LIFES A BEACH!
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one of our neighbors in the campground had a dog in a "chariot" and his name was wheels!!! that dog could outrun most of the other small dogs in the area!!
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Chabba, i am loving that picture with the ocean waves...it is wonderful
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SO CAL LISA, hope you don't mind.. i'm TOTALLY stealing your pics here, since i haven't gotten the knack on my own yet. and yours' are so gorg as always..KONAKAT met Barb a and Marybe today. and just sayin... bahamas is only about 45 min from me on a plane.. so, let me know... also wondering, have you decided.. yea , or nay to new trial yet.. been thinkin aboutcha alot..Member Of The Club.. my fav. vacation destination. spent 2 wks for honeymoon 20 yrs ago. want to get back there. acted like 2 old hippies, which we are! on Maui.. next fav. is Jamaica, mon.irie y'all.....3jays0
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chabba, where is the Pacific North Coast? never was good in school. (probably why i can't figure out posting pics yet, eh?...3jays0
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see, beaches aree wonderful, Maya. beats hiking everytime...ok im done you guys can post now that i'm done being "chatty cathy"...3jays0
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3jays
Pacific North Coast would coastline of Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. I happen to be in Washington kind of midway between B.C. and Ore.
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Rock The Ribbon, a celebration of BCO's 10th Anniversary (will be several posts long!!)
Several months ago I was fortunate enough to participate in a video shoot which was being done as part of Rock the Ribbon, the celebration of BCO's 10th anniversary. That experience alone was one of the coolest things I'd ever done in my life and something I'll always treasure. There were about 15 to 20 survivors from the Phila, PA area who were interviewed one on one, separately, by a professional film company. A few weeks ago, I was thrilled to learn that I was one of the lucky women who made the final cut and would be in the video shown on October 30th at the Academy of Music in Phila where Harry Connick, Jr. and his orchestra would be performing. I was given two front row tickets for the event, and for the after party which was going to be held at the Bellevue Stratford Hotel, next door to the Academy of Music. I invited a good friend/co-worker to go with me and she in turned asked her brother, a hotel employee, if he could get us a room in Center City Phila for the night at cost, which he did.
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Last Saturday was a gorgeous fall day. Joan and I met up at the hotel and had drinks in our room as we were getting ready - little black dresses for us both - for the event. We then took ourselves to a swanky restaurant for a drink and appetizers before the show. Since it was Halloween weekend, the streets of Center City were filled with partygoers and costumed adults just out and about having fun. We arrived at the Academy of Music to find the Philadelphia Boys Choir performing as the "opening act". What a treat that was - those boys are unbelievable. A local celebrity and cancer survivor, Lauren Hart, opened the festivities by giving the background of BCO and just relaxing everyone and getting us ready for a good night. Next up was Amanda Ratcliffe, whose title with BCO I forget but she's one of the directors. She gave more background info, and a lot of info about Dr. Marisa Weiss, and then introduced the survivor video. I can't even say how weird it was to see myself on a giant movie screen. Granted, my part was 5 seconds tops, but man it felt long to me!! The whole video is about 5 minutes long I guess, with Dr. Weiss interspersed among the survivors, telling how she is now a survivor as well. Chills for sure. Amanda then introduced Marisa, complete with the superhero cape they made her with BCO across the front!
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Marisa is such a great speaker. She detailed many of the advances BCO has made over the last 10 yrs, and talked of their planned improvements and new features for the coming years, like a lot of Spanish translations for many pages. I wish I remembered the numbers - they were staggering. Something like how in their first two years, they had 9,000 visitors to the site, and last year there were more than 9 million, worldwide. I mean, we all know this already, but it still was mind boggling to listen to it all. And then Marisa introduced our headliner - Harry Connick, Jr. and the orchestra. Now don't get me wrong, I like his singing and he's not bad to look at, but when he came out onto stage, a mere few feet away from me, I was instantly 13 yrs old and a screaming teenager! How does that happen to us? Ha! What really surprised me about him was his humor - in between songs he'd just talk as if there were 10 of us in the room instead of 3,000! Yes, it was a sellout. The concert was just awesome - so much more than I'd expected.
