It was a busy weekend. On Saturday evening I went to a 50th birthday party for Fernando Suarez. Very nice. Good food, good music, good people. It was also a fundraiser for Fernando's organization, Guerrero Azteca. All the money collected at the door was matched by Pacific Bakery so Fernando can continue to do his work.

Candace, Patricia and I drove up to Venice Beach yesterday to participate in a CodePink holiday fundraiser. Unfortunately, we didn't make very much money so it wasn't worth the trip financially, but I had a nice time. I think we made a grand total of about $25.00! Jody has a lovely house, and we got the opportunity to talk to the LA CodePink folks. Candance took some of her paintings and her mosaic garden stepping stones, which are all very nice, but there just wasn't the traffic we'd need to sell much.