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  • TCJ
    Posts: 1,034
    I'm wondering if there are alternatives to the $8/day parking at the hotel. I'm staying elsewhere and would like to avoid that fee if possible. Is there anything, or are we stuck with that?
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,676
    Olbash is confusing White Suit Wednesday with White Jacket Black Tuxedo Pants Saturday. When will he learn?
  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    A Pimm's cup contains the following...

    This quintessential British summertime drink is filled with fruit.
    Ingredients in the Pimm's Cup Cocktail

    2 oz Pimm’s No. 1
    3 oz Sprite, 7Up or ginger ale
    1 or 2 Cucumber slices
    1 Strawberry, hulled and cut into quarters
    Half an orange slice
    1 Lemon slice
    6 Mint leaves

    Add all the ingredients to a highball glass filled with ice and stir to combine. (To mix things up a bit, you can replace the Sprite, 7Up or ginger ale with Champagne.)
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  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,158
    You nailed it, Michael, we do the Bogart Casablanca look. That covers the bow tie stuff as well. MJM can play the Peter Lorre character.
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,100
    I second TCJ's question about parking. I may be driving...
  • G
    Posts: 1,392
    A Pimm's cup contains the following...

    This quintessential British summertime drink is filled with fruit.
    Ingredients in the Pimm's Cup Cocktail

    2 oz Pimm’s No. 1
    3 oz Sprite, 7Up or ginger ale
    1 or 2 Cucumber slices
    1 Strawberry, hulled and cut into quarters
    Half an orange slice
    1 Lemon slice
    6 Mint leaves

    Add all the ingredients to a highball glass filled with ice and stir to combine. (To mix things up a bit, you can replace the Sprite, 7Up or ginger ale with Champagne.)
    So it's essentially health food.
    (Save the Liturgy, Save the World)
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  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    Yep. That's how I see it. :) Aren't the experts always harping on about people needing more fruit in their diet?
    Thanked by 1CharlesW
  • expeditus1
    Posts: 483
    Wendi, fiber drinks are good for you when you travel. But not so good on White Suit Wednesdays.
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,158
    TMI
    Thanked by 2expeditus1 Ben
  • expeditus1
    Posts: 483
    Always aiming to help, melo.
  • G
    Posts: 1,392
    But not so good on White Suit Wednesday

    The only excuse for drinking chardonnay or chenin blanc...

    (Save the Liturgy, Save the World)
    Thanked by 1expeditus1
  • Andrew Motyka
    Posts: 939
    I keep coming back to this thread because I'm legitimately interested in who is coming.

    Alas...
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  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,100
    Topic changed, new thread created.
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,158
    Andrew, what's it like when you're illegitimately interested?
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  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    This thread just keeps getting better.

    So G... Are you coming to Indy?
  • G
    Posts: 1,392
    Indy indeed!

    (Save the Liturgy, Save the Liturgy)
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,158
    G, as K will be ina Roma, we have to-a conavince MACW to-a showa up.
  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    I just realized I should probably warn people...I'm a hugger. I try to remember not to invade someone's personal space, but I sometimes forget when I'm excited...and I am very excited at the prospect of meeting those of you I haven't yet met in person.
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,158
    I can attest to the above. W re-dislocated my shoulder at SLC I that I got in Duquesne!
    'Course, I'm prone to exaggeration.....
  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    You're exaggerating Dearest...I merely bruised you.


    G. Sweet. I'm looking forward to meeting you...and learning your full name. :)
  • David AndrewDavid Andrew
    Posts: 1,203
    I'll be renting a U-haul to bring all of the accoutrements necessary to do this thing right.

