Jahanshah Javid

Dear Souri

The event is in South City so there are no good hotels within walking distance. However, good reasonably priced hotels near SFO are a great choice as they are only a 5-10 minute drive, and you can get shuttles from the airport.

Many people going south after the event (including me) can give you a ride back.

I look forward to meeting you at the event, but PLEASE people, don't wait to get your tickets as we ARE running out of space.

:)

Lale'

Mr.Salari...

...such a BEAUTIFUL family.You're Blessed...Wherever you are May Grace and Blessings of God be with all of you.(Kourosh & Siavash are very CUTE and Durable )..Good take care of yourself and your wonderful family, and have a Terrific times in San Francisco.Safe flight. :))

Mr.Javid:Thank You for sharing it with us,and Have a Splendid Day,Sir

Respectfully,Mona

Dear Laleh

I'm waiting for your response (thru Nazy) regarding a suitable hotel to stay close to the dinner's place.

Could you please help me with that before I buy my ticket online ?

Thanks.

I'm so glad

I'm so glad we get to meet Siamack and Varinder!  But more than anything I'm gald we've cleared up all the confusion about the benefit dinner guys!  We've been working on this fundraiser for JJ since February (!) and have tried really hard to put together an intresting line up so that people feel like they're getting something besides good karma for their $150 per ticket donation.

It's really a testament to JJ that so many artists have been willing to donate their craft to help him raise money. Of course, most of them owe a lot to Iranian.com, but there are about 20 artists and volunteers all told, and we even had to trun down many others for this time.  Way beyond Arash sobhani & Hamed Nikpay, we have Anoush Khazeni, Ardalan Paayvaar, Raeeka Shehabi Yaghmai & Babak Khiavchi (who is also paying his own way here from Seattle!)  But we have about another dozen or so painters and sculptors who have donated their heart and soul in the form of art work to be auctioned off at the silent auction that night.  It's all very impressive!

I'm excited to meet all JJ's friends like Siamack--and I just heard that Hooman from Alice Radio is coming too!
If you haven't already, get your tix now as we'll have to close the books real soon or we're going to have to close the reservations on Wednesday.

See you all there I hope!
L.

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نازي خانم ممنون از اينويتيشين، متاسفانه به دلايل كاري نميشه كه حضور داشته باشم ولي قلب من با شماست.خوش باشيد و پاينده باد ايران.

JJ Speaks, Kiosk, Hamed, Raeeka and others play...

JJ Speaks, Kiosk, Hamed, Raeeka and others play... I listen, see and  enjoy...
Great cause, fantastic group of contributing musicians & artists..AND now to top it all off, A thinner Siamack S in person.

JJ, have you prepared an "espeeech" for the event?

Mokh-less

I can't go, but may donate

In any case, I can not attend but may consider donating to the cause. Speaking about donations, I am going to go at a bit of tangent in here but I have had a gripe for quite a while:

I donated and effectively/successfully encouraged others (immediate family members) to donate to the cause of "Cyrus the Great" documentary that this other Cyrus dude (Cyrus Kar?. The one who got detained in Iraq by the U.S. troops whilst making his documentary) was asking for donation ont he old I dot Com site. Cutting a long story short, never received even a "Khoshk-E-Khali" thank you or even worse, no news about this documentary which I had "invested" in. So, a friendly note to donation seekers, at least send a BS thank you note, even if you do not mean it. A little bit of "Mardomdari" albeit fake, goes a long way in this business. JMHO.

Dear Internets

I guess old age is catching up with me. You were too quick to read it before I censored myself. T.V. was meant for all those good people who have missed and are still missing the Benefit and Dinner ad that has been winking at us for the past month or so. 

Feshangi

Unbaffled...

No problem, it is a truce.. You see, it is not so hard to get along. Give a little, take a little and that will be all ;-)

Feshangi, thanks for the diagnosis: I always thought that I only had A.D.D, but now I reckon that I also have T.V.

