From: Diva Las Vegas organizers (dlvorg@geekbabe.com)
Date: Wed May 16 2007 - 11:49:52 CDT
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Suede:
Annie writes:
>>I want to complain about Suede, it is a nice place to meet, but
>>to rip the DLV people off buy charging $25.15 for the buffet was
>>ridiculous
>I didn't do the buffet -- when I got to eat, it looked picked over
>so I and a few others went next door to Milano's. I tend to agree
>that a bottom-line price of $25 and change is bordering on steep.
>What I did notice was that domestic bottled beer was $5 at the
>bar. Other than the Charles Bar, I think that was the highest
>priced bar we had.
>>>and to top it off I got FOOD POISONED from the chicken.
>>>I usually don't complain, but food poison was no fun at all.
>Not to defend Suede, but accusing any facility of spreading a
>foodborne illness is a very serious charge.
>>However, in all fairness, it may not have been the food.
>I was very quick to jump on a certain Spanish restaurant a couple
>years ago at Pinkfest when I woke up early the next morning with
>a mild case of nausea and diarrhea. :(
>As I thought about it more, it could have very easily been the
>mixing of beer and those house-specialty sangria drinks at the bar,
>or just too many drinks in general that evening. It could just as
>easily have been Boston Market for lunch that was the culprit.
>>expert, but it does seem logical that if it were a specific
>>entre', more than a few would have become affected.
>I do remember hearing a few OBTW type reports of some of our
>people having mild GI symptoms on Tuesday, but no reports of
>high fever, nasty headaches, pain (not nausea, but pain) in
>the abdomen, which are the common symptoms of a true foodborne
>infection.
>I also recall hearing similar reports about Carluccio's in past
>years.
>>Comments please?
>It will be interesting to see how Suede rates on the survey
>against the two other places we used for group meals, Bahama
>Breeze and Elvis'.
>I heard nothing but raves for Bahama Breeze this year, after
>two years of mixed reports.
>I've heard no complaints at all about the food at Elvis.
>I did hear complaints about food and prices at Suede. I agree that
>bar prices were on the high side.
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Michelle Jenkins writes:
>>>I want to complain about Suede, it is a nice place to meet, but
>>>to rip the DLV people off buy charging $25.15 for the buffet was
>>>ridiculous and to top it off I got FOOD POISONED from the chicken.
>>>I usually don't complain, but food poison was no fun at all.
>>There were a few of our people that reported became ill on Tuesday.
>>However, in all fairness, it may not have been the food.
>>Several factors need to be addressed when the topic of food
>>poisoning is brought up. I am not a doctor nor food handling
>> expert, but it does seem logical that if it were a specific
>>entre', more than a few would have become affected. This could
>>have also come from something other than food, such as a bad mix
>>in a drink, or an allergic reaction to something other than the
>>food.
>>I'm not defending Suede, but are there others who became ill on
>>Monday night / Tuesday morning?
>>Comments please?
>I believe Mindy indicated she had similar problems to Mardi
>and if I recall Lorraine refused to eat the food and asked
>for (and got?) her money back. Clearly some people had some
>issues!
>I ate a considerable amount at Suede with no apparent ill
>effect but admittedly I didn't eat the chicken. The cost for
>the meal was over priced for what was received and offered
>however and I would not encourage a repeat of this for
>future years.
>OTOH Suede did offer a comfortable environment and we should
>try support this type of establishment.
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Survey:
Annie writes:
>I would like to encourage all who attended to please take the
>DLV 2007 Attendee Survey if you have not done so already.
>It's very important to get as many responses to this as we
>can, to effectively evaluate the activities and the program
>as a whole.
>http://www.geekbabe.com/dlv/2007survey.html
>This link should be clickable in most mailers.
>One note, if you already took the survey and wish to add
>comments, just take the survey again, leave all of the
>checkboxes blank, and add comments as you wish. The
>summary program will recognize this as a re-take comments
>only session.
>Thanks.
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Vote:
The polls are open for another week to cast your vote. The question
to decide is whether the voting priviledges are for those who have
coordinated or assisted in coordinating an activity during the last
DLV, or the last two DLV's. The results will be posted on the
next DLV Org mailing.
If you have not cast your vote, please do so in the next few days.
Thanks.
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