2012 January Planning Meeting

The Divas of the Dirt meet at a local restaurant every January to set months and make plans for the coming year. We had such a good time at Manny's Uptown Kitchen (near the Crate & Barrel on north Research Ave) in January 2011 that we decided to go back in 2012.

The previous rotating calendar wasn't working so we tossed it & started from scratch, with each Diva pulling the name of her month from the bowl.  Sophia will start off the year in February, we'll skip the hottest months and use early November as the 8th month. 

As always, the food at Manny's was utterly delicious!

and as always we had a great time catching up.

But gosh-darn it! We can't go back again... in February Manny's Kitchen announced that the restaurant would be closing. We're sorry that Manny's is gone, but very glad we got to be there.

2011- JANUARY PLANNING MEETING AT MANNY'S

Buffy had a craving for applewood bacon, so she suggested Manny's Uptown Kitchen for our annual planning meeting - we were glad she did. The Divas of the Dirt arrived at the Gateway Shopping Center in drizzle and mist on a gray Saturday morning.
In just a few minutes the people in charge had our group set up in the cozy & comfortable main room. Other commitments meant a few Divas of the Dirt had to leave early and/or come late. Diva-Sugar was out-of-state, so she couldn't be there at all. We set up the schedule for the year as best we could: Mattie was returning for sure but Sugar's return was still a question mark. And since we garden in Austin, the weather, as always, would be a bigger question mark.


There was no question about how we liked Manny's - the food was wonderful and the service impeccable. Pancakes! Omelets! Blintzes! Yum! Five of us lingered for conversation and decided we want to come back to Manny's another time.