When did I become a chef?!

I do remember some yummy spaghetti!

Sunil!

It was a great party. I was pretty tired from another party the night before (AND I was out late on Friday, too--it's like I have a life or something!), so I didn't do as much social mingling as I might have liked. On the other hand, I got to talk with Jon and FAQWife and megan walker for a long time, which was awesome (and has made me want to go back to Paris really, really badly).

Husband is watching the movie "Coach Carter" (Samuel L. Jackson, triumph of the human spirit, blah blah blah), and the basketball team is out of town at a tournament. And staying at the Annabelle and Safari.

Samuel L. Jackson just walked away from our hospitality suite.

Samuel L. Jackson just walked away from our hospitality suite.

That's freaking hilarious. I'm going to mentally insert him into all my memories of that weekend.

I'm going to mentally insert him into all my memories of that weekend.

"Hey, Sam! It's time for the OMWF singalong!"

"Mace Windu does NOT singalong, motherfucker!"

I t heart Tep!

I'm going to mentally insert him into all my memories of that weekend.

Who are you, George fucking Lucas?

Kristin, I'm sorry I wasn't around to make your party, but I'm glad it was good! Now I'm just going to have to meet you on my trip to the West Coast!

Debet, I have a meeting on Thursday morning with Sheila Fonseca of Holiday Inn. And I'm musing on a few things, which I'd love some general clarification on.

My thinking is that we get more general "how much things are going to cost" and "what will we get/have access to" information for the city vote, rather than the full breakdown, so we have more of an aggregate view of the city, rather than pinning all our (or someone [not you. Random someone. Kristin] pinning all their) hopes on a specific proposal, which may not end up panning out.

I don't think I'm following this. In re the proposal not panning out, speaking just for me, if I post it up with numbers, there's no chance of it not panning out, should that be the choice opted for in a vote: that's a guarantee the given hotel makes. So I don't understand the idea behind vague-versus-specific, in the proposal. The whole purpose of the proposals I'm asking the hotels to provide is to be as down to the penny specific about costs and access as is humanly possible ahead of time.

Basically, if I post up three proposals just before the vote, with numbers attached, those numbers are locked down. I'll have the numbers given by the hotel itself. So, the "what we have access to" and "how much things cost" will be right there, and I'm assuming they'll be right there for all three cities.

Also, the three cities in this particular mix at the moment - SF, Seattle, Vegas - aren't unknown quantities. SF and Seattle, at least, not only have a nice chunk of b.org people populating them and the surrounding areas, they're both cities that have seen b.org visitors in either a trickle or a steady stream for a good long time. They're familiar. Vegas is different - the costs there vary hugely, depending on where you stay. But for Seattle and SF, not really.

So, please ma'am, could you clarify what you're looking for before the city vote?

And, when are we looking at doing the city vote, anyway? With one firm hotel proposal in hand and two more in discussion, I'm wondering when we actually do the vote. Surely, that was the reason we began this ten months before the actual do?

Please to clarify.

Seconding Deb's request for clarification. Honestly, I'm not quite sure what we're deciding on in absence of the specific hotel/hosp options available. I mean, they're not the only things that will count in favor of one city over another, but surely they're a big part of it?