ATKINS HONORS SMALL BUSINESSES OF YEAR
Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach has been named “Small Business of the Year” for 2015 in the 78th Assembly District, which runs along the coast from Imperial Beach to Solana Beach and reaches inland along Interstate 8 and into Downtown. Speaker Atkins will honor Belly Up June 10 in Sacramento and early two-dozen other district businesses will also be honored at a local reception later in the month. Of those, five are located in Downtown, including Café 222 in the Gaslamp Quarter, Caffe Italia in Little Italy, Croce’s Park West in Bankers Hill, and MooTime Creamery in Coronado. “I appreciate the hard work of the tens of thousands of home-grown business owners in my district and look forward to celebrating their accomplishments. I will continue not only to advocate on their behalf, but also to encourage all San Diegans to support them,” Speaker Atkins said. For more info visit asmdc.org/parlante.
Car2Go asks members to #DRIVETHEFIGHT
In honor of National Cancer Survivor’s Day on June 7, car2go has teamed with LIVESTRONG Foundation for a social media campaign to help raise awareness and funds for cancer prevention programs. Each time an active car2go member tweets using the hashtag #DRIVETHEFIGHT car2go will donate $1 per mile driven through June 7. @car2go and @livestrong handles can also be included in the tweets. LIVESTRONG and car2go have had a five-year relationship and this social media initiative is just one way the two organizations have worked to raise awareness and needed funds to help those affected by all stages of cancer, and support the nearly 32.5 million cancer survivors worldwide. “With great advances in cancer treatment options and medicines, more and more people are surviving the disease, thus increasing the need for post-treatment care,” said Chandini Portteus, LIVESTRONG Foundation president and CEO. “Cancer may leave your body, but it will forever remain in your life. We at the Foundation remain endlessly committed to meeting those needs and are thankful to have partners like car2go that understand what it means to be a survivor today.” With over 400,000 registered members in North America, including San Diego, car2go is the largest and fastest-growing carsharing program in the world. “Every day of a person’s life is precious — and that’s why we’ve teamed up with LIVESTRONG to not only celebrate the strength and courage of the survivors we all may know, but to see how we can support those who are still fighting cancer every single day,” said Paul DeLong, president and CEO of car2go North America. “Carsharing naturally encourages people to contribute to a greater good — from an economic to environmental and social perspective, and with this new initiative, in partnership with LIVESTRONG, our members and their communities, we know that car2go can make a difference.” For more information, visit car2go.com.
32ND ANNUAL WINE & ROSES
Touted as the “longest running annual wine competition and tasting event in San Diego County,” the 32nd Wine & Roses Charity Wine Tasting will kick off at 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, June 7. The event, which lasts until 6 p.m., encourages wine lovers from all over the county to come taste and bid on some of the best wines in the world, all while raising money for Camp Oliver, a youth summer camp in Descanso. Organizers encourage participants to do more than taste and actually learn how to judge the quality of each wine tried using three simple steps: 1. How does it look? Note the color and clarity, as this hints at its complexity. 2. Take a whiff. Let the wine oxygenate by aerating or decanting (if possible) and swirling it around your wine glass. 3. Trust your taste. Look for any “sweetness” or “dryness” to the wine. Seasoned tasters may pick up pepper, chocolate, tobacco, wild berries or charred oak. You are encouraged to compare it to the first thing you think of. The Wine and Roses event is open to the public and tickets begin at $100, with VIP at $150 and $275, and $2,200 for a table. For details visit wineandroses.com.