Unbaffled

Feshangi: thank you so much for clarifying things for me.

Internets: You have no sense of humor. You had one before but you lost it somewhere along the thread. Let's drop this, shall we?

JJ e aziz, I wish I could come and see everyone

I wish I could come and see everyone at the benefit dinner. I am sure it is going to be a lot of fun. Through years of reading everyone's view/messages here I personally have developed a bond with what I call "The Iranian Gang". I feel the bond with even the most irritating ones (I am not saying Haji-agha is on top of this list..LOL).
Hope everyone have fun there. Look forwarding to see the pictures and possibly a short clip.

baffled...

What are the differences between a "human person" and a person?. Are there "persons" within the beast/animal domain as opposed to the the human domain, or are you just another ill-educated elitist wannabe?!.

Dear extremely Baffled

 Or

 it just innocently happens

 Feshangi

Extremely Baffled

How is it possible that any human person who reads this website is not aware that there is a benefit?

I am EXTREMELY baffled.

Sham o Gol o Parvaneh!

I have been following Siamack Salari and his repeated attempts at weight loss for years. I love his kids, too, and his wife wins "the most patient woman in the world award!"

I am coming with my friend to see you, JJ, but what an added bonus to see Siamack Salari there, too! Is Siamak Bani Ameri coming, also? I miss that guy so much. Where is he? I won't mind Dariush Kadivar, either! Is he coming?

Dear Nazi

Oh, you mean that huge flashing vertical banner flashing on the right side of the I.com pages (with pictorials of Ross Mir..., Kiosk & Nikplay), pertained to this Benefit Dinner?. I must have major ADD. Sorry, "my bad" ;-)

JJ JAN

Tis video put a smile on my face and made my day. Thankyou for all your efforts.

Nazy jan

I couldn't find the add, but tried to dig a little bit and found your blog "you are invited".....not easy !

Here, I post the link of "ticketing" for all interested friends :

//iranian.onefireplace.com/Default.aspx?pageId=103574&eventId=9019&mode=4&stepNo=4&ctxId=f6b7ee1116b6421489dc2170d3e1d218

You are all invited!

Dear Internets and Souri:

For the past couple of months, there has been a flashing advertisement on the site, announcing a benefit dinner to honor Iranian.com's 13 years of life,networking, and service to the Iranian community worldwide. The event will be held on Saturday, April 19th in San Francisco.

This benefit is organized by Jahanshah Javid's friends to help improve and upgrade Iranian.com and to help achieve some of the dreams and plans Jahanshah has had for the site. Everyone is invited to attend, and you can purchase your tickets here. If you are unable to attend but would still like to help, you can do it here.

Many of JJ's friends and Iranian.com writers and artists will be in attendance at the event, and it would be a pleasure to see you all there. Please come if you can!

آن شراب مگر چند ساله بود؟

سلام بر شراب قرمز! بابا شما هم ما رو سر کار میذارید ها! این جشن ایرانیان دات کام که الان دو ماهه آگهیش همین بغله! شما و همه دعوت هستید و اگر میتونید بیایید، قدمتون سر چشم دوستان و دوستداران جهانشاه و ایرانیان دات کام در این منطقه! هنوز دیر نشده، لطفا اگه میتونید بیایید چون خوش می گذره. شادکام باشید در پاریس.

Dear JJ

I got disappointed learning that there was an Iranian.com benefit dinner and I didn't know !

Not only I wasn't invited (for sure!)

but how come I haven' t even heard about that ?

Hope you guys having a very good time. Next time, would you please let me know ? I love to attend there and

know better most of the Iranian.comers (assuming they will be there with you ?)

PS: video was great too.

Thanks,

Benefit dinner?.

Sounds like you guys are going too corporate!. How much per plate and who is coming?!.

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hmmm ... Iranian.com benefit dinner... Khosh beh hal-e unhaei keh da'avat hastan :D .