17th May 2015: Port drinking in New York City

Organise events to meet up and drink Port.
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Re: 17th May 2015: Atonal music & port drinking in New York

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djewesbury wrote:
John M wrote:No G-Man??
If anyone has a contact for him, please drop him a line; he left TPF a while back and hasn't been around since.
I do...and I did.
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jdaw1 wrote:Messages have been received from
  1. differentdave;
  2. djewesbury (though undecided about whether transporting or adopting);
  3. SushiNorth;
  4. Miguel Simoes;
  5. John M.
Is that everybody?
Yes.
Five PMs have been sent, selecting six bottles. The selection of bottles is imperfectly atonal. Further, separately, there are two themes: but, atonally, each theme applies to all the bottles bar one.

The selection was made whilst listening to Stockhausen’s Stimmung. (This is not a clue.)

It is the best I could do with the allowed materials, and I am confident that it will suffice.
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Thank you very much for helping with this Julian. Much appreciated.
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Ditto-- thanks for helping and making the event more intriguing!
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Yes--Efforts such as this are monumentally appreciated!
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No problem.

Reminder:
jdaw1 wrote:Three attendees so far, all of whom have used the placemat software. Though I’d be willing to oblige, I expect not to.
djewesbury wrote:Thanks Julian. We will do our best to make exuberant placemats that show off the capabilities of the software. Tastefully.
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jdaw1 wrote:No problem.

Reminder:
jdaw1 wrote:Three attendees so far, all of whom have used the placemat software. Though I’d be willing to oblige, I expect not to.
djewesbury wrote:Thanks Julian. We will do our best to make exuberant placemats that show off the capabilities of the software. Tastefully.
That's me then. Yes, I will make placemats. Soon.
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Reminder:
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I think we now have all the TPF members sorted for bottles.

I now want to turn to adoptions for guests. I have one guest sorted out, which leaves two still to adopt. I'd like to adopt two bottles blind on their behalf, preferably at <$50 ea. Please could anyone let me know if they can provide the necessary?
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djewesbury wrote:I now want to turn to adoptions for guests. I have one guest sorted out, which leaves two still to adopt. I'd like to adopt two bottles blind on their behalf, preferably at <$50 ea. Please could anyone let me know if they can provide the necessary?
Let Daniel know that you can provide; let me know what you can provide.
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I can probably make this

I'll bring a bottle older than the oldest attendee attending.

daniel, @ the 20-30$ price range, I can spot some quevedo's if you're interested
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g-man wrote:I'll bring a bottle older than the oldest attendee attending.
Which might or might not overlap with another year, but whether or not it does, is splendid. JHG’s bottle is that.
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g-man wrote:I can probably make this

I'll bring a bottle older than the oldest attendee attending.

daniel, @ the 20-30$ price range, I can spot some quevedo's if you're interested
Brilliant, good to hear from you g-man, and great to know you'll join us. Don't tell me any more about the bottles you have - PM JDAW so we keep it as blind as possible.
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g-man wrote:I can probably make this

I'll bring a bottle older than the oldest attendee attending.

daniel, @ the 20-30$ price range, I can spot some quevedo's if you're interested
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g-man wrote:I can probably make this

I'll bring a bottle older than the oldest attendee attending.

daniel, @ the 20-30$ price range, I can spot some quevedo's if you're interested
Great that you'll be able to make it :)

Looking fwd to it
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Guys - can we pin down the venue, please, so that I can get on with the placemats? I am going to be away a lot before I come over and would like to get these started. Also, Mark, who is providing the musical accompaniment, wants to know what the plan is.
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I can inquire ata few steak house I frequent/know people at. Uncle Jacks and The Palm downtown come to mind. Please let me know if you would like me to inquire as I do not wan to step on the organizer(s) toes.
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Venue: Left Bank
Time: 5pm, 17 May
Location: 117 Perry St, New York, NY 10014; between Hudson St & Greenwich St in the West Village
Cost: ~$75/pp (including tax & tip)

I have reservations for us for 10 people, we can adjust a little if necessary as the date gets closer. JDaw1 has been sorting the wine selections for us, but if anyone still needs to adopt please let me know. We're going to be in the main dining room as private rooms were prohibitively expensive. The early time should give us an opportunity to taste the wines before dinner service gets underway. I'll get a set menu from them a few days before the event and will encourage a steak-like entree to be somewhere in there.
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SushiNorth wrote:Venue: Left Bank
Time: 5pm, 17 May
Location: 117 Perry St, New York, NY 10014; between Hudson St & Greenwich St in the West Village
Cost: ~$75/pp (including tax & tip)

I have reservations for us for 10 people, we can adjust a little if necessary as the date gets closer. JDaw1 has been sorting the wine selections for us, but if anyone still needs to adopt please let me know. We're going to be in the main dining room as private rooms were prohibitively expensive. The early time should give us an opportunity to taste the wines before dinner service gets underway. I'll get a set menu from them a few days before the event and will encourage a steak-like entree to be somewhere in there.
Thank you Josh, first post updated.
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My apologies but I cannot make it......Mother's B-Day celebration.
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John M wrote:My apologies but I cannot make it......Mother's B-Day celebration.
That's a real shame John (though obviously not from your mother's point of view - a dutiful son is a great thing Image). I shall update the first post.

We have one fewer guest also - Brighdín is unable to join us and hence doesn't need an adoption. I'm not sure who was supplying this but I'll PM.
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Reminder:
djewesbury wrote:get on with the placemats? I am going to be away a lot before I come over and would like to get these started.
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jdaw1 wrote:Reminder:
djewesbury wrote:get on with the placemats? I am going to be away a lot before I come over and would like to get these started.
It is in hand. Thank you for the reminder. I will speak to you about it later today.
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SushiNorth wrote:We're going to be in the main dining room as private rooms were prohibitively expensive. The early time should give us an opportunity to taste the wines before dinner service gets underway.
May I ask, what facility will there be for the music to be played if we are in the main dining room..?
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Hi there - if anyone has a way to contact Josh, please ask him to get in touch with me! I have emailed and sent PMs but he isn't picking them up. Need to finalise the details before I leave for NY, and only have two days left.
Thanks!
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