Annual Rio Del Mar Beach Bonfire
- Saturday, July 12 @ 6:00p.m.
RSVP today at http://www.defrank.org/events/2008_07_12_annual_bonfire.html

The DeFrank Social Committee is proud to invite all members, families, and allies of the LGBT Community to come get some sand between your toes while spending an evening around the bonfire!
Our annual beach bonfire at Rio Del Mar is just south of Santa Cruz and welcomes everyone including our well-behaved dogs on leash’s!
We will be providing the wood for our “family” Bonfire, some bottled water, and the fix’in’s for S’mores to be shared with all.
Please bring any and all picnic garb you’d like to enjoy. Like your own food, drinks, coolers, blankets, chairs, flashlight, frisbees, etc. Anything you want for spending an evening at the beach with your new and old friends. Please remember due to State Beach Regulations, this event is alcohol free.

Parking is limited and carpooling is strongly suggested. Come join us for an evening of fun and play. See you on the Beach!!!

WHEN
Saturday, July 12
TIME
6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m.
COST
Members: $2.00/per person Non-Members: $3.00/per person
All proceeds/donations go to support the DeFrank Center. Please check in to get your wristband upon arrival.

For more information go to http://www.defrank.org/events/2008_07_12_annual_bonfire.html

Our housemate’s moving to So. CA, so we will have a large room available at the Rose Street House of Music, probably starting August 1st, and a small room starting September 1st Rent is 400-695 depending on which room and whether you live there PT or FT. Another option is renting the small room for office/daytime use.
Spacious skylight room with redwood-tree view, hardwood flrs, & walk in closet plus optional separate private room with bamboo-floor, sliding-glass-door to the garden in a beautiful house that hosts monthly house concerts (about 8-10x per year) Starting August 1st 2008 for the skylight room, September 1st for the bamboo/garden room (rooms can be rented separately or together) Long-term preferred
Beautiful Craftsman in North Berkeley, hardwood floors, bamboo eco-kitchen/laundry, wood paneling, piano, back & front yard, trees http://www.rosestreetmusic.com to find out more about the women’s music events (you don’t have to be musical, just appreciate & support music by women singer/songwriters). To get a sense of the musical community, come to our next concert: the Rose Street 10-year Anniversary Concerts on July 12 & 17!
Looking for a female housemate who’s queer-friendly nonsmoking pet-free, perfume-free (we’re allergic), clean & responsible, considerate, honest, friendly, not a heavy partier, & enjoy women singer/songwriter music
For the more info please email irinarivkin@yahoo.com with “room” in the subject and ask for the more detailed description/info (I didn’t want to create to much scrolling for digest recipients with the detailed info). Thanks!

Hello my dear Sapphic Sisters:

Wanted to let any or all of you know that we have one room left to rent in our safe, friendly and lovely home in a nice area of San Leandro. Rent is very reasonable at $650 per month …one of the reasons is that renter will be expected to help owner with the sorting and clearing out of personal items..that would require about three to four hours per week for about two months or so. So please be neat and tidy and have some time on your hands.Please also be employed and no drugs,. alcohol or any illegal substances. The shared utilities are a very fair $50 per month too. No pets. Please be a dyke who appreciates a great value and “plays well with others”. This will be a six month lease that will be renewable! Drop me a note and tell me about yourself . THere is also a lovey garden , private backyard with four fruit trees and roses so if you love nature this would befit you too. The neighbors are ALL lesbian friendly! Not a bad deal. Linda Zeiser, Producer of women’s artistic events in the Bay Area

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From Ali:
Phew, we did it! Super hugs to those of you with the strong backs, tireless smiles, and fooood (thank you sustenance goddesses). That was a superb weekend of kinky warriors that really made an awesome effort in taking time to ensure their dungeon Edges and smOdyssey were all moved. We’ve got lots of folks that are now dirty inside AND out. And are actively working to keep that theme going. THANK YOU to each and every person that shared their time with us. This will be a continued effort and we need your help in keeping momentum and energy at a high level: if you cannot come out, encourage someone whom can!
I’ve updated the next weeks calendar for times and day, but do be sure to check or at least call us if there is any doubt. Often we start earlier or end later than expected.

