Its been almost a month since I blogged, because frankly I needed some rest from all the work I put into getting ready for Art Car Fest 09. But I had to post about a surprise visit I got from my best friend from high school, Ralph. It was great to see him on Saturday at the Salsa festival in Redwood City were I was parked right there on the sidewalk at a major intersection melting in the sun. It was good to catch up with Ralph and show him my new Mercedes Pens ride and the latest pen upgrades.
Pen Donation Barrel Now at The Bay Model in Sausalito
Last Saturday I went down to Sausalito to drop off my 5th pen recycling barrel
Submitted by Shelley Champine
Pen Recycling Barrel Now at City Life in Santa Rosa
City Life community center has a for a long time now graciously allowed me to have pens mailed here at 2425 Mendocino Ave in Santa Rosa. They were even more gracious when I asked them if I could put one of my pen recycling barrels
City life community center is a very unique place, it used to be a Heald college location and now its a place where many organizations meet and hold meetings during the week. They have ballet and martial arts classes, 5-6 churches meet there such as City Life Fellowship , Giving Tree Church and others. Hope Works is also located there, a non profit organization that is gang intervention and inmate reentry program. Its a great place to find great information about local events and meetings that are happening all through out the week.
The New Pen Donation Address is:
The Pen Guy – P.O.Box 994 – Forestville, CA 95436
Pen Rainbow Inside the Mercedes Pens on the way to Art Car Fest
Its nice to finally have enough pens collected to be able to create an entire pen rainbow on the inside of Mercedes Pens Art Car roof. I just finished this beauty yesterday and with a colorful interior like mine, a rainbow seemed like the right thing to do. The inside is the safest place to do this considering the sun and weather eventually destroy all pens on the outside of the pen car. I know its a weird shape but I still have more space to fill out the area around it with more pens. I have less than a month to get ready for the big art car event called Art Car Fest September 25-27th, so I need to get busy repairing the missing and damaged pens. Art Car Fest is three days of hanging out with other art car folks showing our creations to the public. I will also be collecting old pens so if you have them please fill free to come and drop them off, I would love take them off your hands. Think of all the free space you’ll have for more stuff.
This year you will be able to enjoy art cars at Art Car Fest at these locations:
Day 1 – Friday, September 25th
- Sports Basement – San Fransisco, CA
- Amoeba Music – Berkeley , CA
Day 2 – Saturday, September 26th
- Salsa Festival – Redwood City, CA
Day 3 – Sunday, September 27th
- Berkeley’s Last Sundays Fest – Berkley CA
Mercedes Pens on the Smithsonian Channel
Interview by the Smithsonian Channel during art car fest 2008 and a feature on their blog.