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My 2011 Dinner Group at Turnberry

Pictured: Kareena Steed, Jason Hills, Kevin Paulson, X, Scotty (couch) David King, Jamma, Matt
My new dinner group is made up of 12 individuals; mostly all from our ward.  We get together every Mon-Thur for an hour of dinner.  There are 6 guys and 6 girls.  All but 1 of us is single.

The group is an intellectual bunch.  We email each other articles that we are interested in and discuss them over our meals.  Kevin, the guy in the top left is a political activist and has a mission to convert us all to his way of thinking, so our conversations always turn to politics regardless of how they start out.

The menus are excellent as well.  We try to purchase the best ingredients, if we can, and share some thing that will be unique and cultural.

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  1. HeatherTue Feb 15, 06:50:00 AM MST

    Best news! So glad you joined a dinner group. So much of life is spent eating, and this should help a lot in shopping, preparing, discussion, enjoying new foods, etc.

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  2. Julie TWed Feb 16, 10:31:00 AM MST

    Let us know if you want any great recipes for 12 (with a couple days notice!) Sounds like a fun and interesting group! If you pile your plate too high, do you get a doggie bag?

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  3. NoelleThu Feb 17, 06:44:00 PM MST

    I AGREE. Dinner groups are the best! I want to hear a sampling of what you've been eating too. The santa picture on your sidebar always makes me laugh and think of our old "santa claws" joke.

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  4. NoelleSun Mar 06, 06:04:00 PM MST

    Why is one of them non-single? That makes me think....

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