Following Islamic tradition, the family of Muhammad Alghazali, the one-and-a-half-year-old boy who was struck and killed by a driver in SF’s Hayes Valley on the morning of December 14, is raising funds for a variety of charities in his name.

As the Chronicle reports, the little boy who was recently killed outside his home at Hayes and Webster streets in San Francisco, has been identified as Muhammad Alghazali. As SFist earlier reported, the toddler was fatally struck by a car driven by someone he knew, as he had run toward it when it was pulling out of a nearby driveway.

A friend of the Alghazali family recently wrote a post in a local parents’ Facebook group sharing the family’s goal of building Muhammad’s legacy by spreading good deeds, including constructing water wells and washrooms in third world countries, per the fundraiser’s GoFundMe page.

The page states that as part of the Alghazali’s Muslim religion, fulfilling good deeds in a person’s name allows them to receive the good deeds even after death.

Per the website Feeling Blessed, the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad emphasizes the value of small, consistent good deeds. “The Sunnah encourages Muslims to engage in acts of kindness and charity on a regular basis,” the website states. “Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stated, ‘The believer's shade on the Day of Resurrection will be his charity.’ (Musnad Aḥmad 23490). This indicates that even small acts of charity, such as giving a smile, helping someone in need, or giving a small donation, can have a significant impact both in this world and the Hereafter.”

The family has raised $14,000 for the fundraiser so far, and the public is encouraged to donate.

Image: GoFundMe

Previously: [Update] One-Year-Old Boy Struck and Killed By Vehicle Near Hayes Valley

San Francisco-born comedian Margaret Cho stunned viewers on Wednesday night with an outstanding performance on Celebrity Jeopardy!, including two bold Daily Double wins. Cho, who was playing on behalf of charity Friendly House, which supports women recovering from substance abuse, began the game with a slight lead against opponents Seth Green and Rachel Brosnahan after answering 12 clues correctly in the first round.

Cho’s two Daily Double wins then gained her a huge lead of $47,100 by Final Jeopardy! Finishing with an impressive $54,100, Cho secured a spot in the semifinals and garnered enthusiastic applause across social media.

@abcgameshows Still buzzing over Margaret Cho's TWO Daily Double wins! 😌 Watch the whole #CelebrityJeopardy! ♬ original sound - ABC Game Shows

Cho will potentially be competing with fellow comedian and Oakland-based W. Kamau Bell, who also advanced earlier in the season. Bell's charity is DonorsChoose, where he serves on the board. DonorsChoose helps match teachers with donors to directly fund their projects.

Image: Randy Shropshire/Getty Images for Paramount+

We kid you not, former SF mayor Willie Brown is now selling his clothes on Goodwill, and you can own Da Mayor’s old clothes. There aren't any fedoras on sale, but you can buy one of his puffy Patagonia vests, and… his old coat hangers?

Willie Brown ended his tenure/reign as San Francisco mayor back in 2004, but he’s never gone away, and some say he will never stop being mayor. Whether he’s been holding court at those free Election Day lunches, writing that ethically dubious weekly Chronicle column, getting a bridge named after him, or evangelizing the deliciousness of a Subway sandwich, Da Mayor has remained a constant on the San Francisco scene, generally with a much younger lady friend in tow and donning top-notch Wilkes-Bashford men’s apparel.  

And now some of Willie’s men’s apparel can be yours. SFist nearly choked on our six-inch when we discovered that some of Willie Brown's old clothes are now for sale, via what appears to be a fundraiser for Goodwill San Francisco Bay.

“We are ecstatic to have received a donation from the legendary former Mayor of San Francisco, Willie Brown!” Goodwill San Francisco Bay says in a Wednesday Instagram post. “Own a Willie Brown fashion piece by shopping the exclusive collection available online, while supplies last!”

It’s called the Willie Brown Collection, but the clothes are not for sale on the rack at your local Goodwill. They’re up for bid on eBay. And eBay is a pretty standard platform for charitable bidding fundraisers. The longtime Glide auction for lunch with Warren Buffett (which this year will be an auction for lunch with Marc Benioff) is also handled on eBay.

So what sweet threads are for sale in the Willie Brown Collection? Let's dive in!

