What do you know about Lyme Disease? Like most of the world, probably not enough.

In honor of my sister, Teri Raser, who has been battling Lyme Disease for over 3 years, The Other Bar is joining forces with Yelp Orlando, GoSpeedRaser.com and the Lyme community to help spread awareness. My dear friend, Katie Johnston, has organized one hell of an event!

We’ll be giving away some pretty gnarly gifts, all to benefit Elizabeth Chalker as she fights for her life. Take a moment to read her heartbreaking Lyme story.

DATE: Thursday, July 15
TIME: 7:00pm – 10:00pm
LOCATION: The Other Bar (Wall St Plaza)
CITY: Orlando, FL

$5 donation at the door gets you one FREE drink + one FREE raffle ticket. It also gives Elizabeth Chaulker another chance at life, as she is in dire need of funds for medical treatments. Feel free to donate more if you are inclined to do so. Extra raffle tickets will be available for $3.

RAFFLE PRIZES:

- Goodie bag (autographed photo, books, shirts, goggles, etc) from 3-time Olympic Gold Medalist and NBC Sports Commentator, Rowdy Gaines
- Goodie bags (shirts, hats, stickers, etc) from Duvin Clothing (x5)
- Round of golf at Timacuan G&CC from GoSpeedRaser.com
- FREE bar tabs at The Other Bar and other local watering holes
- Autographed copy of “Swinging From My Heels: Confessions of an LPGA Star” by LPGA Tour Player and Solheim Cup Star, Christina Kim
- Gift certificates from Floyd’s 99 Barbershop
- 2 night vacation stay at one of the Tempus Resorts
- A month’s supply of Blu Frog Energy drinks (x2)
- Limu Lean Weight Loss System from The Limu Company
- Dinner for 4 package (4 t-shirts, 4 burrito bucks & 2 chips/guac/salsa cards) from Chipotle
- Silver Vera Wang ring from Christine Mahler
- Silver and onyx ring from Christine Mahler
- $25 gift card from Wildside BBQ
- Gift certificates for massages from Atlantic Chiropractic (x5)
- Gift certificates for acupuncture from Atlantic Chiropractic (x5)
- Gift certificates for adjustments from Atlantic Chiropractic (x5)
- Seiko watch from Zach Brown
- Goodie bag from Yelp Orlando
- Golf imagery training DVD from Seeitgolf
- Wine and cheese basket from Spring Hills of Lake Mary
- Gift baskets from Avon (x2)
- Gift basket from Arbonne
- Set of black and blue multicompound Golf Pride grips from PGA Magazine
- Beautiful handmade craft wallet from Ashley Van Tol at Lymenaide
- $75 Amex gift card from Joyce Brothers Insurance Affiliates
- Custom Lyme inspired necklace designed by Liz Germansky
- 1 hour makeup session with consult ($75 value) from Jacqueline E C Ford
- 1 hour yoga or pilates session from Jessica Cichra from Wave of Wellness
*more to be added

PLUS, artwork to be auctioned off by the über-talented Steph Wood!

AND our friends at Duvin Clothing are donating $5 for EVERY shirt and hat sold at the party!

Please RSVP on the facebook event page.

If you’d like to donate a prize to be raffled off please email me @ speedraser72@gmail.com

Here’s to hoping we see you and 197 of your closest friends there!

 

Today I was digging through some old emails I had saved and came across some site mock-ups that Adam Smith from Advent Creative designed for me last February. I remember going back and forth over the color of the boxes lining the right side of each page when we were wrapping up the website design. I initially liked the brown (below) because I thought it really popped and was interesting to the eye. I thought the lime green was a bit bright and harsh on the eyes. However, I decided to go with the electric green because the VAST majority of people said they thought it fit better with my branding. We even conducted surveys and found that close to 90% of people prefered the green. Now, ten months later, I’m having second thoughts again. What do you think? I’d really appreciate your feedback and input on this. Let me know in the comments. Thanks!

NOTE: the tagline has since changed – just disregard that.