2012 - Tony Schmidt Park

Thanks, Terry!

Can someone please post directions and/or a map that shows the pavillion area we are going to?

I *think* I've found it on a map, but not having made it to the park, I don't want to assume.

Thanks to the witch doctor for bringing the stove and grill thingies.

Everything was so delicious.

And its always nice to see everyone. Great times!

Thanks for a great time this afternoon, and especially thank you to everyone who made it happen.

Great crew!

I had a great time and was happy to see that so many made it out in the "40"degree weather!

It was also fun to walk up to the hiding spot!! :grin: :grin:

Thanks for all the work in setting it up,it was fun to see everyone again. See you all next year.

sorry i didn't make it...I think I have the same thing as AW...

I did notice I was up at the same time as him last night at 3am...

my head is still pounding.. :frown:

I was up on and off last night but did manage to soldier through the event. I'm glad I did as there were some truly great moments.

If we want to get an indoor faciity such as Newell for next year, it will have to be a St. Paul resident who makes the reservation as they don't allow non-St. Paul people to do anything until February 1st.

Does anyone remember what Newell cost previously? I looked yesterday online and the cost now for 3 hours is $150 and that's the minimum. It's worth it, but wondering if the cost went up or I wasn't as aware of the cost.

And we would have to commit to the second weekend as they only refund half the cost for a cancellation.

Is that the resident price?

There is no indication that St. Paul residents get a break in price.

2012 NEWELL PARK PICNIC RESERVATION RATES AND INFORMATION

         900 Fairview Avenue N., 55104

PERMIT SESSIONS: The shelter rental is divided into two sessions. If you would like to reserve the entire day, you are required to pay for two sessions. All applications must be made at least seven days prior to the event. The Building rental is reserved on an hourly basis; with a 3-hour minimum rental.

      Note: For groups of 1000 or more, please see Larges Event and Community Festival Reservations

• ONE SESSION (AM SESSION) 7:30 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.

                           (PM SESSION) 3:30 P.M. - 9:30 P.M.

• TWO SESSIONS (ALL DAY) 7:30 A.M. - 9:30 P.M.

BUILDING

General Rate $150.00 Non-Profit $139.97 *Seats 100 people

Electricity Available

No Alcohol Allowed Each Additional Hr. $ 40.00 $ 37.17

Alcohol – The possession or consumption of alcohol is prohibited in this park.

CHANGES TO PERMITS: There will be a $25.00 charge each time you alter your picnic permit (session change, date change, location change). Changes to permit will be accepted up to 7 days prior to the reservation date.

CHARGE FOR VIEWING FACILITIES PRIOR TO EVENT: There will be a $25 charge for persons requesting to view the facilities before the event. You must contact the permit office at least 7 days prior to your permit so arrangements can be made for a staff person to show you the facility.

REFUNDS: No refunds will be issued for cancellations less than 30-days prior to the reservation date. Permits under $150 will “NOT” receive a refund. Permits over $150 will receive 50% of the permit cost. No refunds are given due to weather conditions. If a permit is issued less than 30-days of an event, and the permit is canceled, the permit fee will be non refundable.

Was anyone still looking to aquire some pirate medallions?

Seems to me a bunch of people were asking, but I think they forgot, or got them by other means.

me2 AW. I am sick sick head stuffy, eye crusty, head pressure at work today.

I was so glad I was at Re-hash. I've heard someone say ::cough jake cough:: they were thankful and touched to everyone for how nice they were considering...

We had a pretty good size group for Cooler Crew knighting too!

I wanted to say they are apart of the Hotel Coolerfornia, You can never leave. :smile:

but forgot.

THANK YOU TO EACH OF YOU WHO CAME (I think over 50 people!).
GREAT pot luck food this year!

my personal favorite: That wild rice with apricots was so yummy!

And 50+ treasure hunters out there couldn't find a tooth. I don't recall who the young girl was that lost it but I hope the tooth fairy didn't forget about her.

I would really like to go.

I knew people were donating them to places and didn't want to take from that.

If there are 1 to 5 more.
I don't nnnneed to take the girls but I know we all would like to see it and CM and I would like to go as a family if possible. so any are much appreciated.

I looked while we were in the park but no luck.

Ok. I was just judging the general need/wants from people before I continue looking for more of them. I figure it doesn't make sense to grab more if I have nothing to do with the extras.

I'll post again if/when I find another batch.

I could use a few if you have any extras. My daughter and son-in-law wanted to take their family to that exhibit. One granddaughter is a real pirate fan. I am pretty sure my son-in-law has been looking in Tamarack and Otter Lake but hasn't found any yet.

ty kc! :cool:

The shelter in the past was $125 so it did go up this year.

