SFKossacks Holiday Party 2011

by: navajo

Tue Oct 11, 2011 at 13:26:15 PM PDT

Our party this year will be held at the Wine County home of Andrew McGuire of California OneCare.  Andrew's home is a few minutes from Windsor's Old Town Square about 8 to 10 minutes from Healdsburg Town Square.

Don't worry about the weather, Andrew's home is large enough to hold us all inside if it rains, there are large covered porches so people can sit outside. There is a lovely 10 to 30 minute walk you can go on from Andrew's property which is surrounded by vineyards. Bring footwear to handle mud if it rains.

DATE: Saturday, November 19th
TIME: 1:00 PM
LOCATION: Will be given by email to RSVPs

On Saturday, November 19th the SFKossacks will gather for a midday potluck event, potluck signup is below. Eight board members of California OneCare will join us, they include Kossacks nyceve and Shockwave. At 5:00 PM, Norman Solomon will join us.
MAJOR UPDATE: THE 7PM FUND RAISER HAS BEEN CANCELED BUT MR. SOLOMON WILL STILL JOIN US AT 5:00 PM FOR DESSERT.

before the 7:00 PM evening fundraiser Andrew is holding for Mr. Solomon.

Andrew McGuire cordially invites you for desserts, wine, coffee, etc., and most importantly to meet our friend, author and progressive political activist Norman Solomon.

Join us in supporting Norman's Congressional campaign to succeed Lynn Woolsey in the newly redrawn North Coast congressional district. Though this is an opportunity to get to know Norman, it is also a fundraiser! A donation is not required, but please bring your checkbooks and credit cards.

Andrew wants me to reiterate that donations from SFKossacks are NOT mandatory to attend the evening event. It's a nice opportunity to meet like minded persons.

Please RSVP in the comments. The final RSVP and Potluck list will live here at SFKossacks.

RSVP and POTLUCK LIST:

Need more wine and salads.
Dessert is being provided, so no more is needed.

Andrew and the board of One Care will be providing BBQ'd Salmon and other seafood. Andrew will also be providing all the heavy duty paper plates and plastic utensils.

1. navajo (I'd like to buy a bunch of meat to grill, I have a great chipotle skirt steak recipe that all carnivores will love, who wants to pitch in money to help me buy enough?, side pocket, smiley creek, paradise50, ceebee7 and Glen the Plumber have volunteered)

2. side pocket (two hors d'oeuvre's, beer + contributing to meat budget)
3. Mrs. side pocket

4. Hunter
5. Elfling + offspring  (cookies!)

6. Sally Cat (autumn spice cake) (attendance tentative)
7. Mr. Sally Cat (attendance tentative)

8. maggie jean (Southwest black beans and rice)

9. Cali Scribe (wine)
10. Mr. Cali Scribe

11. Malacandra (non-alcoholic beverages)

12. Smiley Creek (contributing to meat budget)
13. Paradise50 (contributing to meat budget)

14. Glen the Plumber (contributing to meat budget + wine and kid's drinks)
15. remembrance + offspring

16. Catilinus !!! (tamales!!!) (boo hoo, may not be able to make it)

17. nyceve
18. Shockwave

19. cooper888 (Curtis) (Tortellini, Broccoli and cherry tomato salad + a couple of bottles of wine)
20. Mr. cooper888 (Mooney)

21. Gina Cooper (wine)
22. Rob

23. ceebee7 (contributing to meat budget)

24. barkingcat

25. Water Willow

26. kimoconnor (needs ride from the city taking BART to Fruitvale and riding with norm.)

27. Richard Lyon (casserole thingy)

28. Elisa Batista +Ari & Eli (homemade mac n' cheese)

29. Kaili Joy Gray (angry mouse)

30. Ebby (quacamole and chips)
31. Bustergirl (non-alcoholic drinks)

32. Arlene Blum (pronounced Bloom) Arlene needs a ride from Berkeley, anyone? ceebee7 will be driving Arlene. Thanks ceebee7! Andrew's friend Arlene is a famous climber, click her name for info.

