I’ve been REALLY, stupidly busy with all these interesting important things that will (eventually) benefit Carmel and it’s finally occurred to me that all the things for which I’m not paid are going GREAT!

Too bad I actually need to make a living…being non-profit is fun when you’re supposed to be non-profit.

The free-for-all-work so far this year began with the Concours on the Avenue event in August in which we did some tent set-ups on Ocean Avenue.  They wanted it “manly,” which is kinda hard to define so I decided “over-stuffed” would work:

We followed that one with displays and vignettes at the Carmel Art Auction at Sunset Center in the beginning of September.  For that one they wanted a Bohemian Artist’s garret look to evoke the old Bohemian days of Carmel:

The next event we supported in September was National Run@Work Day.  The Carmel version of the event started in our parking lot and circled back to end in the Wine Bar across the street.  Amber and I pretended like we were Amazing Race-er’s and led the pack:

All the huffing and puffing was followed by the physical lifting of furniture to create a den-like vignette for the Sunset Center stage for the Carmel Authors and Ideas Festival:

And then, with all these worthwhile Carmel events behind us, we got to work on the one I MOST wanted to help in any way succeed:  The Carmel Art and Film Festival. Friends of mine were taking the leap to make this oft-started before-crashing-and-burning event a reality.  And BOY-O-BOY was it a lot of fun.  Worth the back-ache I’m still feeling 4 days later from all the heavy lifting.