This stuff is shockingly affordable, at least by Willie Brown standards, with items ranging from a $338 cashmere button-up shirt to Willie’s custom Nash Bridges jacket for just $34.99. (These are bids, so the prices may go up.) And one of Willie’s puffy Patagonia vests is at a bid of just $37, though it's obviously just discarded promotional schwag from a pharmaceutical company that tried to buy him off.

And we cannot believe Willie would actually part with this incredibly tacky commemorative hoodie for the Bay Bridge being named for him, for the low price of just $37. He must have like 50 of them.

Honestly, look at some of the ridiculous detail on this hoodie!

And yes, he is also selling some of his coat hangers in this sale. But some of those are Wilkes-Bashford coat hangers, with the fake gold writing and everything.

This is apparently not the first time Willie Brown has sold some of his old clothes in a Goodwill fundraiser — he did it back in 2021 as well. So maybe this latest batch of items just doesn’t fit anymore, or maybe his new sidepiece doesn’t like them.

So yes it’s great that Willie Brown is doing a charitable turn for Goodwill, but he’s still no angel. Shortly after President Biden took office, Brown teamed up to start a political consulting firm with some veterans of a pro-Trump super PAC, and apparently that's what Brown is doing these days. In San Francisco, that’s the sort of thing that burn a lot of good will.

Related: Willie Brown Doesn't Get the Drama With the City Hall Scandal, Feels Bad For Friends Facing Federal Charges [SFist]

Image: Former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown introduces James Brown at "Fogg Fest" at Fort Mason on August 20, 2006 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images

Staples, the office supply chain, recently partnered with Lady Gaga's Born This Way Foundation and DonorsChoose.org to donate $100,966 to San Francisco teachers' projects.

ABC 7 reports that the gift is part of a $1 million Staples donation to local teachers. Apparently Gaga and Staples have teamed up to demonstrate the importance of supporting teachers and students. It's not immediately clear exactly who will get the money and for what.

According to ArtistWaves.com, "At each city the BTWF (Born This Way Foundation) is organizing or participating in a variety of events that will support their mission of engaging youth to foster kindness, improve mental wellness, and create more positive environments. Pop-up booths and various information centers will also provide information on how you can lend a hand and make a difference by spreading the power of kindness in your community, and with local organizations in partnership."

Gaga, as SFGate reminds us, will be performing her "Joanne" tour at AT&T Park on Sunday. There, concert-goers can swing by the Born This Way pop-up and share an act of kindness they've done, seen, or plan to do.

If you're not going to Lady Gaga's show and want to contribute to the Staples Kindness Tree, you may do so here. Tickets to the concert are still available, starting at $50.

Related: Lady Gaga Stops By Twitter Headquarters

Correction: An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated that the $100,000 gift came from the Born This Way Foundation, when it fact it originated with Staples.

In a December 2016 expose that floored nearly all of San Francisco society, an investigative team from the San Francisco Chronicle released a scathing report detailing the shady dealings of a well-known bespectacled charity director and socialite. The chickens, it would seem, have now come home to roost.

Let's recap:

Joy Venturini Bianchi has for years been the face and force behind Helpers Community Inc., formerly known as Helpers of the Mentally Retarded. For ages, rumors have buzzed that Bianchi pocketed a ton of money from the charity and basically used the non-profit as a heart-warming means to live a glamorous lifestyle. The Chron's jaw-dropping feature shed light on the actual math of Bianchi's running of Helpers and lo and behold, the rumors were correct.

17 dinners at Gary Danko? A jaguar? Designer clothes donated to the charity's thrift shop that end up on the back of Bianchi at galas and balls? Under Bianchi's recent helm, Helpers had been of very little help to adults with development disabilities and of great use to Bianchi's comfort and fashion sensibilities. Thanks to her leadership, Helpers became a designer consignment business in which the proceeds, meant for the charity, kept Bianchi covered in Balenciaga.

A post shared by Joy Venturini Bianchi (@helpershouseofcouture) on Apr 7, 2016 at 1:34pm PDT

Following the report's publication, Helpers' Board of Directors quickly pow-wowed and pushed Bianchi to the side as they scrambled to start to try and make things right. Within the past few months, they's made four $250,000 grants to Bay Area non-profits that serve the disabled. This is six times the amount Helpers gave away in 2015.

Helpers also has a new Executive Director. Bianchi has been fired.

She responded to the Chronicle's request for an interview with a text, saying, "My heart has always been with those who are developmentally disabled — and my heart will always be with those who are developmentally disabled."

