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 > > __________________________________________________________________________ > ___________ > Get more from the Web. FREE MSN Explorer download : > http://explorer.msn.com >