wiml is coming to town the weekend of feb 21st. we are planning on having a dinner on saturday the 21st at a local, awesome byob. joe and i were wondering if we could entice any out of towners, to venture to the steel city for a night of food, wine and great company. so if any dc or jersey/philly people feel up to a quick road trip let me know. remember pgh is only 225 miles from dc and 325 from jersey. so who's up for it?

Bear in mind the trip isn't finalized yet...

wiml... it certainly seems to be in AI's mind. He's getting desperate to host an offline!!!

he's the one who wanted me to try to get more people to come

I'll check our schedule. At this point, that weekend is not out of the question!

The prospect just called again and is pushing me towards the 19th of February which means I'd have to stayover Friday night in PGH in order to do something Saturday with the group. I'll do that if budman, mudpuppy or any of the other forumites in the PA, NJ, DC area want to get together that Saturday night. If its just Tony and myself along with some of his local wine buddies then I'd prefer to do it Friday night so that I can go ahead an skeedaddle on home Saturday morning.

Make sense?

Let me know if any of you forum members can make it Saturday for sure and only Saturday. I'll definitely stayover then just to hook up. Otherwise, I'll spend the evening with Tony drinking some wine and head on home a day earlier.

Either way, Tony and I win!

you tell 'em joe!!!

actually more people would be a great time. pgh is not a very expensive place so it is easy to fit into the budget. plus we can raid my cellar

I wish I could, but my wife would kill me if I cancelled our vacation. Have a great time.

I am interested, and could probably do either day as long as Friday wasn't too early (will probably be flying in Fri

What's it from VA Beach?

And to think I almost bought a home in Fox Chapel

dr. tannin,

i just checked mapquest. 440 miles, about 6-7 hr drive.

it is never to late to retire in pittsburgh doc , just think of the fun we could have

i thought i'd bump this up.

That retailer from Stirling had better show his face at this one!
I would imagine you could save shipping on at least 10 cases of wine if he shows up!!!

True. Shipping on 10 cases is worth a couple of nice bottles in my book.

Hey there Mr MCI-
I thought you disappeared in actual cyber-space.

It's looking more and more like a 'yes' for Mrs Budman and me.
After all, I have at least a case of wine sitting in TBurgh that I need to get my hands on,
and I have a few bottles that anthonyiez is probably equally eager to see.
What better way than to hand them over in person.

Now, if Mr Puppy shows up, I may not have room in my car to take all my contraband home!!!

What do you mean it is looking like a 'yes'? You're a definite. You just don't know it yet! Now MudPuppy is the conditional 'yes'. I'm cutting him a little slack but you're in.

Joe,
My major concern is the weather. It's been really sucky around these parts!

PUH LEEZ! I'm freaking flying from Texas to Toronto to Pittsburgh to where ever. Get your butt in gear and lets drink some wine baby!

YOU TELL 'EM JOE!!!