And then we saw some parrots…
It’s Sunday night, after a long, and action packed weekend in San Francisco. Today, JJ and I attended morning services at Grace Cathedral, a beautiful, and welcoming Episcopal Church in the heart of San Francisco. Following services, we were introduced to the community by Reverend Alan Jones at a coffee hour and reception. Grace is one of the San Francisco Interfaith Council’s leading communities, and they’ve mobilized a strong and enthusiastic group of their members to join us, form a buying club, and make the dream of the SFIC campaign a reality. JJ and I had the honor of introducing our dear Rita Semel to the assembled congregants, and gave our shortest presentation to date—I think it was less than ten minutes between the two of us. Many thanks to the Grace Community, and in particular, Will Scott, for organizing this wonderful event. We look forward to working together in the future!
We broke for lunch, JJ and I joined by Curt and Ellen of Jem/Glo fame (see below “On the Silver Screen), David Funkhouser of TransfairUSA, my wonderful girlfriend Hayley Ross, and our art director and website designer extraordinaire Sven “long limbs” Sandberg. After a tasty meal at San Francisco’s hip and eco-conscious Ferry Building we returned to our car, only to be diverted by a flock of…you guessed it, parrots. The famed Parrots of Telegraph Hill. So there we were, an eclectic group of friends, watching a bunch of parrots in San Francisco. Thanks to Curt for the great picture!
We made our way to Congregation Emanu-El, where two days before, we had been hosted for a beautiful Friday night Shabbat service. There surrounded by hundreds of young folks, we hawked our wares at their fair trade gift fair, and Purim celebration. Thanks to Mollie Schneider, Director of Young Adult Programming at Emanu-El for organizing the great event, and for making sure that JJ had a slot in the talent show. As usual, JJ brought the house down with his words and music. I only wish that I’d been better able to explain the J-Date skit to my friend from Uganda, there are some things that just don’t make sense unless you’re an American (or maybe even if you are!).
March 13th, 2007 at 1:32 pm
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November 19th, 2007 at 4:20 pm
Parrots are very cool pets, never saw wild parrots like those. They would make good pets with the proper Parrot Training .