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About Just out. (Portland, OR) 1983-2013 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 15, 2003)
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Deliciously good deeds Our House makes fund raising an inviting event by T imothy K rause F rom Italian feast to North west cuisine, from Southern bistro to French countryside, the 11th annual Din ner at My House for Our House offers abundant opportunities to eat, drink and he merry while bene fiting Oregon’s only residence providing 24-hour specialized services to people living with AIDS. “Dinner at My House for Our House hlends together three sim ple pleasures— fcxxl, people and giv ing— for one simple From left: Marc Acito, Carrie Peacock and Floyd Sklaver present the first reason: to support Dinner at My House for Our House Our House of Port land,” says development director Joe Jefferson. and do choreography.” That was, he concedes, Sixty public and 15 private dinners, each after 16 Kittles of wine. ranging from six to 40 guests, are held in homes and restaurants around Portland and ntertainment at other dinners reflect the beyond between September and March. Most individual interests of each host. Artist hosts prepare the meals themselves, but some Richard Mixxly and Carl Caspersen, for evenings feature a who’s who of local celebrity example, invite each guest to glaze a piece of chefs donating their time and talents, such as pottery that will he fired and ready to take honorary co-chairs Caprial and John Pence. home by the end of the evening. Volunteer hosts and chefs assume all the Some dinners have special themes, such as costs of the dinners so that all funds raised the groovin’ ’70s, Halloween fortune telling and through tickets sales directly support resident a Japanese tea ceremony. Others are popular sim care at Our House. Organizers expect to raise ply because they’re presented by notables such as more than $75,000. former Oregon Gov. Barbara Roberts, philan The series kicks off Sept. 6 with “A Fusion of thropist Terry Bean, ftxxl critic Grant Butler and Fun and Fixxl” at the southwest Portland bunga gay Lake Oswego City Councilor Karl Rohde. low of Marc Acito and Floyd Sklaver, Just Out Susie Shepherd; her partner, Kaite Chase; humor columnist and free-lance writer, respec and friends Erin and Kathy Phelps have a spe tively. Tins is the second year the couple have cial gift in mind for their guests. Shepherd often teamed up with neighbors Carrie and Rob Pea- played host to end-of-summer barbecues for Our ctxk for a bawdy evening that promises to satisfy House together with her late mother, Ann, who more than just an appetite for g<xxl fcxxl. founded Portland’s chapter of Parents, Families Twenty lucky guests are likely to find irrev and Friends of Lesbians and Gays. This year’s erent conversation flowing as freely as liba ! gathering will he in Ann’s honor, and each tions. Last year, for example, guests were met at i guest can choose one of her “kitchen wolves," a the door with name tags on which to inscribe memento from the many pictures she collected their pom-star name. of her favorite animal totem. As the ice melts in the living rcxMn, the Shepherd says she supports Our House Peacocks heat things up in the kitchen. Carrie because of “the love that comes from that is a personal chef, caterer and graduate of the place, the respect and the dignity. They make Culinary Institute of America. She and Rob sure it’s a place you go to live, not a place you plan an Italian buffet for dining alfresco on the go to die. The real emphasis is on life." cozy backyard patio. Her menu includes Sklaver, who is HIV-positive, adds: “It’s an antipasto with garlic crostini, pasta with pep incredibly important charity, and I pray that if pered vcxlka ragu, imported cheeses and meats, someday I ever need it, [it] will be there. So we do and a fusion dessert. (A s here, many meals whatever we can do to make certain that it is.” have a vegetarian option with prior notice.) Shepherd says so many of her friends and For some patrons, choosing which evening moments of the heart have been tied to Our of the series to attend might have just as much House. “We honor and respect so much of what they do for all of us in the community. to do with what happens once the plates are cleared. For this quartet, dinner segues to the This is such a modest way to give hack to these people who give so very, very much.” JH evening’s musical finale. “Last year I did all naughty original cabaret songs,” says Acito, formerly a professional To request a detailed event brochure or to make opera singer. “This year I’ll do some Italian reservations for D inner AT M y H ouse FOR material, hut I’ll do a couple of naughty songs O ur H o u se , call 503-736-9276 or e-mail as well. Probably a reprise of my homage to the evenLs@ourhouseofportland.org. 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