A block of rooms has been set aside at the Best Western Ashland House in Morton, Illinois. To make reservations call 1-309-263-5116 and ask to make the reservation under the group name PIXIES. If five or more rooms are reserved the rate will be $89 per night including the hot complimentary breakfast each morning of your stay. The block of rooms will be in close proximity to each other.


Thirty days from today (6/24/07), rooms not reserved will go back into general hotel inventory. So, if you're interested in joining us for the PIP 07 weekend ... this is the time. (Actually, you could probably make the reservations after that, but your room may not be close to the rest of ours and I'm not really sure if you would still benefit from the PIXIES group rate ... I think so, but just not sure ... I didn't think to ask). Please let me know when you do make reservations so that I can keep tabs on who all will be there so that we can get you all additional information and so we can plan for some hopefully fun surprises for when you're here. Just PM me.

I'll need this information, too, so that I can inform the O'Flaherty's Irish Restaurant for how many will be at the Saturday night dinner. As I mentioned in the other thread ... they'll have the tables all put together so that we can easily visit and have some fun!

Thanks and hopefully we'll see lots of you here! (I don't know about any of you, but I'm already getting excited thinking about it. )

Dicksbro

PS ... now, the Mrs. and I are going to see Pirates of the Caribbean!

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Just in case any planning to attend hadn't noticed the thread yet.

I won't be reserving a room just yet, as I want to make sure mom is OK first. But I am still planning to come!

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When it gets closer to their "1-month" room holding, I may talk to them about folks that are still planning to attend. Who knows, they may extend it since they seemed genuinely interested in having us.

I plan on making my reservations on Tuesday, right after the holiday weekend.

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We'll prolly do the same as Scarecrow.

I booked a room at the group rate. I may cancel it later, depending on how my mom is doing...but for now I am in.

I am certainly in for only 8/10 though, as 8/11 is mom's birthday.

I can't wait.

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Just made my reservations. Booked both Friday and Saturday nights but can't guarantee Friday. I may be able to get out of an appt. I have late Friday afternoon though.

Looking forward to seeing everybody!

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I'm gonna call in the morning for our reservation. Been a bit tired and busy to have done it yet.

Looks like we're up to 6 people, four room reservations, another room with 2 more people pending; and, one parking spot and a pint of Guiness at O'Flaherty's for PF.

Scarecrow ... lunch sounds good to us (lunch always sounds good to me ). Maybe get together and we'll take you to Schooner's where IowaMan and I ate lunch. It's home of the platter-size tenderloin and great onion rings; beer-batter chicken; and dozens of other great things to eat. Or, if you prefer, we go to Ruby Tuesday; The Cracker Barrel; Steak and Shake; fast food restaurants; into E. Peoria (not far) ... see where we're going to picnic and have a bite to eat at Schlotzsky's Deli (yummy). You could just call us with the time you expect to arrive and we'll plan on meeting you.

You know what DB, if you keep going on about the food you may just be stuck with me for an entire week.

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It takes a gutless mouse to play only when the cat's away.

No love, no friendship, can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever. ~~ Francois Mocuriac

Confucius say, "He who masturbate into cash register come into money."

An optimist looks at the glass and says it's half full. A pessimist looks at the glass and says it's half empty. A Cubs fan looks at the glass and says, "When's it gonna spill?"

Deus Impetitio Esuritori Nullus

I'm up for lunch on Friday too - since I'll have to leave Saturday monring, Friday lunch sounds like a nice addition.

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Life is too short not to love and be loved....preferably multiple times in one night.

I think men talk to women so they can sleep with them and women sleep with men so they can talk to them. ~ Jay McInerney