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12/26/1999 Theresa's Birthday Celebration

Theresa and I had a very pleasant and low-key celebration for her birthday during the day. There was really nothing out of the ordinary. I fixed her breakfast and an eggnog late. Sunkiss and Rondo helped Theresa opening her presents. Rondo was especially happy to help with her leather briefcase because it's made out of beef hide :-) To reward his faithful service, we took him for a walk around Lake Elizabeth. We then had a dim-sum lunch at Furama. Theresa helped me to navigate to San Francisco. We strolled along Sacramento Street and visited a few interesting shops that were open.

The most interesting store we visited was

Twiga: Fine Ebony Jewelry and Sculpture
3333 Sacramento Street
San Francisco, CA 94118
tel: 415-292-8020
e-mail: africatwiga@iname.com

We had a nice chat with Twiga Mbunda, who is from Tanzania. She has a team of 40 Tanzanian women helping to make art and craft pieces. We were interested to find that

When you purchase Makonde art and jewelry you are directly helping to build health clinics, nutrition centers and schools in Tanzania.
You are also improving the lives of the people, who are very poor but strong in rare talent.
Fine ebony wood jewelry and art come from the birthplace of creation.

We could not pass up the chance of buying a pair of ebony elephant candle sticks. You know how we feel about elephants!

We took a rest and had espresso at a cafe. So far Theresa did not suspect anything! Little did she know what I had in store for her!