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So after two hours of great music, ranging from Sinatra classics to New Orleans hot jazz, we moved next door to the after party. I was thinking it would be about 100 people, and they had said open bar and light refreshments. Okay - so how about going to the Grand Ballroom at the Bellevue, with many hundreds if not a thousand people, about 10 bar stations, a pasta station, a stir fry station, a slider and carving station, a roasted veggie/munchie station, a dessert station ... this is light refreshments??? And another live band - Philadelphia Funk Authority - very Earth, Wind & Fire style. They were awesome and got people up and dancing all over the place! The table settings were gorgeous with their glass and floral creations. And I've just never seen so many little black dresses in one place before! When Marisa got up on the stage to again thank every for coming, I seized the opportunity and ran over to the stairs and caught her when she came down. I told her that I had a little something for her from the chatters and boarders and handed her the envelope. She asked if she could open it then, and I said I hoped she would. So she opened the note I wrote, saying how so many of us just don't know how we would have gotten through all this without BCO, and she read it, and made an "aawwww" type sound and gave me a hug - without realilzing there was anything else in the envelope!!! I told her to keep opening and reading, and when she saw the spa gift certificate, she just got all wide eyed and stared at me with a questioning look, it was so cute
Another hug and she was kind of lost for words for a minute - obviously touched. I was a happy camper, on behalf of every single one of us. 0 -
Someone commented on how she seemed tall in the picture - I was very surprised also at her height! I'm just under 5'6" and she was several inches taller than me. And pretty? Very, very pretty, and a great shape! She had on a gorgeous purple gown at the event, and then changed into a little black dress - with leather and boots - for the after party. She'd obviously had her natural curly hair done for the night, and seemed to enjoy the evening every bit as much as all the guests. Everyone was just so friendly, and I met many BCO staffers who recognized me because they had worked on the video for months doing editing and whatnot, so that was kind of funny to hear people just say "Hi Mary - are you having a good time?" and I had no idea who they were! And every single one of them asked that - was I having a good time - when I felt like Cinderella and just wanted to kiss all their asses for all the hard work they'd put into the night. But their main goal was to make sure everyone else had fun. And don't forget - we're talking about a global company that is essentially run by less than 20 people. Just amazing. So that's my story. A wonderful, wonderful night that gave me memories that - I hope - will stay with me forever (little chemobrain humor there!) I am honored and blessed to have been a part of it, and I swear to you all - I really did feel like I was a representative ... a very lucky representative ... for all of us. Love and hugs kids. I'll post a link to Snapfish for some pictures in a few minutes.
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here's the link to some pics on Snapfish - if you don't already have an account, trust me - they don't send spam mail and I've used them for years without problem - it's free and just needs an email addy.
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and just to keep in theme, I got this pic from a friend's FB page - they were in Hilton Head, NC fishing and I just loved the sun on water in this one
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3jays, I've hiked beaches too, but it's tough slogging through the sand. Much better to just sit on a rock and watch the surf come in. Hope you spent some time on a beach this weekend.
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Hello to many old friends and to some new. I wanted to share with you that Cheryl Ann Coykendall Knapp is in the hospital and having a hard time. Her foob has been pink and hot and they are doing tests on her. SHe is frightening and asked me to pass this info along. Please keep her in your prayers. SInce her hospital does not support java, she cannot get on BCO. She is able to comment on FB. If you are FB friends with her, please go and offer your support.
XOXO
Linda
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Missing you Faithie, in more ways than one. I wish I could have met with you this weekend. I've had one heck of a week, one I do not care to relive. Have safe travels home tomorrow.
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Linda, thanks for letting us know, I was able to post on her FB page.
Mary, thanks for a great synopsis of your night! I felt like I was right there.
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Mary..finally I finished reading all the posts.
You must be very proud of yourself for representing such a big community.
Thanks
Sheila
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what is cheryl's bco name?
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joni just click on the name Linda posted.
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Clicking on the name jsut brings up Cheryl's FB page ... do we know her BCO name?
Sheila - I wouldn't say proud of myself at all, that sounds a little boastful or something. What I felt overwhelmingly was lucky, and then blessed, and finally lucky and blessed! I seriously stand looking out a window sometimes and wonder why I'm able to experience a trip to Vegas with chatters, or a trip to Florida with chatters, or a trip to Virginia with chatters, or a night with Harry Connick Jr. and the brass of breastcancer.org, and I literally almost choke with emotion. I don't know why I've been given some of these gifts, it totally overshadows the horror of breast cancer for me, truly. Didn't mean to go on and on, but that's really how I feel in my bones. And one more time, I felt 120% every single sistah from this site with me last Sat night.
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thanks again, malegal. i can't get around to do alot of the stuff you gals can, esp. right now, but as i've told Maya; i,m living vicariously thru all of you, and am so grateful to you all.. you'll never know how much it means, when you come back, show us pics, and tell us all about it. its' the closest i can get to most of it, yet i DO get to experience it, none the less... God has sent you as our ambassodo, andi, for one, am grateful...3jays0
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I'm in the same boat, Joni & Marlegal, I have no idea who she is because there is not a picture either.
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Linda mentioned something like nana but she didn't post regularly.
I checked they have quite few nana's in the Member List.
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Yes, there are quite a few with Nana in their screen names.
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Beachies. I made it home safe & sound. My trip to CA was full of amazing encounters, possibiliites for the future and soooooooooooooooooo much fun.
It will take me the whole week to get the photos down-loaded and blogged.
It's great to come 'back' to the photos and the camraderie.
Happy, happy.
Joy, joy, joy!!!!!!
xx00xx00xx00xx
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Just wanted to stop by and put my feet in the water. I miss the beach, and all the beach bunnies.
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MARY LOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Good to see YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
Come back again, when you can stay & visit for a while!!!!
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