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PAX South 2017 Fancy Dinner Photos on pg 4, including our special guest!
spool32
Contrary LibraryRegistered User, Transition Team regular
Contrary LibraryRegistered User, Transition Team regular
Hello my lovelies!
It's time for the Fancy Dinner!
The Fancy Dinner Tradition
PAX East D&D has, for as long as I've been a forum member, brought folks together one night during PAX to class up the joint: a semi-formal prix fixe dinner with drinks where you can get your evening wear out or put on a coat and tie (full windsor you heathen) and talk about Important Things like Adults Do. A gathering where we can put faces to names and be people sharing food and conversation, rather than forum handles sharing memes. It's been a fantastic time every chance I've gotten to go, so when South opened up in 2015 we had the inaugural dinner at Guadalajara right next to the convention center. This will the be 3rd year, and hopefully the best one ever!
When does it happen?
This year's dinner will happen on Friday, Jan 27th at 8:00PM. Dinner served at 8:30. Bar closes at 9PM
Who can attend?
Any active forum participant, regardless of how rarely you post, and your +1
I'm in! How do I sign up?
Post below if you want to attend, and if you're bringing a +1.
The Venue
Now that we're over 20ppl I've located a new spot for us. We're upgrading to a library! Located in the old San Antonio Library space, the spot for this year is Biga on the Banks. Consistently rated in the top 3 locations for dinner on the Riverwalk, they serve New American with a Texas flare and everything I've seen or read about them says they should be able to really put together a fun setting for us. Have a look a the room we'll be using:
This is the Alamo room (fk yeah), a private dining room on the 2nd floor with a semi-private balcony overlooking the Riverwalk! Biga maintains a separate kitchen for parties like this so we won't be waiting on the main restaurant for our food, and we'll have our own wait staff so we should be able to relax and enjoy ourselves without needing to chase down anything or wonder when the next course is coming out.
Where is this place??
Biga is (according to the maps I've looked at) a couple of blocks farther than our old spot. It's right off Market, close to the convention, walkable if your legs function, a short Uber ride if not, or you could even river taxi to it because our room will open up onto a 2nd floor terrace with access to the river. From the front doors of the convention center, Google says it's a 10min walk down Market st. Here's a map:
What does this hootenanny cost?!
Let's break it down for you:
$70/person
+$5 if you want the beef
+$16 if you want to drink at the bar (no limit)
How do I pay?
Please PM me if you'd like to pay beforehand - Venmo is the best solution for that, but cash on the barrelhead is probably best. Let me know via PM how you want to do this! I do not do PayPal.
I have other questions!!!
Ask them below, or PM me.
We hope to see you all there!
The 2015 Thread
The 2016 Thread
Signups below!
spool32 and Belasco
Atomika
Squeakel
21stcentury
TheRoadVirus and +1
So It Goes
Milski
Delmain
Ludious & Chelleyeah
Lord Palington & bonobogrl
Redx
N1tSt4lker
Hahnsoo1 +1
Giggles Funsworth and Melinoe
OnTheLastCastle
AresProphet
It's time for the Fancy Dinner!
The Fancy Dinner Tradition
PAX East D&D has, for as long as I've been a forum member, brought folks together one night during PAX to class up the joint: a semi-formal prix fixe dinner with drinks where you can get your evening wear out or put on a coat and tie (full windsor you heathen) and talk about Important Things like Adults Do. A gathering where we can put faces to names and be people sharing food and conversation, rather than forum handles sharing memes. It's been a fantastic time every chance I've gotten to go, so when South opened up in 2015 we had the inaugural dinner at Guadalajara right next to the convention center. This will the be 3rd year, and hopefully the best one ever!
When does it happen?
This year's dinner will happen on Friday, Jan 27th at 8:00PM. Dinner served at 8:30. Bar closes at 9PM
Who can attend?
Any active forum participant, regardless of how rarely you post, and your +1
I'm in! How do I sign up?
Post below if you want to attend, and if you're bringing a +1.
The Venue
Now that we're over 20ppl I've located a new spot for us. We're upgrading to a library! Located in the old San Antonio Library space, the spot for this year is Biga on the Banks. Consistently rated in the top 3 locations for dinner on the Riverwalk, they serve New American with a Texas flare and everything I've seen or read about them says they should be able to really put together a fun setting for us. Have a look a the room we'll be using:
This is the Alamo room (fk yeah), a private dining room on the 2nd floor with a semi-private balcony overlooking the Riverwalk! Biga maintains a separate kitchen for parties like this so we won't be waiting on the main restaurant for our food, and we'll have our own wait staff so we should be able to relax and enjoy ourselves without needing to chase down anything or wonder when the next course is coming out.
Where is this place??
Biga is (according to the maps I've looked at) a couple of blocks farther than our old spot. It's right off Market, close to the convention, walkable if your legs function, a short Uber ride if not, or you could even river taxi to it because our room will open up onto a 2nd floor terrace with access to the river. From the front doors of the convention center, Google says it's a 10min walk down Market st. Here's a map:
What is the menu this year?
