F.A.T.

Tonight marks the first adventure of a new "dining club." We've dubbed the group, F.A.T., or Feasting About Town. The groundrules:

1. Don't talk about F.A.T/E.A.T.

2. Ha ha. Just kidding. Ha. Wish that was funny.

3. We will be dining out together once a month.

4. Every month, we will alternate between fine dining and a dive. Definition of fine dining/dive is up to the people scheduling that month, but generally everyone should spend less than $15 total (or so) at a dive, and the fine dining probably doesn't want to be over $25-35ish/entree or so.

5. Every month a different couple will pick the spot (we'll pick a name out of a hat or somehow randomize the selection order).

6. The couple selecting the location is responsible for making a reservation (if necessary) or making sure the place can hold 8 of us, or making whatever arrangements necessary. They will not reveal the location to anyone else until the day of the event. On the day of the event, the "host" couple will send an e-mail with TIME and ADDRESS (with cross streets). They will not reveal the actual restaurant and everyone is on the honor system not to look it up.

7. We will split all bills evenly. Unless someone has a major problem with this and a simple solution.

8. It might be fun if we dress up (a little) when we go out.

9. Events will all be on a shared google calendar.

10. I just wanted to have 10 rules. Nice, even number. So... Uh, We have to have fun?

Yeah... I wrote those. Some of them are lame, but what you going to do. And looks like I already broke rule number one with this post. oh well.

So we'll see how this goes. Fine Dining tonight, dive next month... I'm not up to pick a restaurant until December, so I have time to think... I'll post again after our inaugural dinner!