Jeff Rush wrote: > Ian Bicking wrote: >> Michael Tobis wrote: >>> I just talked to the Marriott; they are perfectly OK doing room >>> service into the Preston Trail II room. One of us staying at the >>> hotel can collect cash from all interested and put it on a credit >>> card. I am willing to do this. >>> >>> So I suggest we combine dinner and our meeting in the Preston Room >>> Saturday Night >>> >>> They are also sending me a banquet menu and I'll look into it, but I >>> think it would be easier with room service for everyone to get what >>> they want. >> >> Room service seems expensive. Last year they were really relaxed >> about using the space (e.g., people brought in some six packs and hung >> out until after midnight). Maybe we could get delivery from someplace >> local? (If so, maybe we can get a recommendation from someone in the >> area.) > > You can find the hotel's bar (subset of restaurant) menu (last year's > prices) at: > > http://us.pycon.org/Addison/HotelFood-Bar > > There will be a 8.25% sales tax and a 22% service charge, I'm pretty sure.
Those prices aren't too bad. > The hotel insists on doing all the catering themselves. But if people > want to get take-out and bring it back, we expect that might be fine. Yeah; it wouldn't be the conference organizing any of it, just some individuals. I think people got pizza delivered last year, if I remember correctly. There's nothing to cater really -- this isn't a formal event with a head count or anything. > There is also a cool restaurant down the street from the hotel, called > the Magic Time Machine. > > http://magictimemachine.com/ > > Their menu is online and they can take reservations, but you'll need an > accurate headcount, which is a problem with BoFs. Having the hotel > cater is definitely the less work approach albeit more expensive. Also > having it in the hotel means you can listen to edu talks while eating - > not possible in a restaurant. I would like having it at the hotel. > I wonder what would happen if individually people went to the bar, > ordered their food to go and showed up in Preston Trail to eat it. Would they mind us carrying plates around? I don't know. Probably if we told them where we were taking them they wouldn't care too much. But if we can organize takeout or delivery that would be great. -- Ian Bicking | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://blog.ianbicking.org _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
