Chris's Blog

I don't know about you, but that sounds like a win-win situation to me!  Tomorrow (12/18/09) Pacific Puffs in San Francisco, California will be donating 10% of their sales to Team in Training to help the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.  Did you need a good excuse to try a delicious cream puff?  I ...

Just let me know.  I have been traveling the country with www.StagersLISTExpo.com  talking about these very things.  I recently attended RainCamp San Francisco in order to make sure I still know what I'm talking about. Turns out I do.  Thanks RainCamp!  It was a great time!  I did learn some new ...

One of my favorite live music memories is this one... My sister and I took our littlest sister to see Cyndi Lauper as she was on the rise (She's So Unusual had just come out - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun). I may have blogged this before, but it came up again for me tonight. So Cyndi had a new band...

Here in the San Francisco East Bay Area something very strange has occurred. Maybe someone can help us figure it out. The closest I've seen to this around here was when my friend put way too much liquid dish soap in the dishwasher. Perhaps one of our neighbors seriously overdid it with the Chris...

A Message from RCC's Board Chair: We started 2009 with high hopes and optimistic expectations for our Country and for our Community. We also started the year concerned about the economy, jobs and the impact of this major economic downturn on our families, our communities and ourselves. Fortunatel...

Sibling Support Groups Presented by GOALS for Autism, Inc. (Contra Costa & Alameda County) Locations: Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton and Brentwood Dates: Groups begin January 11th and 13th Time: Groups meet for 90 minutes for 8 consecutive weeks. Elementary groups are on Mondays from 4-5:30pm. Junior ...

FOOD DRIVEFORMt. Diablo Unified School DistrictVolunteer Food PantryAssisting Families in Need in Our District Community Families in the Mt. Diablo Unified School District need your help.  There is a food pantry at the District office which is a maintained by group of volunteers.  Child Welfare a...

Dear EQCA member, Remember the uproar when former MISS CALIFORNIA USA Carrie Prejean said that she opposed marriage equality during the pageant? Rather than agree to EQCA's invitation to meet with us and an LGBT family, she used her 15 minutes of fame to become the spokesmodel for the right-wing ...

Dear EQCA member, It has been a tumultuous week since last Tuesday's elections. Maine voters stripped their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender friends and neighbors of the right to marry. Meanwhile, Kalamazoo residents voted to preserve anti-discrimination protections, and Washingtonians said...