DESERT SURVIVORS
HOLIDAY PARTY & AUCTION

DATE: Saturday December 13, 2003
TIME: 6:00 pm - ???

PLACE:

Lynne Buckner's House
67 Wool Street
San Francisco
[off Cortland Avenue in Bernal Heights]


JOIN YOUR FELLOW SURVIVORS AT OUR HOLIDAY PARTY
THIS YEAR!

THE WINTER NIGHTS ARE LONG, SO WE'LL CELEBRATE AT
THIS DARK TIME OF THE YEAR!

WE'LL HAVE A POTLUCK MEAL AND AN AUCTION OF
CAMPING GEAR AND OTHER STUFF.

BRING SOMETHING UNIQUE AND BIZARRE FOR THE GIFT
EXCHANGE.

WE'LL END THE EVENING WITH SLIDES OF DESERT TRIPS
(bring yours).

6:00 pm Potluck Dinner
7:30 pm "White Elephant" Gift Exchange
7:45 pm Auction (bring your spare gear!)
8:30 pm Slideshow

LAST NAMES BEGINNING WITH:

A-F, bring a DESSERT
G-M, bring a SALAD or APPETIZERS
N-Z, bring a MAIN DISH FOR EIGHT

Everybody: bring DRINKS to share (your choice)
Everybody: bring a $2.00 donation to pay for paper plates & utensils,
this mailing, postage, etc.

FOR THE GIFT EXCHANGE:

Wrap a silly gift. Any old thing make sure it's funny! After
everyone who has brought something has chosen a wrapped gift, they'll
be free to exchange it with anyone who will part with theirs. (If your gift
ends up in the auction, all the better! We'll laugh at it a second time!)

FOR THE AUCTION:

Bring outdoor gear or other useful items you think will sell. The
auction is a lot of fun, especially when the bidding gets hot and heavy!
Make sure to have a look at the auction stuff before the bidding begins
- come early if you want to buy! AND REMEMBER: You get to take
home anything you bring that doesn't sell!


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DIRECTIONS TO LYNNE BUCKNER'S HOUSE, 67 WOOL
STREET:

FROM THE NORTH BAY OR THE EAST BAY:

Get into San Francisco via the Bay Bridge. Get on Route 101 South
and exit at the Cesar Chavez (formerly "Army Street") off-ramp
complex so you can end up on Bayshore Boulevard South. (Note: This
can be tricky. When the interchange was first built in the 1970s, a
two-hour course was offered by the "Open Exchange" Adult School,
designed to aid people in figuring out how to use the interchange
without getting lost. The course was two hours long so people would
be able to drive all the weird confusing side streets in the
neighborhood in numerous, often unsuccessful, efforts to get back to
where they started, so they could try again to find their way, perhaps
from another direction.)

On Bayshore, drive south to Cortland Street. Take a right and travel
west up the hill twelve blocks to Wool Street. PARKING ON WOOL
STREET ITSELF IS TIGHT; PARK WHERE YOU CAN, ON
CORTLAND OR ELSEWHERE. To get to the house, go right (north)
up the hill on Wool. It's a block and a half to number 67, a white
house with blue trim. The house has stencils of hares (large-eared
rabbits) all over it. If taking public transit, a MUNI bus runs right up
Cortland from either Mission or Bayshore.

FROM THE PENINSULA:

Approaching from the Peninsula and points south, get off the 101
Freeway at Silver Avenue, then turn left onto Bayshore. Drive north
for 4/10ths of a mile to Cortland and go left (west). Follow the
directions as above to Wool Street.


FROM SAN FRANCISCO'S WEST HALF:

If you live in the west half of S. F., approach Bernal Heights from
Mission Street, which runs along it on the west. Cortland is south of
Cesar Chavez (Army) and just north of where Guererro and Dolores
Streets intersect Mission. From the Mission Street/Cortland
intersection, Wool Street is east. After eight blocks, turn left (north),
then proceed as above.


For information, call Steve Tabor at (510) 769-1706