Hello,
Edges, the southbay dungeon and play space, is looking for lots of muscle and sweat.
I am going to be helping Ali to coordinate volunteers.
They are doing AMAZING work, but still need LOTS and LOTS of help.
We would like to put together a list of people who are skilled laborers, so that we can contact you when we need your specific help.
So if you are or have access to an electrician, plumber, carpenter, painter, mason, drywall, flooring (I am sure I am forgetting some) could you please either e-mail me or post to the group, so I can start a list?
For more specific information and regular updates updates about the new space you can join the yahoo group at http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/edges_building/
ALI”S NEEDS FOR THE WEEKEND:
Lunch planned for Saturday, tons of demolition and building, and lots of dirty dirty stuff to get into!
Any fresh 2×4 lumbar and sheet rock being donated needs to be there by Saturday or else we’ll be purchasing it Sunday morning!
STARTING: (Friday, June 27, 2008 - Noon until ?)
** We’ll be receiving the lift around Noon and will have it for several days to get the heights cleared including removing any remaining PVC piping, air filtration ducts, and a portion of the lighting. We will also be replacing the insulation so bring a long sleeved shirt and serious gloves.
** We are in need of square headed shovels and heavy duty thick putty knives for scraping flooring. We’ve got some tiles to pull up in the front rooms.
** We are in need of standard sized drop ceiling tiles/panels (as many as you’ve got) to replace those of ours that are broken! Are you comfortable on a step ladder?
** We have patch kits and spackle and are in need of a detail attentive person that is familiar with filling over dry wall holes!
** We’ve still got some studs attached above that need to be taken out!
** I really need someone that has a filtration mask to help dry vac up the excess glass dust in the shed out back.
** Do you have a truck? We are in need of someone to load up all the packed up rubbermaid bins and bring them over to the new space.

Please respond to Marsha Levine
The parade, this Sunday in SF, is looking for:
Either a new or classic convertible in mint body and excellent mechanical condition and a driver for it. Color, make, and model do not matter.
Please respond to Marsha Levine (not me) if you and your car fit the bill.

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Summer Camp is getting exciting with a woman from London attending, many local and some from out of town interested, and Betsy Kalin returning, the L. A. filmmaker of Hearts Cracked Open. Please pre-register, due next Tuesday and save $30. We think you’ll find this a deeply fulfilling and joyous four days. Love, Evalena
Here’s some quotes from last year. “What I sweet time I had. I’m glad that it was more than just Sat/Sun — time to unfold was luxurious and really helped me drop in” “Take time out of regular life. Immerse yourself in this nurturing community.” “An excellent experience to come into my body and open again to my sexuality” “Comfortable, welcoming, flowing, encompassing, and embracing container.” “I loved schmoozing into the night with no pressure of tomorrow, being totally cared for and nurtured, doing practices in a leisurely way. Give yourself this!” SUMMER CAMP!
July 11 - 14 ~~ Friday noon thru Monday evening For All Women Who’ve Studied Tantra and their loved ones.
A Joyous Retreat at LoveJourney’s beautiful Temple
Come play in sacred community, meet new women, laugh and dance, and enjoy ecstatic Tantric connections! Four days of bliss!
* Join our growing community of women for powerful rituals and scrumptious ceremony * Frolic in the gardens and hot tubs, pleasuring in lazy days together * Enjoy advanced Tantric practices and exchanges of healing and massage * Relax and recuperate, enjoying the pleasures of women at play in nature
* Practice erotic arts and connect joyfully with women experienced in Tantra * Explore deep heart-sharing and sacred, prayerful, erotic touch * Pleasure in sweet, sensual delights in our delicious PUJA * Be royally entertained in the world’s best TALENT SHOW
Each day we share powerful rituals, co-creating a community altar energized by our love and song. Our Saturday offering is the latest evolution of sacred touch practices, and our Puja is delightful and deeply fulfilling. Enjoy the beautiful gardens and meditation nooks as you rest, play, connect. For maximum pleasure, stay here camping or sleep on the Great Room floor (no cost).
Come early Friday to begin enjoying paradise with your Tantra sisters, absorbing beauty from these delightful gardens and enjoying the deep connections we’ve made. You are invited to bring your bodywork table and offer Tantric or therapeutic bodywork to your sisters, or enjoy receiving work that enhances your capacity for pleasure. Stay into Monday to enjoy the sweet nectar of afterglow and the closing ritual Monday evening.
“I only stayed and tented because I lived far away. Now I wouldn’t do it any other way even if I live close by.”
$295 by July 1, $325 after. $475 any pair. Covers all four days and meals. One day: $125 (any 24 hours). Covers meals if you give us 48 hours notice. Pre-registration required: $75 deposit by July 1, non-refundable after July 1. Work exchange, scholarships, and payment plans available.
NOTE: Last year, we priced each half day or evening which proved too costly in time and resources. Now, we reduced the price instead. Either pay for the whole weekend (wise choice), or pay a one day price and choose times you’ll attend, up to 24 hours. For the second option, you must inform us you’ll be here at least 48 hours before a meal to have food available to you. No further breakdowns in price are available. Reduce thru work exchange, scholarships or payment plans.
Camping in your tent and floor sleeping free. Indoor beds $20/night. Private room: $65/night, $90 for two. Our tents: $45 or $35/night depending on size. PLEASE PRE-REGISTER — it honors us and supports ease of preparation!
Directions & “What to Bring” will be sent upon receipt of FEE or $75 DEPOSIT Send check to: Evalena Rose, 7909 Lynch Rd., Sebastopol, CA 95472 Or, sign up on our website by credit card: www.tantraforwomen.com
Questions? Call 707/ 824-1117 or Email: lucy@tantraforwomen.com.
FRIENDS & LOVED ONES NEW TO TANTRA must attend an introductory session (one Thursday evening, July 10) or private session. This increases safety and comfort for all. Contact Evalena to discuss anyone you want to bring from outside LoveJourney or the larger Tantric community.
SCHEDULE:
Thursday: We’d love your presence for the women-only Introductory session from 7-10. Help welcome new women to the community and the event. They gain safety and benefit more from our circle by learning the breath and boundaries.
Friday: Grounds open at noon, come play, rest, recuperate, set up camping, hot tub, schmooze. Bodywork and healings may be exchanged in the afternoon, with dinner at 6, and the official opening circle at 7:30.
Saturday will include fulfilling energetic connections, maha mudra (making love to the universe), some advanced explorations of erotic practices and finding our “yes” to pleasure. We’ll have free hours to enjoy the fabulous grounds and the amazing women who come. Saturday evening is a delicious Puja with room after to stay and snuggle, run energy, play into the night.
Sunday allows time to sleep in, hot tub, commune with nature and each other. We’ll sing, do heart centered ceremony, deepen our connections, and enjoy heart shares about Tantra and our lives. Enjoy our unsurpassed community barbecue that evening. Bring your props and costumes for our crazy and delightful Talent Show and stay into the evening for frivolity and fun. Great singing, dancing, talent, and raucous skits.
Stay and enjoy this sanctuary through Monday (sweet nectar of afterglow). The closing ritual is 7-9PM. For me, the best part of Summer Camp is the day and evenings after the weekend as we reap the benefits of having dropped so deep into the One Heart! Last year, the most common comment was “I wish I’d stayed the whole time.” Time to dance, go deeper, enjoy sanctuary.
Weekend Meals will be catered with breakfasts and other meals either BBQ or prepared communally from food provided. As usual to keep costs lower than workshop weekends, we ask that you give a couple hours toward food service and grounds clean up at the end. A sincere request, not a requirement.

