HAPPY HOUR IN REDWOOD CITY

It all started when I decided to go to a Happy Hour in San Francisco. After an unsuccessful attempt to get together a carpool to the Ferry Building, I decided to take public transportation instead. Then I missed the train. If only it weren’t so far away. I asked events coordinator Raffaella Buschiazzo if it would be okay if I organized a happy hour on the Peninsula. Raffaella said YOU GO GIRL!!! or words to that effect. I told NCTA Treasurer Dagmar Dolatschko, a Peninsula resident and owner of Peritus Language Services, what I was up to in case she wanted to help organize it. Fortunately for all involved, she did.

Dagmar extended personal invitations to many NCTA members and offered to bankroll the appetizers. I chose the Franklin Street Caffé in Redwood City because it isn’t too noisy, it’s near public transportation, it has lots of free parking, and—very important—each person can order and pay separately at the counter, so there’s no unseemly scramble to grab the check. We decided on a date and time: Thursday, September 30, 2010 from 5:30 to 7:00. I warned the manager of the Caffé, Raffaella and Dagmar sent out the word, and we were in business.