politics, restaurants and closets

finally got to sambuca italian bistro in hillcrest tonight, which was taking part in a "no on proposition 8" event - eat drink and the freedom to marry, where a portion of your bill would go toward the cause of keeping equal marriage rights for gays. our meals were solid, including my black linguini with lobster and shrimp, but the place was pretty slammed and service was way slow. it would have been nice to see more restaurants participating in the event - maybe they weren't asked? plenty of clubs were on the list, including bourbon street, where i had canvassed with the no on prop 8 folks the previous saturday, begging people to volunteer and/or give money. not the easiest thing to do in a bar, but i made a personal appeal based on our upcoming marriage and that seemed to help with the donations. if you're interested in defeating prop 8, check out their website at noonprop8.com or drop by their office at 301 university across from urban mo's. remember that the yes on 8 folks are significantly beating the no side on fundraising and would likely permanently take away rights from a group of people - an unprecedented event in california history. see who's giving to either side in your neighborhood on the latimes website - here's the info. for kensington.

after dinner we hit yog-art, where i made the bold proclamation that i was going to cancel my union tribune subscription when they proclaimed their inevitable support for prop 8. imagine my shock when jay pulled out their no on prop 8 editorial in today's paper. if even the conservative editorial board at the UT is against this proposition, maybe we are seeing the social shift on this issue that they refer to. more likely, it's closeted union tribune owner david copley telling them what to write.

i hooked up with the no on prop 8 folks at the obama beach bash in la jolla shores a couple weekends ago, which is where i took that ridiculous poodle pic above. on the obama front, i'm hoping to do some voter registration for the returning students at ucsd next week (monday-thursday, 12-4, price center; contact greg bolian at sdvoter@yahoo.com). and the san diego obama folks are putting together weekend road trips to nevada to do volunteer work there; canvass by day and party in vegas all night. i may try to go on the second weekend of october. contact bob isaacson at obamasdtravel@gmail.com for more info.