So I don't have a shot in hell.? But this is my passion and my life's work,?so here we go: rates of chronic pain are going UP, not down. Chronic pain affects more people today than cancer, diabetes, and heart disease combined. Pain medicine needs to change, and change starts with *education.* To that end, I've submitted a?talk to the 2023 South by Southwest (SXSW) conference called? Much of the decision-making is done internally by the SXSW board. But 1/3 of the vote is up to YOU, the public.?We get to decide what topics are important enough to warrant an audience. And so I awkwardly and humbly seek your help. Please check out my proposal, below. If you find it worthy, please vote, add your comments, and forward this email on to your communities. You can quickly make an account (so they know you're not a bot) and make your voice heard.?
Voting CLOSES?in just 2 days,?Sun Aug 21. Thank you for considering, and for supporting this important work. Together, we are going to change pain ?? With gratitude, Rachel Zoffness
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We are looking for a gardener who can prune, mow, and clean out garden areas etc. Need someone dependable who will be an active partner in keeping our front and backyard space taken care of. Please send me any thoughts/recommendations. Thanks, Gail Kaufman gkaufman@...
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Hi Mona, thanks for hosting this meet and greet. I attended a meeting with Loren last month and was really impressed by him- he struck me as smart, thoughtful, and pragmatic. And he is home grown, so I think he really cares about and believes in Oakland! Thanks for giving Oak Grove folks the opportunity to meet and talk with him. Best, Melissa ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Mona Barra-Gibson Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2022 7:43 PM To: [email protected]Subject: [Oakgrovepedestrians] Oakland’s next Mayor ? I’m hoping you can join us for a house party on Sunday, August 28th @ 2:30 pm ?for Loren Taylor who is running for Mayor. ?Oakland has ranked choice voting, so you get 3 opportunities to choose who represents you. ?I hope you’ll join us and learn about Loren’s vision for Oakland. ?We’ll have good beer & bites- hope to see you there!?
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Hi neighbors!?
I’m hoping you can join us for a house party on Sunday, August 28th @ 2:30 pm ?for Loren Taylor who is running for Mayor. ?Oakland has ranked choice voting, so you get 3 opportunities to choose who represents you. ?I hope you’ll join us and learn about Loren’s vision for Oakland. ?We’ll have good beer & bites- hope to see you there!?
Thanks,?
Mona?
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Re: Neighborhood happy hour!
Richard Un?her A great idea. I hope to attend. I have a commitment earlier in the day, but should be able to make it.?
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On Aug 16, 2022, at 8:55 AM, racheljentry <racheljentry@...> wrote:
? Dear lovely neighbors, A few of us were chatting after our recent block party. There are many new faces, and we've all been stuck inside for 2 years. Having neighbor-friends is a great gift, so Melissa Mednick and I thought it might be nice to have a monthly or every-other-month BYOB happy hour. To kick things off, I will host, as I did at the beginning of the pandemic. (What nice medicine that was!)
Our first HH will be on my front patio at 5675 Oak Grove Ave on Sunday 9/11?@ 5pm. Please put it on your calendars. All are welcome. If it gets too big, we may have to migrate to our driveway, which is no problem. Please bring whatever drinks/snacks you'd like to eat and some to share. This first event will also double as a book-party (!): I published during the pandemic and never properly celebrated. For those of you who are new to the 'hood, I am a pain science expert and nerd - so if you have or treat chronic pain, or know someone who does, I will have book copies for you.
I will plan to host a few of these to?get us going, but if you would like to donate your yard or patio to a future HH, we are gratefully accepting volunteers. No work is needed to host beyond showing up. Looking forward to meeting/seeing all of you! Warmly, Rachel Zoffness
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Thanks for getting this going. I’m also going to be away on Sept 11….hope to join next time around. Gail ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of Melissa Mednick Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2022 9:11 AM To: [email protected]Subject: Re: [Oakgrovepedestrians] Neighborhood happy hour! ? Rachel, many thanks for getting the ball rolling on this!! Jeff and I have a conflicting commitment on 9/11, but we look forward to attending and hosting other upcoming OG events! ? ? Dear lovely neighbors, A few of us were chatting after our recent block party. There are many new faces, and we've all been stuck inside for 2 years. Having neighbor-friends is a great gift, so Melissa Mednick and I thought it might be nice to have a monthly or every-other-month BYOB happy hour. To kick things off, I will host, as I did at the beginning of the pandemic. (What nice medicine that was!) Our first HH will be on my front patio at 5675 Oak Grove Ave on Sunday 9/11?@ 5pm. Please put it on your calendars. All are welcome. If it gets too big, we may have to migrate to our driveway, which is no problem. Please bring whatever drinks/snacks you'd like to eat and some to share. This first event will also double as a book-party (!): I published during the pandemic and never properly celebrated. For those of you who are new to the 'hood, I am a pain science expert and nerd - so if you have or treat chronic pain, or know someone who does, I will have book copies for you. I will plan to host a few of these to?get us going, but if you would like to donate your yard or patio to a future HH, we are gratefully accepting volunteers. No work is needed to host beyond showing up. Looking forward to meeting/seeing all of you!
