A small but happy group of Michigan BooTribbers have chosen their meet up date and would love it if any of you could join us.
The date is (trumpets blaring) Sunday, August 13 at 1:00 P.M. We will meet at Kensingston Metro Park , about 34-40 minutes northwest of Detroit.
So far, we have me, Kidspeak, keepinon, and emjw (I think). It sounds like people will be bringing family members. We’ll be in a great park and I’m pretty sure that the food will be delicious.
Sadly, the league leading Detroit Tigers will be out of town, but should you care to visit our fair state, you can have an international experience. How often can you go away for the weekend and tell people at work on Monday that you went out of the country for the weekend? You’ll sound just like a jet-setter.
If you are a Michigander who can join the party and I didn’t include your name above, just let me know.
Please recommend this at least for a little while, so all interested parties can see it.
I hope you all have a great time. Our small but excellent meetup in Memphis earlier this year was a wonderful event. There is some chance that I will make it to Chicago in October for the larger midwest meetup, and I hope to see some of you Michiganders there. š
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We did have a great time, didn’t we? Wish Mrs. dem and I could make it, but we are campaigning hard until Nov. Have a wonderful get-together;-)
I am pretty sure I can make it. My car is in the shop right now, but they are supposed to be finished with it by the middle-to-end of next week.
I thought that you said the date was a good one. It sounds like your car needs a lot of work if they need it that long.
If you can make it, we just need to know what your “nutritional” contribution will be. So far, it looks like we’ve got pie, couscous salad, and a fruit platter/salad.
Yeah, I got rear ended last week. It wasn’t too serious but he had a truck and I have a car, so there wasn’t exactly any bumper to bumper contact.
My culinary abilities are limited, so I will think about it. I usually make a pretty good pasta salad but it seems we will already be swimming in various salads, so I’ll see if I can come up with something else.
I think it is hilarious that there will be pie š
Well, these dishes aren’t written in stone. I was going to bring the coucsous salad, but I could bring something else.
I hadn’t thought about the pie. Teehee. Maybe we could invite DHinMI or other happay kossacks…or not.
Count me out!
Now it depends on whether or not my car gets fixed in time. So I’m a ? Was thinking about biking down, depending on the weather–especially w/all the heat and humidity. (I hate biking in the rain.)
You’re braver than I am. Also, you must be closer!
But, like I said, it depends on whether or not I get my car fixed, and weather permiting.
an e-mail so I can give you all the details, with the hope that you’ll be able to make it.
If not ejmw, e-mail me and we can work something out on transportation, you can’t live that far from me. keepinon
Hey, the pie is mine.
Don’t we live for pie here? Or because of pie? In any case, the pie is mine. I almost posted a poll to see what kind of pie people wanted, but I realized it is kind of silly to put up a poll for such a small group.
I’m thinking of cherry, and/or pecan (that’s spoken puh kahn’ in case you non-Southerners have other ideas).
And if you hate pie, I really don’t want to know about it. That just means more for the rest of us. And I always make two at a time.
And by the way, for those women’s study folks among us, the recipe’s are those of my suffragette grandmother.
for the obvious juvenile reasons!
BTW there are two major entrances to this large park. One is off Milford road a mile or two north of I-96, the other is just north of I-96 off of Kensingston road. The distance between the two is probably 5 miles or so. We should narrow down what part of the park we will meet up in. IMO. I’m also thinking there has to be more than four pond dwellers who are within reasonable distance of Detroit’s western fringe. I for one would love to see folks from other states, or Ontario for that matter. Any takers??
The one just north of I-96 might be the most direct entrance.
The park website is:
http://www.metroparks.com/parks/pk_kensington.php
{Sorry this isn’t a pretty short link. I can’t find my glasses at the moment, and I can barely type without them.}
On the left side of the Kensington page, you can find a map complete with all features. There are actually two entrancs to the park off of I-96. The western one is likely closer for anyone coming from Lansing or Ann Arbor (it is the nature center entrance). The eastern one, not far past the Milford exit of off I-96 is the main entrance, sometimes referred to as the Kent Lake entrance. There is another entrance on the north side of the park, also, in case anyone is coming from parts due north of Kensington. I suggest picking a picnic area (Toni, do you have a favorite? My only preference is for shade!).
Hey Michigan pond dwellers: For directions to where I think our tables will be set up tomorrow in Kensington, check out the Froggy Bottom Lounge tonight. I’m too lazy to retype it all. If your have questions e-mail me tonight. (till about 11:30 )
keepinon