Conference turris::womannotes-v1

    Great idea Bonnie, I will be glad to help.
    
    Joyce

    Bonnie, I will be glad to help out also.
    
    Pat

    Womannotes' first birthday is fast approaching, if the date of note
    1.1 is the one to go by.
    
    Although April 18 falls on a Saturday this year, it occurred to
    me that we might find a way to celebrate!
    
    If people are interested, it might be fun to plan some get togethers
    in different areas for lunch or dinner on the 17th -- or thereabouts.
    Any interest in something like this?     

    That sounds like a great idea, Holly. Would anyone want to
    come as far west as the Searstown Mall in Leominster - that is
    about as far east as I can go on my lunch hour and there is 
    a very nice Chineses restaurant there.
    Bonnie

       Re: .4 Bonnie, I went to Chopsticks last week for lunch
    and it was awlful! We didn't even bother to take the leftovers.
    You might want to look in Acton... Mahaka(sp) on Rte. 2-A
    
                   REK

    Oh who cares about the food?  I just wanna meet y'all...
    
    Lee

    
    RE:.5  WHAT was wrong with the food?

    I can't possibly make Acton unless I take a vacation day and I *like*
    the buffet at Chopsticks. I'm planning on going to lunch at Chopsticks 
    on Friday April 17th at 12:00 and will be glad to call ahead for 
    reservations for as many people as drop me e-mail that they are coming.
    
    Someone further east or north should volunteer for Mahaka or 
    some other place. (and maybe Suzanne can raise a solitary toast
    from Colorado...)
    
    Bonnie

    The food was greasy and had no taste. It seems that they are cuting
    back on quality.
    
                         REK

    I was there a couple of weeks ago and it was *great*!.

    Then by all means let me know what you had and I will
    discuss it with the owners.  They have chefs that
    shift between the Worcester and Leominster locations
    and it might help narrow down who's cooking.  Chopsticks
    has some of the finest Chinese i've had since I dined
    at a little place in Osaka, Japan that served Northern
    Chinese cuisine and i'd hate to have someone swayed
    by a bad experience.

    They have been flexible in the past by hosting short notice
    parties for me and the food has been superb, perhaps this
    was an exception?

    
    I'd like to make a polite reminder [to whomever is 
    going to host this get-together] that Pesach [Passover]
    is Sundown April 13th - Sundown April 21st.

    

    Mike makes a good point - the 17th is also Good Friday.
    I think this particular get together ought to be more
    of a populist enterprise.....
    I've volunteered to make reservations on the 17th at Chopsti.
    I hope that someone else will do the same for some other
    restaurant(s) and post that here - and for anyone that finds
    that this interferes with their religious observances but would
    still like to do something to celebrate womannotes being 1 year
    old perhaps they could suggest an alternate date and place...
    I don't think this has to be a just one place or just one time
    sort of thing.
    
    Bonnie

    I agree with Bonnie--I had originally envisioned several groups
    of womannoters getting together at different places.  I will join
    you at Chopsticks on the 17th at 12:00.
    
    If anyone else would like to suggest something that doesn't conflict
    with their observance of traditional holidays, I will join you for
    that as well, distance permitting.
    
    Have all of you Colorado people considered organizing something?
    Carol was out here for training recently, and she was one of the
    most enjoyable people I've met in a long time!  

    
    Gee, to think womannotes happened on my birthday....
    
    There's cause for a smile.
    
    DFW

    How far is Chopsticks from Southboro? Or is someone going to
    plan something closer.

    Re .17, would anybody like to get together in the Maynard-Marlboro
    area?  Leominster is just too far to go for lunch from Maynard
    (especially when you're not a WC 4 and have to watch the time).
    
    By the way, I think the Chopsticks in Webster Sq., Worcester, has
    the best Chinese food I've ever had.  But, I've never eaten at the
    Leominster one.
    
    Lorna
    

    i'd be happy to meet in the maynard marlboro area
    
    liz

Thumbs up for the Maynard/Marlboro area.

- Linda

re: .5

Tastes may differ -- I've only been to the Mahaka on Route 2A once, but that
was more than enough to convince me to stay away.

- Linda

    re: .5, etc.
    
    The restaurant is the Makaha (not Mahaka), on Rt 2A in
    Acton and is strictly of the Polynesian variety.  
    For those of you fond of Mandarin/Szechuan there 
    isn't a Peking ravioli or a moo shi pancake in sight.

    The Chez Siam in M'boro is really quite decent, if with a limited
    menu.
    
    						=maggie

    if the maynard-marlboro get-together were held on not-the-17th,
    some of us could go to more than one! :-)))))
    
    /bruce_who_loves_chinese_food_but_not_makahahaha

    May I suggest the May Ling or Kiku [Chrisanthemum, I like that.]?

    Both are in the happening center known as Maynard.

    No problem, the goldfish in the tanks provide
    the same level of intellectual conversation.

    8-D

    To solve this issue, I am going to host a DINNER
    for everyone at Chopsticks, Leominster.