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Rachel, many thanks for getting the ball rolling on this!! Jeff and I have a conflicting commitment on 9/11, but we look forward to attending and hosting other upcoming OG events! ?
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of racheljentry Sent: Monday, August 15, 2022 5:55 PM To: [email protected]Cc: Melissa Mednick <melissamednick@...> Subject: [Oakgrovepedestrians] Neighborhood happy hour! ? Dear lovely neighbors, A few of us were chatting after our recent block party. There are many new faces, and we've all been stuck inside for 2 years. Having neighbor-friends is a great gift, so Melissa Mednick and I thought it might be nice to have a monthly or every-other-month BYOB happy hour. To kick things off, I will host, as I did at the beginning of the pandemic. (What nice medicine that was!) Our first HH will be on my front patio at 5675 Oak Grove Ave on Sunday 9/11?@ 5pm. Please put it on your calendars. All are welcome. If it gets too big, we may have to migrate to our driveway, which is no problem. Please bring whatever drinks/snacks you'd like to eat and some to share. This first event will also double as a book-party (!): I published during the pandemic and never properly celebrated. For those of you who are new to the 'hood, I am a pain science expert and nerd - so if you have or treat chronic pain, or know someone who does, I will have book copies for you. I will plan to host a few of these to?get us going, but if you would like to donate your yard or patio to a future HH, we are gratefully accepting volunteers. No work is needed to host beyond showing up. Looking forward to meeting/seeing all of you!
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Thanks for carrying forward our happy neighborhood gathering! ?I hope to attend, but Chuck has a video gig in Palo Alto that day with ULU VENTURES. ? ? ?We’d be happy to hold a gathering in our backyard before it gets too cold! ? ? Carolina
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I will come and I badly want people to party in my new front yard patio at some future date!
Great, Rachel (and Melissa). Wonderful idea and am looking forward to it.?
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Subject: Re: [Oakgrovepedestrians] Neighborhood happy hour!
Lovely invitation !!! Thanks for organizing, Rachel.
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Dear lovely neighbors,
A few of us were chatting after our recent block party. There are many new faces, and we've all been stuck inside for 2 years. Having neighbor-friends is a great gift, so Melissa Mednick and I thought it might be nice to have a monthly
or every-other-month BYOB happy hour. To kick things off, I will host, as I did at the beginning of the pandemic. (What nice medicine that was!)
Our first HH will be on my front patio at 5675 Oak Grove Ave on Sunday 9/11?@ 5pm. Please put it on your calendars. All are welcome. If it gets too big, we may have to migrate to our driveway, which is no problem. Please bring
whatever drinks/snacks you'd like to eat and some to share. This first event will also double as a book-party (!): I published
during the pandemic and never properly celebrated. For those of you who are new to the 'hood, I am a pain science expert and nerd - so if you have or treat chronic pain, or know someone who does, I will have book copies for you.
I will plan to host a few of these to?get us going, but
if you would like to donate your yard or patio to a future HH, we are gratefully accepting volunteers. No work is needed to host beyond showing up.
Looking forward to meeting/seeing all of you!
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I will come and I badly want people to party in my new front yard patio at some future date!
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Great, Rachel (and Melissa). Wonderful idea and am looking forward to it.?
Greg?
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From: Jeff Rosenbloom <jeff@...>
Date: 8/15/22 20:57 (GMT-05:00)
Subject: Re: [Oakgrovepedestrians] Neighborhood happy hour!
Lovely invitation !!! Thanks for organizing, Rachel.
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Dear lovely neighbors,
A few of us were chatting after our recent block party. There are many new faces, and we've all been stuck inside for 2 years. Having neighbor-friends is a great gift, so Melissa Mednick and I thought it might be nice to have a monthly
or every-other-month BYOB happy hour. To kick things off, I will host, as I did at the beginning of the pandemic. (What nice medicine that was!)
