Check out the event calendar to put in your RSVP.

There will be plenty of milk in case the chili gets too hot!

I apologize for spamming your mailbox.  In my last notice I gave the wrong address to send Anniversary Dinner restaurant nominations.

Please send your nominations to explorers@austinchildfree.org.

Thank you!

Congrats to our winners of the little contest!

1. First Place – Gil and his family recipe for German chocolate cake.
2. Second Place – Pam and her concotion of Death By Chhocolate.
3. Third Place – Mary with her chocolate fudge.

For our newest members, the Anniversary Dinner is held at a special restaurant chosen by our group.  In previous years we’ve visited restaurants such as Maggiano’s Little Italy, Fonda San Miguel, and the Roaring Fork.

Nominations for this year’s Dinner will be accepted until Sunday, February 19.  If there is not a clear frontrunner in the nominations we will hold a vote from the top nominees.

There are just a few guidelines for nominating a restaurant:

• They need to be able to seat a large group in one area.  The Anniversary Dinner usually sees a larger attendance than the regular RE/CE.
• They must take reservations.
• Food should be served individually.  Some of our members are uncomfortable with the idea of shared foods like fondue or hot pot.

Please send your nominations to explorers@austinchildfree.org.  I’m looking forward to hearing from you!

See you soon,

—Holly

You can use the new! calendar to book a reservation or email Susan using the old calendar.

http://www.austinchildfree.org/events/chocolate-party/

Don’t be late or the ice cream will be melted!

To Sign up or volunteer to host, please check this calendar event:

Just playing some party games in the comfort of a member’s house.
Please bring your favorite party game (if you have some), and any snacks or drinks you’d care to share.

Party Games include board games, card games, word games, etc.  We all vote on what we want to play.

Examples of games we play are: Wits & Wagers, Quiddler, Scrabble Slam, Guillotine, all types of Fluxx, games from Cheap Ass Games, Nuts!, Charades, Mexican Train, Apples to Apples, Wise and Otherwise, and Uno.

Sunday, March 4th
2pm-5pm
12300 Riata Trace Parkway, Austin, TX
get to Riata
find the Bocce court at Riata 

Bocce

• Feel free to review the rules and see if you’d like to play. Jeff & Judy have also played (and even own their own Bocce set.)
• Want to “play” ahead of time? Have an iPhone?

Redneck Wine Tasting

• a cheap ($10 or less) bottle of wine, if you like
• a wine-friendly redneck snack to share: cheese whiz, fruit rollups, saltine crackers, spam, moon pies, etc.

Play!

Whether you want to play Bocce, drink wine, or simply laugh at us try to play Bocce while we drink wine, join us! It’s sure to be good for a laugh if nothing else.

Learn more and register: http://www.austinchildfree.org/events/bocce-wine

http://www.thedigpub.com/

The Dig Pub offers 30 craft beers on tap (Arrogant Bastard, Golden Monkey,
Twisted X Fuego/jalepeno!, etc.) has cider on tap, and has a good wine list,
too. You can see their beer/cider selection on Taplister:

http://austin.taplister.com/bar/show/408-the-dig-pub

In addition to a great selection of drinks, the food at The Dig is unbeatable:
amazing hand-crafted gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches in a variety of
combinations, wonderful pizzas, and elegant cheese platters with ALL the
goodies! Can’t have dairy, no worries, they’ll create a vegan platter off menu
for you.
http://thedigpub.com/Pages/Dig_Food_Menu.pdf (PDF download)

Join us at what is my favorite pub in the greater Austin area.

401 Cypress Creek Rd # 600
Cedar Park, TX 78613-4487
(512) 996-9900

Saturday, January 28th
5:45pm

RSVP by claiming a ticket.

Feel free to call Lori if you have any questions: 512 843 0962