A Cellar Convention

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If we want to co-opt another "event" ... Plastic Forks has been looking for some "new blood" ...

I have a friend whose mother lives in Chadds Ford, on a farm. (It's evolved over the years into a family compound, with three generations having separate residences on a large chunk of Chester County farmland.)

The picnic is going into it's 22nd or 23rd (or maybe even 24th) year (we lost count, and come up with a different number each time we count on our fingers). The original core group was made up of folks that I went to college with at West Chester State College, and has included any and all friends of prior invitees over the years. Only two people have been present at all of the picnics, myself and the host. A bunch of the folks are computer programmers or other levels of geeks, but we've expanded our horizons, so to speak, and now have people who do other stuff.

This year's Plastic Forks is set for 6/21/03, start time around 3pm, ends when the last drunk is peeled off the law on Sunday afternoon. All Cellarites are as of now invited. There will be plentiful food and beverage (of the fermented hoppy variety, as well as whatever hardstuff was leftover from last year or shows up with new guests.) There is no cover charge, but bringing something with is encouraged but not necessary.

We unfortunately lost our pool priveleges when the pool owner realized that having 30 or so naked drunks in his pool at 3am might represent some type of extremely liability risk, but this situation was rectified by the purchase of an extra large blow up kiddie wading/splash pool. Because of the amount of development in recent years in chester county there are now closer neighbors than before, so it is requested that any clothing optional guests refrain from such until after sundown.

We have access to the lower floor of the house, so there is an honest-to-goodness bathroom. No pooping in the woods. Bringing tents is encouraged, there's plenty of prime camping space available, but there is also indoor crash space, if you crash early enough (I think there are four couches in the basement). Plastic Forks is NOT a smoke-free environment. If you have a problem with this, tough. We do ask that smokers police their leavings ... vacuuming the lawn is tedious.

Exactly what will happen AT Forks is never certain. Some years it's just kind of a mellow party, with obligatory bonfire, others we have amazing occurances (including one year where one of the guests worked for the Franklin Institute and happened to have the travelling van containing "The Amazing 3-D Show" with her.