MLK Weekend 2011
Friday, January 14 to Monday, January 17, 2011
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Information about the house
Panther Lodging
http://www.pantherlodging.com/
7 Bedrooms
Number and size of beds (according to the floor plan…may have to confirm!)
- Bedrooom 1: 1 double
- Bedroom 2: 1 double
- Bedroom 3: 1 double
- Bedroom 4: 2 singles
- Bedroom 5: 1 single
- Bedroom 6: 1 double
- Bedroom 7 (entire second floor): 9 singles, 1 double
There are 5 bathrooms on the first floor including 1 in the jacuzzi room!
There is a half bath on the second floor, but plenty of showers on the first floor!
"There is laundry on the property but not in the lodge"
Linens are provided!
Inflatables:
- 1 queen (Chris and Jen)
- 1 Twin (Kurt)
- 1 full (Jared and Danielle)
- 1 Full/Queen (Suzanne)
TOTAL COST: $1620 (approx values per person dependent on # of attendees below)
- 14 people - $116, $39 per day
- 16 people - $101, $34 per day
- 18 people - $90, $30 per day
- 20 people - $81, $27 per day
- 22 people - $74, $25 per day
- 24 people - $67, $22 per day
Current estimate as of 1/5: $25 per day
- For kitchen equipment included, see below
ADDRESS and DIRECTIONS
Address:
394 Pennsylvania 447, Panther, PA 18445
Directions: Click here
Are you coming?
Please indicate Yes, No, Maybe, or Part of the weekend:
Also indicate what time you are arriving (and leaving if you are leaving early):
People who are attending for the ENTIRE weekend:
*NOTE: Earliest arrival time may be no earlier than 12pm on Friday
- Brenda: YES (arriving approx. 4pm)
- Rick: YES (arriving approx. 4pm)
- Matt: It goes without saying, but I'm in!
- Mike & Allegra: have money saved this year and can come, just need ride.
- Kurt: YES (Arriving with Suzanne, will be on the road from S Jersey by 6pm & there around 8)
- Alex: I hope so! (It should be on Friday, perhaps around 6).
- Jax: YES (hopefully around 4pm)
- Ken: YES
- Chris: YES
- Jen: YES
- Allison: YES
- Jeff: YES (late on Friday - around midnight)
- Rae: YES (late on Friday - around midnight)
People who are attending part of the weekend:
- Eve & Paul: YES - (arriving Saturday after the boulder field and staying into Sunday afternoon)
- Jared, Danielle, and Marcus: We'll be there Saturday afternoon until Monday.
- Suzanne: I will be leaving around 9 on Sunday.
- Monica: YES (Sat to Mon)
- Arathi: Sunday to Monday(?)
- Greg and Marisa: Sat. afternoon/evening until the end of the weekend
- Danielle Finlay: Friday to Sunday afternoon (arriving with Mike and Allegra around 6ish)
Carpooling
Please list your transportation plans here
- Rick and Brenda-Driving together
- Danielle F — driving Mike and Allegra.
- Suzanne - I will be driving up possibly with Kurt, but he will be staying until weekend.
- Kurt - Travel up with Suzanne and back with Chris and Jen (if there's room)
- Eve/Paul - Driving up together.
- Jared/Danielle - Marcus will be driving Danielle and I.
- Jax and Ken - Driving together. Kurt, we can poss. take you home if there isn't room in Chris & Jen's car.
- Matt/Alex/Allison - Matt will be driving.
- Rae/Jeff - Jeff will be driving.
Things to do
*** DUDES CAN WE DO AN UGLY/CRAZY HOLIDAY SWEATER PARTY SAT NITE????? pleas please plleeeeeaaaassseeeee :::::puppy face::::: (evie)
- We can, but I don't actually have any crazy sweaters…lol!! (Jax)
- Same here! (Brenda)
- Stop in at the local Thrift shop! Got mine for 50 cents I am so proud LOL!
In the house/within the property
"Also on the property you will find game rooms with pool table, or ping pong, bon-fire-pitts, hiking trails, basketball, a small pond"
Please list what you plan to bring
NOTE: There are several TVs and a small stereo but we need to bring our own CD players or video players. Chris, will you be bringing the DVD player? I could bring mine as well if people want to have two simultaneous viewing sessions (Brenda)
*I'll bring Jen's old dvd player. (Chris)
DVDs
- Black Adder (Kurt)
- Anyone wanna see Flight of the Conchords? (Brenda) Sure! My coworker recommended it! (Kurt)
- Doctor Who the first season of the new series w/Christopher Eccleston, Howl's Moving Castle, & Spirited Away if anyone is interested (Jax) Just watched Howl's Moving Castle last nite lol… Spirited Away! (Eve)
- A Hodge-podge: Good Will Hunting, Finding Forester, Chicago, Moulin Rouge, Doctor Evil, Sixth Sense, Matrix(Chris)
Board games (add games you plan to bring)
- Kurt - British Rails, Bang, Trivial Pursuit card game version
- Jax - Apples to Apples (LOVE it!! - Eve :))
- Suzanne - SkipBo, Phase 10, Pit
- Chris (Probably) Risk, monopoly, rummycube, taboo, buzzword, loaded questions, sequence, cranium, hoopla, settlers of catan, kill doctor lucky, flux, chrononaughts, get the brain
TV shows you want/plan to watch
Apparently there's a "library"!