Hors D'Oeuvres
Hot & crunchy shrimp served on a sugar cane
Game packet spring roll with Asian dipping sauce
Smoked salmon nacho with escabeche vegetables & crème fraiche
Salad
house made artisan bread
bibb, arugula, and radicchio, tiny tomatoes, citrus vinaigrette, dried cranberries, cheesy herb lavosh, toasted pepitas
Choice of Entree
Pan roasted seasonal Gulf fish (Texas redfish, red snapper or Mahi according to availability) over sautéed Farmers Market veggies, herbs and fingerling potatoes with a garlic basil pesto buerre blanc
Or
Beef tenderloin medallions, smoky pepper demi, roasted fingerling potatoes, slow baked tomato and seasonal vegetables, béarnaise ($5 extra)
Dessert
Mexican chocolate mousse with pecan praline and Kahlua anglaise, raspberry coulis
Iced Blackcurrant Tea & Sumatra Blend Coffee included with dinner
Alcohol!
Bar open from 8pm - 9pm: Premium liquors, house wines by the glass, domestic & imported beers
Hors D'Oeuvres
Hot & crunchy shrimp served on a sugar cane
Game packet spring roll with Asian dipping sauce
Smoked salmon nacho with escabeche vegetables & crème fraiche
Salad
house made artisan bread
bibb, arugula, and radicchio, tiny tomatoes, citrus vinaigrette, dried cranberries, cheesy herb lavosh, toasted pepitas
Choice of Entree
Pan roasted seasonal Gulf fish (Texas redfish, red snapper or Mahi according to availability) over sautéed Farmers Market veggies, herbs and fingerling potatoes with a garlic basil pesto buerre blanc
Or
Beef tenderloin medallions, smoky pepper demi, roasted fingerling potatoes, slow baked tomato and seasonal vegetables, béarnaise ($5 extra)
Dessert
Mexican chocolate mousse with pecan praline and Kahlua anglaise, raspberry coulis
Iced Blackcurrant Tea & Sumatra Blend Coffee included with dinner
Alcohol!
Bar open from 8pm - 9pm: Premium liquors, house wines by the glass, domestic & imported beers
What does this hootenanny cost?!
Let's break it down for you:
$70/person
+$5 if you want the beef
+$16 if you want to drink at the bar (no limit)
How do I pay?
Please PM me if you'd like to pay beforehand - Venmo is the best solution for that, but cash on the barrelhead is probably best. Let me know via PM how you want to do this! I do not do PayPal.
I have other questions!!!
Ask them below, or PM me.
We hope to see you all there!
The 2015 Thread
The 2016 Thread
Signups below!
spool32 and Belasco
Atomika
Squeakel
21stcentury
TheRoadVirus and +1
So It Goes
Milski
Delmain
Ludious & Chelleyeah
Lord Palington & bonobogrl
Redx
N1tSt4lker
Hahnsoo1 +1
Giggles Funsworth and Melinoe
OnTheLastCastle
AresProphet
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Wife will be in attendance with me if we attend.
Do we know offhand what the price is approximately?
I am in (solo), as per usual
I request you bring One Night a Werewolf again! That game was a lot of fun.
I plan to get way into it and shout deceptions with gusto! Good luck to our neighbors...
No lie, it lives in my car (the only game for which that is true) so that I can bust it out whenever I'm somewhere with some time. It's almost always a winner.
Yessssssssssssss
working as intended
Coat and tie is the traditional dress though I have seen the occasional sweater over tie. I will be wearing a jacket
and of course a patriotic lapel pin because I'm not a communist.
I'll be wearing my hammer-and-sickle brooch because I am a communist амеяёкап ратяют тотэм
Aghhhhhhhhh!!!!
I have a room reserved but it can easily be cancelled
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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Nooooo
I can't wait to finally meet you, is all
This is good screaming :biggrin:
Aww. I definitely want to catch you IRL, but y u no dinner?
Girlfriend health issues, can't make plans for something expensive because it's likely we would have to back out. Plus she wants to keep things casual. She works for CPS and has been wanting to let her hair down for a while now.
Agreed! I will be there in spirit. Have a wonderful time! One of these days...
I think.
wish list
Steam wishlist
Etsy wishlist
wtf vowels
Twice the nice!
How fixed are RSVPs? I signed up to be an Enforcer and am not sure if that will conflict yet. I said no preference for scheduling because I did not think about this.
We've had cancellations in the past and Guadalajara is pretty flexible. If we go somewhere else (because you two make 20!) I'll make sure it won't be an issue.
@Giggles_Funsworth if you get scheduled for evening shift it would conflict, but you can generally swap shifts within your department so it shouldn't be too big a deal
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Is she nice and free
Jk maybe +1