.org/main/ The Contributor is a street newspaper designed to help the homeless help themselves. They buy the newspapers for .25 and sell them for $1. They are also allowed to keep any tips. If you see a homeless person selling the Contributor on the side of the road, they are legit. They work hard. They must work sober. And this is a great financial rehabilitation program for the homeless.
Nikki and I had the privilege of attending their “Disposables” benefit last night. We shared dinner with the vendors as well as looked over their photography they had for sale. All of the photos were taken with disposable cameras. Some of their artwork was quite magnificent. It was such an inspiring evening. It was also freezing. I couldn’t help but think about these homeless folks and cringe at the thought of a single person being stuck out in the freezing cold weather overnight.
After the Art show was over, Nikki and I decided we were not quite ready to call it a night. Even though it was freezing, we decided to do a little walking. We bundled up and headed to Hotel Indigo which houses a fabulous two story Starbucks. On our way, we discovered an art walk was going on. So Nikki and I stopped spontaneously into a couple of the shops, which proved to be fun and fascinating.
Once we made it to the hotel, I ordered a Venti decaf latte and Nikki ordered a hot chocolate. Nikki mentioned aloud that she wished she had some peppermint schnapps to go into her hot chocolate. The barista recommended the idea of going to the bar and getting a shot to put into our coffee.
What a great idea!!! So we both head to the bar. I request a shot of peppermint and one kahlua. He didn’t have peppermint, so I substituted for Malibu. We sneak our shots into our Starbuck coffees about the same time he is handing me our bill for the two shots… $8 I think.. ,maybe $10… it is a fancy hotel.., maybe $12. Nope… try $20!!!!!!!!!! $20 for two teeny weenie itty bitty shots of alcohol. Not even enough to get a fly drunk!!!
Of course, Nikki and I laughed it off. We then perused around the Hotel Indigo and checked out their art work.
We then headed back to the truck, but we were still having a load of fun and we were still a little hungry. I convinced Nikki to go hang out at The Palm. We split a fabulous bottle of Malbec called La Linda from Argentina. We also had Calamari, a blue cheese/tomato salad, and Lobster Bisque. YUM!!!!
We then bundled up and made a B line to the truck. It was 19 degrees, YIKES! On the way home, we got behind a car that had a bumper sticker that said “I love Jesus” only Jesus was intentionally scratched out and it was replaced with "Blowjobs". How sad we commented. I mean really? If you love blow jobs great… good for you. But really scratch out the name of Jesus and replace it with “blowjobs”..so so wrong.. Of course it was no surprise to Nikki and I that he was completely alone on a Saturday night… Shocking, huh!
All in all our first date in 2011 turned out to be amazing. Thanks baby…everything is better with you! (Queue the audience throwing up and gagging) :) hee hee
Nikki and I had the privilege of attending their “Disposables” benefit last night. We shared dinner with the vendors as well as looked over their photography they had for sale. All of the photos were taken with disposable cameras. Some of their artwork was quite magnificent. It was such an inspiring evening. It was also freezing. I couldn’t help but think about these homeless folks and cringe at the thought of a single person being stuck out in the freezing cold weather overnight.
After the Art show was over, Nikki and I decided we were not quite ready to call it a night. Even though it was freezing, we decided to do a little walking. We bundled up and headed to Hotel Indigo which houses a fabulous two story Starbucks. On our way, we discovered an art walk was going on. So Nikki and I stopped spontaneously into a couple of the shops, which proved to be fun and fascinating.
Once we made it to the hotel, I ordered a Venti decaf latte and Nikki ordered a hot chocolate. Nikki mentioned aloud that she wished she had some peppermint schnapps to go into her hot chocolate. The barista recommended the idea of going to the bar and getting a shot to put into our coffee.
What a great idea!!! So we both head to the bar. I request a shot of peppermint and one kahlua. He didn’t have peppermint, so I substituted for Malibu. We sneak our shots into our Starbuck coffees about the same time he is handing me our bill for the two shots… $8 I think.. ,maybe $10… it is a fancy hotel.., maybe $12. Nope… try $20!!!!!!!!!! $20 for two teeny weenie itty bitty shots of alcohol. Not even enough to get a fly drunk!!!
Of course, Nikki and I laughed it off. We then perused around the Hotel Indigo and checked out their art work.
We then headed back to the truck, but we were still having a load of fun and we were still a little hungry. I convinced Nikki to go hang out at The Palm. We split a fabulous bottle of Malbec called La Linda from Argentina. We also had Calamari, a blue cheese/tomato salad, and Lobster Bisque. YUM!!!!
We then bundled up and made a B line to the truck. It was 19 degrees, YIKES! On the way home, we got behind a car that had a bumper sticker that said “I love Jesus” only Jesus was intentionally scratched out and it was replaced with "Blowjobs". How sad we commented. I mean really? If you love blow jobs great… good for you. But really scratch out the name of Jesus and replace it with “blowjobs”..so so wrong.. Of course it was no surprise to Nikki and I that he was completely alone on a Saturday night… Shocking, huh!
All in all our first date in 2011 turned out to be amazing. Thanks baby…everything is better with you! (Queue the audience throwing up and gagging) :) hee hee
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