UPCOMING ANNAPOLIS/BALTIMORE/D.C./RICHMOND EVENTS AND NATIONAL RUN SCHEDULE Dec 19 Sun Saints Scooter Club Meeting Alexandria VA Misha's Coffee House (US 1 @ Route 7) 4:30pm 4info <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dec 30 Thu Funky Spunk Monkeys Meeting Annapolis MD Aromi d'Italia Cafe, Annapolis Docks, 8pm 4info Tom Karppi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dec 31 Fri Screaming Mimis Y2Kanuck Party Toronto ON 4info Heather Easton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jan 5 Wed Bombers Meeting Baltimore MD Friends, 1624 Aliceanna, Fells Point, 8pm 4info 410-666-8377 or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jan 14-16 Freeze Your Balls Off 2000 Durham NC 4info Sean Stevens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jan 28-30 Baltimore International Motorcycle Show Baltimore MD 4info 410-666-8377 or <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jan 28-30 Nice Rack 2000 Cleveland OH 4info Phil Waters <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Feb 18-21 High Roller Scooter Weeke! ! ! nd Las Vegas NV <http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/TwentiesCir/scooterace> Apr 28-30 April Fools Rally Lynchburg VA 4info Maureen Malone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> May 19-21 The Tundra Schmucks present Niagara 2000 4info Ian Whalley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> May 26-28 Kickback and Relax IV Lawrence, KS 4info Lindsay Barrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jun 23-25 Pittsburgh Vintage Rally Pittsburgh PA 4info Christian Choltko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> July 28-30 Mile High Mayhem Denver CO 4info Pamela "Not that Pamela" Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sep 1-4 Slaughterhouse 6 Chicago IL 4info <http://www.geocities.com/lammygeek/ds2k-home.html> -------------------------- Dear Scooterists, Christmas is almost upon us. Hopefully that means that you have finished your shopping (unless you are still recovering from Alex's fabulous Christmas extravaganza last Friday) and all that is left to do is travel home to se! ! ! e your families. But, for those of you who still have so me last minute shopping to do, the Saints S.C. have the perfect way for you to unwind from a hectic day at the mall, come to their meeting on Sunday afternoon at Misha's Coffee House in Old Town Alexandria. There's no need to bring your scooter, though rumor has it that the crazy gang in Old Town will be ensuring that their bikes still run. For you mods who complain that nothing happens in D.C., come down and recreate that cafe lifestyle you read about in Absolute Beginners. The meeting starts at 4:30pm, yeah, I said 4pm last week, because someone we all know and love won't leave the house until the Redskins-Colts game is off the TV. Misha's is at the intersection of U.S. 1 (100 N. Patrick Street) and Route 7 (King Street) in Old Towne Alexandria. That's five blocks from the King Street (Yellow) metro and six blocks off I-95/495 (Beltway). Thursday, December 30 marks the return of the Funky Spunk Monkeys S.C. meetings. Come show everyone what Santa brought you. 8pm is the tim! ! ! e, and the Aromi d'Italia Cafe on the city dock in historic Annapolis is the place (until we retire to Galway Bay on Maryland Avenue for adult refreshments). As always, it will be big fun. The weekend of 28-30 January is the International Motorcycle Show at the Baltimore Convention Center. As always the Bombers S.C. have a display at the show and they are looking for some special bikes (and some volunteers to man the booth). Do you have a special project to show off? Bring it up! Two years ago Anna Deschene's Durkopp Diana beat out a raft of motorcycles to win Best Vintage European. Let's show our scoots off and bring home another trophy! If you have a special bike that you'd like to show off at the show please email Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to let him know about your sweet machine. February brings up the 2nd Annual Las Vegas Scooter Rally (Feb 18-21, President's Day weekend). Three members of the Saints have already made their plans to fly out there (and one nutjob is act! ! ! ually shipping his scooter with him) to join hundreds of Californicators, Coloradans, and other assorted west coasters. The great teeming masses will be staying at the Imperial Palace <http://www.ImperialPalace.com>. Will any other east coasters be joining them? For those of you for whom travelling home to see the family at Christmas isn't enough travelling, from the list above you can see it will be a fun packed year for scootering. Hopefully we will see you on the run. Merry Christmas -Spunky the monkey