33. norm! (and he's bringing his special nuts plus Mark West Pinot Noir!) (Car pooling with kimoconnor, has room for 3 more if you can get yourself to the Fruitvale BART station) go norm!

34. Meteor Blades (assorted soft drinks)

35. jotter (salad and some wine and meat money)
36. ahaaha

37. BentLiberal
38.
39.
40.

Dinner with Jill Richardson plus Donations Needed for Farmworkers and their Families

by: navajo

Mon Oct 17, 2011 at 12:30:13 PM PDT

MAJOR UPDATE! MONDAY OCT. 31ST: JILL IS CANCELING AND WILL NOT ATTEND. THE SHOW HOWEVER WILL GO ON. METEOR BLADES IS STILL ATTENDING BOTH THE DINNER AND THE TOUR ARE ON. I'M SENDING PRIVATE EMAILS TO ALL THE RSVPs TODAY. --Neeta

UPDATE FROM JILL:
Here are the details from Ann that we've got so far. She wants to know if people have questions they want to ask the farmworkers so she can plan which people we'll meet with based on who can answer questions the best. And she's asking donations on a sliding scale ($10-$50) to her nonprofit. She's also got her (EXCELLENT) book on farmworkers available for $25, which is a deal, since it goes for $55 full price.

(If anyone doesn't have the ability to donate I can cover you. -Neeta)

Meeting Place and time in Watsonville for tour:

Sunday, Nov. 6th at 2 PM in the parking lot behind the Burger King at the junction of Hwy 129 and Main St. in Watsonville.

Sunday Nov. 6th Tour RSVPs:
(you must supply your own transportation, Destination is Watsonville)

1. Jill Richardson
1. navajo
2. Meteor Blades
3. norm (norm's car is full now)
4. Glen the Plumber
5. remembrance
6. citisven (carpooling with norm)
7. Catilinus (carpooling with norm)
8. kimoconnor (carpooling with norm)
9. Bent Liberal

Norm has offered to carpool, Jill will be in Oakland and needs a ride. citisven also needs a ride. Perhaps citisven can take BART to Oakland and norm can pick him up at BART. What do you all think? Perhaps Catalinus would like to ride also.

Reposted from Daily Kos on behalf of Jill Richardson by navajo

SF Kossacks: Do you have more clothes than you know what to do with? Or some toys your kids never even play with? Or just a lot of compassion for fellow human beings in need? (Yeah, you're liberals, so I know you do.)

I'm heading up to the Bay Area in a few weeks around the time of a Food Justice conference I'm attending (Nov 4-8). On Nov 6, I'm going to skip out of the conference for a "Farmworker Reality Tour." (Want to come? I'm in the process of getting details on where/when/how much $.)

Together with Navajo, Meteor Blades, and Ann Lopez, the founder of the Center for Farmworker Families, we'll be meeting up with Mexican farmworkers and their families to learn about their lives. If you've got any donations for the farmworkers, we will be glad to bring them with us. Details on what is needed below.

Care package.

by: Moody Loner

Thu Sep 01, 2011 at 16:11:35 PM PDT

There are several wineries near here (yes, I live in what passes for wine country here. It is just like rain on your wedding day) as well as antiques, gift shops and souvenir stands.

What I was thinking was to spend the next month or two collecting stuff and shipping the box back there for you to divvy up.  

I won't have anything with a Confederate flag on it, as that sickens me. But t-shirts, small items, even some wine if it's possible to ship may be doable.

Just let me know if this is a good idea or not. And thank you again.

