HMMS

Our next club meeting will be on Saturday, February 4th. We’re meeting at La Fiesta, near the corner of I-10 and Blalock Road/Echo Lane. Directions are below.

We’ll have a special guest with us this month. Clint Host, proprietor of Gashead Motorworks, will be there to tell us about his shop, and answer any car repair, maintenence or modding question you may have about your MINI. Gashhead is one of our club sponsors (he give us discounts!), and although he specializes in Miata race cars, he has work on several of our member’s cars. Clint has invited us to drive to tour his shop (near the intersection of I-10 West and BW8), so after the meeting we’ll caravan to his shop!

Saturday, February 4th, 10:30 am til noonish

La Fiesta
9427 Katy Freeway
Phone: 713-464-3873

Directions to the restuarant:

La Fiesta is located behind the Office Max Store.  Office Max is very visible from the Katy Freeway.

If you are coming from downtown on the Katy Freeway, exit at the Bunker Hill, go under the overpass as if you were heading  back downtown on the feeder, Office Max will on your right, and La Fiesta is behind Office Max.

If you are coming from the west on the Katy Freeway, exit at the Bunker Hill, continue on the feeder road, Office Max will be on your right, and La Fiesta is behind Office Max.

On January 7th, we will be having a short gathering/meeting at the IHOP on Hwy 290 and Fry Road, and then drive to Waco to have lunch with the Metroplex (Dallas, Ft. Worth) MINI club. We’ll meet at IHOP at 9:15 am to get breakfast, and leave for Waco at 10:30 am sharp. Here is the route on Bing. It is about 3 hours long, with twisties! We’ll arrive in Waco around 1:45 pm to 2 pm, which is about the same time the Metroplex club will arrive. We can stop in Cameron for gas/potty break.

Lunch will be at the Elite Circle Grille in Waco (www.elitecirclegrille.com). Lunch will cost $20 per person, including tax & tip. Here is the menu:

• Dr Pepper Ribs: Served with Home-style Mashed Potatoes and Mixed Vegetables
• Lemon Rosemary Chicken: Grilled Chicken Breast with Lemon Rosemary Sauce Served with Home-style Mashed Potatoes and Mixed Vegetables
• Blackened Redfish and rice + Mixed Vegetables
• All received a House Salad, Pecan Pie and a non-alcoholic beverage

The drive back will be ASAP (as short as possible) down Hwy 6, and Hwy 290, or wherever you need to break off from the group.

Breakfast/meeting:
IHOP
26301 Northwest Fwy
Cypress, TX
(281)256-3563

Lunch:
Elite Circle Grill
2132 S Valley Mills Drive
Waco, TX 70706
(254) 754-4941

If you are interested in going to Waco and have lunch, please post a comment. We need an approximate head count for lunch.

Also, bring your FRS radios, and mount your HMMS roundels to your cars! This will be fun!!!

HMMS MINIacs who have signed up:
Jeff & Gretchen Conley
Bob & Ellen Swank
Stuart Mackay
James Moheet
Paul Kwan
Josh, Angela & Brandon Ream
Rick Roberts
Omar Micolta-Artis

The next club meeting will be on December 3rd at the Swank’s house. Same time as usual: 10:30 am to noon. Kolaches, donuts, coffee, juice & milk will be provided.

Directions:

From I-10 head north on Highway 6 3.5 miles to Clay Road. Turn west (left) on Clay Road and go 1.86 miles to Windsong Trail Drive. Pine Forest Country Club will be on your left.  Turn north (right) on Windsong Trail and go 1 mile to Radworthy Drive.  Turn west (left) and we are 5 houses down on the left. Our address is 18019 Radworthy Drive.

On Saturday, November 5th we are meeting at Amazon Grill on Kirby Drive. We’ll be sitting in their Garden Room. They have breakfast (empanadas, omlettes and waffles) and lunch items. As always, the meeting starts at 10:30, but come early and meet and greet your fellow MINIacs.

5114 Kirby Drive
Houston, Texas 77098
713.522.5888

Remember, for new members joining October through December, their dues also pay for 2012.

Finally, on the evening of the 5th, we’re helping to put on a spaghetti dinner at Ronald McDonald House. More details are to follow, but Ma Maison Catering is donating the food! We are looking for volunteers to help serve the dinner, and also asking for donations of paper goods, like paper towels. RMH goes through paper towels pretty quick and always needs extras. We’ll meet at RMH at 5:00 pm. RMH is at 1907 Holcombe Blvd, Houston, TX 77030.