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Calendar

This page describes our upcoming events for May and the start of June. Be sure to check out the SIGnificant notes section!

May events
June events
Regularly Scheduled TGIFs
Key Codes
Monthly Gathering Information [new]
Email Address Protection

For a print-worthy, graphic layout of the calendar, click
calendar at a glance.

To protect the privacy of MWW members who host events, we have omitted last names and locations. This calendar provides examples of our events for prospective members and serves as a convenience for current members, whose newsletters contain the details.

For someone who can answer your questions, click
real, live human contacts.


SIGnificant notes

[new]  SEKIU XX. The 20th annual spontaneous Sekiu getaway is on for May 16-18. For rooms, call Van Riper’s Resort (Sekiu) at 360-963-2334. Tell them you’re with Mensa. For information, contact Joe (rjbaker%earthlink.net – see Email).

[new]  MENSA TEST. The next Mensa test date is My 31st. If you know someone who would like to take the test, please have them contact the proctor coordinator (testing%westernwashington.us.mensa.org – see Email) to make arrangements.

BUS ROUTE INFORMATION. To find out detailed route and time information in King County, contact Metro Rider Information at 206-553-3000 or log on to Metro Online. If route information is provided for a specific event, it will be included here.


May events

2

Fri

Regularly Scheduled TGIFs
U-District / Portland / West Sound

2

Fri

5:00 pm

First Friday in Bellingham
At Café Akroteri, 1219 Cornwall.
Contact Bob (dmg-rja%excite.com – see Email) for more information.

2

Fri

7:30 pm

Dining Out SIG
Join Mary after TGIF for dinner at Yanni’s Greek restaurant, 7419 Greenwood Ave N, Seattle, 206-783-6945. With any luck, there will be belly dancers or perhaps acoustic guitar music, but there's no way to know in advance. This is advertised as a moderately priced restaurant. Please RSVP to Mary (yeomama%msn.com – see Email) no later than May 1 and tell her if you are going to attend so she can finalize and confirm the reservation the day before to ensure there is enough space for all who want to attend. Please bring cash or credit card; most restaurants no longer take checks.
RSVP (See Key Codes)

3

Sat

1:00 pm

Port Townsend Lunch Bunch
Bayview Restaurant on Water Street (next to the ferry dock). Reasonable food, reasonable prices, great view. Carpooling available from the Kingston area.
Contact Art (arthur985%centurytel.net – see Email) for more information.

4

Sun

2:00 pm

Women's Bathroom SIG
Join us to discuss women's issues. Bring a snack or beverage to share; chocolate is especially welcome. Confidentiality is an absolute requirement. Adult women are welcome.
The April meeting will be at Susan's in Seattle; contact her for information or directions. Topic: "Six-Word Memoir." One idea was to bring them written out, put them into a basket, pick one at random and see if we can identify who wrote it. Or maybe we will just read them. A recent newspaper article had some examples from the book "Not Quite What I Was Planning." Bring your own.
SO P (See Key Codes)

5

Mon

7:00 pm

Coffee With the Local Secretary
Join Loc Sec Ed Ledger for coffee and conversation at the Starbucks at 1200 Westlake Ave N (in the AGC building) in Seattle. Have Mensa questions? Stop by. No program, no agenda, just coffee.

7

Wed

12:00 noon

Gordon W. Hackbarth Memorial Lunch Bunch
Guaranteed good conversation and good food at Farestart, 700 Virginia St in downtown Seattle.
As usual, please contact Jayne-Alice or Darryl (davisdw2%verizon.net – see Email) by noon the preceding Monday to RSVP.
RSVP (See Key Codes)

8

Thu

12:00 noon

Kent Lunch Bunch
Live or work in Kent? Join Heather for lunch and conversation at Alki Bakery, 20809 - 7th Ave S in Kent (208th & West Valley Highway). Look for Heather (and a ToteMs!) at a table near the fireplace, just opposite the ordering line. Contact Heather (hlcurtin%yahoo.com – see Email) to RSVP or for further information.

9

Fri

Regularly Scheduled TGIFs
U-District / Portland

9

Fri

7:30 pm

Big Trains Little Trains SIG
Contact Robert for information and directions.

9

Fri

7:30 pm

Mensa Movie Night
Hosted by Gregor and Beth at Gregor's in Kirkland. Attendees are welcome to bring movies that match this month's theme (visual arts), and will vote from those available on a movie to watch. After the movie will be a discussion. Please bring snacks and drinks for everyone to share.
Contact Gregor or Beth for information and directions.
SO P (See Key Codes)

10

Sat

June ToteMs/Calendar Deadline
Please have all calendar items, articles and/or editorial material to the Editor (totemseditor%gmail.com – see Email) by the end of today.

10

Sat

7:00 pm

Games North
At Loretta's in North Seattle. Bring a favorite game and a snack to share. If you don't play, show up anyway for good conversation and camaraderie. Contact Loretta for more information or directions.