Orange Clouds aka Jill Richardson will be in town in NOVEMBER!

by: navajo

Thu Sep 01, 2011 at 15:46:35 PM PDT

Just wanted to give you a very early heads up that I'm visiting the Bay Area in November. And, actually, if anyone among the SF Kossacks wants to join me, I'm participating in a wonderful few days of events. You can see them here: http://www.foodsovereigntytour... - they are food and ag-related field trips that are organized in conjunction with the Community Food Security Coalition annual conference, which will be in Oakland. The field trips are Nov 4-5, the conference Nov 6-8. The field trips are amazing and expensive but worth it. The conference is great and also expensive ($240) and I'm not registered for it because that's just too much money for me to afford (esp since I get migraines from powerpoint projectors and don't go to many sessions for that reason). So I'll be up there Nov 4-5 for the field trips, and then Nov 6 a friend is taking me on a "Farmworker Reality Tour" to Watsonville to see how farmworkers live. She's fluent in Spanish and will be translating for me. I'd have to ask but I'm sure she'd be glad to have others along, although they might need to provide their own transportation. And I don't think there's a cost for going with us to meet the farmworkers, although I know she'd appreciate donations from anyone who participates, either money or clothes, food, and supplies that can go to the farmworkers and their families. She's got a non-profit set up so donations are tax deductible.

I'm gonna be staying with a friend in Oakland and Nov 4-6 will be busy days for me, but before/after that are free. I don't know how long I'm staying for but I figure that it would be easy enough to come a few days early or leave a few days late to make sure I have a chance to visit everyone who needs to be visited in the Bay Area.

Jill

I'll be in contact with Jill regarding her visit and we'll set up a dinner or pot luck event either before or after her conference.

Please leave a comment if you are interested about that or going on the Farm Worker Reality Tour.  I think that sounds very interesting and would make a great photo diary.

SAVE THE DATES: October 18 and November 19, 2011

by: navajo

Fri Jul 08, 2011 at 12:43:27 PM PDT

Vince Gill Event in October in Santa Rosa

Some of us are planning to go to the concert by Vince Gill on October 18, 2011 at 8 PM.

If you'd like to join us please purchase a ticket here: Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Santa Rosa.

Public tickets went on sale May 20th, fyi.

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Also, save the date of November 19, 2011 for another event in the Wine Country, near Healdsburg at the home of Andrew Mcguire of California OneCare.

There will be a PotLuck for SFKossacks noonish and then for those who want to stay there will be a fundraiser for Normon Solomon. http://www.solomonforcongress.com

Dinner with claude

by: navajo

Wed Sep 21, 2011 at 11:12:45 AM PDT

I will be in SanFran Oct 1-3, for a memorial service for one of the founding diggers, Peter Berg, who died in July.   The service will be Sat. evening 5pm til late and is open, if anyone would care to attend.  The service is at the Randall Museum.    http://planet-drum.net/ [can answer your questions.]

Please send claude a kosmail if you are interested in attending this memorial service with him.

Dinner with Claude
Oct. 2nd, Sunday 6:00 P.M.
Andalu
3198 16th St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
Cross Street: Guerrero St.
Phone: (415) 621-2211
It's 2 blks. from 16th and Mission BART.

The group menu is between $20 and $24 per person and the whole table has to choose one or the other price. Beverages extra.

RSVP LIST:

1. claude
2. Clane (Claude's daughter)
3. norm
4. side pocket
5. Mrs. side pocket?
6. maggie jean
7. Glen the Plumber
8. Mrs. Glen the Plumber
9. Lorikeet
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.

I'm sorry everyone. I have to fly outta town. I'm so bummed to miss this. My First Lieutenant side pocket will be in charge of this dinner so please send him a KosMail if you need help. --Neeta aka navajo

Whoa! Heads up! The lovely vicki will be here soon!

by: navajo

Mon Sep 05, 2011 at 18:41:02 PM PDT

Arrive Sept 10, staying in American Canyon till Wed, 14th, move up to Silverado till Friday.  Evenings free 10th - 13th.

