  Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2845 Registered: 10-2003 |
The annual DetroitYES Picnic will be held on Sunday, May 25, starting at 12 noon. We are gathering on Belle Isle as usual, but trying to keep it more informal and less expensive than in past years. As such, we did not reserve the ShadySide picnic shelter which has been the site of our four previous picnics. After scoping out the island, especially the restroom situation, Dave and I decided that we will remain in the vicinity somewhere along Muse St or Loiter Way, not too far from the facilities. Watch for directional signs to guide you!! Here's a link to a Belle Isle map: http://www.mapbelleisle.com/ Dave and I will provide two dining canopies, BBQ grill, 3 midsize tables plus 4 snack tables as well as paperware and plasticware, serving dishes and utensils, condiments, munchies, and coolers with ice. Please join us and bring a dish and/or dessert to pass, your beverage of choice as well as meat or other food to grill, buns, and your lawn chairs and picnic blankets. Hope to see you at the picnic! If you are planning to come, please post and let us know what dish or dessert you are bringing to share and how many in your party so that we don't run short of supplies. And if anyone can bring a grill or dining canopy, that would be helpful. Thanks! | ||
Gertrude Member Username: Gertrude Post Number: 80 Registered: 05-2005 |
Are small fry welcome? | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 8735 Registered: 10-2003 |
Yes, as well as dogs and other small creatures. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 403 Registered: 02-2007 |
I will bring a canopy, a grill, and some of my bread pudding. I will be bringing my 7 year old with me also. | ||
Gertrude Member Username: Gertrude Post Number: 82 Registered: 05-2005 |
I'll bring a canopy, my 14 year old, 10 year old, 6 year old, a dessert and some kind pasta salad. Probably some balls/frisbees/etc. | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 8740 Registered: 10-2003 |
While packing for my move, I found my volleyball net and poles, yet to find the volleyball. If enough are interested, I'll bring those. | ||
Islandman Member Username: Islandman Post Number: 1412 Registered: 08-2004 |
I have a wedding in Rochester Hills, but plan on coming after with my 3 little ones. How long do you guys go for usually? | ||
Jmil Member Username: Jmil Post Number: 1658 Registered: 12-2003 |
Be sure to bring a pic of itsjeff to put on the table. I don't believe he ever missed a picnic. | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2846 Registered: 10-2003 |
Depends on the weather...but we've hung out as late as 7 or 8pm. | ||
Gertrude Member Username: Gertrude Post Number: 83 Registered: 05-2005 |
Jams, I love to play volleyball, though I play poorly. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 12865 Registered: 12-2003 |
You'll fit right in. H-m-m-n-n, nearby baseball field for the sandlotters?! Family picnic as the years go by... | ||
Defendbrooklyn Member Username: Defendbrooklyn Post Number: 876 Registered: 11-2005 |
Shucks...I will be out of town that weekend. Have fun and plot Detroit's comeback... | ||
Islandman Member Username: Islandman Post Number: 1414 Registered: 08-2004 |
Jams, I'm a volleyball psycho. I will definitely play if you bring the equipment. | ||
Dhugger Member Username: Dhugger Post Number: 418 Registered: 03-2005 |
Yep I'm in too. I'll bring a massive bowl of PESTO pasta for the vegetarians. The cat & my iguana should get along famously with all the pooches. (included merely to indicate the prejudice with regards to cats) | ||
Dhugger Member Username: Dhugger Post Number: 419 Registered: 03-2005 |
Yep I'm in too. I'll bring a massive bowl of PESTO pasta for the vegetarians. The cat & my iguana should get along famously with all the pooches. (included to indicate the prejudice with regards to cats) | ||
Dtowncitylover Member Username: Dtowncitylover Post Number: 117 Registered: 02-2008 |
I was wondering if anyone lives in the Royal Oak area. My main intersections are 12 and Crooks. I would love to go but unfortunately don't have a way of getting there...would anyone like to pick me up? | ||
Supersport Member Username: Supersport Post Number: 11791 Registered: 10-2003 |
SMART to DDOT, it's a no brainer. | ||
Rel Member Username: Rel Post Number: 719 Registered: 02-2008 |
Argh! The day of my sister's wedding! I hope y'all have a fantastic time. I wish I could have been able to make it. | ||
Dtowncitylover Member Username: Dtowncitylover Post Number: 118 Registered: 02-2008 |
Except for the fact I HATE all bus systems and I've never taken the bus before...I've never understood the time table or the route map...and DDOT?? Not in a million years! | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2852 Registered: 10-2003 |
OK, six days to go...and I don't yet have a sense of how many people and what dishes to expect. If you are planning to attend this year's picnic (which BTW has always been held on the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend), please state your intentions so that we have enough paper- and plasticware and other basics for our gathering. Thanks! | ||
Islandman Member Username: Islandman Post Number: 1429 Registered: 08-2004 |
Dtown, For someone without transportation and trying to get a ride, you should become more familiar with public transportation. Bus schedules are not that hard to figure out. Good luck. | ||
Cub Member Username: Cub Post Number: 424 Registered: 02-2007 |
Ok people who else is coming to the picnic. Hey booboo cub has his pic nic basket!•••••• (in a yogi bear voice) (Message edited by cub on May 20, 2008) | ||
Islandman Member Username: Islandman Post Number: 1432 Registered: 08-2004 |
Nice! | ||
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 4805 Registered: 10-2003 |
I will be there! Itsjeff's mom and aunt looking to come too. | ||
Islandman Member Username: Islandman Post Number: 1449 Registered: 08-2004 |
Unfortunately I will not be coming. I'm coming into town the following weekend for the Red Bull air races. Have fun at the picnic! | ||
Plymouthres Member Username: Plymouthres Post Number: 563 Registered: 02-2007 |
We can't make it either, I'm afraid. My sister will be in town and we have tons of stuff on the plate already! Islandman- Where will you be when you're in town? We should hook-up for a beer..... | ||
Fishtoes2000 Member Username: Fishtoes2000 Post Number: 530 Registered: 06-2005 |
quote:You don't need to. Use Google directions and use the "Public Transit" option. However, if I were using the SMART bus to get to Belle Isle, I would ride to Woodward, take a Woodward SMART route to Jefferson, then bike to Belle Isle. I plan on biking there on Sunday without using SMART. It's about 16 miles or so from Royal Oak. | ||
Erikd Member Username: Erikd Post Number: 1023 Registered: 10-2003 |
Count me in! | ||
Living_in_the_d Member Username: Living_in_the_d Post Number: 229 Registered: 01-2008 |
Yeah, Can't make it either, Mrs. d has other plans for Us. Was actually looking forward to this. My regards to all, and I will be looking forward to the next gathering. | ||
Islandman Member Username: Islandman Post Number: 1453 Registered: 08-2004 |
Plymouthres, I'll be staying at my mom's house downtown. She lives a few blocks from the Ren Cen. Drop me an email at alugo242 ***at*** yahoo *$* dot *$* com I'm coming in on Friday and leaving on Sunday. |
