Jim, Please let us know, we would like to make your return another occasion! If we make it on Friday or Saturday, Chip Welsh and a few friends might be able to make it from Red Lion, PA. Aren't CHs great! AndyB jim@wildpepper.com wrote: > > Yes it was! It was great to finally meet so many people I 'knew' in > person! I'll third the recommendation on the 'Respect Your Elderberry' > sauce from Bob Farr, though I also like the Basilicious Salsa as well. > > My steak was almost as excellent as the company. It was also fun > showing the wait staff that, despite being their thinking otherwise, > they really didn't know what 'hot' was all about ;-) > > I'd hoped everyone could forgive my bloodshot eyes- even before the > wine! I'd been up all night at the firehouse, drove through an ice > storm, and then pea-soup fog before arriving there. God was smiling on > me though as there was a reasonably priced hotel in the same parking lot > as the restaraunt! I wasn't trying to be coy about attending- I > honestly didn't know if I'd be able to make it there or not. > > It looks like I'll be out in DC a few more times this year so I'd be all > in favor of another gathering. It was great to have something FUN to do > on a trip that was otherwise pretty depressing :-) The same will be > true for the upcoming trips as well. > > Thanks again for putting it together! > > -Jim C > Mild to Wild