ladysprite | Wishes Coming True

The upside of being at one clinic on a semi-regular basis is that I get to know my coworkers a little better. Like when I found out that one of my favorite techs has a husband who's a sushi chef. So, being the shameless charity-pusher that I am, I asked her if the restaurant he works at would be interested in donating a gift certificate or something like that as a raffle prize.

This was a couple of months ago. She said she'd look into it, I gave her a beg letter to pass on to them, and I never heard anything back. Not a problem, I thought; easy come, easy go. And then I found out that the restaurant he works at is a crazy high-end place - the tech in question has mentioned him making food for folks like Taylor Swift and Kevin Bacon - and I figured that's why they blew me off. I haven't had good luck getting overly-fancy places to donate.

And then she texted me last night, letting me know that they did, in fact, want to make a donation, and that it was, in her words, "a lot."

So. O Ya Restaurant will be donating an omakase dinner for two, with drinks (for those like me who aren't familiar with the term, it's the sushi equivalent of a chef's tasting menu). Estimated value $350.00

Holy cow. And Merry Christmas to me. I never expected anything this awesome, and I think, with all due respect to Studio Foglio, we may have a new grand prize.

So if y'all were hesitating on buying raffle tickets, you may want to do so now. Details are about 2 posts below. We've also added more new prizes since then - earrings and a pendant from

starcat_jewel, gift certificates to 3 Trolls Games & Puzzles, and a whole bunch of books.

I have no idea how this has managed to turn into something so huge, and I only hope we manage to sell enough tickets to make it worthwhile, but... wow. You guys, this is epic.