BOSTON GTG, 2013
 

Starting to think about our annual October GTG...

The holiday this year is oct 14, so I suspect the GTG will be Oct 11-13. While we often consider other dates, people seem to prefer this particular weekend.

I'd appreciate any suggestions and feedback which you might wish to offer as we begin to think about what to do this year??

Friday dinner??

Saturday GTG location and type of meal (we try to avoid a room charge)??

New saturday night dinner location or change of cuisine??

Suggestion for talking points for Saturday (i'll try not to screw it up this year)??


It's always so great to see people from years past, but even more fun to meet new folks..

REMEMBER BOSTON IS THE PREMIER FODORS GTG....

As always we will be there in spirit!!!

No lobster no go!

I'll be there, hopefully. I look forward to this trip every year. Thanks for the heads up re: the date. Nice to have this info early in the planning. I will understand, though, if that date changes to a week earlier. I can deal with that.

Hanuman, there is plenty of lobstah in Boston! Come on over!

pook---if you comr, we will have tons of fresh lobsters

s/b: come

Looking forward to it, lobsters and all...

Hmm... I wonder if we can manage this so close to our Japan trip.

cheryl will pay from her new retirement monies!!

alaska air, direct flt fr SEA

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Missing it again, darn. I'll hopefully be in San Diego at a wedding. Maybe 2014?

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I plan to be int eh states for three weeks around those dates so if there is a date change please post immediately.

Hmmm... Will keep this in mind. Would love to meet some of the folks who have given us such great advice.

As always, we will be there.

Maybe one event just north of Boston somewhere between routes 128 and 495?

Any interest in moving the GTG to Sat night dinner from Sat. afternoon lunch. The dinner at Similans is always such fun and with really, really good food. We've gone the last couple of years and have met some really lovely people.

First, Bob (and Karen) deserve a lot of credit & thanks for all of their efforts over the years in organizing this thing.

I think it would be a good thing if the main event were at a relatively central location that's easily accessible by public transportation. That would give people the most options for where to stay (for out-of-towners) and how to get there (for everyone).

we had thought that in the past don, but discovered no one came by public transportation... we will rethink it again however..

N of boston-- will keep that in mind too. we'd love to get a lobster venue of some kind...

finding a place on a sat. night without a huge room charge, and with some privacy, might prove difficult, but we will entertain it.

I've put it on the calendar. Our schedules are hard to predict this far out, but hoping we can be there again this year--although I will be very jealous of everyone getting ready to leave for Japan!

see you in japan also..

BOB, sorry M and I can't make it, we will just have to make do with BKK :) .

I'll put those dates on our calendar! We will plan to be there! We had so much fun at the last one and look forward to seeing everyone again and meeting new people!

we may have to cancel the boston GTG if everyone is going to be in japan

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hope to work out all the details before mid-april when we leave for 6 weeks in europe

do not have all the locations yet, but expect we will be back at the same hotel (residence inn, norwood), same restaurant for the GTG as it was well received, and hopefully a seafood place (local) for sat. night... K says she will host friday night again as we really enjoyed that last year...

date: oct 11-13, 2013

This is the definite date?

yes, but wait a couple of weeks before making reservations... i need to speak to each venue

It's on my Calendar.

I thought the Norwood place was great--easy to find, easy parking, good space.

Another six weeks in Europe, eh? Wonderful life you and Karen have. Such a life couldn't happen to a better couple : )

Thanks, Bob and Karen, for all your hard work in putting this GTG on the calendar! Much appreciated.

Thanks, I think we may try and adjust our fall vacation plans to make the GTG. Would love to meet some of the people who have helped me with my trip last year and again this year.

We have the dates on our calendar and are looking forward to it!

Where in Europe are you going? Have a great trip!

FLA---our ship (celebrity silhoutte transatlantic from ft lauderdale--15 days) arrives in rome and from there we will visit my sister who lives near todi in umbria... from there we will stay near poppi in tuscany for a few days... we will drive north to lake maggiore and stay at bavena for several days... from there we spend a few days near asti... we will finally spend 8 days in the small town of collobrieres, france, west of st tropez in the hills, with some english friends. the house we will rent belongs to some other english friends--we have stayed there several times in the past...
we will fly home directly from nice via gatwick/LHR (ugh--to the transfer).

Bob, say hello to my Umbrian friends when you are there! They are in Spoletto. Your trip sounds great. Do you have any/many ports of call on that cuise??? Fifteen days at sea might get "old"... for me anyway. Hopng you have calm seas all the way!!

Wish I could get DH to go back to Italy next week when we are going over to Switzerland, but alas... not this time. No free time in the schedule... :(

Looking forward to the GTG, as we do every year. I really have to look at possibly going back to Japan for the GTG there. One of the best times we ever had was meeting up with Mr. and Mrs. Hawaiiantraveler and Mr. and Mrs. Karanosuke. We met up in Tokyo at a yakatoria and drank them out of sake! We didn't feel too good the next day, but we sure did have a blast!

Bob, too bad we will be missing each other. We leave for Sicily April 7. We will be spending 24 hours in Rome April 18-19. When will you be there?

laurie--we won't be in rome at all... just to get off the boat north of rome..

do come to japan---oct 25-28 in tokyo... nov 2-7 kyoto

Sounds like a great trip, Bob! I haven't been to Italy in many years and really want to go back! What fun you'll have! I trust you'll write a trip report!

Laurie - I want to hear the details about Sicily at the GTG. I've been wanting to go there too! Of course, I'll be looking for your trip report too!

thinking i will not write a trip report...