[CH] Open Fields and then some

jeff@chileheadsonline.com
Mon, 30 Sep 2002 16:00:20 -0400 

Hi everybody,

Just returned (yesterday) from Open Fields and just wanted to say what a
terrific time we had. Only took home about a pound of peppers, but took
lots of pictures, tried lots of food, and met lots of old friends (as
well as making new ones).

Thanks again to Saint Jim (How else can he be described?) for putting up
with us for an entire weekend and for hosting such a unique (probably
the only one of its kind in the world) event. 

There were a few disappointments this year:
NO, the branding iron did not contact human flesh, and NO there were no
nubile chile maidens frolicking among the plants, and NO, El Grande did
not arise from the fields and devour his followers alive. Oh well,
there's always next year!

The Spam Jerky was EXTRA good this year (It almost tasted like meat!).
Thanks Scott for bring such a delicacy to light.

Rael, it was a pleasure seeing you again this year, although I hardly
recognized you Sunday morning without the layer of frost encasing your
body.

I also had the great pleasure of visiting with Miss Dewi, a most
excellent chilehead ambassador from across the ocean. And not bad to
look at across a campfire either ;)
 
To everyone else, Thanks for your hospitality, please be sure to enjoy
the goodies I brought, as I know I will enjoy those given to me. Some of
them even lasted until I got home (You can get pretty hungry during a 5
hour drive after all).

At some point in the next week, probably next Monday, I will be posting
photos of the 2002 Open Fields event on my website,
http://ChileHeadsOnline.com . I'll post a quick note when that's up and
running.

I have been working on a list of people who attended so that (nearly)
every photo will be labelled with who is in it. I would, of course, like
to get the names right. As my memory for names is terrible, I am asking
anyone who attended to look over the following list and make
corrections, additions, and so on. Responding Off-list is probably the
best idea.

Please don't be offended if I forgot, misspelled, or got your name
wrong, don't remember seeing you, or missed you completely. There was
much commotion with all the comings and goings and it was hard to meet
everyone. I may not remember names very well, but your faces are still
with me (Of course in some cases that may be a difficult cross to bear).
Thanks again for your help with this.

Jim and Abby Campbell
Alex and Linda Silbajoris
Cameron and Gavin Begg
Jeff, Bill, and Rob Schickowski
Dewi Wanders
Russ Spanard
Bob and Sue Shuman
Leslie, Boris and _____ (son) Mandic
Chad Gard
Wendell Peters
Mike Shimek
Henning Peterson
Mike Benson
_____ (Papa's Peppers Guy)
Jesse Guadiana
Susan Byers
Alexandra Soltow
Jose Cisneros
John Hard
Scott and ______ Parkhurst
Rael
Ted and Bob Wagner
Tom Cuneo
Dan Hirschi


Thanks for putting up with the long post, but I don't do this very
often.

Jeff "The Pepper Man" Schickowski