this is me vetoing mama lucias

ok, garlicky salad and spaghetti is depressing the hell out of me. i am much more down with nellie's idea of the hanawa falls firemen's hall. that way i can also relive drinking pabst blue ribbon out of a can with cathy colburn when we were 15 at the same time that i celebrate dad's 70th birthday. dad deserves better than lousy red and white table cloths and wine bottles turned into candle holders.  i'm just saying.  oh and this is me, catherine.

places to have this event

From Christine.

More to keep track of things than for any immediate action.

Mama Lucia's 265-3224
35-50 people
buffet--say, baked ziti, salad (house or caesar), pizza, lemon chicken, strawberry shortcake, tiramisu

They probably won't close the restaurant, unless we get that many people. I said 35-50 but that's just a guess right now. I also said Sat, Nov 24, at 6 pm.

The owners are out of town until mid-Aug. They will call me back and quote prices.

A couple of things--the caesar salad, last time I was there, was so garlicky/anchovie-y as to be inedible. Dad often says he doesn't like Italian food. On the other hand, there is the long-running joke that we are Italians, what with the number of times a week he gets spaghetti and what with the number of children.

tina turner

wouldn't it be cool if she showed up to sing to dad?

suz's thoughts

hi there!

okay so i looked into getting blackpool rock with a message inside. i'll check to see if i can get it in yellow and blue. is the blue navy blue or royal blue? this would be cool.

i told nellie last night and she was sooooo excited we were doing this and especially that we are all coming home. that part she was really happy about. peter get the monday after thanksgiving off now. we all know how you are! heehee!

mom suggested to have the party at the firehall in hannawa falls. linda's wedding was really nice there and she had it catered by angelo's.
mom and i were talking about if all these people come all this way to the party, we should maybe have a weekend event kind of thing.
like the party on saturday and then sunday we trek to lake placid for dad's actual birthday and all do something there?
i don't know. what do you guys think? i was thinking (i know this is ridiculous but wouldn't it be cool if we got a band?)

a photographer would also be nice...eeeewww laird chaifee. christine - do you know any photography/art students that may want to hang around over thanksgiving break? i dunno...trying to be cost effective.
but taking pictures is important especially since we'll all be together.

we can also upload photos post a blog and have lots of fun with this. kind of a good way to organize the party since we are all so far apart.

love you all.