Category: Events

Information about events I’m hosting. Events I attend are in the Life category.

Summer Pie Night

Pie lovers! Your time has arrived. Or will in a month, because the next Pie Night will be Saturday, July 11th, at 5 p.m. (2301 Fairview Ave E Apt 107, Seattle – Ring WEISS on the call board)

What is Pie Night? It’s pretty much what it sounds like: all pie, all night long. No cake. No cookies. Now, it’s not just dessert pies; we have a few savory pies as well in case your mother would get upset for skipping straight to dessert.

Up Close With a Lovely Lemon Pecan Pie
Up Close With a Lovely Lemon Pecan Pie

Is it required to bring a pie? No. If you’d like to bring pie, please do, but it’s not required. If you do decide to bring pie, please take the effort to make it yourself. No store bought pies. Buy the crust; buy the filling. But assemble and bake it yourself, please.

Are children welcome? Yes, if you don’t mind them hearing naughty words and discussions.

What can you bring besides pie? Ice cream. Beverages. Friends. I have a large supply of plates and utensils, so those are not needed.

Is an R.S.V.P. necessary? Please don’t be flaky. I need to know how many pies to make, so do please let me know if you’ll be attending. Commenting on this entry is sufficient, or add yourself to the Pie Night event on Facebook.

Image Up close with a lovely lemon pecan pie by kat selvocki used under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial No Derivatives 2.0 license.

Π Night

i-heart-pie

Who doesn’t like pie? Two weeks from now will be the seventh anniversary Pie Night! Come celebrate seven years of pie with… more pie!

Where? My place. 2301 Fairview Ave E Apt 107, Seattle.

When? Saturday, March 14th at 3 pm. Get it? 3-14? Hahahah… Anyway.

The schtick: I make pie. A lot of pie. Attendees are welcome to bring homemade pies, but this is not required. Anyone may attend so long as they like to eat pie. It officially starts at 3 p.m., but really folks are welcome to come by any time. Children are also welcome if you don’t mind them being exposed to whatever licentiousness may come (last time folks were comparing bras, for instance). What are not welcome are cakes, cookies, latkes, or other non-pie items. Those are fine things, but they belong on cake night, or cookie night.

I am expecting a fairly large turnout, so I am requesting that folks who plan to come please so indicate (along with the number of guests coming with them and if they plan to bring a pie). This way I know how much pie I need to make. I would not want to run out of pie prematurely. To let me know, just comment here, or add yourself to the Π Night Facebook event. For last minute directions if you get lost, call 206-501-5831.

I heart pie image by Flickr user cobalt, used under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial 2.0 license.

Walk to Defeat ALS

Well, mom’s team broke $10,000 in this year’s Walk to Defeat ALS.

Thank you to Deirdre, Tara and Amber for reposting my donation pitch. Thank you to Erin for coming up to the walk. Thank you to the people who donated; books will be on their way in a couple of weeks.

Mom had a good time visiting with folks. Jason sprained his ankle. Erin got to hold Nicholas. I have some leftover burgers. All in all a decent Saturday.

ALSA Walk, repeat

I am giving away books for charity near and dear to my heart. My mom was diagnosed with A.L.S. last year. A.L.S. is a progressive degenerative condition where the patient’s nerves slowly (or sometimes relatively quickly) die, leaving them unable to move their arms, legs, or other body parts. One part stops working, then another. The vast majority of patients with it die when the condition hits the muscles that operate the lungs, though some people like Stephen Hawking live for years.

Mom doesn’t have too long left to live (a few weeks to a few months on the optimistic side), but she’s still trying to get donations for the A.L.S. Association (ALSA) Walk to Defeat A.L.S. fundraiser. The ALSA loaned all sorts of equipment for her to be able to continue to live at home rather than in a care facility, and they also sponsor a lot of research into the disease.

Anyway, my contribution is to offer a book to people who donate $20 (I pick the book). Even if you are too poor to give money, please consider reposting or blogging about this. The walk is September 20.

Donate here

Leave your address in the “Note to the walker” section where you want me to send the book. I *do not* get to see your billing address. I do see the “note to the walker.”

