This past Tuesday, Barak and I drove up to San Francisco for an invitation only $2,300 per person Barack Obama fundraiser in one of the nicest neighborhoods in the city. Of course, we couldn't afford the entry fee, but I happened to know the event host, Doug Hickey (whose home the event was at), who had invited us to come volunteer. For the first hour, I stood at the entrance and direct people towards the sign-in table, until I was relieved of volunteer duty and free to roam.



The event was incredible: brilliant view of the Golden Gate Bridge (as seen bellow), excellent catered food (which we took our fair share of), and many famous guests; including, Steve Westly, Craig from Craig's List, and Joe Green.



Obama himself arrived at around 6:30 surrounded by Secret Service. When he entered, Barak and I were some of the first people to get to shake his hand, because all of the volunteers had been positioned right by the door. After a few brief words with each of us, Obama proceeded to move around shaking the hand nearly every guest (probably around 200).





I'll be posting more on the event later, including our discussion with Joe Green, co-creator of the Facebook application Causes.