A couple of ideas were floated about having meeting locations pre-scheduled, but others had some ideas about occasionally going to different places for the meetings.
I made the following suggestion to Dennis, and he thought it might accomodate both notions of having a set schedule but allowing for some variability. What are your thoughts on the following schedule?:
September - Joe's Crab Shack in Humble
October - Sundance Grill in Seabrook
November - 59 Diner on Katy Freeway
December - new (different) location that is open to suggestion
January - Joe's (Humble)
February - Sundance (Seabrook)
March - 59 (I-10)
April - new location
May - Joe's
June - Sundance
July - 59
August - new
etc., etc., etc.
I checked out a couple of places in Baytown. The Boardwalk Grill at the east end of the Hartman Bridge (at the Marina) is a nice place - very similar to the Sundance Grill. The problem is that the mosquitoes are bad during the warm/hot part of the year, so that it may be a good place to go in December (April may be too warm - mosquitoes). They have a narrow boardwalk along the marina where we can bring our drinks (from the bar) and be in view of the parked cars. Chairs and small tables can be placed on the boardwalk. There is a nice restaurant (grill) for those that may want to eat (after the meeting), but the parking area cannot be viewed from the restaurant. It has a large parking lot. The restaurant manager said that there are few people there on Saturday (around noon or to late afternoon). They have live music on Saturday evenings.
The other place that was mentioned in Baytown was just a little ice house with a dirt parking area on Business 146 - sort of 'out of the way'. The Boardwalk Grill (and parking area) are very visible from the Hartman Bridge.
Thoughts . . . . comments???
Frank Newman