14

Wed

12:00 noon

Grand Central Bakery Lunch Bunch
The Grand Central Bakery Inc, 214 First Avenue South. The entrance doesn't look like much, but inside is an arcade with several sources of food and a place selling collector maps and a lot of stuff downstairs. Look a Mensa patch on a little stand on the table and/or an older guy in bicycling garb.
Contact Darryl (davisdw2%verizon.net – see Email) for more information.

16

Fri

Sekiu Weekend Begins

16

Fri

Regularly Scheduled TGIFs
U-District / Portland / West Sound

16

Fri

7:30 pm

Eastside Science SIG
Join us this month for a science book report session. Please read all or part of a science related book and be ready to share a short outline and a few of the big ideas from the book. Bias yourself toward ideas that will ignite discussion. Bring a munchie to share, if you like; if not, come without one.
At Nancy's in Redmond; call her for more details and directions.
SO NP (See Key Codes)

17

Sat

Sekiu Weekend Continues

17

Sat

1:00 pm

Peninsula Lunch Bunch
Mensans meet on the third Saturday to gab, grub and enjoy each other.
Alderwood Bistro, 139 W Alder St in Sequim. The Bistro serves salads and sandwiches based on organic, local and seasonal ingredients and cooks over wood fires. From Hwy 101, take the Sequim Ave exit, go north toward the Straits, pass Washington St, go 3 blocks, turn left on Alder St. Look for a disreputable old VW van in the parking lot, and a reputable "seasoned citizen" with a ToteMs in his possession in the restaurant.
Contact Ken (ken%nweducationconsulting.com – see Email) for further information.

17

Sat

5:30 pm

Gen X M's
At Pies and Pints, 1215 NE 65th, in the U-District for dinner and conversation. Mensans born 1961-1981 and their guests welcome.
Contact Randy for further information.

17

Sat

7:30 pm

Monthly Gathering
Hopes and Prospects for Partially Sighted Americans. As usual, there will also be refreshments and a door prize.

18

Sun

Sekiu Weekend Concludes

18

Sun

1:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Great Books Reading Group
At Cloud City Coffee, 8001 Roosevelt Way NE. If you have read or have been meaning to read the classical works and would like to participate in the group, we would like you to join us. This month we will discuss Virgil's The Aeneid.
Contact Jim (jestapleton%comcast.net – see Email) for information and directions.

23

Fri

Regularly Scheduled TGIFs
U-District / Portland / Tacoma

23

Fri

7:30 pm

Big Trains Little Trains SIG
Long trains that roll endlessly by while the highway crossing bell peals for what seems like forever and several days. But, we're not container truck drivers waiting at Royal Brougham Way. We're rail buffs for whom the names on the train evoke memories and dreams of faraway places. Live the romance, vicariously if need be. At Joe's, near Carnation.

24

Sat

7:30 pm

Games Night in Redmond
Join us in Redmond for an evening of games punctuated by shameless noshing. We'll have a cabinet full of games here, but please feel free to bring your favorites along with a munchie to share. If you don't play games, come on over anyway — some of us would rather talk than compete.
At the home of Jeannie and Charles in Redmond; call for more details, directions, and parking information.
SO NP (See Key Codes below)

25

Sun

GenX Last Sunday Dinner
Check the Yahoo groups message board for location and time.

28

Wed

12:00 noon

Wallingford Lunch Bunch
"Good American food" at the Rusty Pelican Café, 1924 N 45th. Please RSVP to Jenefer's office by 11:00 to make a reservation. Free parking behind the building.
Bus: The 44 from the U District or Ballard serves this location.
RSVP (See Key Codes)

30

Fri

Regularly Scheduled TGIFs
U-District / Portland

31

Sat

10:00 am

Proctored Test
At Calvary Christian Assembly, 6810 Roosevelt Way NE in Seattle. Fee is $40.00
If you know someone who would like to take the test, please have them contact the proctor coordinator (testing%westernwashington.us.mensa.org – see Email) to make arrangements.

 

 

 

 


June events

1

Sun

2:00 pm

Women's Bathroom SIG
Join us to discuss women's issues. Bring a snack or beverage to share; chocolate is especially welcome. Confidentiality is an absolute requirement. Adult women are welcome.
Venue for the June meeting is undetermined at press time. Please contact the April hostess for information.

4

Wed

12:00 noon

Gordon W. Hackbarth Memorial Lunch Bunch
Guaranteed good conversation and good food at Farestart, 700 Virginia St in downtown Seattle.
As usual, please contact Jayne-Alice or Darryl (davisdw2%verizon.net – see Email) by noon the preceding Monday to RSVP.
RSVP (See Key Codes)

6

Fri

Regularly Scheduled TGIFs
U-District / Portland / West Sound

10

Sat

June ToteMs/Calendar Deadline
Please have all calendar items, articles and/or editorial material to the Editor (totemseditor%gmail.com – see Email) by the end of today.

13

Fri

Regularly Scheduled TGIFs
U-District / Portland

 

 

 

 


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