Furpocafright ends in wind and rain.
Another end of october, and another Furpocafright is over and done with, for me at least. I read on social media that there is a leftover booze party going on there tonight.
Ran two parties this year. Friday Pie is no Lie party. Featuring tabletalk mini pies. Bought from the tabletalk factory outlet store in Worcester. When I ordered the pies, I asked for a variety, heavy on the pineapple and peach. What I got was about half pineapple, a quarter peach, and a quarter everything else. Which was a little dissapointing. next year, I think I will select and pack the pies myself. The next morning, I went over the the pricerite supermarket near the hotel and found they were selling mini pies for the same cost I paid in the factory store. So I think if I do pies again, buy way fewer in worcester, and restock from local supermarket for the saturday night party. Bought a total of about 18 dozen. Leftover from both parties was about five or six dozen. Some of which I brought home to bring into work tomorrow, most of which I left in the convention Zoo space.
Used the slushie machine with just plain sugar water in it, and fruit flavorings you added to the cup yourself. The slushie mixes from festaurant depot worked the best, so I'll stick with them mostly. the ice cream toppings also worked, but were a lot messier with serving spoons and so on. Cola syrup as a flavoring was also popular, but less so than the fruit ones. Half gallon of Wildberry, about the same in pineapple, slightly less of the peach, about a quart of cola, a quart and a half of lime juice, half a quart of lemon juice.
Notes for next time: Drip tray and big drip tray for the slushie machine needed. People are sloppy so spills, and there was constant drip of condensation on the outside of the tank. Also, bring a cell phone charging squid for party guests. Irrisistable lure for folks with dead cell phones in this age of social media.
I think I need to be a little more descriptive of what the party will feature on the flyers. Emphasizing the all ages friendly agenda and laid back character of the party. Need to do them well ahead of time, not leave them to the last couple of weeks.
PS. Power went out at home around 2am monday morning. Power not back by monday afternoon, so I fired up the generator and ran extension cords around the house to get the phone and fridge working. Power came back tuesday during the day. It's friday now, and people I know are still in the dark from that storm.
I did prove that the CO alarm in the house works. I had the generator about ten feet from the house, but the exhaust happened to be pointing at a window that was open a crack for the dehumidifier hose. Alarms woke us up, and once I opened a bunch of windows, moved the generator further away and pointed the exhaust away from the house. Alarms shut down after a bit and we went back to sleep.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth.
Ran two parties this year. Friday Pie is no Lie party. Featuring tabletalk mini pies. Bought from the tabletalk factory outlet store in Worcester. When I ordered the pies, I asked for a variety, heavy on the pineapple and peach. What I got was about half pineapple, a quarter peach, and a quarter everything else. Which was a little dissapointing. next year, I think I will select and pack the pies myself. The next morning, I went over the the pricerite supermarket near the hotel and found they were selling mini pies for the same cost I paid in the factory store. So I think if I do pies again, buy way fewer in worcester, and restock from local supermarket for the saturday night party. Bought a total of about 18 dozen. Leftover from both parties was about five or six dozen. Some of which I brought home to bring into work tomorrow, most of which I left in the convention Zoo space.
Used the slushie machine with just plain sugar water in it, and fruit flavorings you added to the cup yourself. The slushie mixes from festaurant depot worked the best, so I'll stick with them mostly. the ice cream toppings also worked, but were a lot messier with serving spoons and so on. Cola syrup as a flavoring was also popular, but less so than the fruit ones. Half gallon of Wildberry, about the same in pineapple, slightly less of the peach, about a quart of cola, a quart and a half of lime juice, half a quart of lemon juice.
Notes for next time: Drip tray and big drip tray for the slushie machine needed. People are sloppy so spills, and there was constant drip of condensation on the outside of the tank. Also, bring a cell phone charging squid for party guests. Irrisistable lure for folks with dead cell phones in this age of social media.
I think I need to be a little more descriptive of what the party will feature on the flyers. Emphasizing the all ages friendly agenda and laid back character of the party. Need to do them well ahead of time, not leave them to the last couple of weeks.
PS. Power went out at home around 2am monday morning. Power not back by monday afternoon, so I fired up the generator and ran extension cords around the house to get the phone and fridge working. Power came back tuesday during the day. It's friday now, and people I know are still in the dark from that storm.
I did prove that the CO alarm in the house works. I had the generator about ten feet from the house, but the exhaust happened to be pointing at a window that was open a crack for the dehumidifier hose. Alarms woke us up, and once I opened a bunch of windows, moved the generator further away and pointed the exhaust away from the house. Alarms shut down after a bit and we went back to sleep.
Crossposted from Dreamwidth.