1. IVY’S 50TH BIRTHDAY IS NOVEMBER 2!

    I AM COLLECTING STORIES FROM ALL OF YOU ABOUT HOW SPECIAL IVY IS TO US. CAN YOU HELP ME?

PLEASE SEND ME ON ONE OR TWO 8 1/2 by 11 PAGES A STORY ABOUT HOW YOU MET, AN ADVENTURE YOU WENT ON TOGETHER, OR SOME OTHER STORY ABOUT SOMETHING MEANINGFUL YOU HAVE SHARED. I WILL BIND ALL OF THE SUBMISSIONS AND GIVE THEM TO HER FOR HER BIRTHDAY. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PRINT UP COPIES OF THIS SPECIAL EDITION IVY BIRTHDAY ZINE FOR ALL CONTRIBUTORS (please let me know if you do not want your story to be reprinted or if you do not want a copy of the finished Ivy zine).

You can send me the original paper or you can scan it and email.

You could even take a good pic with your phone and send it to me and I can deal with printing it out!

If you can’t get it together to write a whole story, feel free to just send a birthday card!

SUBMISSIONS CAN BE SCANNED AND SENT TO ME BY EMAIL AT ERICADAWNLYLE@GMAIL.COM

OR CAN BE SENT TO BY MAIL

Ivy’s Birthday

c/o Laura Forman

3602 Wesley Street

Culver City, CA 90232

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS IS OCTOBER 15, 2025

2. WHILE DISCUSSING HER BIRTHDAY DREAMS THIS YEAR, IVY AND I MADE A PACT TO SOMEDAY TRAVEL TOGETHER TO THE PYRAMIDS IN EGYPT (lol). IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE TO A FUND TO HELP IVY GET TO THE PYRAMIDS AND TO ENJOY HER 50TH BIRTHDAY IN EVERY OTHER POSSIBLE INDULGENT WAY, YOU CAN CLICK HERE TO DONATE.

3. THIS NOVEMBER 2ND, IVY WILL CELEBRATE THIS MILESTONE BIRTHDAY DOING WHAT SHE DOES BEST — BRINGING PEOPLE TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY. FOR HER PARTY THIS YEAR, SHE IS HELPING TO BRING BACK SAN FRANCISCO’S LONG RUNNING AND MUCH BELOVED CLARION ALLEY BLOCK PARTY AFTER SEVERAL YEARS OF THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL’S HIATUS. IVY AND I WILL PERFORM MUSIC TOGETHER AT THIS EVENT ALONG WITH MANY, MANY OTHER RAD BANDS AND DJ’S IN AN ALL DAY CELEBRATION OF THE SPIRIT OF THE OLD MISSION DISTRICT’S CULTURE AND ACTIVISM.

IT CAN BE DIFFICULT TO FIND HOUSING WHEN VISITING SAN FRANCISCO BUT IF YOU ARE FRIENDS WITH IVY AND THINK YOU MIGHT LIKE TO TRAVEL TO SF FOR THIS SPECIAL BIRTHDAY, PLEASE CONTACT ME AND WE CAN DISCUSS WAYS TO HELP MAKE IT WORK.