As for Helpers, the organization is trying to add a positive spin. “If not for the work that Joy did over the last 60 years, we would not have the assets available to even begin exploring programs, services and partnerships that we may undertake to help fulfill some of the needs of those who are developmentally disabled in our community,” said Board President Peggy Bachecki.

A post shared by Joy Venturini Bianchi (@helpershouseofcouture) on Jan 15, 2016 at 1:18pm PST

While a new director was hired this week, we don't know who it is yet.

Bachecki promised, "We're going to get Helpers moving forward, and it's not going to resemble what it has been in the last few years. My intention is new blood, new ideas, new people."

As for Bianchi's former assistants, they're thrilled. Claims the Chron:

"Three of her former administrative assistants during the past five years — Betsy De La Garza, Bryan Blumenfeld and Roberto Rosas Marshal — described an emotionally difficult work environment, where they were routinely asked to perform personal tasks for Bianchi they found inappropriate and outside their scope of duties. Those tasks included housekeeping, cooking and yard work at Bianchi's private residence on Third Avenue as well as doing her laundry, carrying the trash from her home to garbage bins at Helpers, and cleaning her car, they said."

"It has been a long time coming," said Helpers' bookkeeper Marie Callahan Brown of Bianchi's departure. "Finally, finally somebody got it. Hopefully now they will be able to do a lot of good and help a lot of people."

A post shared by Joy Venturini Bianchi (@helpershouseofcouture) on Jun 7, 2016 at 11:20am PDT

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The Castro-based GLBT History Museum is reaching out for end-of-the-year, tax-deductible donations because one of the big projects they've got to undertake in the new year is moving their entire, diverse archive of objects, documents, furniture, costumes and more out of the SoMa warehouse it's currently in. As the museums executive director Paul Boneberg explains, "Moving [this entire archive] to a new location is the biggest challenge we've ever faced. But a 50 percent rent increase for our SOMA location gives us no choice."

The museum is unlike a lot of museums in that it houses an archive of personal effects, oral histories, and other objects, some of which was collected by the GLBT Historical Society during the height of the AIDS crisis. As gay San Franciscans died and left behind troves of belongings, there were often treasures specific to gay culture that their families didn't want, and that the Historical Society saw could have worth. As Michael Stabile wrote in this great 2011 piece on the Bold Italic, that archive ranges from the very cool to the very bizarre, including one man's project to collect a hair sample from every man he slept with and label it in a jar — a creepy but fascinating art project of sorts.

Elsewhere the archive contains things like Harvey Milk's kitchen table, costumes worn by Sylvester, the 17-foot-tall sign from famed female impersonation club Finocchio's in North Beach dating to 1936, Jose Sarria's "I am a boy" pins (which helped drag queens avoid getting arrested on Halloween in the 1960s), the first issues of the earliest lesbian publication in the America, bathhouse fliers, home movies, and tens of thousands of photos dating to the 1800s.

The four-year-old museum struggles each year to raise funds and balance its books, and moving the archive will obviously be a big challenge.

But if you're able to make a donation now, Boneberg says there's a matching grant of $10,000 waiting to be matched by an anonymous donor to help with this project. And you should, since this is one of the largest archives of its kind in the world, and an incredibly unique one.

Donate here.

Officer Chris Kohrs, a.k.a. The Hot Cop of Castro, is participating in a contest for charity next Monday that will involve him wearing something skimpy and having buckets of ice thrown on him. Did it just get a little nipply in here?

It's called the Ice Bucket Challenge, and tickets are $30, and it's a benefit (aimed at the gays) for the Officer Down Memorial Fund, via the San Francisco Police Officers Association. Supervisor Scott Wiener will be there, along with Kohrs and some of his more adoring fans, and this is all happening at The Cafe (2369 Market Street) on August 18th at 6 p.m.. And yes, it's basically a one-man wet-t-shirt contest. Get tickets here.

The fund is a national one, providing support to the families of officers who are killed in the line of duty. (And this is not to be confused with the ice bucket challenge currently going around Facebook that's actually a drive to spread awareness of ALS.)

And, as the Castro Biscuit notes, the biggest donors of the evening will get some sort of "special opportunity" to like, remove Kohrs shirt or something.

Way to give back, Officer Chris.

Update: The event organizers have just reduced the general admission price to $5 so more people can attend, but donations are still encouraged.

