Congratulations John! Good to see that those El Grande pepper seeds have germinated so well! Hopefully, your baby chile seedling will overwinter well. Pepper Gaz ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Whalen" <CHEFCHILE@msn.com> To: <jim@wildpepper.com>; <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Monday, August 19, 2002 1:29 PM Subject: Re: [CH] Open Fields invite to all > 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 > > >