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In an effort to get another full-fledged national dinner tour off the ground, I have carefully placed my name and cell phone number on a piece of furniture in a well-known furniture catalog. I'm unable to make mention of the particular catalog, because they have requested that I remove their name from my site. This will in no way effect the tour, and I will complete it as planned, without mentioning "the catalog" company. The National Dinner Tour II is non-profit, non-commercial, and personally funded. It is based completely on chance (who will call the number on the piece of furniture), and the dinners will serve as a forum for individuals to share conversation and exchange ideas.
To Date, I have received over 15,000 calls and e-mails regarding the project. The calls range from Portland, MN to my very own San Francisco, and all the way accross the world in Japan, South America, Australia, The UK, Canada, The Vigin Islands and many other countries. Strangly, the project has already taken me to several homes through national and international radio, television, and newspapers.
If you would like more information or would like to participate in the project, please e-mail or call 510.872.7326. The project is slated to commence in January 2005 and continue through the year. I'm interested in meeting with as many people as humanly possible as it is your life stories and hometowns that make this project happen.
I'm looking to eventually produce a book/ documentary about the project, so keep your eyes peeled. If you are a writer or into video/audio and wanna tag along for a portion, please send over an e-mail.
1_12_05
So I'm heading out for the first leg of the National Dinner tour - California! In preparation, I've sold my truck and bought this gem of an RV. Despite the fuel leak and some other minor problems, I think it'll do. Over the next few weeks I'll be preparing for the journey.
As it stands right now, there will be no TV show or book and it's all personally funded. The major media players wanted the project to be about dating - my quest to find a wife! Cause I wouldn't budge and said the project is about community building and the importance of conversation, they took their interests elsewhere. Oh well! I'll be doing some odd jobs along the way and trying to get funding from private sources, i.e. grants. Thanks to those who have supported the tour already with their private donations. So keep an eye out for me and maybe we can share some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch somewhere along the way. All the best!
2_13_05
After my dinners in Southern California, I'm going to regroup for a bit and pull together the national schedule. I'll head up North through the rest of California and then Oregon and Washington. I'll return back home to complete my Djerassi Residency. And then get off the west coast into Nevada and then south, before it gets too hot down there, into Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and so on. Ending up at Virginia, then circling back through Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, hitting Northern Nevada, and then criss-crossing the upper states, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin - back and forth til I end up at Maine. Hawaii and Alaska are going to happen with some special travel arrangements near the end.
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