regretfully Muffin and i won't be able to make it. Shame as we would love to. (although the memory of a giant panda in speedos is one i will truly not miss!!!)

anyone else want to sign on??

So, is the date a certainty on the 13th? I won't buy my plane ticket for quite a while, but I'll put the date on my calendar IN INK if it's a sure thing.

Looking forward to another great GTG with fodorites in BOS.

just waiting to hear from a few others before i announce the date, but it is looking like the 13th.....will let you know

bob

ok the date is set: IT WILL BE OCTOBER 13, 2007 AT THE HOTEL@ MIT, 20 SIDNEY STREET, CAMBRIDGE, MA
this is a hilton hotel for res purposes...

more info later in the summer...

Cambridge in the fall. Does it get any better? The Patriots in mid-season and the Red Sox in the playoffs.

big-game panda hunt

You'll never find me. I have the perfect camoflauge for Cambridge. I'm a proud liberal with clothes from Brooks Brothers and LL Bean, drive a Volvo and read books. We hide from needhamites in the Library.

I will be genuinely surprised if the Red Sox are still playing baseball in mid-October. With tough teams from Toronto and New York, that is a stretch. Best to focus on the Pats at that time of year.

Of course, we are all wondering, Great Giant Panda - do you obtain your speedos from Brooks Brothers or from LL Bean? - and will you be wearing them to this historic event?

the last one i saw came from MBK and was thai boy size

Neither BB nor LLB does Lycra. Two suits are actual Speedo brand. Another is from Robinsons Dept Store and a fourth was bought at the Chedi. A speedo for every season.

One for each season - now that's a frightening thought regardless of their origin!

Panda..

Assuming we survive our current trip to S E Asia.....would you mind bringing an extra Speedo for me?

Unfortunately, I don't have any Speedo's....would like medium size.

I prefer mine to have a tiger pattern on it

Mark-

There are no sizes. One just squeezes oneself in, no matter what the volume. That's half the fun.

I note that when we were in Phuket at the meridien Beach resort, there was another guest who chose his beachwear with far less concern for decency than I. He was in his 60's, died blond hair and considerable girth. He could have made three of his suits from one of mine.

MaryW-the winter speedo is, of course, fur-lined.

lol

Videos at 10...

does anyone have a air sickness bag???

I trust the fur is in a suitable black and white to match the rest of the outfit!

put us on your calendars

In pulling out the summer clothes (an optimistic chore in early April in Boston) I came across a very small speedo that I haven't seen for a while. Mrs. Panda was hysterical. While it's sized extra large, it seems like an oxymoron.

panda
You'd freeze your tushy off today! It feels like January in Illinois. DH asked when we might expect warm weather and I told him JUNE.

BTW, Brad is back in BKK for four weeks now (I'm sooooo jealous).

Carol