Our first HH will be on my front patio at 5675 Oak Grove Ave on Sunday 9/11?@ 5pm. Please put it on your calendars. All are welcome. If it gets too big, we may have to migrate to our driveway, which is no problem. Please bring
whatever drinks/snacks you'd like to eat and some to share. This first event will also double as a book-party (!): I published
during the pandemic and never properly celebrated. For those of you who are new to the 'hood, I am a pain science expert and nerd - so if you have or treat chronic pain, or know someone who does, I will have book copies for you.
I will plan to host a few of these to?get us going, but
if you would like to donate your yard or patio to a future HH, we are gratefully accepting volunteers. No work is needed to host beyond showing up.
Looking forward to meeting/seeing all of you!
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Great, Rachel (and Melissa). Wonderful idea and am looking forward to it.?
Greg? 5690 OGA?
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Beneath the Surface:?A thoughtful and thorough approach to real estate GET TO KNOW ME: ? Top 1.5% of Realtors nationwide by RealTrends 2022 ? ? ? ? Dear lovely neighbors, A few of us were chatting after our recent block party. There are many new faces, and we've all been stuck inside for 2 years. Having neighbor-friends is a great gift, so Melissa Mednick and I thought it might be nice to have a monthly or every-other-month BYOB happy hour. To kick things off, I will host, as I did at the beginning of the pandemic. (What nice medicine that was!) Our first HH will be on my front patio at 5675 Oak Grove Ave on Sunday 9/11?@ 5pm. Please put it on your calendars. All are welcome. If it gets too big, we may have to migrate to our driveway, which is no problem. Please bring whatever drinks/snacks you'd like to eat and some to share. This first event will also double as a book-party (!): I published during the pandemic and never properly celebrated. For those of you who are new to the 'hood, I am a pain science expert and nerd - so if you have or treat chronic pain, or know someone who does, I will have book copies for you. I will plan to host a few of these to?get us going, but if you would like to donate your yard or patio to a future HH, we are gratefully accepting volunteers. No work is needed to host beyond showing up. Looking forward to meeting/seeing all of you!
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Dear lovely Rachel, you ROCK! I look forward to the 9/11 HH at your front patio and to offering my front or backyard for another HH down the road. Yay OGA neighbors xo,
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? Dear lovely neighbors, A few of us were chatting after our recent block party. There are many new faces, and we've all been stuck inside for 2 years. Having neighbor-friends is a great gift, so Melissa Mednick and I thought it might be nice to have a monthly or every-other-month BYOB happy hour. To kick things off, I will host, as I did at the beginning of the pandemic. (What nice medicine that was!)
Our first HH will be on my front patio at 5675 Oak Grove Ave on Sunday 9/11?@ 5pm. Please put it on your calendars. All are welcome. If it gets too big, we may have to migrate to our driveway, which is no problem. Please bring whatever drinks/snacks you'd like to eat and some to share. This first event will also double as a book-party (!): I published during the pandemic and never properly celebrated. For those of you who are new to the 'hood, I am a pain science expert and nerd - so if you have or treat chronic pain, or know someone who does, I will have book copies for you.
I will plan to host a few of these to?get us going, but if you would like to donate your yard or patio to a future HH, we are gratefully accepting volunteers. No work is needed to host beyond showing up. Looking forward to meeting/seeing all of you! Warmly, Rachel Zoffness
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On Aug 15, 2022, at 5:57 PM, Jeff Rosenbloom <jeff@...> wrote:
? Lovely invitation !!! Thanks for organizing, Rachel. ? 
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? ? ? ? Dear lovely neighbors, A few of us were chatting after our recent block party. There are many new faces, and we've all been stuck inside for 2 years. Having neighbor-friends is a great gift, so Melissa Mednick and I thought it might be nice to have a monthly or every-other-month BYOB happy hour. To kick things off, I will host, as I did at the beginning of the pandemic. (What nice medicine that was!) Our first HH will be on my front patio at 5675 Oak Grove Ave on Sunday 9/11?@ 5pm. Please put it on your calendars. All are welcome. If it gets too big, we may have to migrate to our driveway, which is no problem. Please bring whatever drinks/snacks you'd like to eat and some to share. This first event will also double as a book-party (!): I published during the pandemic and never properly celebrated. For those of you who are new to the 'hood, I am a pain science expert and nerd - so if you have or treat chronic pain, or know someone who does, I will have book copies for you. I will plan to host a few of these to?get us going, but if you would like to donate your yard or patio to a future HH, we are gratefully accepting volunteers. No work is needed to host beyond showing up. Looking forward to meeting/seeing all of you!
