Keeping the tradition going, we’ll have our cool Friday night BYOB kick-off dinner on February 15th @ 6PM at Luciana’s in Dana Point.
Mark Jones and Neudesic will once again provide a custom wine stem for the dinner so like last year, you will not need to bring stems. A big thank you again Mark and the support from Neudesic to fund these glasses. Mark and I then ensure that for every glass, a donation of $10 is made to Laura’s House, which we anticipate will raise another $700 (or more). You keep the glass as a memory and Laura’s House sees additional support.
For the dinner meal, we will once again return back to Luciana’s in Dana Point who are eager to work with us again. I dig Luciana’s because they have tenured staff, they support the community and they have a solid, well-prepared menu. I will post a menu when we I have it but for those who remember 2016, expect a similar kind of family-style that is coursed out. The cost for the meal will be $60 all-inclusive. You are welcome to add additional tip to the serving staff if you want to thank them. There will be no corkage so you can BYOB and as many bottles as you like. This is a core tradition of the Friday dinner.
Luciana’s 24312 Del Prado Ave, Dana Point, CA 92629 http://www.lucianas.com/
And finally, it worked so well last year that I want to continue the practice of collecting the entire cost of the meal in advance, helping us avoid the chaos of collecting at the end of the dinner. However, I want to move to a single PayPal payment option, and eliminate the option of mailed checks. While several of you used the mailed check option last year, it ends up creating manual transactions and other issues on my end. PayPal enables me to keep track of all the payments electronically. When the time arrives, you will PayPal me the funds to my account, which is drfm3@cox.net. Do not PayPal me yet—see below.
Starting January 1st, I will begin accepting PayPal funds, for payment of up to 2 people, or $140. I will not accept payment for more than 2 people. The sell-out point occurs at 65 people, at which time I will start a wait list. Luciana’s has a covered patio out front and if the weather is clear, we can convert the entire wait list, not to exceed 90 people total for the event. Once we know the forecast for the Friday dinner, typically 7 days out, we can evaluate any wait list situation.
For those of you who have new people wanting to attend the Friday dinner, and if they do not access Wine Berserkers or Facebook, I will need your help to explain to them the process. I appreciate this support, your advocacy to make sure they get what they need.
Any questions, please post or message me. Again, no PayPal until January 1st. !!!