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shputz · Nov 21st, 2003, 12:29 PM

All,

Since this great idea is gaining traction, I thought it could use its own thread. Some ideas have already come up from BartMack and AprilWhine:

[BartMack] hey, maybe we could do a 'Winter Wonderland' run...
why wait until spring to gather again? the weather in Hampton Roads is pretty tame....
and I think door prizes would add a lot of fun to lunch, and encourage participation in the run.

I might be willing to donate a 'voluntary' membership fee or something like that to
help get good stuff to give away.

(some suggestions: Free Rear Fog Upgrade, Free Aux Adapter Upgrade, Clean/Detail Gift Certificate, Radio Controlled MINIs.... )

maybe we could pick a restaurant out near the country as a destination for lunch and
arrange the run around that. I overheard HarborMINI suggest the Isle of Wight area as really good.

[April Whine] Good idea Bart! Maybe a drive through one of the Holiday light displays, either before or after dinner?

[my 2 cents] Sounds like it could come together! I know of 3 light displays - Virginia Beach Oceanfront (we saw the lights that were already up), Williamsburg (the more traditional lighting, though I think it's only in the walking areas), and Newport News Park. The Botanical Gardens display is closed this year due to Isabel damage. If it would be too hard to get back across the river from Isle of Wight, is there a good Peninsula restaurant?

Jim

AprilWhine · Nov 21st, 2003, 02:25 PM

count me in, as long as it's not 12/6. I'm going to LaughScott's Deck the Halls run that weekend.

obehave · Nov 21st, 2003, 02:52 PM

2 comments. The Williamsburg traditional lighting is a get out and walk event. Not a problem since we, my family, do it most every year. But parking is just terrible.
Any body know anybody on the Williamburg Foundation commitee that would let us park together in Merchants Square would be nice, a miracle, but nice.
NN Park is nice and just a drive through event. Getting queued up to enter the park together would be the only tough part. Doable but the entrance is just past a busy intersection. If we go this route I have a plan that might allow us to queue up.

S2000&CooperS · Nov 21st, 2003, 03:56 PM

Sounds like fun - count me in

- Mike

cajun · Nov 21st, 2003, 05:56 PM

I'm in

Nbusch1128 · Nov 21st, 2003, 06:10 PM

I'm in!

ruthie · Nov 21st, 2003, 06:15 PM

Do you have the date yet?

shputz · Nov 21st, 2003, 06:28 PM

The toughest part will be a date - my personal sked is busier earlier in the month. Since it's an afternoon/evening event, how about Sunday 21 Dec?

As far as restaurants go, from the other thread:
[BartMack] The Plaza Azteca in the Oyster Point area has **great** authentic Mexican if people like that...
it's very reasonable $ too.

I'm always up for MINIs and Mexican!

Jim

AprilWhine · Nov 21st, 2003, 06:46 PM

Thanks for taking the initiative on organizing runs here, Jim!

AprilWhine · Nov 21st, 2003, 07:05 PM

Ruthie, are you thinking of coming down for this? That woudl be great!

ruthie · Nov 21st, 2003, 07:11 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by AprilWhine

Ruthie, are you thinking of coming down for this? That woudl be great!

Possible.

Got to work out a few details and not sure about the 21st. Must check my book. But what a nice Christmas pressie would be to meet y'all.

MP & RP might be able to do this run as well.

PS Mexican sounds excellent, btw.

MoonPie · Nov 21st, 2003, 07:18 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ruthie

Possible.

Got to work out a few details and not sure about the 21st. Must check my book. But what a nice Christmas pressie would be to meet y'all.

MP & RP might be able to do this run as well.

PS Mexican sounds excellent, btw.

*falls over self* and over and over and over

AprilWhine · Nov 22nd, 2003, 01:04 AM

That would be great! Love to see all of you in VA's cul de sac!

Jen · Nov 22nd, 2003, 06:04 PM

Depending on the date you finalize, I am a "definite maybe" for this event. Would love to see y'all again!

shputz · Nov 23rd, 2003, 07:20 PM

All,

If we're going to make this happen, I guess we need to decide on some specifics:

1. The Date - Sunday, 21 December (unless lots of people can't make that date)

2. The Time - afternoon/evening (route dependent)

3. The Plan - Meet, Drive (Isle of Wight?/Peninsula), Eat (Plaza Azteca in Oyster Point?),
Chistmas Light show at Newport News City Park

4. The Route - I could kluge something together, but I think others (BartMack for Isle of Wight, Peninsula dwellers AprilWhine, obehave, Cajun, etc) would do a better job

5. Other Ideas - Decorate the MINIs? Door prizes? (I can volunteer for that) Press coverage?

Let's get our ideas/thoughts in and make a great holiday event!