    Votes being taken for the following dates:

	    April 17th
    Or
	    April 24th


    Please send mail and resultant flames to MARX::MAHLER

    This party will be in the spirit of Sexcetera.

    I assume that you don't mean "hosting" to mean "paying for"
    
    

    as it stands right now - 
    
    I am going to make reservations for x number of people for
    lunch at chopsticks on the 17th of April - Friday.
    
    anybody that can make it out here let me know in time (by
    Thursday morning?) that they are coming so I can make a 
    reservation.
    
    
    A lot of people have said that they want to meet for lunch
    in Maynard.  Could one Maynard or further east person just
    pick a place and pick a time? It's not that hard to do -
    and I was a little reluctant to step out on a limb and try
    and organize something out here - all it takes is one person
    willing to 1. keep a list and 2. call for reservations.....
    
    or the third choice is Michael Mahler's idea of a dinner at
    Chopsticks...
    
    
    anyone wanting to go to chopsticks for dinner either night
    should contact Mike....
    
    is this reasonably straightened out?
    
    Bonnie
   

OK, I'll ask.  Michael:

What is a party which is in the spirit of sexcetera?

Or should I use my imagination; no, better not do that, am in enough 
trouble already.


	~Mike

    This note has gotten kind of side tracked this past week with
    all the other issues....
    
    Right now the only publically announced lunch is the one for which
    I have taken the responsibility for calling in the reservations.
    Right now I think that there are 5 people meeting me at Chopsticks.
    
    Is anyone else collection names or planning anything?
    
    Also Mike Mahler had volunteered to host a dinner either the 17th
    or the 24th, Mike would you update on what is happening with that?
    
    A couple of people have mentioned locations but never gone any further
    is there anything currently planned in Maynard or any where else.
    
    I would again say that it doesn't take any special courage or
    talent to just say "I'll call the restaurant, send me mail if you
    want to meet at place X at time Y."
    
    Bonnie
    

    Late comers are still welcome - we have about nine people
    now. Send me mail by about 11 or just show up.

    Thanks to all those that showed up - Nancy Woloch(witz), Ellen Gugel,
    Lee Tatischeff, Leslie Smith, Bruce Laru, Holly Hendricks, Jenny
    Turaj, Gale Kleinberger, and Mez Zurko. It is nice to have some
    faces to go with some of the node::names.
    
    There will still be a party at Leslie's the end of June - more
    details later.
    
    Bonnie

    It was a pleasure to meet all of you, the only problem was that
    the lunch "hour" was much too short!!!
    
    
    Looking forward to the party at Leslie's end-of-June.  See you there!!!
    
    
    Nancy

    I wish I was there...missed you all!
    
    Joyce

    I couldn't make it either (didn't start reading NOTES in time) .
    . . but I'll be there next time!
    
    --bonnie

    The funniest part of it was arriving and not knowing who to ask
    for or look for.  I overheard someone (turned out to be Leslie)
    asking for the Womannotes party, and together we looked around for
    a likely bunch.  We saw two women sitting alone at a big table and
    said, "um, are you here for Womannotes?".  They obviously weren't
    because they stared at us like we were saying something unintelligible!
    
    We found the group.  Bonnie had had the good sense to make us all
    nametags, so we quickly matched names and faces.  It was wonderful
    to see and talk with people whom I felt I knew!  Kind of like meeting
    your pen pal. 
    
    I'm looking forward to the party and meeting many more of you. 
    If any of you non-Massachusetts people are going to be out this
    way, let us know and perhaps we can organize a lunch around your
    visit.
    
    Holly

  Yes, its time to schedule another party, where we can get lots more of us
  to attend.  (You'd be amazed how everyone turns out to be sooooo human. ;-))

  We're going to do a barbeque this time at our house in Harvard.  People are
  encouraged to bring their burger or hotdogs for themselves and a side dish
  to share.  Drinks are BYO.  Ice, cups, plates, plastic utensils will be
  provided.

  So you ask, what's the day?  Well, my calendar is not being very
  cooperative.  We were aiming for the end of June, but I'll be returning
  from the National SWE Convention in Kansas City.

  Next available Friday is July 10.  Come after work.  Doors open at 5:30.
  Feel free to bring your SO, a friend, or by yourself.  The snow is gone, so
  parking will be much easier, and less cramped.
  
  At the luncheon, I was asked if children were welcome.  (No flames please)
  My response was, our house is not kid-proofed.  Parents are welcome to
  bring their children if they watch them.  I suspect we'll spend most of the
  time outside, so probably will be just fine.

  And if we have another summer like last year, raindate will be July 17.
  And any postponement will be announced as a reply to this base note.

  As the time gets closer we'll try to generate a list of attendees so that
  maps to Harvard can be sent out electronically.  Watch this space....

  So reserve July 10, and let's tie faces to usernames!!

					-Leslie

    We have a party scheduled for July 10th - we need to start doing
    some serious planning.