Drink, dance and sing along - it's for the kids!

When I see this AWESOME school fundraiser happening at Peri’s (at which my kid’s teacher will be SINGING in her own BAND… which, btw, how do you get endowed with such a bouquet of talent, drive and moxie??) – I am reminded about how LAME our school fundraisers were.

Allow me to paint a picture for you:

Me, I don’t know… 11? walking along a sunny yet desolate country road (because we lived in a place where houses were, at minimum, the equivalent of 3 rural telephone poles apart), facing another house. Another door to knock on. Up the driveway I trudge, armed with my flimsy catalog featuring 82,496 magazines for my victim to choose from, in a font size barely legible for the gnats bumping into my face over and over.

I knock on the door.

And they don’t want to open the door. But because they’re nice neighbors (too far away for us to make their acquaintance, but neighbors nonetheless), they open it.

I present my catalog and ask if she would like to buy a magazine to support my school. Except it probably didn’t come out quite so smoothly, as I remember feeling uncomfortable, hot, and slightly out of breath. And let’s not forget, awkward as an 11-year-old introvert with a full-length poster of Michael Jackson’s Off the Wall taped to her bedroom door.

The response was something along the lines of… oh, what would I call it if I could only choose one word? PITY. She (the “lady of the house” as we salesfolks would say back in the day) felt such tender pity for my predicament as she kindly explained that she would love to support my school but was not interested in subscribing to any of the wonderful magazines I had to offer.

Rejection is a bitter pill, as they say, and at that point it had probably been my third rejection on my sales journey. Eventually I dragged myself back home, and vaguely recall lamenting to my mom (who was also not a fan of her child selling magazines door-to-door). I tossed the catalog in the trash, along with – something I appreciate to this day – my willingness to sell anything I didn’t believe in.

Takeaway? School fundraisers are much better at bars.

Happy weekend!

Kim Neumann

Go Miss Sara!!

Hats off to PFB for not only making beer, hosting chili cookoffs, trivia nights and live music, but also wanting to see you get your steps in. Beer Run Club (walking welcome) happens Thursdays 6pm. 🏃‍♀️🍺 Also listed in the run, bike, swim guide.

Did you know you can get a tour at Hog Island and also get an oyster shucking lesson? Afterwards join them for lunch at The Boat Oyster Bar or down the road at Tony’s Seafood. (Lunch not included in the tour fee; reservations required for The Boat and recommended at Tony’s.)

Go get some books! Entrance is at the door next to the Smart Garden on the side of the Library building.

Why do tourists love Sausalito? Precisely for this kind of thing. For a true taste of local life, you get it all: farm fresh goods, food vendors, local artisans, and live music right on the Sausalito waterfront.

Thanks for reading,
Kim

Kim Neumann, Publisher