Stroke of Genius Dinner at PSOA - April 29 - May 2, 2004 in Boston

[Cynthia Daniel]

Sharon,

Absolutely you can come to the dinner. The Stroke of Genius dinner is not an official part of the PSOA event. I am putting you down - let me know about your husband. Here is the email I sent out to everyone this afternoon:

Date: Thursday, April 29

Time: 8:15pm

Location: McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant in the Boston Park Plaza Hotel I will have the reservations in the name "A Stroke of Genius."

Menu: The menu is mostly seafood. However, if you are not a seafood person, there are a few non-seafood selections - Chicken, NY Strip, Filet Mignon, Pork Chop

Price Range: Appetizers start around $8.00; the least expensive entree was a cheeseburger for $6.80 and a blackened chicken sandwich for $9.70; regular dinners from around $15 up to $24.

Handling of checks: We will be ordering off the normal menu rather than a limited menu with a set price.

The restaurant preferred to give a single check for the group. However, I feel this would be awkward and potentially a nightmare to figure what everyone owes and then try to collect it. So, the restaurant has, with much reticence, agreed to do separate checks. But I have a suggestion for making it easier for them. If most of you would pair up with a person next to you on a check, it should be relatively easy for two people to figure out how much each of you owes. This would reduce the number of checks in about half and thereby reduce the stress on the restaurant. If you are with a spouse or significant other and two of you are already on one check, this is not necessary.

Attendees: 25 confirmed

Baumgaertner, Peggy
Bittinger, Ned (finalist in portrait competition - congratulations, Ned!)
Chambers, Bill
Cheever, Rochelle
Cohen, Jill & Ron
Davies, Lynn
Martinez, Juan
de la Vega, John
Ellingwood, Annette
Erickson, Connie
Fournier, Lisa & guest
Linton, Jonathan
Mattelson, Marvin
Neal, Michael Shane
Nelson, Linda & guest
Paules, Dean & JoAnn
Reilly, Mary
Riley, Jim
Rose, Nancy
Spinks, Johanna

Attendees still unsure:
Brown, Glenda
Wells, Karin

May stop by:
Dave Kassan (member of the SOG Portrait Artist Forum and a finalist in the competition - congratulations Dave!)

[Garth Herrick]

Originally Posted by Timothy Mensching

Cynthia,

I will not be attending the Conference, but would love to take the trip for dinner. It would be great to finally meet all of you, so count me in. Thanks.

Tim

Cynthia,

Ditto! I also will not be attending the Conference, but the opportunity to meet all of you is well worth the trip for dinner. Is there still space at the table(s)?

Thanks.

[Cynthia Daniel]

Tim and Garth,

Sure there's room. Great! Pretty soon, we'll qualify for that private room I passed up. That's ok though - dinner is cheaper this way.

Please be sure to note what I wrote above - try to team up on a check with someone next to you to save stress on the restaurant personnel.

[Garth Herrick]

Hi All,

Does anyone have great suggestions about must-see exhibitions or galleries in Boston on April 29th? I will not be at the Conference, but would love to view some important works before we all gather for the dinner we so eagerly anticipate. I have some friends showing at the Vose Galleries until the 30th.

If anyone would be interested in joining with me at a museum, etc., or sharing a ride up to Boston (I'm starting from Philadelphia, and passing by N.Y.C., New Haven, etc.), please let me know.

Thanks.

[Sharon Knettell]

Originally Posted by Garth Herrick

Hi All,

Does anyone have great suggestions about must-see exhibitions or galleries in Boston on April 29th? I will not be at the Conference, but would love to view some important works before we all gather for the dinner we so eagerly anticipate. I have some friends showing at the Vose Galleries until the 30th.

If anyone would be interested in joining with me at a museum, etc., or sharing a ride up to Boston (I'm starting from Philadelphia, and passing by N.Y.C., New Haven, etc.), please let me know.

Thanks.

Hi,

There is a portrait exhibit, that (ahem) I and other local worthies are participating at at the Copley Society, 158 Newbury St., just up from the Voses.

The Voses are a class act, I partcipated in a show there last year. They have some beautiful stuff there including a Benson portrait to die for. Who's showing there now? I'd like to see it.

Go to the Gardner Museum on the Fenway, near the Boston Museum. Tres beautiful. It has Degas, Van Dykes, too many to mention.

One block over from Newbury St. is Commonwealth Ave.. The center strip is a sculpture garden with many neat and interesting pieces along the way. The Boston Public Garden sports the fabulous St. Gaudens memorial to the Civil War. All are within a relatively easy stroll of each other.

Reasonable good eats at Betty's Wok and Noodle on Huntington Ave, across from the symphony.

Have fun!

[Deladier Almeida]

Hi, Cynthia.

I would like to attend the dinner if it's not too late. I might be a late arrival since I'll be getting in Boston late in the afternoon. See you all there...

[Cynthia Daniel]

Originally Posted by Deladier Almeida

I would like to attend the dinner if it's not too late. I might be a late arrival since I'll be getting in Boston late in the afternoon. See you all there...

Would love to have you - no, it's not too late. See you there!