6 month rental is San Fran
Posted by: “lynne jassem” ljassem@aol.com   thatjassemwoman
Tue Jun 24, 2008 3:56 pm (PDT) I am renting out my 2 plus bedroom(we use the 3rd bedroom as an office) 1 bath top floor flat from mid october to mid april….it is a beauty!Hardwood floors wood burning fireplace,spectacular views of downtown…deck on rear surrounded by trees and back yd. Large eat in kitchen with all stainless appliances…alternate between garage space one month and parking pad the next….storage in the garage….lovely location on the top of Bernal Hill…. asking 2900 monthly which includes garbage and water and direct t.v. At some point I will have photos…but if you do have an interest please let me know Lynne=

Hi All,
Contra Costa Dykes with dogs is planning monthly dog walks. Our first walk will be Sunday July 6th at 9:30 AM at Heather Farms Park in Walnut Creek. We’ll meet at the Heather Farms dog park at 9:30 AM and then walk the Iron Horse Trail. Afterward we’ll head over to Peet’s for a coffee/beverage and a little people socializing. Hope to see you there! To RSVP or for more info. pls. contact [LINK: mailto:rebecca_brookman%40sbcglobal.net] rebecca_brookman@sbcglobal.net

Garden Party At The Diversity Center 1117 Soquel AV, Santa Cruz
Saturday, July 12, 2008 1:30 - 3:30 PM
Join us for a Free Backyard BBQ In Celebration of The Diversity Center & Triangle Speakers Merger. Relax & enjoy old friends and new.
Soft drinks & water offered for sale.
LGBTIQ community & allies are invited. Children are welcome.
Sponsored by the Diversity Center’s Social Committee. Questions? Call the Diversity Center, 831-425-5422.