RE: [CH] Ohio Hotluck - Hearts On Fire

Davis, Bryan (BDavis@alldata.net)
Mon, 11 Dec 2000 15:57:53 -0500

	Sounds like fun Alex, I'm in.

	Bryan

> ----------
> From: 	Alex Silbajoris[SMTP:asilbajo@hotmail.com]
> Reply To: 	Alex Silbajoris
> Sent: 	Monday, December 11, 2000 1:54 PM
> To: 	chile-heads@globalgarden.com; 72520.2321@compuserve.com;
> campjohn58@hotmail.com
> Subject: 	[CH] Ohio Hotluck - Hearts On Fire
> 
> 
> Pods,
> 
> This is a follow-up to some posts I made several weeks ago about having a 
> central Ohio hotluck after the holiday season.  Nothing is set in stone
> yet, 
> but here's what the plans are like now.
> 
> The time:
> After the harvests, after the holidays, before the planting for the next 
> season.  Mid-February, close to Valentines Day, and thus the Hearts theme.
> 
> Tentative target date is the weekend of Feb 16-17-18 (I don't have a 2001 
> calendar in front of me as I write this).  The earliest arrivals can show
> up 
> on Friday evening to spend the night; the main event would begin around
> noon 
> on Saturday and go through Saturday night into Sunday, as long as people 
> felt like hanging around the second day.
> 
> The Location:
> The Natural Learning Montessori Academy, in a former church building in 
> Shawnee Hills, North of Columbus, very near the zoo.  There is a very
> large 
> downstairs room with kitchen (no oven) and a large play area (more on that
> 
> in a moment).  There is ample room for people to lay out sleeping bags on 
> mats, heck, pitch tents for privacy, even camp in the big yard if you
> dare.  
> Enough outlets for an army of crockpots, plenty of tables & chairs.  More 
> room in classrooms upstairs.  Young children are welcome as this is a K-6 
> school at the moment, with play equipment.  Parking for maybe 30 vehicles.
> 
> The Activities:
> Chile Twister, on mats.  Maybe a chile pinata.  Chile Bingo.  Cooking 
> demonstrations by - you!  TV/VCR available.  Maybe some short excursions
> to 
> local destinations such as the Columbus Zoo, Zane Shawnee Caverns, or just
> a 
> picnic cruise through the lovely countryside of the upper Scioto valley.  
> (Downtown Columbus is about half an hour's drive away.)  Weather
> permitting, 
> a few smokers going out in the yard, maybe some strolls through the quiet 
> neighborhoods, down to the lake and dam.  Maybe some artsy-fartsy craft 
> projects, if we feel like it.  Suggestions are welcome.
> 
> Participants should bring:
> Whatever chile products, foods, decorations, etc., that you want to show 
> off, share, or sell.  Some kind of electric cooking appliance such as a 
> crock pot, skillet, hot plate, or grill.  There is no oven or cooktop, but
> 
> there is a serving area, refrigerator, and sink.  Bring your own sleeping 
> gear if you don't want to use a local hotel.  We have bathrooms but no 
> showers or bathtubs (unless you fit in the slop sink).
> 
> And a suggestion:
> As a token of appreciation for the use of the facilities, I suggest we all
> 
> chip in on the purchase of a $100 inscribed brick for the school's
> labyrinth 
> project.  A labyrinth is like a maze, only flat so you can walk right
> across 
> it.  The brick could have the name of the event inscribed in it, and it 
> would become part of the history of the place.
> 
> So what do ya say?
> Am I Cupid, or just stupid?  Do people have the free time to make it?  Or 
> will everyone have their tongues frozen on to light poles?
> 
> The school has a web site with a locator map at
> 
> http://www.angelfire.com/oh4/natmontess/
> 
> RSVP to asilbajo@hotmail.com or else just make a celebration of happy
> noise 
> on the list if you have any suggestions.
> 
> Hasta La Ristra,
> 
> - A
> 
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