DH Road Trip: Picnic Hike - Sat, June 16th

Damn. No activity on this thread for a solid week, then the minute I turn my back, two solid pages.

Looks like it'll probably just be me. My girlfriend had the gall to go and get herself a weekend job.

I'm taking suggestions for food items I should bring along.

Seriously though! Does anyone know where I can get a pinata?? Tonight, and walking distance to me (Park Slope)? We also need some rope and a bandana and a stick....

Ok I'm getting carried away... but I want to give it a shot

DeWalt_Russ wrote:

I'm taking suggestions for food items I should bring along.

Meat!

Right Carnivore

PS... looks like KFC might be out because they don't open till 10:30 and that doesn't count in time for them to get shit fried....
Sigh~

we used to make pinatas at home. (we had real mexican ones at my grandmother's house in san diego, but this was before there were many mexicans in nc, so we were hard up.) we used grocery bags, tape, and lots of tin foil to decorate.

my favorite one was the alien space ship (i.e., a lumpy silver blob -- but with aliens drawn on with sharpie. ALIENS, i say!!)

There must be some Hispanic 99 cent shops somewhere in Bklyn?
I used to live in Spanish Harlem - 3rd Avenue is the place to go in case you get desperate ;-)

i was just going to say that there are tons of them down on 5th ave in south slope, you should be able to buy one here.

Does anyone have a plastic, portable-like corkscrews?

Mamacita wrote: Does anyone have a plastic, portable-like corkscrews?

I can just bring a corkscrew.

Some stuff we're bringing: figs, strawberries, blueberries, olives, nuts, cheese, teutonic fishy potato and spinach salad thing.

I have: lots of plastic forks, spoons, knives and plastic cups.
I DON'T have paper/plastic plates...
Can anyone bring those? If not I'll run out and get some tomorrow morning.

(I also have more strawberries, olives and cheese - among other stuff).

is anyone bringing bread? I think we can pop by a bakery in the AM but I'm super focusedly slicing beef as thin as I can and I have mustard ....
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Christina wrote: I have: lots of plastic forks, spoons, knives and plastic cups.
I DON'T have paper/plastic plates...
Can anyone bring those? If not I'll run out and get some tomorrow morning.

(I also have more strawberries, olives and cheese - among other stuff).

I have plates. okay. I'm making a shopping bag of non-refridge stuff.

we need ice.

ok, dj, you guys had best be inviting me for dinner on another day.

Let's get ice and bread in the morning. I'm sure we will all have some last minute ideas of what we can't live without.

...is anyone hiking at all?

1. we are hiking

2. i will bring biscuits, which are bread-ish

3. WHERE ARE WE MEETING?

I have mustard!

I might hike, but I have a pile of work stuff to read and I might just sit and drink this rapidly morphing raspberry mint lemonade thingy and read work stuff and guard the food. but I also do want to walk. I'm just a stress ball right now, sorry.

no clue where we're meeting. just. um. don't make me walk too far, k?

Work? (cough) Huh?

I'll hike as well but not for 5 hours and definitely not in full hiking gear (just heavy shoes).

Why aren't the newbies posting?

What are you guys bringing, seriously, because we need to fill in the gaps tomorrow morning.

I have just finished making fire roasted salsa, I have chips, hummus, cheddar, but I forgot bread. Fuk!

No pinata, too busy hitting the grocery store.. sorry.. I'm sad too

I picked up plain and sour cream & onion ridged potato chips, a large carton of Goldfish crackers, a 12-pack of Coke, and, haltingly, a package of hot dogs and buns. If we're not cooking, maybe someone can recommend a decent deli I can hit tomorrow morning? Also, if anyone has any dip suggestions, I'll pick that up, too.

Any word on where we rendezvous tomorrow?

Hummus, 3 diff. cheeses, triscuits, lime tostidos, cantaloupe, strawberries, grapes, carrots, cherry tomatoes, olives, 3 big bottles of soda (coke, diet coke, sprite),
blanket, kitchen roll, plastic crap.

How about exchanging phone numbers via pm so that we can reach at least one person per car?

DeWalt_Russ wrote: I picked up plain and sour cream & onion ridged potato chips, a large carton of Goldfish crackers, a 12-pack of Coke, and, haltingly, a package of hot dogs and buns. If we're not cooking, maybe someone can recommend a decent deli I can hit tomorrow morning? Also, if anyone has any dip suggestions, I'll pick that up, too.

Any word on where we rendezvous tomorrow?

you can email me privately at alafairnadia (at) livejournal (dot) com.

I'll send you my cell # and it can all be worked out in the next few hours.

So...anybody know where we're meeting? Also, anybody heard from Orangina?

DeWalt_Russ wrote: So...anybody know where we're meeting? Also, anybody heard from Orangina?

We are under the assumption that if you have not PM'd or posted in the past few day means = you are not coming.

So Orangina for one is out.
As far as meeting places I'll throw this out there an see if people agree:

If you know who you're supposed to have in your car then arrange with them a local area to pick everyone at.

We don't all have to leave at the same time. Leave at a time that works for you. We'll be there, don't worry.

Try to cover all bases before you leave: sunscreen, beach blankets, sweater, BYOB, water, etc...

Lets all keep in touch as far as things that might come up.
I'll PM my number. I think we are looking at a 10am and after take off. But that is really up to you and when you want to leave.

If there are less people than we thought coming in the morning than maybe we can consolidate.... just an idea...

Haven't heard from Orangina again.

Without Orangina and her husband, it's just me in the Civic. Might it be worth consolidating?

Oh hell. It's 12:30. I'll see you guys at the mountain.

good night!

Good Morning!

How much longer, how much longer???? Are we there yet????

I'm muddling away.