At Gadsby Tavern Museum Society's Annual Spring Fling and Silent Auction on Saturday night, April 20th, I ran into many friends. Here I am with Yvette Spears of Yvette Spears Jazz Quorum. We met at another fundraising event about the same time a year ago.
On Saturday night, I didn't intend to bid on or buy anything. But this cake was there and I had been wondering what I might do for my upcoming birthday and it seemed a good idea. So I wrote the opening bid. Then they moved the auction to an actual auction and when the cake came up, I had been topped. So I made the next bid, then the bidding went on between me and a couple of others. At one point, I added that I was buying it for my birthday and thought that might get me some sympathy. But no, it kept on going until I decided I would let it go. Let someone else have it. The woman I had just met sitting next to me said, "you know you got the bidding up on that cake" (that's the goal when you support a good cause). I said yes and was happy with that. At which point, she announced "I'm going to cover her bid increase and let's let the birthday lady have her cake."
Birthday cake!
And that's what happened. I will be sharing my cake with many people, including all my new friends at my table.