Jim, I had hoped to make the trip this year. Matter of fact I set aside a week of vacation just to be flexible in making the trip. However "El Grande" has blessed us with other plans for myself and my now growing family. My new wife is pregnant with our first "Baby Chile", and we are going to be relocating to Texas in the coming months. Fortunately for me these are valid reasons for me to miss this year's Open Fields. Hopefully you will have photos once again to share with the list and we may all feel the need to make the trip. My hat goes off to you for doing this once again. I hope all goes well and that the weather holds in your favor. Take care and savor the flavor. John, Effy, and "Baby Chile" Whalen ----- Original Message ----- From: <jim@wildpepper.com> To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2002 8:51 PM Subject: [CH] Open Fields invite to all > Here is the official invite to the whatever annual(nth) Open Fields. In > order to keep the list cops happy (as happy as they can be, eh Cameron? > ;-) the rules, terms, and directions to the fields will be direct > replies. > > If you plan on attending, please let me know! There is no cost to the > event, beyond what it costs you to get here. > > I am pleased to announce that we will have several foreign dignataries > attending, including but not limited to, the one and only Ms Dewi all > the way from the Netherlands. Henning Petersen has also given hints > that he will attend all the way from Denmark. There will also be the > usual assortment of 'local' celebrities including Wendell Peters (from > Judicial Flavors- Las Vegas), John Hard (CaJohn's Fiery Foods- Columbus > Ohio), and many others (Rael?). There'll be gifts for most all > attending, lots of good times, good food, tall tales, and a chance to > chat chiles and swap lies with folks from all over the world. Rarely, > if ever, will you have such a chance to co-mingle with such a diverse > group of chile heads. > > Please let me know. My busy season has officially started and I need to > make plans. Thanks again for letting me do this and be honored with > your alls' attendance! > > -Jim C > Mild to Wild >