reminder of time and place::

1 PM on saturday jan 29
sidney's restaurant in the hotel @ MIT on sidney street just west of mass avenue and south of the central square T staion...

current count 18 and climbing....

i understand the asian board people are going to take all the chairs and that europe and usa people must stand?????

ttt

I'll be happy to simply lie on the floor and let people pour alcohol into my mouth!

BC

I'll do what I have to do to get alcohol poured into my mouth too. :-)

you are scaring away normal people...they will think we are all mid-westerners...

or draw them!!

mimi you must be feeling better, your sense of humor has returned...

Yes, Bob, hoping to go out Monday for my first day out on the town to catch the last day of the Louis Sale and have a glass of wine in their café

mim and Mrs Slocum

Already posted on the Asian Board, but the good news is that the Cambridge politburo has granted Bob a one day visa.

I heard he had a week pass!

Please count me as a big maybe. Sorry but that's as specific as I can be right now. I'll certainly do my best to be there as it sounds like a lot of fun.

we welcome everyone and come even if you decide at the last minute...we will be there for a couple of hours at a minimum....

don't miss gpanda's dance which i think is scheduled for about 3PM....he has a new tutu

This is why he gets only a one day pass. He ridicules our cultural heritage. The dance is an essential part of our way of living.

can't wait - Bob - thanks for organizing - what time are we meeting....seafox

Hey, seafox!! 1:pm lunch at the University hotel on Sidney Street. Did you see the piece in the NYTimes on P-Town? I saved it for you in case you didn't.

Do you have a new email? Mail to you was returned.

Mimi, that smiley you keep coming up with looks like you're indulging some leche vitrine behavior.

Jeff, it's 1:00 PM. Looking forward to seeing you!

LOL, Nikki, if only....

yes jeff it is 1 PM...

anyone else there is still time for you to join us...even at the last minute just show up....7 days and counting....

bob

MEOW~!!!!

topping

I will try to be there also. My mom has been very ill and hospitalized for 3 weeks with pneumonia. It will all depend on where she is on that day - home or hospital. I hope to make it, so count me as a maybe. Thanks, David and Bob, for organizing this. It will be fun to see you all again and meet a few others also.

Mimi, sounds like you are up and running again - good news!

Marianna I hope your mother gets better soon. Nothing but happy thoughts for her and you too.

My prayers and good wishes for you both.
Hope springs eternal.

topping

Thanks for the good wishes, David and Mimi. She's getting slowly better even though there are other complications. I'll send your thoughtful words along to my mother.

marianna---we have a seat for you...come even if you decide at the last minute...

bob

we had about 2 feet of snow yesterday but all will be back to normal by wednesday....it should make for a cozy afternoon....all welcome!!!!!!

Normal Bob? I hope not. If I want "normal" I can stay in Indiana.

I want cutting edge art. I want controversial marriages. I want "out there" street people. I want a little fun compared to Indiana!

Hopefully Boston can deliver. :-)

Hang out in Central Square and you will see plenty of out there street people.

I put my daughter on a plane yesterday 2:50 pm CVG to BOS. She arrived at 5 pm just as the big snow started. And to think she could have gone to a warm school....

Hey Lara is your daughter coming to the GTG?

She seemed to have fun last year though you never know with college kids.

Dang I was never a "kid" when I was in college. When did I get old enough to call them "kids"?

Her dorm is going to Vermont for the weekend on a ski trip. If you want to check out her funky dorm (called the sponge) walk down Mass Ave toward MIT and right on Vassar - you'll know it when you see it! Just try not to look like an architect as they try to keep them out.
http://www.designboom.com/portrait/h...mmonshall.html

Sure wish I could join you all! However, I'm just a tad far away at the moment. Perhaps another time when I'm in NYC or somewhere closer.

Have a blast and we'll look forward to hearing all about it! :)

keep your interest up in this GTG...we need all the bodies we can find...

Yeah, I think it's supposed to stop snowing by then...

You most likely will have to use the garagethat Bob mentioned. Plowing is poorly done. Parking will be difficut. or have someone drop you if if you can't get to the subway(Central Sq. stop)

Good luck and have a successful GTG. Pictures and GTG report to follow??? ((a)) ((b))

Since it seems that it won't be snowing and I have finally rearranged my schedule I will be there. Save a seat for me at the French end of the table. See you on Saturday.

Gettin' in the mood today for the GTG tomoroww...."..Oh, I love that dirty water, I love that dirty water, I love that dirty water...oh, Boston, you're my home!"

See you there!

BC

Bookchick, I hope you're not looking forward to seeing that dirty water, it's under quite a bit of ice. And it was minus twelve on our thermometer this morning. But the weather report said it might get up to freezing tomorrow, so we can all celebrate.