A little less than 15 years ago, a person from the Phoenix, AZ area had an idea. He did what all people do when they have an idea. He went to the internet to share his idea.
http://bimmer.roadfly.com/e28/messages/ ... 97844.html (Roadfly will suddenly get a bunch of traffic and not know why...)
Resulting from that idea and the plan put into motion, this happened:
Everyone got together in San Diego to take a photo. Then everyone left.
After fourteen years, the basic concept has stayed the same though many of the players have changed.
Our plan this year is to do what we usually do and start here:
That looks like this while we're in it:
Until this happens:
When Yar doesn't work for us, we send in Vince.
With that sure to get us kicked out, we will head here:
We will be all so excited, we can hardly contain ourselves.
Excited?
As said before, there's a pre-party on Friday evening. Here's a map showing roughly where all of the festivities will be.
For the out-of-towners that wish to join us, there are lots of lodging options within a reasonable distance of all three locations. When booking a reservation, please inform the desk that you're in town for the St. Paddy's Day BMW event. If you let them know that and present other eligible discounts, you should get a break on the room rate.
Both Darin and Charles have been very generous with their homes for hosting both the Friday (Charles) and Saturday (Darin) parties. Please be prepared to provide a donation which goes towards reimbursing them for the money THEY spend so we can all have fun. There will be a box at the event for this. In addition to one of the largest selections of "adult beverages" this side of a liquor store, we usually have some great food as well, so it's a worthwhile donation.
Just a quick recap:
The dates this year for our festivities are in March. They are Friday and Saturday, March 18th and 19th.
The Friday party is at Karl Grau's house. The start time is generally once people start arriving, which traditionally has been sometime in the late afternoon.
The meet at Mission Bay starts at about 9am. It ends when they threaten to bring in the tow trucks.
After that's over, we head to MLastovo's house where the festivities often continue into Sunday (the 20th).
That should cover the basics and GUMBALL.
