Tucson 2024 dinner

justinkprim · **Posted:** Thu Jan 11, 2024 2:18 am

I will be there and would love to dine. The 30th is perfect for me.

vistagrande · **Posted:** Thu Jan 11, 2024 12:03 pm

The 30th looks good on my calendar. Looking forward to the dinner.

Stephen Challener · **Posted:** Thu Jan 11, 2024 10:34 pm

OK, it looks like wehave 6 s far including me and my brother. I'll make the reservation for 8 if possible.

Stephen Challener · **Posted:** Fri Jan 12, 2024 8:27 pm

Would anyone object to mpving the venue to Casa Valencia? It's a Mexican restaurant with an emphasis on seafood. We've had mixed results on El Charro food the last few years.

1bwana1 · **Joined:** Thu May 12, 2016 2:18 am **Posts:** 1564

I OK with whatever works.

vistagrande · **Posted:** Sat Jan 13, 2024 12:22 pm

It is the company that makes this a great dinner, not the location.

But where is this one? Is there a link?

Stephen Challener · **Posted:** Fri Jan 19, 2024 3:57 am

Their site is https://casavalencia.company.site/
And they are located at 1825 W Valencia Rd
They specialize in seafood but also have really good turf-based options too. We make sure to go there at least once every Tucson.
I got a reservation for 8 at 7 on the 30th.

vistagrande · **Posted:** Fri Jan 19, 2024 10:40 pm

Thanks for the info

gembug · **Posted:** Sun Jan 21, 2024 8:47 pm

looking forward to it!

-Allan

Stephen Challener · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:12 pm

Sorry for taking so long to make this post, I got a new phone before tucson and wasn't logged in to my account.

Thanks to everyone who came to the dinner! There were only 8 of us this year but I think it went really well--I certainly had a great time and great conversations. Funnily enough this year we were almost all faceters (my brother being the one on exception, for now). I hope we'll have more people again next year, but with the number of people who couldn't come to Tucson this year it was inevitable it would be a bit smaller this time.

gembug · **Posted:** Thu Feb 15, 2024 7:26 pm

Thanks for arranging it! It was good to meet people in person after all these years conversing through posts

-Allan

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