> From: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3> > Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 21:21:11 -0700 > > Hi Noelle, > > I received a postcard invitation today that I thought you might be > interested in . It is regarding visiting Northern Ca's Best Private > Garderns through the Garden Conservancy whereby volunteers (if you wish to > volunteer) receive free admission to these open days gardens. To volunteer > you would help greet visitors at many of these gardens. If interested, > contact: http://www.gardenconservancy.org/~info. Otherwise admission is $5.00 per garden > which you can order by phoning: 1-888-842-2442 or by website: > opendaysprogram.org. The gardens are open from 10 AM to 4 PM. See website > for description of gardens and driving directions. The events are: San > Francisco's East Bay on Sat. May 11:five gardens in Albany, , > Oakland, and El Cerrito; San Francisco Peninsula on Sat. 5/18: four gardens > in Atherton, Los Altos, and Palo Alto; Contra Costa County on Sat. 7/20: > five gardens in Lafayette and Orinda; and San Francisco's East Bay on Sun. > 7/21: three gardens in & Oakland. Since you enjoyed doing your > garden in your front yard, I thought you might be interested in attending > one or more of these events. > > I had 2 job interviews recently for the same co. where I really liked the > company and alll the people I met and the fact that it was only 5 min. from > my house. At the end of the 2nd interview when talking to the Pres., it > turned out that the 2 job openings were actually more for Bookkeeping Clerks > with no chance for promotion, so the Pres. didn't recommend them for > someone like myself with my skills and experience. I appreciated his honesty > and withdrew my candidacy. The word Clerk had never been mentioned in the > job description, ad, nor in the other interviews with the Manager of > Accounting and Human Resources or with the CFO. So I'm back to job hunting > again but heard from that Pres. who has many customers in this area saying > that local companies are growing as well as the job market opening up, so we' > ll see. Anyway it's definitely all good practice and in the meantime I'm > keeping busy besides job hunting with all my volunteer jobs and > organizations I belong to such as being Treasurer on the Board of Directors > of the SB & Tri-Counties Chap. of the United Nations Association where I > have been involved with their Strategic Planning, etc. > > Let us know if you hear before we do the dates when the LeCointes are coming > so we will know when we need to be here to tour them around. > > Best Wishes with you job hunt also. > > Gail