Jim - at sea with no MINI

AprilWhine · Nov 23rd, 2003, 08:06 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by shputz

All,

If we're going to make this happen, I guess we need to decide on some specifics:

1. The Date - Sunday, 21 December (unless lots of people can't make that date)

2. The Time - afternoon/evening (route dependent)

3. The Plan - Meet, Drive (Isle of Wight?/Peninsula), Eat (Plaza Azteca in Oyster Point?),
Chistmas Light show at Newport News City Park

4. The Route - I could kluge something together, but I think others (BartMack for Isle of Wight, Peninsula dwellers AprilWhine, obehave, Cajun, etc) would do a better job

5. Other Ideas - Decorate the MINIs? Door prizes? (I can volunteer for that) Press coverage?

Let's get our ideas/thoughts in and make a great holiday event!

Jim - at sea with no MINI

All is fine with me. I'm kind of new to living on the peninsula, so think someone else could do a better job of routing.

I like the idea of decorating the MINIs, maybe right before the Newport News light show? So we could be part of the show.

It's easy to get something in the paper, but we need to decide two weeks ahead, for the details to be included. Once everyone decides, I can do that part if you like.

If we don't have prizes, or in addition, we could have a gift exchange? One per car, then chosen in order of best decorations or ?

ruthie · Nov 23rd, 2003, 09:18 PM

Wow. That sounds like a lot to organize in a month. Wish I could help, but too far away.

One snag I might encounter with coming is the company holiday party. Don't have the date yet. Can't get out of it. Mandatory for management to attend. Got my fingers crossed.

shputz · Nov 23rd, 2003, 09:55 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by ruthie

Wow. That sounds like a lot to organize in a month. Wish I could help, but too far away.

One snag I might encounter with coming is the company holiday party. Don't have the date yet. Can't get out of it. Mandatory for management to attend. Got my fingers crossed.

Ruthie,

It's actually really easy to "organize"

Once the time and date are agreed upon, one or two people need to come up with the route, which should only take an hour or two to do(providing they're familiar with where they're going). You get a rough head count for the restaurant a few days ahead of time, and that's pretty much it. After that, it's up to the individual MINI afficianados to come! We do lots of talking on MINI2 and the Yahoo HR Club MINI

and just let things flow. It's like the Irish "ceili" parties - the people make it a party! Door prizes will be easy too - Checkered Flag has already told us they'll work with us.

Hope you can make it!

Jim

AprilWhine · Nov 24th, 2003, 12:14 AM

Ruthie, I like your new avatar. I loved that movie!

mhh366 · Nov 25th, 2003, 02:34 PM

I'm game for the run. I will keep checking back here and on the yahoo group. Will the final details be placed there as well?

-Mark (LY/W ITLN JOB)

Nov 21st, 2003, 12:29 PM	#1
shputz Loves Kim & Ian Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Virginia Beach, VA, USA Local Time: 05:44 AM Posts: 196 Offline	Hampton Roads Winter Wonderland Run All, Since this great idea is gaining traction, I thought it could use its own thread. Some ideas have already come up from BartMack and AprilWhine: [BartMack] hey, maybe we could do a 'Winter Wonderland' run... why wait until spring to gather again? the weather in Hampton Roads is pretty tame.... and I think door prizes would add a lot of fun to lunch, and encourage participation in the run. I might be willing to donate a 'voluntary' membership fee or something like that to help get good stuff to give away. (some suggestions: Free Rear Fog Upgrade, Free Aux Adapter Upgrade, Clean/Detail Gift Certificate, Radio Controlled MINIs.... ) maybe we could pick a restaurant out near the country as a destination for lunch and arrange the run around that. I overheard HarborMINI suggest the Isle of Wight area as really good. [April Whine] Good idea Bart! Maybe a drive through one of the Holiday light displays, either before or after dinner? [my 2 cents] Sounds like it could come together! I know of 3 light displays - Virginia Beach Oceanfront (we saw the lights that were already up), Williamsburg (the more traditional lighting, though I think it's only in the walking areas), and Newport News Park. The Botanical Gardens display is closed this year due to Isabel damage. If it would be too hard to get back across the river from Isle of Wight, is there a good Peninsula restaurant? Jim - QUICKER - 2003 MC, CVT, CR/W, white bonnet stripes w/ black pinstripes and John Cooper sig, premium/cold weather package, sport seats, gauges, aux audio input