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From: [email protected] < [email protected]> On Behalf Of racheljentry Sent: Monday, August 15, 2022 5:55 PM To: [email protected]Cc: Melissa Mednick < melissamednick@...> Subject: [Oakgrovepedestrians] Neighborhood happy hour! ? Dear lovely neighbors, A few of us were chatting after our recent block party. There are many new faces, and we've all been stuck inside for 2 years. Having neighbor-friends is a great gift, so Melissa Mednick and I thought it might be nice to have a monthly or every-other-month BYOB happy hour. To kick things off, I will host, as I did at the beginning of the pandemic. (What nice medicine that was!) Our first HH will be on my front patio at 5675 Oak Grove Ave on Sunday 9/11?@ 5pm. Please put it on your calendars. All are welcome. If it gets too big, we may have to migrate to our driveway, which is no problem. Please bring whatever drinks/snacks you'd like to eat and some to share. This first event will also double as a book-party (!): I published during the pandemic and never properly celebrated. For those of you who are new to the 'hood, I am a pain science expert and nerd - so if you have or treat chronic pain, or know someone who does, I will have book copies for you. I will plan to host a few of these to?get us going, but if you would like to donate your yard or patio to a future HH, we are gratefully accepting volunteers. No work is needed to host beyond showing up. Looking forward to meeting/seeing all of you!
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Dear lovely neighbors, A few of us were chatting after our recent block party. There are many new faces, and we've all been stuck inside for 2 years. Having neighbor-friends is a great gift, so Melissa Mednick and I thought it might be nice to have a monthly or every-other-month BYOB happy hour. To kick things off, I will host, as I did at the beginning of the pandemic. (What nice medicine that was!)
Our first HH will be on my front patio at 5675 Oak Grove Ave on Sunday 9/11?@ 5pm. Please put it on your calendars. All are welcome. If it gets too big, we may have to migrate to our driveway, which is no problem. Please bring whatever drinks/snacks you'd like to eat and some to share. This first event will also double as a book-party (!): I published during the pandemic and never properly celebrated. For those of you who are new to the 'hood, I am a pain science expert and nerd - so if you have or treat chronic pain, or know someone who does, I will have book copies for you.
I will plan to host a few of these to?get us going, but if you would like to donate your yard or patio to a future HH, we are gratefully accepting volunteers. No work is needed to host beyond showing up. Looking forward to meeting/seeing all of you! Warmly, Rachel Zoffness
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I’ve had great luck with Berkeley dog and cat. Claremont that was a big fail for me, Broadway that wasn’t horrible but I didn’t feel overly confident with their vets either. Berkeley dog and cat took the time to sit with me explain the situation was able to bring a specialist in to look at my dogs knees and recommend the appropriate procedures.
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?Hi all! We have had bad luck with vets this year for our 6 year old cat, Mac. You’ve probably met him - big, grey cat that hangs outside Bob and Vicki’s place. Any recommendations for local, trustworthy vets? Thank you in advance.?
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Hi all! We have had bad luck with vets this year for our 6 year old cat, Mac. You’ve probably met him - big, grey cat that hangs outside Bob and Vicki’s place. Any recommendations for local, trustworthy vets? Thank you in advance.?
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On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 10:30 PM Jeff Rosenbloom < jeff@...> wrote: Number 1 Hardwood ? Tai ? 510.220.2683 ? 
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Hi Jen, I can drop the section off for you this morning.
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On Sun, Aug 14, 2022 at 10:16 PM Jennifer Vetter < jrvetter@...> wrote: Hi neighbors! If anyone gets the print edition of the San Francisco Chronicle, please save page E3 from today's Sunday paper for me. This article is about my friend Sharon McKellar and also mentions Beth Gousman, my co-librarian at Montclair Elementary School, where I just started working this past week.?
Thanks!
Jen Vetter
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Oops, meant this just for Jen…
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On Aug 15, 2022, at 6:58 AM, Sarah Milne via groups.io <skmilne1@...> wrote:
? Hi Jen - this is Sarah at 5651 OGA. I do get the Sunday print - I am out of town for a couple of days and the paper is probably still in my front yard - go grab it, it’s all yours! On Aug 15, 2022, at 12:16 AM, Jennifer Vetter <jrvetter@...> wrote:
? Hi neighbors! If anyone gets the print edition of the San Francisco Chronicle, please save page E3 from today's Sunday paper for me. This article is about my friend Sharon McKellar and also mentions Beth Gousman, my co-librarian at Montclair Elementary School, where I just started working this past week.?
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Jen Vetter
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