Theater Oobleck's new show "Strauss at Midnight" is playing down at the Storefront Theater, 66 E. Randolph St., in Chicago, and you should come on June 28th, Sunday to see it.  Half the proceeds from that day's performance will go to COTA for Jack Benjamin.
 

The benefit on May 23rd was a great success!  We raised over $4,000 for COTA for Jack and had a great time doing it!

The Hopleaf staff - Nick the bartender, Starr, everyone in the kitchen, Meaghan and Mike - were great!  We had wonderful food from The Hopleaf (incredible sandwiches and frites), some delicious sandwiches from Piato Pronto on Clark St., bagels from Einstein Bros., and home made cookies from Rachel Claff.  Wonderful!  Pete Crowley and the Rock Bottom Brewery provided the delicious beer. 

We've set the date and time for Jack's benefit:

May 23rd, 2009

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm

The Hopleaf

5148 N. Clark St. in Chicago

Food, drink, silent auction and entertainment by

BoyGirlBoyGirl, Chicago's favorite solo performance ensemble!

More details to come, but save the date NOW!

Cheers,

Slick

The cota committee met this morning and got to spend time with Jack as we planned our upcoming events.
Keep eye out for our May benefit at the Hopleaf on Saturday May 23 in the afternoon. BoyGirlBoyGirl will be performing! More info to come!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009 09:59 AM, CST

The sadness goes away quickly because his smile is too big to allow anyone to wallow. Such a happy bunny.

I know how lucky we are. He's here and his quality of life is really good. I want a guarantee that he'll have a good life - that he'll outlive me - but no parent gets that. Even with healthy kids, you can't get that guarantee. You just have to enjoy the time you have and try to make every day special and memorable.

Lovely lovely lovely lovely day!

We are back from Children's. The blood draw was swift and relatively (for me, anyway) painless. We walked in and Cana (Conna? Kana?) one of our fave phlebotomists (sad, really, when you have a 'fave phlebotomist') was behind the desk.

"You!" I said, pointing. "You! Kana (Cona? Khanna?) have to draw Jack's blood! .....please." {Always remember to say "please." }

She did. It was fast. One stick and she even got a half-smile out of him (between screams) after the deed was done. And it all happened right on time - during his cyclosporine trough. Woo Hoo!

TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2009 09:59 AM, CST

The sadness goes away quickly because his smile is too big to allow anyone to wallow. Such a happy bunny.

I know how lucky we are. He's here and his quality of life is really good. I want a guarantee that he'll have a good life - that he'll outlive me - but no parent gets that. Even with healthy kids, you can't get that guarantee. You just have to enjoy the time you have and try to make every day special and memorable.