Welcome to the final installment of blog entries on my multi-city tour giving briefings to all of our Progressive Future canvass offices.
San Francisco
When we last left off, our intrepid hero (er, that's me) had just finished giving a briefing in the Mountain View office, south of San Francisco.
As I was waiting for a train to San Fran, an elderly Peruvian man approached me and asked me in Spanish if I could help him purchase "un boleto de tren." I helped him buy his ticket and invited him to sit with me so that I could make sure he didn't miss his stop--and I had my first real conversation in Spanish in a very long time. I understood about 1/3 of what he said (unfortunately, not including his name), but it was fun. Here's a photo of my brief travel companion:
That evening, I headed to a 10th anniversary celebration for US Action, a strong progressive ally and leading player in the Health Care for America NOW! coalition (of which we're part).
I met actor Kurtwood Smith at the reception--Red from "That 70s Show" and the mean father from Dead Poets Society ("You're going to Harvard and you're gonna become a doctor"), among others. He was very cool and into both health care reform and our summer campaign to push back on Rush Limbaugh and the right wing.
I extended my stay in San Francisco for a night so that I could meet with several canvass directors from the region who canvassed for Progressive Future on Saturday.
Then, it was off to the airport to Seattle...
Seattle
I arrived in Seattle on Saturday afternoon. My good friend from law school Meron picked me up from the airport and we spent a fun weekend tooling around town at the famous market and walking around Lake Washington. Here we are in front of the lake:
I was up early this morning for a 7:30 PT/8:30 MT phone briefing for our Boulder office (I've been there in person twice this summer). Then it was time for a briefing at the Seattle office. Here's Regional Director Joe Rupp in front of the one of the office's Rush cut-outs:
And, practicing Progressive Future canvassing after the briefing:
One more briefing this afternoon, and then I head home tomorrow. Thanks for following along...