Nov 21st, 2003, 02:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gypsy Local Time: 03:44 AM Posts: 16,890 Offline	count me in, as long as it's not 12/6. I'm going to LaughScott's Deck the Halls run that weekend. Global Moderator

Nov 21st, 2003, 03:56 PM	#4 (permalink)
S2000&CooperS MINI2 Master Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Glen Allen, VA USA Local Time: 09:44 AM Posts: 956 Offline	Sounds like fun - count me in - Mike 08 Smart ForTwo Passion Silver/Black/Red (Going on Ebay!) 07 Honda Accord V6 6-speed Taffeta White/Tan (wife's) 06 MINI Cooper S JCW Checkmate Astro Black/Silver

Nov 21st, 2003, 06:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
ruthie tickle tickle Join Date: Feb 2003 Local Time: 04:44 AM Posts: 19,292 Offline	Do you have the date yet? "Sunshine and Peace." - Maxamini

Nov 21st, 2003, 06:28 PM	#8 (permalink)
shputz Loves Kim & Ian Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Virginia Beach, VA, USA Local Time: 05:44 AM Posts: 196 Offline	The toughest part will be a date - my personal sked is busier earlier in the month. Since it's an afternoon/evening event, how about Sunday 21 Dec? As far as restaurants go, from the other thread: [BartMack] The Plaza Azteca in the Oyster Point area has great authentic Mexican if people like that... it's very reasonable $ too. I'm always up for MINIs and Mexican! Jim - QUICKER - 2003 MC, CVT, CR/W, white bonnet stripes w/ black pinstripes and John Cooper sig, premium/cold weather package, sport seats, gauges, aux audio input

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Nov 21st, 2003, 02:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
obehave Mini Mod Join Date: Sep 2002 Local Time: 05:44 AM Posts: 9,388 Offline	2 comments. The Williamsburg traditional lighting is a get out and walk event. Not a problem since we, my family, do it most every year. But parking is just terrible. Any body know anybody on the Williamburg Foundation commitee that would let us park together in Merchants Square would be nice, a miracle, but nice. NN Park is nice and just a drive through event. Getting queued up to enter the park together would be the only tough part. Doable but the entrance is just past a busy intersection. If we go this route I have a plan that might allow us to queue up.

Nov 21st, 2003, 05:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
cajun Pinch a Tail Suck A Head Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hampton, VA USA Local Time: 05:44 AM Posts: 181 Offline	I'm in

Nov 21st, 2003, 06:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
Nbusch1128 SIZE XS Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Suffolk, Virginia Local Time: 05:44 AM Posts: 92 Offline	I'm in!

Nov 21st, 2003, 06:46 PM	#9 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gypsy Local Time: 03:44 AM Posts: 16,890 Offline	Thanks for taking the initiative on organizing runs here, Jim! Global Moderator

Nov 21st, 2003, 07:05 PM	#10 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gypsy Local Time: 03:44 AM Posts: 16,890 Offline	Ruthie, are you thinking of coming down for this? That woudl be great! Global Moderator

Nov 21st, 2003, 07:11 PM	#11 (permalink)
ruthie tickle tickle Join Date: Feb 2003 Local Time: 04:44 AM Posts: 19,292 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by AprilWhine Ruthie, are you thinking of coming down for this? That woudl be great! Possible. Got to work out a few details and not sure about the 21st. Must check my book. But what a nice Christmas pressie would be to meet y'all. MP & RP might be able to do this run as well. PS Mexican sounds excellent, btw. "Sunshine and Peace." - Maxamini

Nov 21st, 2003, 07:18 PM	#12 (permalink)
MoonPie RedUn's Manicurist ;-þ Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Northern VA Local Time: 05:44 AM Posts: 16,147 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by ruthie Possible. Got to work out a few details and not sure about the 21st. Must check my book. But what a nice Christmas pressie would be to meet y'all. MP & RP might be able to do this run as well. PS Mexican sounds excellent, btw. falls over self and over and over and over

Nov 22nd, 2003, 01:04 AM	#13 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gypsy Local Time: 03:44 AM Posts: 16,890 Offline	That would be great! Love to see all of you in VA's cul de sac! Global Moderator

Nov 22nd, 2003, 06:04 PM	#14 (permalink)
Jen Two MINI Family Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Arlington VA Local Time: 04:44 AM Posts: 431 Offline	I'm a maybe Depending on the date you finalize, I am a "definite maybe" for this event. Would love to see y'all again!

