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10/15 PIR Meet & Greet & Ribbons, etc.
Here is the email I (Pink Helmet) received from Anastasia's:
Anastasia’s Restaurant and Sports Lounge
3880 Northpoint Blvd.
Waukegan, IL 60085
847 688-1317
www.eatatanastasias.com
The restaurant is located in a small commercial area known as Fountain Square.
Tips for GPS users. When redevelopment of the area in which we are
located started they changed some addresses around. We have had
customers mention that the current address is not found in a GPS
system. If you have a system that is not recognizing our address try
typing in 880 Lakehurst Rd. and hopefully that will work. Just remember
that all the signs when you are near will say Northpoint Blvd. and
Lakehurst Rd still exists in another branch of our area.
We do have the ability to offer some limited shuttle service to the
restaurant for customers who do not have adequate transportation.
Please let us know as soon as possible if you think you may need this
service.
I think it is helpful to mention that there is a 24 hour Super Walmart
across the street from the restaurant and they sell anything from
toiletries to clothing, food, and alcohol. Any items that were
forgotten or confiscated during travel can be replenished there.
As for your evening with us we are anticipating that your group will
need separate checks and we are certainly prepared to accommodate. Just
so you know ahead of time we can split a single item between checks as
well. We serve excellent pizza and some people like to share appetizers
but still pay separately. It is also worth mentioning that breakfast is
served all day. We accept all major credit cards including American
Express and there is an ATM machine in our front lobby. The entire
state of Illinois is non-smoking. If anyone encounters unfortunate
traveling circumstances and arrives too late to attend the event, we
serve food and deliver to all local hotels until midnight.
I have prepared some directions from Navy Lodge and Ramada Inn to our
restaurant. Some of the other hotels that are very close are Courtyard
by Marriot (right next door), Spring Hill Suites, and Holiday Inn
Express. Just down the street are Candlewood Suites, and Residence Inn.
If anyone needs additional directions please feel free to contact me.
I am also attaching a sheet that we give to customers with directions
to the local mall and some train information for getting to and around
in Chicago. If anyone is planning on going down to Chicago I always
recommend taking the train. Traffic can be bad, parking is expensive,
and a relaxing train ride gives everyone a chance to chat and catch up.
If anyone has any more questions please feel free to contact me. We
look forward to hosting a wonderful evening for your group and I hope
everyone has a safe and comfortable trip.
Katharyne Poirot
Restaurant Manager
For directions from Navy Lodge to Anastasia’s:
http://maps.yahoo.com/?ard=1&mvt%3Dm%26lat%3D42.3206%26lon%3D-8...
For directions from Ramada Inn to Anastasia’s:
http://maps.yahoo.com/?ard=1&mvt%3Dm%26lat%3D42.353645%26lon%3D...
These directions are a little more complicated and there is an alternative route that does not take you onto Rt. 41.
Exit Ramada Inn right onto Greenbay Rd..
Then right on Washington St. (at the light)
Take Washington St. just past the turns for Rt. 41 to Greenleaf St. and go Left.
On Greenleaf St. you will come upon a group of 2 stop lights very close
together (entrances for Belvidere Rt. 120), go straight through them
and the 3rd light is Northpoint Blvd.
Take a Left on to Northpoint Blvd. and we are just a few doors down on the left, Walmart will be on your right side.
EDIT 9/15/2010: Our Navy For Mom group is having our own Meet & Greet at Anastasia's Restaurant, 3880 Northpoint Blvd. in Waukegan, IL. 7:00 PM on 10/14. (Please RSVP your head count to Pink Helmet)
Edit 9/30/2010: I am going to bring name tags to the Meet & Greet at Anastasia's. They will look like this. I have purchased the holders from Office Max - they have a pin on the back.
In order to keep it simple - we can just hand write our information onto the tag insert in the spaces provided. I'll bring pens to do this, too. :-)
If anyone wants to accessorize in other ways... I think that's GREAT! Please feel free to show your support in whatever ways you are comfortable. I may have to reign in my pride and not accessorize too much so as not to embarrass my Sailor... LOL!
I just thought that this was a good way to identify ourselves and show support at the same time.
See you all soon!!!
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Permalink Reply by DanaMN ~Kris's Mom~NCTS SanDiego on
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My thought is that we wear a name tag and tie a ribbon to it. I would love to design one and share it with you all.
It would be a simple one that you'd just pin to your shirt.
Let me put my thinking cap on and see what I come up with. I LOVE crafts and NEED a distraction...hhhmmm ... I wonder why that is?
I have lots of craft supplies so the cost to me would be minimal. If I could keep it to the cost of one stamp I could make it and mail it to you... my treat! (Or if you don't want to give me your personal info, I would understand that, I could upload the design here for you to print out at home.)
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Permalink Reply by Stevie on
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This sounds great Dana..I can't wait to see what you come up with for a design. We are going to be the most fashionable group at PIR!!!
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Permalink Reply by Connie foaling-lady (Groton) on
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Dana, maybe we could use a logo, such as an anchor, downloaded from a clip art site. Anybody have any otehr ideas for a logo design?
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Great idea! :)
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Hi Dana, This is Caleb's mom. There is not a discussion yet for his Div., but he is Ship:12 Div:348. I would love to be a part of this and I am willing to help in any way. Thanks for all you do!!
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Hi there, Suwil68! Welcome!
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Permalink Reply by terip on
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Hi Dana:
sounds great! l am definitely interested since i plan to attend the graduation with my almost 4 year old granddaughter. By the way, are children allowed to attend? -
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Yes, they sure are! I did notice on the info letter that everyone entering must have a valid government issued photo id. Children age 12 and under must have a copy of their birth certificate or SS Card.
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Permalink Reply by merchantvillesteve on
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My family and i would love to meet everyone elses family, if their is a ribbon it needs to look manly and be simple...LOL
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No problem! :)
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Dana I do not mind absorbing cost as well......If ya need me to help....I will. Even the name tags...possibly design one and post it for the group to see????
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Yep... I'll post to get input before we decide on anything! Gives us all something to do! Plus... we've got to keep our Navy Dad (merchantvillesteve) happy as well! :-)
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