Last weekend Emily Duffy creator of the Vain Van and I were invited to bring our art cars to the 16th Annual Art Inspiring Hope Gala benefiting the Okizu Foundation at Fort Mason Center’s Herbst Pavilion in San Francisco. Okizu supports the childhood cancer community and provide peer support, respite, mentoring, and recreational programs to meet the needs of all members of families affected by childhood cancer.
Patrick Robbie was the main photographer for the evening and took a bunch of great photos of the guests with the Mercedes Pens as the backdrop. This makes it the first time that the pen car has been used in this way for a very upscale event.
This is also the first time since I was married that wore a black suite and in fact had to borrow one since I don’t have much use for one in my line of business. It was a great opportunity to dress up and go on a date with my wife Sandy in San Francisco. After the event Emily and Ken took us out to South Beach and we had some fantastic Italian food at Caffe Sport where they took our photo in a serious moment we were having during dinner.