- Official librarians: Rick and Brenda ;-)
Outside of the lodge
- I'd like to try getting to that boulder field again, although it's farther away (about an hour), maybe on Saturday. (Kurt)
- Kurt - Paul & I are IN for the boulder field!!! We'll meet ya there! :D (Eve)
http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/hickoryrun.aspx
Since the boulder field is an hour away, do people want to do this park instead?
(Includes directions)
*Town of Scranton is also close, and has a train museum
http://www.nps.gov/stea/index.htm
FOOD
Equipment in the kitchen
- NOTE: there is NO dishwasher
- Fridge,stove, microwave oven, toaster, coffee makers
- Dishes, silverware, cups, etc.
Kitchen equipment that will be brought
- Rice cooker: we'll bring a rice cooker (Brenda and Rick)
- Chris and Jen said they will also bring a crockpot (Chris)
- Brenda and Rick and can bring, not one, but TWO slow cookers (a large, 6qt. one and a small/regular-sized 4qt. one) - Brenda - can you definitely bring these? Would bea big help! (jen)
- Kurt: I know it will be cold, but have you thought about bringing your ice cream maker? O:-) WILL DEFINITELY DO SO!
- Alex: As before, I will bring some coffee-oriented equipment (French press, Turkish pots, grinder), as well as some beans.
- Suzanne: Can bring quesadilla maker
Other kitchen supplies to bring
- We will bring a roll or two of paper towels. If anybody else wants to do the same, please do so, as we'll probably need a lot of these! (Brenda) (Allison will bring some)
- We can also bring trash bags (Brenda)
- Can someone bring some dish detergent and sponge?? (Alex can do that)
- I bought some dish detergent, forgot Alex said he'd bring it. I can bring some tissues/rolls of Paper towels (Suzanne)
Locations of grocery stores, liquor stores, etc.
-Grocery store in Greentown: Dutch's Market, North up PA Route 447, right on PA 507, bear right at fork, on right side about 3 miles from house. Also appears to be an organic grocery if you're willing to drive 20 miles/40 minutes: www.theorganicwarehouse.com
-NOTE THAT the website for place said that bringing food to the house is a good idea, local groceries may be expensive and/or far away.
Food to buy at the local grocery store
Please list food you plan to bring
- Tea assortment (Kurt)
- Scone mix (Kurt)
- Ingredients for ice cream (Kurt)
- Hot chocolate (Jax)
- Chips and Dip (Suzanne)
- Iced Tea
- Chocolate Fountain and dippers (Chris and Jen)
Alcohol
Please list what you plan to bring
- Bailey's, rum, maybe some beer (Kurt)
- Goldschlager!! :-D (Brenda)
- Blue curacao (Eve)
- Rum, Gin, Vodka (wedding leftovers, Marisa)
- Buttershots - to go with my hot chocolate! (Jax)
- Beer! Requests? (Jeff)
- White wine (Danielle F)
Mixers
- A hodge podge of canned sodas, including ~20 cans of coke (which might be enough for Jared for 2 days, unless his drinking habits have changed since college :-) ) (Chris)
- 6 pack of real sugar coca-cola (Brenda)
- Cosmo mix (Kurt)
Cooking and duty schedule
(Eve's spreadsheet goes here)
Jobs for the weekend!
Kurt will make ice cream with ice cream maker Sat or Sunday night, depending who wants it when
IS ANYONE ALLERGIC TO ANYTHING?
Allegra is vegetarian, so in a sense, she is allergic to meat. And meat jokes. Those will get you slapped….
Here we go, here we go now! (-Eve ;))
Friday Dinner
Rick has volunteered to make chicken stir-fry (brocolli, mushroom, red pepper, corn— any objections?)… and awesome rice pudding.
Prep: Brenda
Washing dishes: Jax
Drying/put away: Matt
Saturday
Brunch Kurt will bring a brand new waffle maker he got
Prep: Rick
Washing dishes: Mike & Allegra
Drying/put away: Mike & Allegra
(Danielle will wash or dry dishes on any night you want, I just can't cook for anything.)
(Arathi has also volunteered to clean up on one of the days she's there)
(Allison is also willing to wash or dry dishes whenever needed.)
(Alex offers the same).
(Mike and Allegra offer as well)
DINNER
Chris & Jen featuring Eve (Italian chicken crockpot dish and couscous) How about this for the veggie? (http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/cooking-for-real/vegetarian-southern-style-collard-greens-recipe/index.html)
Prep: Chris, Jen, Eve, and maybe Paul :)
Washing dishes: Matt
Drying/put away: Danielle F
Sunday
Brunch
Prep : Jared & Danielle - Bagels and Shmear, so cleanup should be easy.
Washing dishes:
Drying/put away:
DINNER
Prep: Marisa & Greg
Washing dishes: Monica
Drying/put away: Allison and Jen
Monday morn
BFAST-
Prep
Washing dishes Allison
Drying/put away: Monica
FINAL CLEAN UP!
-Do we need to be out by 1??
Licking the floor
DISCUSSION
Any
