Peggy, A spring Thaw in Portland sounds good, and the Summer event in Kent sounds great too as this is within a stones throw from my apartment. Lets see if we can start narrowing it down to some specific dates so we can all plan to attend one or the other, or maybe even both. Yours in Flavor John "Chile" Whalen ----- Original Message ----- From: <Fieryfood@aol.com> To: <chile-heads@globalgarden.com> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 4:35 PM Subject: [CH] Pacific NW Hotluck > We've been talking about a Pacific Northwet Hotluck for about 3 years and it > hasn't got past the dream stage! All that is needed is someone (thanks, > Chris!) setting a date, time and place. > However, for people like me who can't travel to Portland due to work > conflicts, I am finally in a position to plan an event closer to Seattle. I > have access to a park in Kent across from the new Kent Public Market where we > would be able to use the bathrooms and a nice kitchen. This could to be in > July or August when we have a chance of having some sunshine for an outside > event. We already have an annual Chili Cookoff that we could "enhance" with > our presence! > Shall we have a "spring thaw" in Portland and a summer event in Kent? We have > enough Chileheads in the Northwet for multiple parties! > Peggy > Seattle's Chile Babe >