Arrive SFO Hilton late afternoon Fri, Sept 16. Free time till Red Eye on Sat, 17th.

Looks like Fri, 16th is my best night for goofing around, or Saturday afternoon.

I'll be outta town the 9th-13th and won't be available on her free nights of the 10th-13th when she is in American Canyon. If you're available for her please send me an email and I'll connect you.

I will be available for the evening of the 16th so let's have a group dinner at least and maybe hit a karaoke place afterward. I'll hammer out details in a few, check back.  Please leave a comment below if you'd like to join us on the 16th.  So SAVE THE DATE: SEPT. 16TH FOR DINNER!

I'd also like to see if there is some outing we can do on the 17th during the day before her red-eye.  I'll check the museums and such.

From vicki's last visit:

http://www.dailykos.com/story/...

http://sfkossacks.net/diary/15...

She's a lot of fun so sign up below for all misbehaving.

SFKossacks Dinner for rfall & Oke

by: navajo

Thu Jul 28, 2011 at 12:55:40 PM PDT

The dinner is to say good bye to Oke and rfall who have moved to Iowa.

SFKossacks Meetup: August 6th

by: LaughingPlanet

Sun Jul 03, 2011 at 14:11:07 PM PDT

Ever since SallyCat's little shindig, I have been on the clock for hosting a little soiree for the hip cats of the Bay. My new employment gig has made me kick the can a bit, but I have not reneged my offer. Initially I had hoped to make it happen in July June May, but stuff kept coming up and some folks couldn't attend any weekend that worked for me.

Sooo....barring SNAFU galore, let us make it official, if that is possible.

SFKossacks' East Bay Soiree:
August 6th
Montclair (Oakland Hills)
4PM - 8pm ???

Some people seem to think my view seems nice and that this place would be a fun location to hang out for a few hours.

Project for Native Americans?

by: FFDAR

Sun Jun 19, 2011 at 14:13:18 PM PDT

Roll Call for Netroots Nation 2011

by: navajo

Thu Apr 28, 2011 at 16:25:40 PM PDT

I got permission from Mary Rickles to reserve tables this year so there won't be ANY confusion like last year. I'd hate to release jotter the kraken again.

I'll try to snag our tables as soon as possible. I'll aim for the third row from the stage and as close to the center as possible. There will be reserved signs for SFKossacks and NAN.

SFKossacks:

1. Oke
2. rfall
3. maggiejean
4. MrPlow
5. Jeff in CA
6. Mrs. Jeff in CA
7. Barbara
8. smileycreek
9. paradise50
10. norm (maybe) (Hang in there norm)
11. side pocket
12. Mrs. side pocket
13. trashablanca (Honorary SFKossack)
14. sberel  (Honorary SFKossack)
15. Kaili Joy Gray
16. jotter
17. aha aha (Mrs. jotter)
18. shockwave (honorary SFKossack)
19. shanikka
20. Andrew McGuire
21. Nyceve
22. vicki (honorary SFKossack)
23. Julie Gulden (honorary SFKossack)
24. boran2 (honorary SFKossack)
25. JanF (honorary SFKossack)
26. Bill in Portland Maine (honorary SFKossack)
27. Common Sense Mainer (honorary SFKossack)
28.
29.
30.

Native American Netroots:

1. Neeta aka navajo
2. Meteor Blades
3. 4Freedom
4. TheFatLadySings
5. Ray Ortiz, guest of TFLS
6. Land of Enchantment
7. jnhobbs
8. Guest #1 with TFLS
9. Guest #2 with TFLS
10. occams hatchet (honorary NAN member)

Sunday dining at Pier 23 for Mother's Day

by: navajo

Thu May 05, 2011 at 16:35:29 PM PDT

We're meeting this Sunday for lunch on the Embarcadero.



OK. Made a reservation at Pier 23 at 1 PM for 8

Extremely casual (probably why it's not booked for Mother's day) but nice view, love the location.

