friends of Bojon are behind a charitable organization called Muffy's Fund, and Muffy's Run is the charity's flagship event to raise money to help elementary and middle school educators working with children in traditionally underserved communities in the Bay Area.
Muffy's Run is a 5 mile race/2 mile fun run (open to all) that will be held in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco on Sunday morning, April 30th.
proceeds from this year's run will go to the KIPP Bayview Academy, a college prep middle school in Bayview Hunters Point. The mission of KIPP Bayview Academy is to develop in the students of Southeastern San Francisco the knowledge, critical thinking skills and character traits needed to succeed in top quality high schools and colleges, and to lead deliberate and productive lives.
if you can find the time, please consider getting in on this great cause. here is all the info:
WHEN
Sunday, April 30. 2006, starting at 9 am.
HOW
Online registration is at Active.com. Advance registration is $30. You can also register the day of the event at the starting line ($35).
MORE INFORMATION
please visit MuffysRun.org for more information about the race and to find out more about the Muffy Fund and to read about Muffy herself.
get on out there if you can!
we settled in at the base of heavenly along the lake and chilled for the easter weekend. picturesque combo of mountains and lake up there on the south shore.
and the upside to the deluge of rain we've had in the bay area: a late spring base of almost 10 feet!
good times on the slopes with the nefarious shellzam as she carved her only turns of the season.
here are a few clips of the action:
and a few pix for the archives:
gondola to the peak...
lady bojon surveying the snow...
and surveying the beach...
whole crew chargin' the beach...
old school lift...
the easter bunny delivers...
not quite Spring Break '86...
but we'll take it...
reprisal from a year ago...
ah yes, 420 comes around but once a year; and so, jam along with the Toyes [AUDIO]:
Oh, my daddy he once told me, "Son, you be hard working man"
My mama she once told me, "Son, you do the best you can"
But then one day I met a man who came to me and said
"Hard work good and hard work fine, but first take care of head"
the trembler struck at 5:13 am on April 18, 1906, and all hell broke loose from there.
check out the SF Chronicle site for some pretty niffty coverage of the '06 quake.
and here are are bunch of old time shots of the damage:
SF pretty much flattened...
check out city hall off to the right...
fire takes on the call building...
view of russian hill...
downtown goes up in flames...
the ruins of city hall...
south van ness getting its tilt on...
cobblestones split, rails twisted...
view from above in hot air balloon...
thump, thump, thump... no, not dead yet. perhaps beatin' a tad fainter than yesteryear, but still there. yes, yes, still there.
a little throwback weekend reminescent of the old days with back-to-back forays out on the town to taste the san francisco night life.
friday took us to mr. smith's down south of market to catch up with lady caitlin who was celebrating another year on this planet.
her sidekick, the illustrious subgenius, was in good form and kept everybody well liquored and well entertained.
absolutely killer to catch with the crew and toss back a few. lots of characters came out to play, and a bunch of legends from the old days showed up. simply smashing, bazel.
had to pull the rip cord arount midnight in order to keep the home team happy. and thank the patron saint of hangovers that i did. word on the street was that everyone out past midnight paid dearly the next day.
and then saturday brought a clever little bojaunt to the fillmore to catch the reggae beats of steel pulse. five star and the talented sista monica joined forces with shellzam and myself and helped us dial everything in.
yep, the crowd was on the program. great to feel the groove at a sold out show.
here are a couple of vid clips from the action:
weekends like this a bit scarce these days, but thank the grandparents for making it possible to turn back time this weekend (even as the clocks sprang forward).
a couple additional shots from the friday action:
parents acting like children...
children about to become parents...
tickled to be bojon...
uncle ben getting the 5 Star treatment...