Also, if you want to join in, come on up on September 20 at 9 am to Bellingham, and visit my mom’s place for the BBQ afterward. (Please please please RSVP first so we get enough food.)

Walk to D’Feet ALS 2008

My mom is organizing a team to raise money for the ALSA again this year. Unfortunately, I won’t be able to match donations like I did last year. I’m keeping up two places, so I gotta watch my pennies. But I am going to offer something: free books.

If you donate $20 or more through the walk page I set up, I will send you a beat-up, well-read, well-loved book of my choice. I suck at writing thank you notes, so you get a book.

http://web.alsa.org/goto/philw

Make sure to leave the address I should send the book in the “Comments to the Walker” section of the donation form. I don’t get to see your billing address.

If you can’t donate because of lack of funds, please spread this offer. Or even if you can donate, spread the offer. Mom wants to raise the most money, and this counts toward her team goal.

Last chance: Walk to D’Feet ALS

Reposting as the walk is this Saturday. If you were thinking about donating, now’s the time to step up to the plate. If you weren’t, well, use the scroll bar.

As most of you know, my mom was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (A.L.S.) this spring. This is the same disease that Stephen Hawking has. Only not everyone has his notoriety. A.L.S. is a progressive condition where the nerves that carry messages to the muscles slowly stop working. It’s not pretty and it results in near paralysis.

The A.L.S. Association of America, Evergreen Chapter (you know, the local western washington chapter) is holding a fundraiser September 22nd, the Walk to D’Feet A.L.S. The money goes to support the equipment loan locker program, support groups, patient services and programs designed to provide information, nationally accredited research, and the certified A.L.S. Clinic at Virginia Mason in Seattle.

Other than the nationally accredited research, these are all things that my mom has used directly. And the research certainly holds out the hope that something will be found to help her. The loan locker provided her a wheelchair when she wanted to go to an event but couldn’t stand for the entire occasion. The support group has provided valuable advice and a kind soul there gave her an $8,000 speech computer that is one of the few ways she can talk. The A.L.S. clinic puts together all the specialists that she needs in one place: speech therapists, respiratory therapists, doctors, neurologists, nurses, occupational therapists, and more. All who know the ins and outs of A.L.S. They know way more than the folks doing such things in their own offices. I’ve seen it.

My mom has a team walking in this fundraiser. It would mean a lot to me, and to her, if you would sponsor her team. In other words, donate some money. $5. $10. Or even $100. It goes to support things that she uses.

http://web.alsa.org/goto/philipweiss

And I’ll make the same offer I made last year with regard to Darfur. If anyone on my friends list donates money and forwards me the receipt you get via email, I’ll match the donation.

Walk to D’Feet A.L.S.

As most of you know, my mom was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (A.L.S.) this spring. This is the same disease that Stephen Hawking has. Only not everyone has his notoriety. A.L.S. is a progressive condition where the nerves that carry messages to the muscles slowly stop working. It’s not pretty and it results in near paralysis.

The A.L.S. Association of America, Evergreen Chapter (you know, the local western washington chapter) is holding a fundraiser September 22nd, the Walk to D’Feet A.L.S. The money goes to support the equipment loan locker program, support groups, patient services and programs designed to provide information, nationally accredited research, and the certified A.L.S. Clinic at Virginia Mason in Seattle.

Other than the nationally accredited research, these are all things that my mom has used directly. And the research certainly holds out the hope that something will be found to help her. The loan locker provided her a wheelchair when she wanted to go to an event but couldn’t stand for the entire occasion. The support group has provided valuable advice and a kind soul there gave her an $8,000 speech computer that is one of the few ways she can talk. The A.L.S. clinic puts together all the specialists that she needs in one place: speech therapists, respiratory therapists, doctors, neurologists, nurses, occupational therapists, and more. All who know the ins and outs of A.L.S. They know way more than the folks doing such things in their own offices. I’ve seen it.

My mom has a team walking in this fundraiser. It would mean a lot to me, and to her, if you would sponsor her team. In other words, donate some money. $5. $10. Or even $100. It goes to support things that she uses.

http://web.alsa.org/goto/philipweiss

And I’ll make the same offer I made last year with regard to Darfur. If anyone on my friends list donates money and forwards me the receipt you get via email, I’ll match the donation.