The Spring Adopt-a-Beach clean up day is April 28th. Houston MINI Motoring Society is the Guardian of a 1/2 mile stretch of Galveston Island State Park beach. We’ll meet at the beach at 9:00 am, clean for a couple of hours, and then head out for lunch somewhere in Galveston. I’m looking for our members to suggest a lunch stop in Galveston.

The Texas General Land Office provides trash bags and latex gloves. If you like, bring your own pair of work gloves. Don’t worry, there will be no heavy trash to pick up. HMMS will bring drinks.

Galveston Island State Park is on FM 3005 (Seawall Blvd) about 9 miles west of 61st Street on Galveston Island.

Let us know if you are coming by commenting on this post.

Interesting Fact: During the 2011 Spring clean-up day, 2,291 volunteers picked up 27.5 tons of trash along 32 miles of Galveston area beaches. Wow!

Change of venue!!

Since Aviator’s Grill will be closed the weekend of Easter, we’ve decided to meet at BJ’s at Willowbrook Mall.

7637 FM 1960 West
Houston, TX 77070
281.477.8777

Some of us MINIacs are going to Coffee and Cars before the meeting. Coffee and Cars is an event where owners of classic and exotic cars gather to show them off. Its free and open to the public. Coffee and Cars will be at Vintage Park: 110 Vintage Park Houston, TX 77070.

In the April meeting, we’ll talk about 2012/13 officer nominiations, and talk about two upcoming events fro April: a bluebonnet drive on the 15th, and the Spring Adopt-a-Beach cleanup on the 28th.

HMMS Agenda Apr 2012

Deborah King has offered to plan a drive to look at bluebonnets for Sunday, April 15th. It will start at Hooks Airport on FM 2920 at Stuebner Airline Road. We’ll meet at 10:00 am, and “take off” at 10:30 am. The drive will be somewhere between 100 and 130 miles, with lots of twisties and opportunities to photograph bluebonnets. Lunch will be around 1:00 pm.

Stay tuned for more details!

The next HMMS meeting will be on March 3rd, and will be held at Sitar Cuisine of India. James Moheet (jam) has set up this venue for us. We’ll have an area of the restaurant to ourselves, and there is a buffet lunch. The buffet is $11.99 per person. Bring an appetite!

We’ll meet and greet at the parking lot at 10:00 am, go in at 10:30 to start the meeting, and the buffet will be ready at 11:00.

Come out and see us!

Sitar Cuisine Of India
25701 I-45 North
Spring, TX 77380
Tel: 281-364-0200

www.sitarcuisineofindia.net

Directions:

Coming from the south on I-45: Exit Rayford/Sawdust. Make a left on Sawdust (under I-45). Make a right on Borough Park Dr (first light right behind HEB). Make a right on Valley Wood Dr. Just before the feeder road make a left into the driveway of the shopping center. The restaurant is on the other end of the strip center.

Coming from the north on I-45: Exit Rayford/Sawdust. Keep a keen eye to the right. The restaurant is in the strip center just before Valley Wood Dr. You can turn right onto Valley Wood, and quickly turn right into the strip center parking lot.

HMMS Agenda Mar 2012

On March 31st, we’re driving to San Marco to visit Dick’s Classic Garage car museum and see the Concours d’ Texas car show.  Below is a flyer for the car show.

Here is the schedule:
9:15 am – Leave Panera Bread in Cinco Ranch (23501 Cinco Ranch Blvd, Katy)
11:30 am – Arrive in San Marcos for lunch at Grins Restaurant (802 North LBJ Drive, www.grinsrestaurant.com)
Approx 1:00 pm – Arrive at Dick’s Classic Garage (120 Stagecoach Trail, San Marcos)
4:00 pm – Car show ends; drive back to Houston
6:15 pm – Arrive in Houston

For our route, we’ll take I-10 West, and turn northwest onto Hwy 80 (through Luling) to San Marcos. Here is the route on Bing.

Here are some pictures from a previous car show: PICTURES

We’re going to put on our annual Valentine’s pancake breakfast at Ronald McDonald House on February 12th! This event is always a big hit with the kids and their families, and is rewarding to HMMS members.

We need volunteers to help prep the food and flip pancakes, to serve and keep the buffet line stocked, and clearing tables. Not only do we need volunteers, but we also need members to donate the items listed below. Please comment below if you are interested in helping and/or donating. Let me know what on the list you would like to donate.

We will meet at RMH at 8:30 AM, start cooking around 9:00 AM, and serve starting at 9:30 AM. Per RMH rules, we can have a maximum of 15 volunteers, all 16 years of age or older. Also, for the kids’ protection, no one is allowed in the House if they have been sick or exposed to any infectious disease within two weeks prior to the event.

If you have been collecting pull tabs, bring them with you. RMH turns these in for cash to buy thing needed by the residents. Also, they will always glady accept donations of paper towels.

Items needed:

Ebelskiver (perhaps) – Donna Lamy
Pancake mix - The Conleys
Regular syrup - The Swanks
Sugar-free syrup - The Swanks
Butter - Omar Micolta-Artis
Chocolate chips - The Moheets
Sprinkles - The Moheets
Whipped cream – Judith Conover
Fruit to put on pancakes (strawberries, blueberries, bananas, etc.) - The Beattys
Yogurt (single serving sizes) - The Beattys
Juice - Omar Micolta-Artis
PAM cooking spray - Josh Ream, The Moheets
Three to four electric griddles – One from the Conleys, one from John Ream
Warming trays  - Donna Lamy
Paper plates & cups - The Keffers
Napkins – Stuart Mackay
Plastic utensils - The Keffers, Josh Ream
Flavored coffee creamer - Omar Micolta-Artis
(Coffee & cereal to be provided by RMH)
Table decor – The Swanks

Helpers: Donna Lamy, Bob & Ellen Swank, Josh Ream, Jeff & Gretchen Conley, Stuart Mackay, Doug & Iris Beatty, Judith Conover, Deb King, Paul Dille