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A Picnic Rather than a Potluck

The lack of facilities on the beach at Turtle Bay resulted in very long lines for the potluck. Who wants to wait in line?

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If you’re provisioning for the 22nd Annual Baja Ha-Ha that starts on Monday, the Grand Poobah wants to alert you to a minor change in the Beach Party at Turtle Bay. In the past, it’s always been a potluck, but this year the Poobah has decided to make it a picnic instead.

In recent years the potluck concept has become difficult for several reasons. First of all, the lack of facilities. The Turtle Bay beach site only has a few tables, so there was very little room to set out all the food. Second, dazzled by literally more than 100 dishes, potluckers had a horrible time deciding what they wanted, which resulted in others having to wait in line for as much as an hour. Third, some new to the potluck concept would contribute a bag of chips, yet walk off with Everest-tall plates of carefully prepared foods, apparently indifferent to the inequality of it all and the fact that some might not get any food at all. This was a problem for the volunteer ‘Food Police’, who didn’t want to be police at all, yet were charged with encouraging moderation.

So we’re going to try the picnic concept. We will have four grills on which to cook stuff and plenty of charcoal, so there will still be opportunities to share. But assume you’re going to be self-sufficient when it comes to dining.

No worries, however, as we’ll still have volleyball, beach games, boogie boarding, the floating island, the war of genders tug-of-war, music, dancing — and lots of cervezas for sale. 

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