    You have no idea.
  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    oh good...so you found the croquet set?
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,158
    I, like Billy Connely's character in the film "Quartet" (highly recommended)...
    cheat most obviously at croquet, it must be endemic to Scotsmen.
    I think if Darling brings a cricket setup, I might get enthused.
  • gregpgregp
    Posts: 632
    I realize this is a long shot, but I'll be driving a rental car down to Indy on Monday, June 30, from Rockford (NW Illinois). Anyone who might need a ride down, please PM me. (I'm flying back from there, so no ride back, alas).
  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    Just a general announcement...I have decided that I don't want a white suit and they aren't flattering to me...therefore I will be wearing a pretty white dress instead. That is all.
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  • SalieriSalieri
    Posts: 3,176
    Be sure to wear a wide-brimmed hat, too, Wendi.
  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    Of course. I have a very pretty straw hat that I plan to wear.
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,100
    I'll be bringing mine too
  • SalieriSalieri
    Posts: 3,176
    A dress?!?
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,100
    a nice hat
  • Jani
    Posts: 441
    Waaaaahhhhhh!! I wanna gota Indiaaaaannnnnaaa!!! I have a white dress! I could buy a hat!
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  • CharlesW
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    Don't forget the mandatory bowtie. ;-)
  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    Or a scarf for the ladies who can't pull off a bowtie (even with instruction).
  • ClergetKubiszClergetKubisz
    Posts: 1,911
    I've got a pair of khaki shorts, sandals, sunglasses, and a loud Hawaiian shirt. Isn't the annual Alan Alda convention that same weekend?
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,100
    Or a scarf for the ladies who can't pull off a bowtie (even with instruction).


    Pulling them off isn't difficult. It's tying it that's a little harder sometimes.
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  • G
    Posts: 1,392
    I have never found tying one on difficult...

    (Save the Liturgy, Save the World)
    Thanked by 2CharlesW Wendi
  • StimsonInRehabStimsonInRehab
    Posts: 1,961
    Are ascots permissible?
    Thanked by 1Ben
  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    Certainly.
    Thanked by 1Ben
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,100
    I may have to get an ascot or two...
  • WendiWendi
    Posts: 638
    They're very dapper looking. Ascots I mean.
  • Earl_GreyEarl_Grey
    Posts: 927
    So I need to start shopping and packing for this Colloquium.

    Besides a White suit what else is required?

    Seriously...do we wear choir robes or Sunday best for the liturgies? Do I need to bring any music (a Graduale, polyphonic pieces...) or is everything provided there?
  • Kathy
    Posts: 5,524
    There's a printed packet full of all the music you need.
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  • Andrew Motyka
    Posts: 939
    I just got a wonderful letter in the mail regarding the week of June 30-July 6.

    Jury duty.

    (Pray that I can get a deferment!)
    Thanked by 1BruceL
  • Earl_GreyEarl_Grey
    Posts: 927
    Catherine of Alexandria...pray for us
    Ivo of Kermartin...pray for us
    John of Capistrano...pray for us
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  • G
    Posts: 1,392
    So far as I know choir robes have never been worn. ."Sunday best" is a good rule, although if any of the venues are as hot as the church in Pittsburgh, I have great respect for any man who can manage a tie, much less a suitjacket.
    Womens fashions have ranged from Goth to Homeschooler to Sister of Charity in civvies.

    (Save the Liturgy, Save the World)
  • BenBen
    Posts: 3,100
    I will probably be making ample use of the short sleeved dress shirt
  • Jani
    Posts: 441
    In SLC the request was "business casual" for all Masses. It did seem like most of the men wore shirt and tie. But not all. There were some Polo-type shirts with Docker-type slacks.

    Hope that helps......sigh...........!
  • matthewjmatthewj
    Posts: 2,676
    One should dress slightly better than going to the grocery store...

    And one should wear a slacks and a blazer to the grocery store.
    Thanked by 2Ben Adam Wood
  • chonakchonak
    Posts: 9,090
    Weather forecast for Indianapolis:
    http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/indianapolis-in/46204/july-weather/348323
  • melofluentmelofluent
    Posts: 4,158
    I will probably be making ample use of the short sleeved dress shirt

    Ben, there is no such thing in the gentlemens' universe.
    Thanked by 2Adam Wood BruceL
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