Those We Missed and Hope To Meet
Mood:  blue
Now Playing: Missed Connections
Topic: Newsletter
Recent Messages from Those We Might Meet Next

* MICHELE GILBERT : Sorry I missed the dinner; I am interested in any future events/meetings you may have. (12/17)
* SHIRA : Unfortunately, I will not be able to make it this time around as I have another holiday party. Looking forward to the next time! Have fun! (12/15)
* KISTERN : SO SORRY , NEXT TIME (12/15)
* LISA PINA : sorry guys but my sisters r taking me out (for b-day) - Maybe next time (12/10) - Soo sorry I missed it, and am glad you all had a good time. Hopefully, my shed will allow me ot make it next time. Have a safe holiday to all (12/17)
* ALEXANDRA LANE : So glad to hear it went well. I am so sorry I couldn't come. At the last minute, I realized I had to bake for my office holiday party and I was thoroughly exhausted and unprepared. I hope everything went off smoothly despite the lack of sodas:) I would love to read the "newsletter" - I can only imagine what's in there:) Alex (12/17)
* JENNIFER BOZEAT : That is awesome that it went well. I was sick in home with the flu, but I will definitely be at the next gathering!!!
(12/17)

Fantastic First Get Together: NYC Women's Christmas Potluck Dinner
Mood:  celebratory
Now Playing: Let's Celebrate Encounters...strong>
Topic: Newsletter
Welcome to all, those who made it last night to our very first and very successful women's friendship group, and to those on the list who want to join us next time...

These series of blogs will recount what we did, what we thought, what we wish to accomplish and what we'd like to do next...

First of, let's introduce everyone from last night:

** FLORENCIA AUER: Hostess: 37-year-old married Argentine/British editor/writer/tutor living in the UES w/German hubby
** JO-ANNE GESTER: Artist/legal recruiter w/3 cats and live-in b-friend who loves movies, travel and food ** TAMARA HOLMES: 31-year-old single gal who works for the homeless, lives in the Bronx via the West Coast, also has 3 cats and loves to jog! ** SUSAN CAVA: 29-year-old UES Vegetarian who recently left the corporate world to write a screenplay and open her dog-walking biz ** DANA YEE: 39-year-old Graphic Designer in NYC for 3 and 1/2 years, winner of an EMMY and lover of Korean food ** ANA CARPIO: 35-year-old Native NYorker dating-but-single w/2 dogs, 5 fur coats, frequent trips to the gym, a job on the Trading Floor and a crazy madness for Thailand ** RONA RODRIG: 30-year-old married UWS Event Planner Israeli who lived in Tokyo for 7 years, has recently relocated to NY from San Fran, loves travel, cooking, yoga, movies, art, the gym and WINE ** JESSICA KRYSTY: 29-year-old not-married UES scientist who likes to: visit museums, try out places to eat, shoot pool, play chess and meet new people ** CHARLENE CHU: 27-year-old biz analyst from Flushing, Queens who tutors Chinese ** FUSSA LITWIN: 43-year-old college psych single teacher/runner renovating apt in UWS whose fav colour is purple ** DONNA KEMPE: UESider who works in publishing and loves her Yorkie
** DELPHINE: Tokyan Assistant Project Mgment who studied German, loves meeting interesting people w/wide variety of backgrounds and has a Cosmo type humour

Phone Numbers of all will be sent via e-mail. Pls. feel free to either call or e-mail anyone you felt particularly close to...

What was it like?

Well, may women thought me very brave to open my home to a bunch of strangers, since we all know how many freaks wonder the streets of NY and who knows what freak might knock on the door next, right?

Fortunately, though, there were no freaks and we all had a great time. There was lots of food and there are many, many left overs, some of which I fed to my fat German, some to my students, some waiting for my writers tomorrow night and bags of cookies to be sent to the Childrens Aid fundraiser...

My walk-thru railroad apt is tiny and we had to make room for all of us plus the food and wine, but other than a mishap w/Susan's mom's gorgeously prepared zitti, which almost fell off the cheap stove and then exploded in the microwave, everything went fine. Dana is a self-proclaimed extrovert and clearly also a very good organiser who had us all sitting in a circle while she created name tags for us w/funny lines. Then we wrote relevant info on ourselves in bright yellow index crads, the ones I used today to create this blog. After much bumping into one another, introductions, discussion on mothers, and people who had to leave earlier than others, it was decided to meet once a month and do different things each time, activities volunteered by all and from which we can all vote and then decide upon for the next time.



** More get togethers such as this to get to know one another...
** Movies and coffee shops
** Restaurants
** Wine Tastings
** Sport Activities
** Scrabble Games
** Stree Fairs, such as the Chinese New Years'
** Volunteer w/certain projects, such as w/children's hospitals etc

For now, although the date is not set in stone, our next meetign will be on Tuesday January 13th, 2004,
at the same time... venue and activity to be determined...
So far, ideas are:
For news: It's Charlenes'b-day on the 23rd of the month, Julieanne is soon to be converted to Judaism due to her partner-soon-to-be-husband's faith, and I'll be off to Argentina on the 26th until at least the 11th of Januray, if not longer

The idea is to keep in touch via email and with anyone or any group you feel a connection to.

Happy Hols to All!!

Florencia

Posted by ffauer at 2:02 PM EST

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