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And just to show you that we here at SFist are not always about pouring a piping-hot demitasse of venom on Google Glass, the face computer you hate to hate (because, hey, growing old sucks!), the noted tech mammoth announced today a Glass challenge for U.S. nonprofits.

The company has asked nonprofit groups to whip up ideas on how to use the (controversial) eyewear in their work. The five charities that propose the best ideas by May 20th will score a free pair of the glasses, a trip to Google for training and a $25,000 grant to help make their project come to fruition.

What kinds of charities? For starters, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) used Glass in researched used to help protect rhinos and Bengal tigers from poaching. Google blog has more:

"Last year, WWF started exploring how smart eyewear could help further its conservation mission in the Arctic and the Amazon as part of the Giving through Glass Explorer program. Now they’ve brought it to Nepal to see how it could help monitor wild rhinos. Take a peek:

"Rhino monitoring can be a slow process, especially in habitats with tricky terrain, but data collection is crucial for making the right conservation decisions. Most parts of Chitwan National Park are inaccessible to vehicles, so Sabita and her team ride in on elephants, and have been collecting health and habitat data using pencil and paper.

"Now custom-built Glassware (the Glass version of apps) called Field Notes can help [Sabita Malla, a senior research officer at World Wildlife Fund] do her work hands-free instead of gathering data in a notebook. That’s helpful for both accuracy and safety when you’re on an elephant. Using voice commands, Sabita and other researchers can take photos and videos, and map a rhino’s location, size, weight, and other notable characteristics. The notes collected can also be automatically uploaded to a shared doc back at the office, making it easier to collaborate with other researchers, and potentially a lot faster than typing up handwritten notes."

Nonprofits, you can share your ideas at g.co/givingthroughglass by 11:59 PDT on May 20, 2014.

"We still have some pretty epic companies here who have had IPOs and aren't giving—and aren't part of this and won't join. And entrepreneurs who don't believe in this. This is not all easy. There is a dark side here. We get a guy on the phone, and he will say, 'No. No. That's not for us. We're not doing this." [Marc Benioff, to the SF Chronicle]

Today, Salesforce founder Marc Benioff is announcing SF Gives, an initiative to raise $10 million from local tech companies to benefit 45 Bay Area antipoverty programs. Benioff, a SF native, says he hopes to eventually expand the effort to generate $100 million for locals in need.

Benioff says that, in conjunction with Tipping Point, a local nonprofit, they've already managed to raise $5 million. However, in a Chron piece today, Benioff expresses frustration with (disappointingly, not by name) the tech companies that refuse to, "add value through philanthropy."

"You can't just take from our city," Benioff said. "You can't just come here from another city, another state, another country, start a company, take advantage of all of our resources - and then leave with all of your money that you created." However, if Benioff is to be believed, it looks like you actually can.

[Chron]

What started out in 1994 by the San Francisco Cacophony Society as a festive, charity-driven Christmas outing has since turned into a cavalcade of drunk pricks and slutty Santa garb. And public urination. Not to mention groping. (Must the disease that is modern-day Halloween infect other holidays as well!?) So much so, in fact, that its founder, who goes by the sobriquet Santa Rob, said in a recent interview with Gothamist regarding the party's NYC festivities, "I wouldn't care if New York banned it. I don't like the violence or the assholishness that happens ... go do something else."

San Francisco, please turn Santa Rob's frown upside down.

Tomorrow, Saturday December 14th, marks the annual SantaCon revelry. While we implore you to get as wacky as you wanna be, we ask you to use some decorum. Scratch that, use lots of decorum. Be joyous, not atrocious. Festivities start at noon. Meet at Union Square, prepare to give your (rad) toy to the fire truck, mingle with an array of other santas, and then head out to one of the routes.

More details:

Here’s what you need to do. Bring a toy to with you to Union Square. There will be a SFFD fire truck parked outside of the Handlery Union Square Hotel, located at 351 Geary Street. This is about five doors away from Union Square (here is a map if you need a visual aid) and conveniently just a few doors away from Lefty O’Douls.

You drop your toy off at the fire truck. The truck will be parked there from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM so do this first, as soon as you get to Union Sq. Folks from the SFFD will be on hand to collect your toy. Cash donations are OK. Just make sure you only give cash to uniformed SFFD personnel. Here are the guidelines for toys.

