Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Decisions about Food/Budget

One of the myths about Lutherans is that whenever they gather they have good food.  And all myths are grounded in some truth...

Here's a rundown of the meals during our trip, and whether we're bringing our own, buying onsite, etc.:
  • Tue 7/21 -- Breakfast: before/during the bus ride -- Each person to bring their own
  • Tue 7/21 -- Lunch:  Stierholz-Websters to provide individual lunches for bus ride, in coolers
  • Tue 7/21 -- Dinner:  Fast food on the way to New Orleans
  • Wed 7/22 -- Breakfast:  eat what we bring, or try the hotel-supplied breakfast for variety, quality and most importantly speed of service.  [Sherman will be in the pre-registration line getting our Gathering packets]
  • Wed 7/22 -- Lunch:  bringing our own lunch in coolers for our trip to the Mississippi Gulf Coast
  • Wed 7/22 -- Dinner:  Mulate's Restaurant for authentic Cajun cuisine and entertainment
  • Thu/Fri/Sat  7/23-7/25 -- Breakfast:  eat what we bring, or the hotel-supplied breakfast
  • Thu/Fri/Sat  7/23-7/25 -- Lunch:  grab lunch onsite at/near Gathering events.  For the one day of our Servant Project, lunches from Subway Restaurant will be supplied.  (In case you're wondering, the owner of Subway hails from New Orleans.)
  • Thu/Fri/Sat  7/23-7/25 -- Dinner:  grab dinner onsite at/near Gathering events.
  • Sun 7/26 -- Breakfast: eat what we bring, or the hotel-supplied breakfast
  • Sun 7/26 -- Lunch:  will be supplied to us for the return bus trip as part of the STL bus contingent (we've already paid for this)
  • Sun 7/26 -- Dinner:  fast food restaurant
Other notes:
  • I'm pretty sure we said we would buy cereal, milk and other breakfast stuff in STL to bring down to New Orleans. 
  • Stierholz-Websters will prepare lunch for our outbound bus trip AND will buy lunch supplies for our Wednesday lunch, if we give them a shopping list.  (Probably the easiest thing is double up whatever they buy for the Tuesday lunch.)
  • Snacks (for the bus ride, hotel life and day trips) are to be brought by each individual.
  • Everyone should bring their own water bottle / canteen for the trip.
We're scheduled to return Sunday night / Monday morning around 2:00 AM.

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