Meeting #4 Minutes by Lindsey

a.     Amber

b.     Deidre

c.      Lindsey

d.     Noheya (Junior Officer)

e.     Ray

f.      Sophie

III.             Approval of Minutes from Last Meeting

a.    Lindsey distributed the minutes from the previous meeting – and on festive orange paper, too!  Minutes were reviewed by Amber, Ray, Sophie, and Deidre and were approved with no edits.  Once again, Martell – our beloved sloth-y mascot – was not in attendance at this meeting!  ;-P

IV.             Open Business

a.    The group had some t-shirt business to discuss.  Lindsey documented everyone’s preferred sizes for a unisex tee.  The group all seemed to agree on the dusty purple shirt color that Deidre was playing around with a couple of weeks ago.  Everyone liked the dinner plate, silverware, napkin kind of theme for a logo, but Sophie also suggested looking into something involving wine glasses or a bottle of wine.  The group voted to only have the design be on the front of the t-shirt. 

                                               i.  Amber stated that she plans to get on the website to play around with some design concepts soon as well.

b.    Kyrai was unable to attend tonight’s meeting due to unavailable childcare.  Ricky was informed of the meeting, but lives his life “off the grid” – so it is unclear if he will ever be joining us.  ;-P

c.     Feeding.

V.                Meeting Highlights

a.    We had a special guest this evening!  Noheya joined us for dinner and took some fabulous photographs, too!  J

VI.             Restaurant/Food Establishment-Specific Notes

a.    The server was friendly, but a bit on the slow side.  It took too long to get the drinks and for her to come back with the checks.  Also, it was weird that she did not know what one of the desserts on the dessert tray was when she presented it to the table.  Sophie ordered the dessert item that she seemed unsure about and it definitely was not what she described.

b.    The restaurant is quite lovely inside, but the tables where we were seated were a little crammed together. 

c.     This restaurant shines with regard to the appetizers, soups, salads, and entrees – superb.  However, skip the desserts as they are subpar. 

d.    The bread came out hot and often once our server brought the first round.  However, it really should be served with something – butter or oil for dipping. 

a.    We have all been using and enjoying the official Facebook group for The Foodventurers!  Continue to use it and use it often.  ^_^

b.    Madame President created a document on the group page – a master list of the restaurants for us to visit on future foodie club dates.  Please reference this document and feel free to post reactions to restaurants listed or ideas for other places that should be added to the list. 

VIII.       Other News

a.    Sophie is very close to being halfway done with her post-doc internship! 

b.    Ray is now reaping the rewards for his hard work applying to internship sites – the interviews are rolling in, Folks!

c.     Deidre and Lindsey have been beastin’ it at the gym lately! 

d.    Deidre and Noheya are opening up their home to Lindsey, Greg, Amber, and Jon next Saturday, December 15^th for a My Little Pony Friendship is Magic viewing party!  Everypony is so excited for this lovely event! 

IX.             Notable Quotes

a.    Ray:  “I’m getting a little more confident slash aggressive in my dining experiences.”

b.    Lindsey:  “I’ll just keep looking at my salad and you guys mime.”

c.     Deidre:  “So, speaking about our thing…”

d.    Lindsey:  “Please let me put blood on your neck!”

X.                Adjournment

a.    Meeting at Comensoli’s Italian Bar & Bistro was adjourned by Madame President.