. >> thank you and thank you for reminding ing us smile. now to scott wiener. >> thank you. i think one of the great things about this annual event is allowing small businesses to hear about other small businesses throughout the city because our city is so diverse economically and in terms of who we are and it does vary neighborhood by neighborhood, which is amazing. i'm thrilled to be honoring a group of small businessmen who run three successful bars with a fourth on the way soon. they are the owners and various combinations of the midnight sun, the queue bar and the edge and will soon be opening a new bar called [inaudible]. i understand the managers of various bars are here today. bar life in the castro is very deeply integrated into our community. people are intensely loyal to the bars they love, the bars sponsor our sports teams. they are just in so many ways a part of our culture and a number of these bars have been around for a very, very long time. when we look at neighborhood institutions like the edge and like the midnight sun and newer bars like queue bar and ver