An Odd Way to Make a Charitable Contribution

As previously posted, last Saturday Dulcinea and I thought we would take in a film at the Tivoli Theater in Westport. We had a late lunch/early supper at La Fonda El Taquito on Southwest Blvd. One of my favorite Westside eateries. You can’t fail with the fresh tamale or the chorizo and potato enchilada.

When we arrived at Westport in the early evening, we spotted groups of people in various colored t-shirts. Every person in the group had the same color and each group had a different color. We couldn’t read what the shirts said from our car because the script used was very flowery (they should have used Helvetica).

The street in front of the Tivoli was closed off so we had to park a few blocks away. As we walked through the crowd we discovered the t-shirts said “Crawl for Cancer”. 20 Pitchers, 10 People, 5 Bars, 1 Perfect Day. It seems we were in the middle of a charitable event.

Most of the donors looked very young and many were very drunk. It is sometimes difficult to appreciate the humor of drunks when you yourself are not inebriated. Such as the two women behind us who were pissed-off and yelling about the shabby treatment they received on the plaza when they were not allowed to come in off the street to use the restaurant restroom. Actually, pissing in the street seemed to be a popular past time. Some couples seemed about to fornicate, while others were very angry and bitching at each other. There were several crying drunks, and a few humorous characters. Emotions were running high.

All in all, getting drunk out of your mind seems to be a strange way to make a charitable contribution to curing cancer. However, Fidel’s, the cigar store in Westport seemed to take it all in stride. This is the sign they had out in front of their store.