Mart, she has an 8 am flight. And I honestly wouldn't trust myself to drive that early unless I skip my night meds the night before, which, being neurontin? Not such a good idea.

JZ, anything on those local spas? Or shall I book something at Laurel Village? Teppy's heading off for lunch, as is Lexine, so right now it's you, me, Ginger, Nilly and I think Jess. WHich means it's gonna be tricky, getting a block - but Ginger just wants a manicure.

I've temporarily subscribed to the Somervillians list, but I thought I'd check here as to what may be planned- even with the time off for my grandmother's service, there's a chance I can finagle the day of my choice off. I thought I remembered that Nilly was in Boston for 2? 3? days, but does anyone have a thought as to which one may be the best for me to try to beg off on?

She arrives late afternoon on Mon. Aug. 23 and leaves for NYC the morning of Wed. Aug. 25, so the day to beg off is Tues. Aug. 24.

Oh phooey. I don't get home from my little West Coast Adventure until the night of the 24th. I find it incredibly ironic that I'm going to see Nilly in San Fran during my road trip with Cass and in NYC when I meet up with Trudy and company, and yet I again won't get to hang out with the Somervillians, who are really "my" Buffista tribe.

you, me, Ginger, Nilly and I think Jess.

And me!

And Sail!

Deb, what time do we need to head out for kitty feeding? Right after picking up Deena and Laura?

She arrives late afternoon on Mon. Aug. 23 and leaves for NYC the morning of Wed. Aug. 25, so the day to beg off is Tues. Aug. 24.

Lilty- Jon beat me to it. What Jon said. Will you still be able to hang out on Tuesday night? Or Monday night? Our spare bedroom is Nilly-ful, but we have a less glamorous but still very comfy couch if you don't want to do a round trip to Maine in one day.

Somervillistas, I will be poking at the list soonish to get some plans semi-set - probably early next week. So your assignment is to think about evening Nilly activities for Monday and Tuesday so I'm not the only one throwing out lame ideas next week like a bossy jerk. I'm not participating in the Tuesday daytime Nilly stuff so someone else should take the lead on that one...

Vague thoughts for Monday night:
party/gathering at either Nora/Tom's or Jon's home

Vague thoughts for Tuesday night:
a second gathering in whoever's home we didn't gather in the night before
An outing to a kosher Chinese restaurant in Brookline

OK, that's all I got so far, and reading about the SF-ers and LA-istas is making me feel, well, a little crap in the hostessing department. heh. Darn my bizarre competiveness, darn it to heck.

OK, that's all I got so far, and reading about the SF-ers and LA-istas is making me feel, well, a little crap in the hostessing department.

Don't feel too bad, Nora. Having never looked into it that closely before, I was amazed by the absolute lack of kosher restaurants in the Boston area (even in Brookline), at least according to my usual rest. sources (aka Zagat). Aside from Milk Street Cafe, the Chinese place and Rubin's in Brookline that's it. There's probably some more that fly under Zagat's radar, but I wouldn't know where to look for them other than by random Googling. Which should probably be the next step.

reading about the SF-ers and LA-istas is making me feel, well, a little crap in the hostessing department

Don't sweat it -- Deb hostesses professionally pretty much. Nothing fancy is happening in LA.

Nothing fancy is happening in LA.

Yeah, but you're going to Disneyland (or at least some of you are). I don't know who can really beat that.