Hello MINI fans,
Please join us for our spring planning meeting to discuss 2010 events with Mad City MINI.

If you will be attending, please reply to madcitymini@gmail.com with your name and the number of people attending to assist us in making a reservation.

If you can not attend the meeting but have input you would like to share, please email it to us and we will present it to the group at the meeting.

Wed 4/28 @ 7pm
Bunky’s Café
2425 Atwood Ave.
Madison WI 53704
608.204.7004
http://www.bunkyscafe.net/
 
Here’s to a fun season!
Mad City MINI

Celebrate the holiday season with your fellow Mad City MINI enthusiasts! We will need to make a reservation so please RSVP by posting a comment here or emailing madcitymini@gmail.com

Friday 11/20/09
7-8:30pm
La Rocca’s Restaurant & Pizzeria
940 Williamson Street
Madison, WI 53703
608-204-9100

Come join Mad City MINI on a scenic and twisty mix to wrap up the driving weather portion of 2009.

This will be a roughly 5-hour drive, with breaks for a light lunch (bring snacks or picnic lunch) and dinner (at the Log Cabin in Baraboo).

We will be leaving at 11am from the Middleton Park and Ride near US 12 and Parmenter St (4001 Parmenter St, Middleton, WI,for your GPS).

There will be a Milwaukee-based group leaving from Burger King in Delafield (at the SE intersection of I-94 and Hwy 83 - the address is 2725 Heritage Dr, Delafield, WI, for your GPS) at around 9:00am and meeting us at the Middleton jump-off point. You will have time to fill-up on the way out if you need it. John will be leading this group over.

In addition to yourself and your lovely MINI, please pack a light lunch or snacks. Dinner will be between 5 and 6 pm and there will be some brief stops along the way, but no planned lunch stop - so either have a big breakfast or pack some food.

If you get lost, are running late, etc, please call Melissa @ (608) 445-5874.

What to bring:

Come join Mad City MINI for a tour of Wisconsin’s Kettle Moraine state parks, and some scenic and fun roads.

September 5th we’ll be leaving Madison (East Town Park & Ride, at 5601 East Park Blvd. Madison, WI) at 11am.  From there we’ll head to meet our friends from other area clubs at the Park & Ride (384 N Watertown, Johnson Creek, WI) in Johnson Creek.  At noon we’ll head out for the drive, arriving in Elkhart Lake, WI between 4 and 5 pm for dinner at Three Guys and a Grill.

Please RSVP so we know how about many maps to have on hand for distribution to the drivers, and bring your GMRS radio set to Channel 15 Subcode 0.  Please arrive with a full tank of gas.  If you will need to eat between 11 and 4, please pack snacks or a lunch!

Join us on Wed 8/26 at 7pm for a Mad City MINI social at Market Street Diner, 110 Market Street, Sun Prairie. Enjoy dinner or just a sweet treat as we catch up on the MINI season and new developments in all things MINI (hint: Zimbrick).

Please reply to madcitymini@gmail.com or post a comment here if you will be there.

~The rest of the season at a glance~
Sat Sept 5 - Kettle Moraine Drive
Sat Oct 3 - Fox River Valley Drive
Sat Oct 10 - Seed Collection (Volunteer Project)
Sat Nov 7 - Wildcat Mountain Drive
Fri Nov 20 - Holiday Party

Please join us for a driving tour of southwestern Wisconsin on Saturday, August
1 starting at 10:30am. We will meet at Steve’s, 8302 Mineral Point Rd, Madison.
http://www.stevesknows.com/locations_mineral.html

From there we will take a scenic drive to a handful of wineries/breweries in the
area and finish about 5pm for dinner at the Grumpy Troll in Mount Horeb.
http://www.thegrumpytroll.com/

Please email madcitymini@gmail.com if you will be there, to help us in making
the arrangements. We look forward to seeing you there!

Come join us Monday June 15th as we travel to the Sonic Drive In near Miller Park in Milwaukee for the Milwaukee MINI Monday: Ice Cream Social.
We will leave at 5:30 from the Arbys just off of County Road N at the I-94 Exit 244.
The Arbys address is 1603 Landmark Dr, Cottage Grove, WI.
The Sonic Drive In address is 2080 Miller Parkway.

Please respond if you will be going with us, so we can leave after everyone arrives.

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to come.

Happy Motoring

JonneyO

Join us on Wednesday 6/10 for a leisurely drive through Madison… past many parks, green spaces and great overlooks.  We will meet at 6:45 PM at the east end of the Dutch Mill Park & Ride lot, ending with an ice cream social at the Chocolate Shoppe on Midvale Blvd.  Please reply to madcitymini@gmail.com or post a comment if you will be there.

Welcome fellow MINI lovers,

This is Jon with the first 2009 drive event.  We will start at the Park and Ride on Parmenter Street in Middleton at 11:00 a.m.

We will travel north to drive along the Wisconsin river past Baraboo and Wisconsin Dells to Castle Rock.  Then come back down to Wisconsin Dells and eat at the MooseJaw restaurant.  Moosejaw serves a variety of dishes in a interesting atmosphere.

Please comment or respond to the email if you can attend.  Hope to see most if not all of you there.

For those members who were unable to make it to the most recent planning meeting, a bunch of new and old ideas were put forth.

They included in no particular order:

Drive: Northwest towards Wildcat Mountain State Park.

Drive: Northeast towards/around the Fox River valley.

Drive: Galena, possibly meet up with and stay for the weekend with CMDC 9/19-9/20

Drive: East to Kettle Moraine State Forest area.

Drive: Annual City drive visiting various parks in Madison.

Drive: Winery - Brewery tour.

Drive: Central - Upper Wisconsin river tour

Community Volunteer Activities

Icecream / Dinner socials (may include Quaker Steak & Lube Car Cruise Night)

Hwy 18 Drive In Movie Social

Mini East meets West participation

Weekend Visit to the Mall of America

Join up with Milwaukee MINIs for an Ice Cream night.

Attend some of the local car shows (Botham Vineyards - Vintage Celebration, British Car Field Day, Albany IL Car Show, British Car Festival in Des Plaines IL, Cary IL Cruise Night, etc…)

The events which are not planned or hosted by Mad City MINI are currently listed on the Regional-National Calendar.