A bartender in need

Last night we went to Irene’s Pub for a benefit for Kim. I’ve known Kim for 25 years, which is even longer than she’s been a bartender at Irene’s. She got injured breaking up a rare fight at Irene’s last week. She broke her leg and sprained both wrists. She’ll be off her feet – and off work – for months.

Kim’s got a huge personality and she’s a big part of Irene’s history and culture. Naturally everybody wanted to do something to help her. So a benefit was hastily organized and all kinds of people volunteered their time and talent to make it happen.

It was a lot of fun. There was great music (including Drew Nelson, Ian Tamblyn, Sneezy Waters and many others), a meat raffle, a chicken tossing game, and lots of old familiar faces. I drank a couple of Beaus beers – not just because it’s the best beer ever, and locally brewed, but also because Beaus was donating $2.20 from every beer sold directly to Kim.

Anyway. The place was packed. Everybody was there.

When GC and I left (I think it was around 11:00), there was a lineup of people outside waiting to get in. The bar was at capacity. These are the nice people who got in because GC and I left.

I don’t know how much money the benefit drummed up for Kim, but it must have been a lot. I only had seventy-six cents left when I got home.

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News from the Love Nest

In other news, the third egg hatched on Monday; the fourth and final egg is expected to hatch today. The first three babies’ names are Piccolo, Banjo and Oboe. They’re growing like weeds. At first the babies just looked like wriggly little fetuses. Now they look like bigger wriggly little fetuses. I love watching Lester and Billie feeding them. You can peek inside the nest here. (If you register with Ustream.com, you can chat with us while watching the birds.) The webcam is on from about 7:30 am til about 9:00 at night.

Now I’m going to go make a batch of gingersnaps, because Carmen is coming over to help me fix my socks again!