DC-Area Fall Retreat's Journal

venturous @ 10:46am: YAY it's time!!!
I am delighted we have a beautiful weekend in store.

I fetch LBB at the airport today, and we go to Trader Joes for goodies. that will include:

• sparkely water
• good cheap wine
• guacamole
• hummus
• cheese and crackers
• crunchy things
• other good stuffs

to get something on my TJ shopping list, email  before 1pm EST today or call me on the cel
so far the meal plans include:

Saturday:

• Black bean soup and sammiches lunch from Spidermoth
• likely roast chicken and potatoes for dinner --
• brownies from GryffindorJ
• Torino, you are absolved from cooking due to family crisis if you so desire!

Sunday:

• blueberry pancakes
• something eggy
• pasta and veggie dinner

we have so much goodness to share. I have My Boy Jack for video should we need TV entertainment. alas, we have the worlds dinkiest television at the moment.

Cant wait to see you all.  **happy dance**

littleblackbow @ 6:38pm: Can I bribe someone to become my personal assistant for one of these days? I need to finish up these portrait cards and get them in the mail, and I'm just not in good headspace lately. It's all I can do to figure out that when my stomach hurts and I'm shaking, I need to eat.

venturous @ 11:09pm: ACTIVITIES!!!
OK, here are the various time slots. I am looking for folk to step up an offer to lead an activity. a fic reading, a discussion, a walk, a filk or music share, an art activity....  go for it!!  Team up!!


Friday Night: most likely me, Rana and CraveSlash. I'm all for hanging out and getting settled.

Saturday Morning:  probably arrivals, greetings and intros.

Saturday Afternoon: how about a writing/ fic related activity? (looks at Tor and Gryff....)

Saturday Evening:

Sunday Morning:

Sunday afternoon:

Sunday Evening:


FYI:  Saturday only: Torino, GryffindorJ
         Sunday only: Dementor Delta, Ravenna

Chime in, oh, creative ones!!

venturous @ 10:37am: Food Poll!
Poll #2409 Food Issues!
Open to: All, results viewable to: All

The foods I worry about eating too much of are:

the goodies I must have at the retreat are:

venturous @ 7:18pm: Schedules and Beds: Leave me an update, Please!
I'm getting ready to go to NYthis weekend to see Flic and Harry's dick Equus! (see a few of you there!!!)
so it will be Retreat time before we know it!
Please review and give me an update on your ETA and overnighter or not:

Friday:  LBB (Rana) arrives Friday
            anybody else?

Saturday:
               Torino & GryffindorJ - Saturday only? or overnight? arriving what time?
               Iulia: arrives mid-morning
               Spidermoth - need your ETA - are you an overnighter? just for fun?
               DementorDelta - need your ETA
               CraveSlash - need your ETA

Sunday:
               Ravenna: Sunday and overnight; need transport from Bethesda or Metro Sunday am

Monday:
               LBB
               Ravenna transport to? plane, train?

venturous @ 9:46am: Planning for food
SHOPPING
good news is that Rana (LBB) gets employee discount at Trader Joe's the best lace to get wine, cheese, frozen things, snacks, chocolate...

ABOUT FUNDING: when running artist's trips in France, we use the Kitty system: everyone throws in some cash and we have a house fund. This simplifies things. Do you think you can donate say, $25, or $30 to the food+drink kitty? non-drinkers, perhaps less. ;-)

so let's do a little pre-planning, and we will load up Friday night after I get her at the airport!

We need a low sodium, seafood + veggie menu, and here are some suggestions that might work:

MAIN MEALS

1. black bean chili and cornbread  - my specialty! 
2. grilled salmon & roasted veggies -- another house favorite
3. shrimp primavera/alfredo -- LBB claims to make a light version!
4. veggie lasagna-- someone volunteered to make this-- Tor?

BRFST & LUNCH

• eggs, toast and veggie brfst sausage
• pancakes! with blueberries
• pita bread and tuna, hummus, cheese and veggies
• chili & stuff, salad

WINE and other beverages
I drink copious amounts of cheap French and Chilean red.
Coffee, tea will be on hand, and diet coke.

what else? sparkely water? soda? firewhisky? beer? let me know.

SWEETS
aside from (medicinal!) chocolate, what kind of desserts?
Iulia, did you not offer to make pie?  (channels Homer Simpson: "mmmmm, piie"

littleblackbow @ 8:47pm: Guess who else is gonna be there?

Oh yeah, that's right... that would be ME!

:D

Thanks to the greatest flist in the world, I made enough money to go to slashretreat! And I got my plane ticket today.

So, I'm completely stoked. And if I owe you a commission (or two), I'll try to get it done and give it to you personally.

:D

venturous @ 1:16pm: Art Play: ideas, wishes, plans
I have good art space, a former garage, and lots of media to play with: oil, acrylic, watercolour, crayon, pastel, charcoal, markers, collage....

We could draw each other, to improve our figure drawing skills. we could tear up magazines, get out the glitter and just have fun.
We could make masks! 

Let me know what kind of art fun you would like!