Day 14 1/28/99:

The highlight of the day was attending SBI (Success Beyond Injury) dinner/auction gala at Lou's Village in San Jose.

Are these keys to the exotic vacation at Kauai? (Click on the image for a larger view)

Jan Hutchins, the previous sportscaster but turned Mayor of City of Los Gatos, is announcing someone's first evening of retirement! They generously donated their beautiful Carmel house as one of the auction prizes. We stayed there a couple years ago during the AT&T pro-am golf tournament. After some serious bidding during the live auction, we thought we will let another couple have the pleasure of staying in Carmel.

This is the closest Theresa will ever get to #16 Joe Montana of the San Francisco 49ers. At the silent auction Theresa successfully bid on a 3-card plaque, a signed pin collection with stats, and a limited edition print. It's a pity that there is no dinner for two with Joe and Jennifer. I better  tell Theresa about this WEB site created by Joe's parents! ( http://www.joemontanafanclub.com/ )   It's interesting that  Joe's mother name is also spelled the same way as Theresa's.

I could not resist the temptation of bidding and then winning the weekend at the Seascape Resort at Aptos ( http://www.infopoint.com/sc/lodging/seascape/index.html ) Jan Hutchins, as the live auction auctioneer,  is very persuasive :-) Who can say no to a weekend at Monterey Bay, with chocolate and champagne to boot? :-) I have not gotten Theresa anything for Valentine yet; I wonder if this counts? :-)

Tony Granato (#21 Right Wing) of San Jose Sharks saying 1: "See, here is Jeff Friesen's, #39 Left Wing, autograph;" 2: "Believe me, this is a real bargain; " or 3: "I'm very proud of my blood stain on this hockey stick!" :-)

What a wonderful gala event we had!