response 134 of 163:

Sep 2 17:06 UTC 2003

Scheduling notes:
  arabella & krj second mary's suggestion of Dominick's in resp:130.
  Should we book that while weather still might allow dining outside?
 
  Valerie had nominated Roadrunner Cafe near Briarwood; krj seconds.
 
  Carol had nominated Aladdin's on Main Street  (the former Main Street
  Coney Island).  krj seconds.
 
  Bruin in resp:128 ::  Unless a lot of other people want to try 
  Zingerman's Roadhouse on its opening weekend, I'm going to suggest we wait 
  awhile.  Sept 13 is a home football game against Notre Dame with a 
  3:30 pm start; although the Roadhouse is not downtown, I expect it 
  will be jammed with football game traffic that afternoon.
 
Here are the remaining U.Michigan home football games:
  Sept  6   Houston        Noon   
  Sept 13   Notre Dame     3:30
  Sept 27   Indiana        start time TBA
  Oct  18   Illinois       Noon, Homecoming
  Oct  25   Purdue         start time TBA
  Nov  22   Ohio State     Noon

Sept 27 might be the weekend to pick for the Dexter Cider Mill trip, not 
certain yet.

response 136 of 163:

Sep 3 02:09 UTC 2003

Though eating lunch in the "park" outside the People's Food Coop was
nice from the point of view of allowing the kids to play without
disturbing the adults too much, the fact that the chairs are all nailed
down, with no more than four in a cluster, makes it hard for a large
group to eat sociably.

response 138 of 163:

Sep 7 05:08 UTC 2003

Oops, I think when I mentioned that, Ken, I was thinking of Mary's #135,
which is unrelated to the Dexter trip.  Sorry.

response 140 of 163:

Sep 7 16:52 UTC 2003

This week's walk and lunch ran in shifts.  The first shift consisted of 
Bird Hills walkers aruba, krokus, scott, plus an unnamed guest who found 
the Grex Walk listed in the Ann Arbor Observer.
The unnamed guest didn't go to lunch; the remaining three proceeded to 
Sabor Latino a bit before noon.
 
Leslie and I arrived at Sabor Latino around 12:40, figuring that people
would be as late as they were last week.    :/
 
The last shift started with janc, valerie, kendra, arlo, chanur, kaplan 
and ross, they had done a Children's Walk on the Gallup Park playground 
loop.  They were joined by polygon, sgsk and mjg.  So, the total lunch 
crowd was 15, though not everyone was there at once.

Sabor Latino was very accomodating about moving tables around with
all the late arrivals.  Most of us left around 2 pm.

response 142 of 163:

Sep 8 02:13 UTC 2003

Bruce who?

response 144 of 163:

Sep 8 03:55 UTC 2003

One of these days, I'll actually make the regular walk at Bird Hills.

response 146 of 163:

Sep 8 17:37 UTC 2003

Heh.  I usually have a request this time of year for the cider mill trip,
but I think I'm going to cheat on Dexter--we have halfassed plans to go to
a different cider mill with Don's parents on the lone appropriate weekend
I'll be in town.  Thanks for thinking of me!

response 148 of 163:

Sep 10 14:21 UTC 2003

re 145
I've been there for walks, but never made it on time to walk with everyone
else.  Thusly, I go wander amongst the trees for awhile, then come back
and wait for everyone else.

response 150 of 163:

Sep 13 03:41 UTC 2003

Schrams has been around for years although at a diffferent location.

response 152 of 163:

Sep 19 23:10 UTC 2003

A workmate went, said that there was an hour and a half wait for a table, and
that it was $17.50 for gravy and biscuits and $11.50 for mac and cheese. I
think I'd definitely never eat there.

response 154 of 163:

Sep 20 02:05 UTC 2003

Places usually have long wait times when they first open, due to 
staffing issues and higher traffic.  Sounds way too rich for my blood, 
though.

response 156 of 163:

Sep 20 03:40 UTC 2003

We had a team lunch there today, it was pricey, the service was pretty good
considering it's the first week, but my food was disapointing.  I (in
hindsight foolishly) paid $11.50 for the mac and cheese.  My other team
members liked their food, but we all commented that the prices were too steep.
Maybe it's because it had the ghost of Bill Knapp....;-)

response 158 of 163:

Sep 20 21:51 UTC 2003

I think Zingermans is just to full of themselves.