Actually, it’s “Quiet Adventure Symposium” nowadays but some of us have a hard time giving up the old name.

First stop, Dagwood’s to meet up with Greg, Tom, and Erin for lunch. Olive burger for me. If an olive burger is on the menu, I will order it. Fortunately Dagwood’s burgers are not the huuuuge burgers everyone seems to be serving these days. This is an OLD tavern, way pre-dating me, and has changed very little over the years. That is for the good.

At the pavilion setting up the “wall”. I was hanging out in Mooon Yooonit reading and staying outta the fray. The GG does not need my help with stuff like this. Greg and Tom are pretty good at figuring out what help is needed and they were all having a good time.

Mostly empty arena. Will be packed tomorrow.

And then Beggar’s Banquet. Which seems, uh, different this year. The food was fine but the menu had totally changed. And the Gimme Eat sign had lost “Gimme Eat” somehow (the pic below is from another year). Did the place change hands after umpteen bazillion years? I did a quick google but didn’t find anything. I mean, this is the place where my (late) cousin Teri worked when she was a young 20-something (having lost both parents), trying to figger out what to do with her life. A young lawyer (and rock band drummer) kept coming in to eat and then visit her and eventually he convinced her to marry him. And now their daughter Ana is part of the FinFam. Okay, cut the nostalgia KW.

Nevertheless, it was a good time. I was the only woman at our table and one of the men is a presenter tomorrow. He drove over from Minnesota. I am definitely going to attend his presentation tomorrow so more about that then.

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