Laurel Lodge Retreat, please RSVP to Martha by Friday, Jan. 8

Hope everyone had a great holiday and that you're all finding ways to keep warm.

I heard from Ed Wheeless about our February retreat to Laurel Lodge.  (http://www.laurellodge.com/)  He's suggesting that we have our group meal on Saturday, February 6, but has invited anyone who wants to come up on Friday evening and stay through Sunday.  For the early Friday arrivals, we'd go to a local Harper's Ferry restaurant called Dish.  http://www.wvdish.com/

Since we're approaching Valentine's Day, Ed proposes we base our Saturday night dinner on the book Aphrodite by Isabel Allende.  Or, more broadly, any foods reputed to be an aphrodisiac.  He will supply recipes from the book and a sample menu from a dinner Café Atlantico did based on the Allende book.

Laurel Lodge has three guest rooms -- two rooms with one queen size bed each and one room with two twin beds. So some of us would be sharing a room, some a bed.  If you want to bring a blow-up bed, that might be helpful if we're over 6 people.
 
Because Ed and Chris are also doing some travel during their break, it would be good to at least have our numbers settled by the end of this week.  So please let me know if you will be coming along on this adventure and whether you'll be there Friday, Saturday or both nights.
 
Thanks and toodles!