1. Bring something for a kid 12 years old or under.
2. Bring a NEW toy, not some piece of crap you have lying around the house. Put some effort into it OK?
3. Don’t wrap it.
4. For girls they especially need gifts for older girls. Arts and Crafts kits and dolls are in high demand. For boys they need sports equipment. Don’t get all PC and lecture Santa about toys and gender roles. Give the kids what they want.

Also, five important points about behavior tomorow:

1. Don’t Fuck with police.
2. Don’t Fuck with kids.
3. Don’t Fuck with security.
4. Don’t Fuck with bartenders.
5. Don’t Fuck with Santa.

Have fun. Be safe. Don't be a monster. Don't abuse passersby. Don't piss on the sidewalk. Read the rules. READ THEM AGAIN. Have a Merry Christmas, kids.

For your Friday reassurance that yes, there is goodness and humanity in this world, we bring you a look at the new Arts & Eats cookbook, which releases today as a collaboration between Mission-based nonprofit Creativity Explored and local restaurants who've shared their recipes for a cause.

With contributions from 20 Spot, Bar Tartine, Beretta, Bi-Rite, Central Kitchen, Delfina, Farina, Flour + Water, Foreign Cinema, Locanda, Mission Chinese, Range, St. Vincent, Trick Dog and more, the book represents the best and brightest of Mission eateries. (Frances, located in the heart of the Castro, is also featured.) Recipes like chilled white corn soup from Frances, Chef Melissa Perello and chingqing chicken wings from Mission Chinese's Danny Bowien are accompanied by artwork created at Creativity Explored, the much-beloved organization that provides artists with developmental disabilities the opportunity to work as visual artists.

Printed and bound in San Francisco, the book is a delightful collection for a good cause, benefitting both Creativity Explored and the nonprofit animal rescue Creative Rescue. Scroll through for a taste of the artwork.

As hordes of revelers prepare to head to Burning Man (starting this Sunday!), we'd like to remind them that there's a choice way to donate leftover non-perishable camp food. It goes to the Pyramid Lake Paiute Food Bank, which helps local foster children, elders, and victims of domestic violence.

Look for burner camp Comfort & Joy's bright day-glo flags along the way home. Food drop off locations are as follows:

1) Bunny's Tacos in downtown Nixon (approx 60 miles south of Gerlach)

2) Elaine's Stop in Wadsworth (1 mile north of I-80, exit 447)

Check out the Facebook event page for more details. Also, be sure to support the tribe by buying gas and stopping for a taco.

In semi-self-serving news, your SFist editor (that's me!) will kick off a new guest-bartending series at Gitane on Monday, May 6th. It goes to benefit La Cocina.

Monday night’s specialty libation, christened the Brocktail (ahem), is basically a twist on the Vesper (made with vodka, gin and Cocchi Americano Rosso in lieu of Lillet). And $2 dollars from every cocktail will go to La Cocina, San Francisco's incubator designed to help budding entrepreneurs (primarily women) to create successful and sustainable small businesses.

If you've always wanted to meet or roll your eyes at the SFist Editor (again, that's me!), now is the time. Come on down to Gitane (recently added to Michael Bauer's Top 100 list!) after work (or what have you) from 6pm-8pm.

Gitane: 6 Claude Lane (at Kearny), S.F., 415-788-6686

Arriving at Ruby Skye last night with 30 minutes to spare in the free hour of sponsored SKYY drinks, your humble SFist editor promptly ordered two vodka sodas. You know — to blend in. This is a clear-liquor crowd and that's how we planned to cope with year two of the Mr. Marina competition, an all-boys beauty pageant where contestants compete to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphona Society and their name on a plaque at Bar None on Union Street. The drinks were tainted. It was raspberry vodka.

"Everyone here just looks like they're trying too hard," my redhead date said with an off-campus smirk. Which is true: entering yourself in a beauty pageant is basically trying as hard as possible. Except she was talking about the people in the crowd: a sea of blow-dried and dyed blondes gazing towards the stage.

That would set the tone for an evening of shirtless men at Ruby Skye — a venue which is not actually in the Marina, but has hosted many fist-bumping bros and Tiësto DJ sets. It's like how the Miss America pageant isn't actually held in America, but in the lawless principality of Las Vegas.

