brenda, any chance you have any of your yummy Ponche left?
::bats eyelashes Chicago-way::
I've still got to kick in a little more to the fund. I was waiting to see how it was going and what my finances looked like. Pretty darn good, actually; all the overtime I've been putting in makes a nifty paycheck.
Well, it helps that we were able to keep associated costs down, specifically in the PA/audio-video area. We were very fortunate in the people at hotel, and I'm going to send both Eva and Lilibeth nice prezzies once the party is over; any caterer will tell you that event staff who know their shit and work with you are worth their weight in gold.
Wandering my city makes me happy.
This is one of the things I would love to do -- just wander, take in the sights and smells and sounds.
I want to do that, too. Put Em in her stroller and just wander. Specifcally that park near Deb's house with the big dome thingy in it.
Oh, I LOVES me some Three Olives. Yum.
does your bar carry it? cause they should.
Specifcally that park near Deb's house with the big dome thingy in it.
That would be Golden Gate Park, and the big dome thingy is the Victorian Conservatory of Flowers. Three minutes walk from my house.
We should also sneak out and eat at Louis', a nice reasonable diner food place with the most breathtaking views imaginable. Perched up the hill from the Cliff House restaurant, which is neither diner nor reasonable.
I'm not particular about the brand of my gin or vodka, but I do want to request that the bar have fixings for appletinis.
Do we have any dessert wine options like reislings or muscat d'astis?
Food choices listed sound perfect to me.
BTW, for everyone doing Monterey on Monday: the distance between SFO and Monterey is roughly 100 miles each way:
the map
Remember that traffic can get congested as all hell. So leave yourself enough time on the road, and plan on a very early start, so that you can get everyone with an evening flight back to the airports on time.
(end "nagging mama" moment)
Matt, I was thinking of asking them about dessert wines - I actually do drink Baume de Venis, but I'm insanely picky about it.
There will be a drunken fruit salad, fruit macerated in muscat to produce a sort of boozy icy slush, either in the HS or at the BBQ or both.