I sometimes come up with hair-brained ideas. True, I'm a creative-type, imaginatively-driven, frequently caught up in an excited, whirling new vision of "fun" or "inspired" or whatever's tickling my fancy in any given moment. And, many times, these ideas are brilliant and exciting, but they don't happen on their own. There's a lot of collaborating and hard work that go into creating something large enough to entertain, enlighten and educate a pack. Alone, I am a force, but my force will fade, ultimately, if I don't find a posse to pick me up when I've given out all my zazz and hit the wall. I learned a long time ago: I'm a drummer, but I'm only useful if I'm surrounded by the people who only need a beat. When I started creating vibe, I didn't know who would pick up my flow. Suddenly, it's fabulous, it's lovely, it's perfect-all the right players are converging on me, all over the place, and the daydreamy wishes I sent out into the wind are walking through the front door, realized and ready to dance. Good thing we've got this smokin' sound system...
I'm a nerd for a party with a purpose. I mean it, give me a cause and I will find a cure. I'm all about fun for a serious sake. And, that being said, one of my current missions is to support the local community-it's artists and talent and small businesses and, importantly, it's natural resources. So, when I discovered that Chesapeake hadn't yet begun celebrating "Green Drinks"- a sort of happy hour for the eco-sophisticate- I was like, Duh. We're so gonna make this happen. Interestingly and conveniently, every green activist in the area has found a way to be between 1 and 3 degrees of separation from me, and they are all TOTALLY acting as my posse- extraordinaire. Everyone wants to help. So many superstars want to be involved. My lunches for, seriously, the next month, are completely booked. The drums are thumping...the beat goes on.
Last month, we succeeded in launching our first "Meet the Artist" event, and many of our new contingent were found from that fray. It's fabulous because, having attended that event, they already realize we're purpose-driven. The people we care about are beginning to really care about us. I feel like someone weeded the garden in front of the fence in my front yard and they're interested to step through and see what's going on inside.
Green Drinks Chesapeake will launch, officially and for real, this Thursday, June 4th at 5:30 PM. We'll have organic wine to drink, the backyard patio open and awaiting sunbathers and, of course, a lot of environmentally-invested peeps who love all the colors of the rainbow, but especially love green. We're Virginia Green certified and I've got our e-newsletter ready to roll and our invite list is growing! The word is circulating-we've got people ready to speak and teach and play and drink and laugh and connect and do all the things we love, and do it for the sake of caring about our shared, physical space.
It actually, really is easy being green. Join us this Thursday, if you can make it. See what it looks like to, once again, turn a pretty thought into a very real meeting of great minds. In this case, green, great minds...
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