As with previous years, there is only one suitable location to host such a prestigious event: Tucumcari, New Mexico!
But we didn't finalize in time and St. Paddy's Day weekend sells out quick, so we had to settle for our second choice: San Diego, California.
This year, the event will be Saturday, March 18th. There will be a "pre-party" on the evening of Friday, March 17th, which is actually St. Patrick's Day.
After much work with focus groups and various national polls, we decided to do things differently this year. Follow along.
Around 9am on Saturday, we will go here:
That looks like this while we're in it:
Until this happens:
With Yar's diplomacy skills sure to get us kicked out, we will head here:
We will be all so excited, we can hardly contain ourselves.
Excited?
As said before, there's a pre-party on Friday evening. Here's a map showing roughly where all of the festivities will be.
For the out-of-towners that wish to join us, there are lots of lodging options within a reasonable distance of all three locations. When booking a reservation, please inform the desk that you're in town for the St. Paddy's Day BMW event. If you let them know that and present other eligible discounts, you should get a break on the room rate.
Both Darin and Charles have been very generous with their homes for hosting both the Friday (Charles) and Saturday (Darin) parties. Please be prepared to provide a donation which goes towards reimbursing them for the money THEY spend so we can all have fun. There will be a box at the event for this. In addition to one of the largest selections of "adult beverages" this side of a liquor store, we usually have some great food as well, so it's a worthwhile donation.
Just a quick recap:
The dates this year for our festivities are in March. They are Friday and Saturday, March 17th and 18th.
The Friday party is at Karl Grau's house. The start time is generally once people start arriving, which traditionally has been sometime in the late afternoon.
The meet at Mission Bay starts at about 9am. It ends when they threaten to bring in the tow trucks.
After that's over, we head to MLastovo's house where the festivities often continue into Sunday (the 19th).
That should cover the basics and GUMBALL.