Nov 23rd, 2003, 07:20 PM	#15 (permalink)
shputz Loves Kim & Ian Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Virginia Beach, VA, USA Local Time: 05:44 AM Posts: 196 Offline	Wonderland Run specifics All, If we're going to make this happen, I guess we need to decide on some specifics: 1. The Date - Sunday, 21 December (unless lots of people can't make that date) 2. The Time - afternoon/evening (route dependent) 3. The Plan - Meet, Drive (Isle of Wight?/Peninsula), Eat (Plaza Azteca in Oyster Point?), Chistmas Light show at Newport News City Park 4. The Route - I could kluge something together, but I think others (BartMack for Isle of Wight, Peninsula dwellers AprilWhine, obehave, Cajun, etc) would do a better job 5. Other Ideas - Decorate the MINIs? Door prizes? (I can volunteer for that) Press coverage? Let's get our ideas/thoughts in and make a great holiday event! Jim - at sea with no MINI - QUICKER - 2003 MC, CVT, CR/W, white bonnet stripes w/ black pinstripes and John Cooper sig, premium/cold weather package, sport seats, gauges, aux audio input

Nov 23rd, 2003, 08:06 PM	#16 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gypsy Local Time: 03:44 AM Posts: 16,890 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by shputz All, If we're going to make this happen, I guess we need to decide on some specifics: 1. The Date - Sunday, 21 December (unless lots of people can't make that date) 2. The Time - afternoon/evening (route dependent) 3. The Plan - Meet, Drive (Isle of Wight?/Peninsula), Eat (Plaza Azteca in Oyster Point?), Chistmas Light show at Newport News City Park 4. The Route - I could kluge something together, but I think others (BartMack for Isle of Wight, Peninsula dwellers AprilWhine, obehave, Cajun, etc) would do a better job 5. Other Ideas - Decorate the MINIs? Door prizes? (I can volunteer for that) Press coverage? Let's get our ideas/thoughts in and make a great holiday event! Jim - at sea with no MINI All is fine with me. I'm kind of new to living on the peninsula, so think someone else could do a better job of routing. I like the idea of decorating the MINIs, maybe right before the Newport News light show? So we could be part of the show. It's easy to get something in the paper, but we need to decide two weeks ahead, for the details to be included. Once everyone decides, I can do that part if you like. If we don't have prizes, or in addition, we could have a gift exchange? One per car, then chosen in order of best decorations or ? Global Moderator

Nov 23rd, 2003, 09:18 PM	#17 (permalink)
ruthie tickle tickle Join Date: Feb 2003 Local Time: 04:44 AM Posts: 19,292 Offline	Wow. That sounds like a lot to organize in a month. Wish I could help, but too far away. One snag I might encounter with coming is the company holiday party. Don't have the date yet. Can't get out of it. Mandatory for management to attend. Got my fingers crossed. "Sunshine and Peace." - Maxamini

Nov 23rd, 2003, 09:55 PM	#18 (permalink)
shputz Loves Kim & Ian Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Virginia Beach, VA, USA Local Time: 05:44 AM Posts: 196 Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by ruthie Wow. That sounds like a lot to organize in a month. Wish I could help, but too far away. One snag I might encounter with coming is the company holiday party. Don't have the date yet. Can't get out of it. Mandatory for management to attend. Got my fingers crossed. Ruthie, It's actually really easy to "organize" Once the time and date are agreed upon, one or two people need to come up with the route, which should only take an hour or two to do(providing they're familiar with where they're going). You get a rough head count for the restaurant a few days ahead of time, and that's pretty much it. After that, it's up to the individual MINI afficianados to come! We do lots of talking on MINI2 and the Yahoo HR Club MINI and just let things flow. It's like the Irish "ceili" parties - the people make it a party! Door prizes will be easy too - Checkered Flag has already told us they'll work with us. Hope you can make it! Jim - QUICKER - 2003 MC, CVT, CR/W, white bonnet stripes w/ black pinstripes and John Cooper sig, premium/cold weather package, sport seats, gauges, aux audio input

Nov 24th, 2003, 12:14 AM	#19 (permalink)
AprilWhine Loves the Fuzzy One Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Gypsy Local Time: 03:44 AM Posts: 16,890 Offline	Ruthie, I like your new avatar. I loved that movie! Global Moderator

Nov 25th, 2003, 02:34 PM	#20 (permalink)
mhh366 ITLN JOB Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Norfolk, VA Local Time: 05:44 AM Posts: 51 Offline	I'm game for the run. I will keep checking back here and on the yahoo group. Will the final details be placed there as well? -Mark (LY/W ITLN JOB)

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