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Food Poll for PIR N4M gathering
Chicago Pizza
Italian
Chinese
Mexican
BBQ
Surf & Turf
just coffee or cocktails
Something else?
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Permalink Reply by Melissa on
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ANYTHING. But i won't be arriving until probably like 6ish or a little later.. with Mary!! :] We will both be landing on the same plane in Milwaukee around 5 i think..
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Permalink Reply by Beverly on
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I am up for anything but I want to see what Chicago pizza is so my first pick would be that.
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Permalink Reply by Janie - ProudSailorWife on
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Oh Chicago pizza is amazing. If you get a chance to go down town try Gino's East or Giodano's (i'm sure that isn't the spelling) We used to live about an hour away and would go there all the time. The best you won't be disappointed. My hubby and I are headed to Gino's on Sat.
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BTW - is surf and turf some kind of seafood? LOL I have no idea what that is!! :-)
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Permalink Reply by Arwen on
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Surf and turf is steak and seafood - sorry.
As for when, the night before PIR. Still working on the time. So many people don't have flights yet, and therefore don't know when everyone will be there. How about I toss out a time for testing: 7:30 p.m.? Not too late but gives people time to get into town.
I chose these type restaurants because according to Google Maps, these are the places central to our hotels. -
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Arwen - 7:30 would be great! We'll have Melissa with us so by the time we get to GL that should be plenty of time. I'm up for anything but if you need a firm choice, I'll go with Chicago Pizza!
Thanks for all your hard work and research! You're like the N4M Mom for December Boot Camp!!!! -
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Permalink Reply by ukmom on
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7:30 sounds good. Our plane from Atlanta will be landing at O'Hare at approximately 4:30 so that will give us time to get our car, find the hotel and get checked in. Thanks for all you are doing to organize everyone.
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Permalink Reply by Karen P on
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Anything is good for me too! Par tof my problem, food of any kind is good! LOL it will just be nice to get to meet everyone! I say that if anyone has food allergies or great dislikes that should be more of the determining factor. If i can book the flight we have been looking at we will arrive at O'Hare around 5 so 7:30 sounds good to me!
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Arwen -- thanks for spearheading this. Please let me know if there is anything I can do to assist.
We are up for anything! Surf and turf would probably be my husband's first choice but we will be happy to meet everyone where ever majority rules! We are coming in Wednesday afternoon so time is not an issue for us. -
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Anything is fine ... I will arrive in the moring,but my in laws are coming from Arizona and we are sharing a rental car.
looks like they are on the same flight as Melissa and Mary so 7:30 should be okay -
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