It is pretty much “high summer” now, and you may remember what that means.  It is almost time for our Annual Neighborhood Picnic / Get Together / Night Out!  In coordination with the City’s celebration of Neighborhood Nights Out, we are planning to have this year’s even on Tuesday evening, August 6 (along with a lot of other neighborhoods in town).  We are working on the details – when, what time, etc. – but I wanted to remind everyone to mark their calendars for that evening.

For the past few years we have had our event at the Columbia Country Club. We are looking into doing it there again, but we are also running a bit short of funds this year (and prices are always going up), so we are also looking for other options.  If you would like to host the neighborhood on your patio (or screen porch, or in your garden, etc.) we would love to hear from you.  Your responsibility is only to have the place, and maybe a grill we can use.  We can collect donations from everyone to cover the cost of the main course (hamburgers, hot dogs, or maybe something like fried chicken) and drinks, and everyone else brings side dishes and desserts.  We usually get together about 5:30 with an eye to eating by about 6:00.  Sometime after we’re all comfortably full (which, thanks to the talents of many of our neighbors is also delicious! and doesn’t take long) we have our annual “neighborhood meeting” to talk about any issues, and things like planning the annual neighborhood-wide garage sale in the autumn.

It is a great way to get to know the neighbors!  So if you are interested, please contact me (Martha John) to talk about it.