Based on the number of tickets I handed out plus a few more who came at the end I would say we had about 60 people yesterday.

Does anyone think it is a bad idea to reserve joseph's private room now for the pre dig next year? I think that would be the ideal space plus they have great food.

What is the charge for that? I like the idea as there were some who never made it into ABB because parking and street parking were full.

I do like their food.

We just have to spend a minimum of $500

That is certainly doable. I be this crew drops double that for the predig.

The only thing about the room at Joesph's is that drinks don't count towards the $500, just food.

I heard differently

If you're going to start the Predig DURING the dinner hour, $500 of food will be ordered, no problem...

Well, using your 20/20 hindsight - would it been a wiser decision to start the predig AFTER the Wild game had started - like 8:00 instead of 6:00? I realize there are kids and curfews involved, but geez, this is an ongoing problem of overlapping the party crowd with the dinner crowd. Parking later might've been worse, but it wasn't impossible - even at 7:00 when I arrived.

But there were people who couldn't find parking and so had to drive back home. I would like to see us get out of downtown because we keep running into parking and crowd issues whenever we're there.

We should really consider this...you've been suggesting it for a few years now and it's certainly worth a try. :cool:

I agree. It could be a wonderful solution.

Allison, would you confirm whether or not drinks count toward the $500? And we do like to start early to let people come and go as they need to do so and get a chance to visit with everyone. So a 6:00 start would be good.

Like I said, getting out of downtown would be a good idea. Less parking issues and in our own room, the only crowd would be us.

Sounds like we're forming a consensus.

I have to throw in my 2 pennies.

All this talk about Josephs.... don't forget DeGidio's.

Big banquet room. Right on 7th st.

drinks are wwwway better at DeGidio's! omg people Josephs drinks suck.

I've even had talks with the bartenders about this. it will not change.

However, there soups are good.

DiGideo's would work for room food and drinks. I know parking us free but is it plentiful enough nearby for our Crew?

I have had trouble finding parking at DiGideo's. I don't know what their pricing strategy is.

Going to Josephs for the pre-dig will save me some cash since the drinks suck and they are not cheap - no good deals at Joseph's. it's not like I've been there once. I lived over there since 1998. I would go before church and evenings - gave them soooooo many chances

FAIL to almost EPIC FAIL in my book ---- I only go there when someone else wants to go and to see their flowers on the patio in the summer. It ties for BW3's on Robert St. - I will NOT get a drink at BW3's anymore. AWFUL and pricey.

<----- NOT A FAN

I won't spend as much - guaranteed

will Joseph's allow our own DJ?

I'll agree with J on the drinks. Not the greatest if they're delivered. They make them decent if you're sitting at the bar tho. At least with me they do.

hard to screw up a beer...

With our crowd, we would have a private bar in the private room. I don't know if that will make any difference. I don't drink so I don't really have any experience with that aspect.

I had to go with a low grade wine cause the drinks were THAT BAD.

It's fine for pop and beer - you can't go wrong with taste....however you can go wrong with the price of that beer or pop.

The regular rail drinks are bad. Cluey, I'm gonna bet you had to pay more to get a stronger drink too. Remember, I had to beg to get a manager to make it better. It's like being at the casino. Strict, only black or white.

You want a $6 glass of orange juice?

This is the place to be.

According to their website:

Happy Hours

Monday – Saturday, 8pm – 10pm

$2 Domestic Bottles of beer

$2 Rail Drinks

1/2 off selected appetizers

Saturday & Sunday 5pm – Close

1/2 off Bottles of Wine

offer excludes Copperridge

I'm in :sillygrin:

We can always bring It up as a past issue with some of our guests so they know ahead of time. Or we can do the Nick method and save tons. I'm in as well.

Where are the songs over on the clue thread?

that's great!

must be something new - keep in mind that may change 325 days from now.

Maybe request those deals.

Earth Day:

Ian:

We do a number of earth day clean ups in our system and it is great you want to do Tony Schmidt. We provide bags, but not gloves. I have included our volunteer coordinator, Angela Mens-Eastman on the email. She will be the contact for setting the date and getting you the bags.

I stopped out at Tony Schmidt the afternoon before the medallion was found. I have never seen so many people in that park.



John Moriarty

Ramsey County Parks


:sillygrin:

Wow!

I was just popping in to see if anyone else had seen that article yet. I agree, wow.

Speechless.

For those that haven't seen it.

http://www.twincities.com/ci_19939903

OMG!!!

OMG!!! I missed a 4000 joe!