5/31 BAVRT Dinner

[Guest guest]

Contents

#1) This month's trek

#2) Last month's trek

#3) Going forward

#4) Miscellaneous & non-BAVRT stuff

 

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May 31, 2003 (Last Saturday of every month)

Time: 6:00 p.m.

 

Host: Michael

 

Site: Home of caterer, Genet Kefetew

145 Woodside Dr.

San Anselmo, CA 94960

 

Type: All you can eat, vegan Ethiopian buffet

Cost: $25 per person (includes tax and tip).

 

RSVP by Tue, May 27 to or call (408) 839-5921.

BAVRT is NOT a drop-in dinner event.

 

As always, you come under your own liability for all events. Pass

the word to your friends. This is not an exclusive net-folks only

event. This is not an activist group or singles event. Note that

if you plan to attend this dinner, you can order only vegetarian

dishes, even if the restaurant serves other stuff.

 

If you have suggestions for future sites, please e-mail them to

. If you want to volunteer host a BAVRT dinner,

please let me know!!

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#1) This month's trek

 

Michael came up with a highly innovative way to host this month's

BAVRT dinner. It is going to be in the lovely house of Ethiopian

caterer, Genet Kefetew. Apparently she has even decorated her house

in Ethiopian motif. Michael says that she " makes the best vegetarian

Ethiopian food. " He has ample ammunition to make this broad claim.

He mentions that he has eaten in just about all of the nine or

ten Ethiopian restaurants in SF.

 

What Michael has arranged is a VEGAN, BUFFET-STYLE, CREATIVE

ETHIOPIAN DINNER. The cost is $25 per person (total cost).

Be sure to RSVP early to enjoy this unique BAVRT outing in

the lovely Marin county.

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#2) Last month's trek

 

Lori organized and hosted a fabulous BAVRT dinner at Memo's in

Concord. This was a gala event and we were given royal treatment

by the restaurant folks. The restaurant even made a special vegan

chocolate cake with frosting and raspberry filling for our group.

All this for only $14 per person. Lori played a big part in making

this such a hugely successful dinner.

 

All told, 36 people attended this dinner and there were a few

cancellations. Almost all folks who attended gave very high marks,

most of them 10, for the food and service. Many BAVRT members plan

to visit this vegan friendly Mexican restaurant again.

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#3) Going forward

 

As you may have guessed, I did not get to attend last month's

dinner because I am in Monterey now. Some of you regulars

know that I do not attend all the dinners anyway. Having

wonderful hosts pitch in helps a lot in continuing BAVRT.

 

So current plan is to continue as usual and see how things

unfold. We do need hosts for next couple of months (SF,

Peninsula and Silicon Valley). Please email me or call

me immediately, if you are interested in hosting a dinner.

 

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#4) Miscellaneous & non-BAVRT stuff

 

I moved to Monterey for a short contract. Feel free to give me

a call, if you come to Monterey or live close by (like Gilroy,

Watsonville, Santa Cruz etc). If you know of vegan friendly

restaurants, places or local events (or would like to start

local events!) around here (within 50 miles), let me know!

 

VegInfo website is currently down. I was hosting it off my

own server off of my DSL line. Since that website used server

side Java (Servlets), it is not too easy to find a cheap and

good hosting provider.

 

Email is now up, as it is hosted by a provider. Formerly I ran

my own email server also and used sophisticated spam filters.

My current provider does not have such a set up. So I get

around 100 spams for every valid email. The chance of a real

email getting lost in this deluge of spam is very high. If you

send me an email and I do not respond in a few days, please

resend it or just call me on the phone!

 

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Das Devaraj

email - -- Cell phone (408) 839-5921

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Best, Michael

 

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