I am a reader. I’m one of those people who always has a stack of books on my nightstand and actually reads all of them, slowly but surely, and usually mostly on a plane or a beach. Read the rest of this entry »
The Goods: Sweet Reads
Nov 18Tags: Jen Rainin
Blame Sally rocks for equality
Aug 27
On August 13, Sweet capped off our three-concert series to benefit marriage equality with a sold out show in California’s Wine Country.
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Tags: Jen Rainin, Sweet Concerts for Equality
Posted in: Blog
Gaycation all I ever wanted
Aug 2
PBS series “In the Life” features Sweet in its special on “Gaycations” in the month of August. See lesbian comedian Suzanne Westenhoefer, Sweet founders Jen Rainin and Shannon Wentworth and a bevy of beautiful Sweeties clean up beaches, paint schools and hospitals and generally spread great gobs of glee on a gorgeous Caribbean cruise.
Tags: Jen Rainin, Shannon Wentworth, Suzanne Westenhoefer
Posted in: Blog
Sweet Breast Cancer 3-day, San Francisco
Jul 7
Join your pals at Sweet for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day Walk in San Francisco, September 9-11, 2011. Sweet founders Jen Rainin and Shannon Wentworth lead Team Sweet as we raise much-need funding for vital breast cancer research.
Thank you for your support. We look forward to walking with you.
Tags: Jen Rainin, meet Sweet, Shannon Wentworth, Sweet Somethings
Mental 99 benefit for EQCA
Jun 27
Join Sweet for a very special evening in the Wine Country. On Saturday, July 23, Sweet is hosting a concert featuring Mental 99 to benefit Equality California‘s marriage equality work.
Mental 99 is a new instrumental rock duo from San Francisco. The group consists of guitarist Joe Gore [Tom Waits, Tracy Chapman, Courtney Love] and drummer Dawn Richardson [Four Non-Blondes, Tracy Chapman, Shana Morrison, Martinis, Angel Corpus Christi]. With their incredible experience and boundless talent, they conjure vast panoramas of sound with their uncommonly imaginative originals and ultra-creative covers.
Come out to support marriage equality in Jen Rainin and Franco Stevens’ beautiful amphitheater nestled in their Calistoga vineyards. Wine and hors d’oeuvres provided by Whole Foods and winetasting.com. Directions provided by EQCA upon RSVP.
Benefit Concert for Equality California
Featuring Mental 99
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Concert begins at 5:00pm
RSVP information: events [at] eqca.org
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Tags: Equality California, Franco Stevens, Jen Rainin, Sweet events, Sweet Wine Country Concerts
Posted in: Meet Sweet, Sweet Artist Events
Sweet Happy Hour, Chicago
Jun 21Let Sweet buy your first drink at our Sweet Happy Hour. Join us at the friendly and welcoming Parlour on Clark (6341 N. Clark Street) on Friday, July 15, from 6-8pm.
Meet and mingle with Sweet co-founder Jen Rainin and special guest, Curve magazine founder Franco Stevens and do a good turn for the Anti-Cruelty Society . Free champagne provided by our generous hosts at Parlour on Clark for the first hour. Plus, bring an item from the Anti-Cruelty Society’s wishlist and receive a free drink.
CAT & DOG WISHLIST
• New dog toys, hard rubber (especially all size Kong toys )
• New cat toys, plastic or rubber
• Premium brands canned cat and dog food
• Beef or chicken flavored baby food
• New or gently used towels, all sizes
• Grooming Supplies (nail clippers, electric grooming clippers, grooming shears, pet shampoo/conditioner, brushes/combs, de-matting tools)
• Strong Bench dog beds – Make a donation for us to purchase Strong Bench beds for our adoptable dogs. We use a specific type of dog bed, “Strong Benches”, for our adoptable dogs that work best in the shelter setting and are not sold in general pet stores.
• Fleece fabric to make pet beds (by the yard)
Equipment/Office Supplies:
• Nikon Coolpix L110 12.1MP Digital Camera with 15x Optical Vibration Reduction (VR) Zoom
• USB flash drives (preferably 4G)
• 8.5” x 11” white printer/copier paper
• Rechargeable digital camera batteries (AA, AAA, and C)
Tags: Jen Rainin, meet Sweet
Giving back is Sweet
Sweet’s inaugural cruise left trees, clean beaches, clean air and happy children in its wake. ...
The Sweeties, San Francisco
Mar. 22 - Mar. 25
Join Sweet as we celebrate the do-goodery and debauchery of our guests in San Francisco, March 22-25, 2012....