In proper pageant form, the show kicked off with a confessional reality show video: The boys are pedaling through spin class. The boys are talking to the camera. The boys are all practicing dance moves in tank tops. It was all very slick; we're ready to take this thing seriously after last year's contest, which quickly turned into a show of drinking prowess.

To the delight of the crowd, which was around 1,200 strong, the pre-show video erupted into a full-on Magic Mike "It's Raining Men" segment, complete with umbrellas and neon mantanks. Contrary to what the Weather Girls sang, this was not the first time in history that it started raining men.

After the opening number, the swim wear portion saw our panel of nine contestants (one dropped out, apparently) again stripping down to their skivvies. Except for one, who ran with the joke that it's too fucking cold to swim in the Bay, even at Crissy Field, and came out in a full wetsuit. Alex Schmitt, who is apparently allergic to shirts, came out and named each of his six abdominal muscles: Ripped, Sliced, Torn, etc. Jason wore suede loafers from Barney's and a hula-printed smoking jacket.

Ben Hartard, who ran an impressive online fundraising campaign, stuck with the Chippendale theme and hit the stage in a tuxedo speedo, complete with cuffs and bowtie. "I'm Mr. Marina because I wrote a dissertation on spray tanning," Hartard told the crowd. "Every time I enter the room, there are fireworks:" At which point confetti poppers exploded around the stage, leaving streamers hanging from the disco ball chandelier.

Ish Simpson, our favorite to win and the competition's sole non-white dude, clutched a football as he explained: "I'm the only person to ever make it to the bottom of bottomless mimosas." The crowd drank it up, erupting in cheers. The forgettable Peter O'Hara pled his case for the crown because he likes "having a good time and blacking out."

After last year's event, we fully expected to see the nine contestants binge drink their way through the Talent segment of the night. Instead, we got lip-syncing, sax playing and sex dolls. Schmitt returned to the stage with his six best friends to give the audience a rendition of "Pour Some Sugar On Me." Only in the Marina would mouthing the words to Def Leppard while shirtless count as a talent.

David Rust, a spokesman for Lyft's ridesharing service in real life, played an original piano number that reminded us of Tumbleweed Connection-era Elton John, if the king of glam rock had lived on Chestnut Street. Ish gave the crowd a live version of his "99 Marina Problems" video, much to the delight of everyone's white guilt.

John Kennelly did his very best Chris Farley impression, taking shots at the city's noted hipster district and swapping out "van down by the river" for "van down by the Mission." Johnny Affourtit, who owns several different pairs of sunglasses, played to the George Michael and Internet meme fans in the crowd blowing his sax through "Careless Whisper." Peter O'Hara made the questionable choice of doing "Ice Ice Baby" with blow-up dolls passed around as his backup dancers. Hoping to play Eminem to Ish Simpson's Jay-Z, Jason was booed offstage for a ragged version of that song from 8 Mile.

The final segment: a Marina Wear Q&A gave the boys time to put their shirts back on and show some individual flair in the form of colorful socks and pocket squares. Johnny Affourtit set the bar with fuchsia pants and David Rust brought along a 9-iron. Ben Hartard latched on to the Marina zeitgeist with yoga pants, mat, blonde wig and tiny dog, but Ish's tweed jacket and yellow statement pants were the crowd favorite as something one could actually wear in public without looking too ridiculous. How did he look so good? "I subscribe to GQ magazine."

David St. Geme, dressed in a Canadian tuxedo with cutoff jorts, tackled the toughest question of the Q&A segment: "If we were all slowly sinking in the ocean," event hostess Brianna Haag asked, addressing a common fear among folks who live on landfill, "what three things would you bring?" "These shorts," he answered, grasping for worldly possessions, "this shirt and three hot women." Which is actually five things. Hartard in drag told the also-blonde crowd that his perfect date would involve taking a girl someplace classy. "Like Mas Sake." Where proto-bro Don Johnson was once accused of getting all handsy with the waitstaff.

Although Hartard's campaign brought in the most money of the total $91,000 raised for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, it was crowd favorite Ish Simpson who claimed the hardware from last year's winner Chris Clark, the Mr. Marina title and the $300 bar tab at Hi-Fi Lounge on Lombard Street. Backstage, a celebratory bottle of Bulleit was passed around the green room while the crowd filed out, plugging coupon codes into their iPhones and saving $10 on their Uber rides home, back to the Marina or Cow Hollow or Polk Street or wherever.