October 2010 Newsletter
Wednesday, September 29th, 2010A Note from our President –
As you prepare for Autumn, get prepared for a fun month ahead with ENC.
Coffee Break—takes the tram tour at the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
Saturday Brunch— Lina serves up a “Sangria Brunch” to celebrate Fall
International Night—travels vicariously to Central Asia
Ladies Night Out–-checks out Poor Richard’s Commonhouse
Lunch Bunch—travels to the West End’s Rojo Mexican Grill
Craft Corner—goes green, recycling old greeting cards into little gift boxes
See you there!
Sally
ACTIVITIES
COFFEE BREAK: Thursday, October 7th, 9:15AM Departure—
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
With the trees already turning here in town, this should be a beautiful Fall foliage show. I hope the change of day is not inconvenient for you. There is an per person admission charge of $9.00 and tram tickets are $2.50. Meet the group for the 10:30AM tram tour. We will have coffee after the hour ride.
RSVP by Tuesday, October 5th to Sally@EdinaNewcomers.org
Please indicate if you plan to join the carpool which leaves Edina at 9:15AM.
SATURDAY BRUNCH: Saturday, October 9th, 11:30AM—
“Fall Colors” Celebration—At the home of a member
The instant we turned over our calendars this month, the air had a distinct nip to it. There’s no denying that fall is on its way. So, join us for a farewell toast to summer as we welcome this beautiful new season. Lina will be treating us to her fabulous specialties, but feel free to bring something small and yummy to share.
RSVP by Friday, 1st to Sally@EdinaNewcomers.org
INTERNNATIONAL NIGHT: Monday, October 11th, 6:45PM—
Destination: Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan
Edina Library, 5280 Grandview Square (off Eden Ave. behind Jerry’s grocery)
Our guest speaker, Susanne Wolter, visited these Central Asian countries nine years ago. Learn more about these ancient places with fascinating architecture, desert landscapes and hospitable people. The library closes at 8:00PM. So, for those who wish, questions and conversation will continue over coffee and dessert at the nearby Eden Avenue Grill.
RSVP by Friday, October 8th to Sally@EdinaNewcomers.org
LADIES NIGHT OUT: Monday, October 18th, 6:30PM–
Dinner at Poor Richard’s Commonhouse
8301 Normandale Boulevard, Bloomington, MN 55437 (952) 835-8308
This new restaurant is located were Major’s Sports Cafe was just a few weeks ago. You can look over their menu at: www.poorrichardscommomhouse.com
RSVP by Saturday, October 16th to Sally@EdinaNewcomers.org
LUNCH BUNCH: Thursday October 28, 11:00Departure—Rojo Mexican Grill
1602 West End Blvd, St Louis Park, MN 952-657-5385
For our next dining experience in our ‘exploration’ of the restaurants of the West End, the new shopping locale in St Louis Park, we will gather at Rojo. Their menu jazzes up and features some tasteful variations of Mexican cuisine. I just ate there this weekend and was very pleased – their rice evokes the creaminess of risotto. My choice of slow roasted pork taco came with two well-filled tacos, flavorful black beans and the great rice for $8.00. Many of the entrees are under $10 and there are lots of choices.
RSVP by Sunday, October 25th to Sally@EdinaNewcomers.org
Carpools will leave Edina at 11:00AM or meet us at the restaurant at 11:30AM.
Directions: Hwy 100 north to Cedar Lake Road exit. Follow signs straight ahead for CLR. Bear right and under underpass to intersection of Park Place Blvd and Cedar Lake Road – do not turn, continue (north) to W 16 St. Turn Right. Free parking is provided in underground and traditional ramps – many signs posted.
CRAFT CORNER: Friday, October 29th, 7:00PM—-Little Boxes
At the home of a member
It’s not origami, but they’re so cute, and a clever way to recycle those old greeting cards you can’t bear to throw away. Marlene Dollive will teach us how it’s done. Bring scissors and any old greeting cards if you have them.
RSVP by Wednesday, October 27th to Sally@EdinaNewcomers.org
COMING UP IN NOVEMBER
BOOKCLUB: Monday, Nov. 8th, 7:00PM—-Tinkers by Paul Harding.
Southdale Library, followed by coffee and dessert at a nearby restaurant
Winner of the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. An old man lies dying. Confined to bed in his living room, he sees the walls around him begin to collapse, the windows come loose from their sashes, and the ceiling plaster fall off in great chunks, showering him with a lifetime of debris: newspaper clippings, old photographs, wool jackets, rusty tools, and the mangled brass works of antique clocks. Soon, the clouds from the sky above plummet down on top of him, followed by the stars, till the black night covers him like a shroud. He is hallucinating, in death throes from cancer and kidney failure. ??A methodical repairer of clocks, he is now finally released from the usual constraints of time and memory to rejoin his father, an epileptic, itinerant peddler, whom he had lost 7 decades before. In his return to the wonder and pain of his impoverished childhood in the backwoods of Maine, he recovers a natural world that is at once indifferent to man and inseparable from him, menacing and awe inspiring. At once heartbreaking and life affirming, it is an elegiac meditation on love, loss, and the fierce beauty of nature. Facilitator: Brigitte Frase, Poet and book critic
RSVP by Saturday, November 6th to Sally@EdinaNewcomers.org