Most places were booked. Fog City Diner? nothing

10 minute walk from BART dude.

1. navajo

2. dweb8231

3. justiceputnam

4. jotter

5. aha aha (mrs. jotter)

6. jpmassar

7. FogCityJohn

8. boatsie

9. Oke

10. rfall

I'm pretty sure our table could grow.  The more SFKossacks the better.

Then if anyone is interested I'd be up for a walk up the Embarcadero and then back to BART dude.  I'm not a hat person so I may bring my DIVA parasol. Then again, maybe not...  ;)

So:

Pier 23 Cafe Restaurant

Sunday

1:00 PM

Party of 8

MAP

by navajo on Tue May 03, 2011 at 06:32:55 PM PDT

Update Thursday, May 5th:
Citisven will try to connect up with us after 4PM, he has my cell and maybe we can swing back and have a drink with him back at Pier 23 after our walk.

Stanford Powwow Mother's Day Weekend

by: navajo

Thu May 05, 2011 at 12:57:37 PM PDT

http://www.stanfordpowwow.org/...

The best time to attend is for the Grand Entry:

Friday the 6th at 7PM
Saturday the 7th at 1PM and 7PM
Sunday the 8th at 1PM.

There are food and craft/art booths from 5PM Friday until Sunday 6PM

Bring a lawn chair.

Please leave a comment if you're attending.

My favorite time to attend is Friday evening. I will likely make my daughter Megan go with me.

I could also meet some folk on Saturday afternoon.

On Sunday I will be in the city meeting some other SFKossacks for lunch. See this comment for those details:
http://www.dailykos.com/commen...
This was also done last minute wise.

RNinNC is Hosting a STOP AIDS: Dining Out For Life Event

by: navajo

Mon Apr 04, 2011 at 12:23:55 PM PDT

Please join RNinNC and his partner Frank Thursday, April 28th at Andalu for an evening to benefit STOP AIDS Project.

You are invited to join us on Thursday, April 28th as we host an evening at Andalu restaurant for Dining Out for Life. Andalu will donate 25% of your meal check and 100% of the raffle sales to The STOP AIDS Project.

Andalu is one of our favorite restaurants!! They offer an amazing selection of eclectic small plates including Coca Cola Braised Short Ribs and Miso Glazed Sea Bass - all with a full bar and 40 wines by the glass!

If you are unable to join us that evening, you may still participate by making a one time donation or enter the Dining Out for Life Raffle for the chance to win some great prizes including a pair of airline tickets, hotel and restaurant gift certificates a 5 day luxury stay in Mexico, and more!

To purchase raffle tickets, choose a donor level listed below and enter it in the "Enter Donation Amount Here" box, to the left.

Donor Levels:
Platinum - $500 - 120 chances to win!
Gold - $250 - 60 chances to win!
Silver - $100 - 24 chances to win!
Bronze - $25 - 6 chances to win!

Thank you for supporting us in our fundraising efforts for the STOP AIDS Project. Your contribution is greatly appreciated and we look forward to seeing you at Andalu on April 28th.

For more information or to make your reservations, please visit:
www.andalusf.com
or call (415) 621-2211.

Andalu - www.andalusf.com
3198 16th St. @ Guerrero, San Francisco, CA

Seating is limited and reservations are required.

Neeta aka navajo here, I've made a reservation for a table of six through OpenTable, who would like to join me?

It is now Party of two.  See you soon Mike!

1.  Neeta aka navajo
2.  jotter
.

Action in SF - United for Peace and Justice

by: dirkster42

Tue Mar 08, 2011 at 07:53:23 AM PST

TODAY, March 8, there is a Mothers March to End Poverty, Criminalization, War, and Poverty.

4:30 - 6:30, at 16th St. and Mission.

On March 20, there is an Interfaith Prayer Circle for Peace and Justice

10:30 (AM), United Nations Plaza.

You can find out more information in the links.