Re: Reply: from Gail re: Aug 17-20 (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

 > From: Noelle <noelle>
 > Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:50:34 -0700 (PDT)
 >
 >  > From: "Gail" <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 >  > Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2021 12:29:04 -0700
 >  > 
 >  >  Hi  Noelle  and  Robert,
 >  > 
 >  >  Thanks for your email about the details of your trip to visit us
 >  >  this Aug.
 >  >  
 >  >  Your plans are fine with us, but just want to let you know what I
 >  >  already had scheduled quite some time ago.  On Tues.  8/17 I have
 >  >  to attend a 5 to about 6 or later PM Zoom Board Meeting as a Board
 >  >  member of the church I belong to that is held once a month.  Then
 >  >  on Wed.  8/18 I have to attend a Zoom Executive Board meeting for
 >  >  the SB Chap.  of the UNA from 4: 30-5:30 PM as I'm Treasurer
 >  >  having to give the Treasurer's Report, etc.  It will be great fun
 >  >  to see Lizzie and maybe Roger that eve.  for dinner, but most
 >  >  likely we better eat at a local restaurant together since probably
 >  >  I won't have time to cook that eve.

It seems like most Santa Barbara restaurants have vegan options these
days.  I guess it's possible to find a restaurant that doesn't, but it's
unlikely, I think.

 > >   Between now and then Don and
 >  >  I will try out more restaurants to try to find one that we like
 >  >  the food and would have vegan as well as regular food.  Ever since
 >  >  the pandemic, the selection of restaurants hasn't been good in
 >  >  that we haven't liked the quality of the food in most cases.  The
 >  >  other possibility is for me to pick out a menu that can be cooked
 >  >  ahead during the day and just reheated or pick something that can
 >  >  be cooked the last minute that is not time consuming - so we will
 >  >  give all of this a lot of planning thought.

If worse comes to worst, we could order something out; then, we could use
multiple restaurant sources.

 >  >  If you wanted to stay
 >  >  a little longer, and attend with us the 1st dinner/dance of the
 >  >  year since the pandemic shutdown, it is on Sat.  8/21 through the
 >  >  dance club we have been longtime members called Los Fiesteros.  I
 >  >  don't have the details of it yet except just the date.  Fri.  AM
 >  >  on 8/20 I have to be on the tennis court at 9 AM for my women's
 >  >  doubles tennis game every Fri.  AM until about 11 AM so leave at
 >  >  8:45 AM and return at 11:15 AM - Or I could skip it and get myself
 >  >  a substitute depending upon your specific departure plans that AM.
 >  >  Of course Don is always here for the things I'm involved in that
 >  >  week and can entertain you, etc.
 >  > 
 >  >  We very much look forward to your visit finally after this long
 >  >  pandemic and also seeing Lizzie and maybe Roger.  Robert, please
 >  >  bring what ever you need while you are here to help Don be able to
 >  >  have his laptop computer be able to print things from my computer
 >  >  printer instead of forwarding an email to me to print.

I cannot imagine that I would need to bring anything extra for this.

 >  >  I may also
 >  >  have some computer issues I'd like help with if my brother hasn't
 >  >  had time to help me before then.  Also it would be great with your
 >  >  tech expertise for you to help Don figure out how to get more than
 >  >  one station on his car radio and how to run his GPS on his car but
 >  >  have him or you write out the instructions for both so that he can
 >  >  remember how to do those things later - keeping in mind that his
 >  >  short term memory is not good.

Join the club.

 >  >  If you do help us with such things, we can count that labor as
 >  >  your (from Robert) Xmas gift to us for 2021.

Labor may be the best gift.

 >  >  Love,
 >  >  Gail  and  Dad 
 >  > 
 >  >  -----Original  Message-----
 >  >  From:  Noelle  [http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg] 
 >  >  Sent:  Monday,  July  12,  2021  10:43  AM
 >  >  To:  Gail   <http://www.cox.net/~g3>
 >  >  Subject:  Aug  17-20
 >  > 
 >  >  Dear  Gail
 >  >  
 >  >  I wanted to give you the latest plans for our visit.  We are
 >  >  coming on Tues.  8/17(I have a dentist appointment on 8/16 and
 >  >  it's easier to keep it instead of rescheduling).  I made
 >  >  reservations to stay at the hotel near you(South Coast Inn); we're
 >  >  leaving Friday morning 8/20.
 >  >  
 >  >  I let Lizzie know we were visiting and asked if she was available
 >  >  to see all of us.  She(and likely her husband too) can come Wed.
 >  >  8/18 dinner time.  Let me know if you would like to make a meal
 >  >  for us(I know you've been doing a lot of cooking for the past year
 >  >  of pandemic!).And Robert can make something as well.

A restaurant would be easiest.  But, if all else fails, I could cook for
everyone.

 >  >  So  that's  the  latest  so  far...talk  to  you  soon.
 >  >  Noelle