Re: [AGA SC] That Darn Marriot -- We were this close when. . .

["S. Hieber" <shieber@yahoo.com>]

I told Rick to go back to Marriot and tell him how much if
we skip the catered dinner altogether. Also, he's going
back to sheraton to try to get the venodr room back andthe
$15 grand knocked off.

This place is a 10-15 minutes subway ride from George
(Where's the Weapons) Bush's house, Congress, my alma
mater, and the rest of WDC. Other restuarants around? You
bet; a national capital full of them! Although I can't
swear about the prices if we tried to do Banq elsewhere,
there's certainly aother places for meals.

My first suggestion was everyone on their own for dinner
and then meet for the talk and awards at the hotel. My
second suggestion is do the thing midday on the 'Mall' and
everyone has halfsmokes and fries for lunch from a weeny
wagon. I prefer a good halfsmoke to hotel chicken anyhow
(now that's real patriotism!).

Let's see $68 for hotel food or $10 for a halfsmoke and and
soda . . . hmmmmmmm

sh
--- Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com> wrote:
> Hi Scott,
> 
> There's only been 4 conventions, and only the last two
> have had anything 
> resembling a traditional aquarium convention banquet. 
> The first two years 
> had a buffet banquet on FRIDAY night with no speakers, no
> presentation, 
> just a tour of the tennessee aquarium in the middle of
> it.
> 
> If that's the price, this sounds like it's not doable at
> all.  Is there a 
> nearby restaurant that we could hold the banquet at? 
> Sometimes this is 
> how they do it at our big regional show in Portland.
> 
>   - Erik
> 
> On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, S. Hieber wrote:
> 
> > Just when I saw light at the end of the tunnel, I heard
> a
> > train whistle up ahead:
> > 
> > Turns out that the Marriot says it can't do anything
> for us
> > on the meal price and that $38.95 meal price isn't a
> > Banquet price, it's the menu price minimum -- the price
> for
> > a dinner is higher (up to $58 plus 20% service fee plus
> > 8.5% tax) if someone orders something else. (Who wants
> to
> > volunteer to take order and track who owes how much or
> is
> > supposed to get which dinner?)
> > 
> > There are two buffets that can be ordered for a single
> > price per dinner but the price is $51 or $53 plus 20%
> > service charge plus 8.5% tax -- price denpending on
> which
> > of two buffets are selected.
> > 
> > Do these events ever occur *without* banquets? "You all
> go
> > out and find a place to eat, then we'll meet back at
> the
> > ballroom at 8:00 p.m. for Amano's talk and the Contest
> > awards."
> > 
> > sh
> > 
> > =====
> > S. Hieber
> > 
> > -  -   -   -   -   -   -   -
> > Amano Returns
> > to the AGA Annual Convention
> > Nov 12, 13 & 14, 2004 -- Crystal City, Virginia
> > 
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Amano Returns
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