A first reminder that our annual Ski and Pot Luck is in just two and a half weeks on Sat, Jan 3!　 We will ski (or walk or ice skate) at Mount Royal in the morning starting at 10 am and then go over at noon to Monique Isler’s place on Melrose Ave in NDG for a pot luck lunch.

If you want to participate, please send Monique a message telling her what you plan to bring so that she can make sure we have all the food bases covered.　 Contact Monique　, info in the Directory on Members page.

1They said it couldn’t be done.　 “No way!　 The club members are just not up to it!　 They don’t have what it takes anymore!”　 But later in the evening of the Christmas Party, we proved them wrong.　 Boy, did we ever!
But more on that later.　 First, let’s just start out by saying that the this year’s Christmas Party was a rollicking(*) success!　 All 51 attendees had a great time.

This year’s party was at Bitoque, a Portuguese BYOB restaurant located on Notre Dame, a few blocks west of Atwater.　 The snow from the storm earlier that week was still being cleaned up.　 Notre Dame had been cleared, while parking on the side streets was still a snowy mess, but manageable.　 We began gathering at 6:30 pm, and mingled in the elegant high-ceiling room on the main floor. 　 The waiters were quick to offer us ice buckets for our bottles of white wine, or even for our bottles of Perrier!　 We chatted and discussed some of the interesting art work on the walls.　 The mood was cheerful and lively.

Soon enough, we took our seats and placed our orders.　 There were four choices from our group menu.　 Wondering how popular each dish among our group?　 Wonder no more.　 Here is what we ordered:

22 lamb shanks

17 Portuguese cod

7 chicken breasts

5 vegetarian paella

The reviews of the meals and the dessert were overwhelmingly favorable!

The evening went by quickly as we Continue reading →