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CHSBB’S SECOND ANNUAL GET-TOGETHER

“SIESTA FIESTA” SAN DIEGO, CA - JULY 15-17, 2017

Please note: This is NOT a convention!

Just like this year’s Spring Fling, the Siesta Fiesta is a vacation opportunity and aninformal gathering of B&B fans. If that appeals to you, regardless of your plans toattend the 2017 con, come join us in San Diego for several days of fun!

Note: There is NO registration fee - because this is not a con! For dinners out,payment will be made on one credit card and individuals can settle up after eachdinner. For excursions you wish to sign up for, funds will be requested prior to thegathering so that we can purchase tickets and make transportation arrangements.

Our base of operations is a hotel in the heart of Old Town San Diego: Best Western Plus Hacienda Hotel - Old Town4041 Harney StreetSan Diego, CA 92110

Siesta Fiesta room rate: $200/night for single/double occupancy (plus 10.5%occupancy tax, 2% San Diego Marketing District Assessment Fee, and $7.00/nightresort fee). Includes full American Breakfast Buffet each morning, welcomecocktail voucher, two bottles of water in hotel room, coffee/tea service in lobbyeach morning, free shuttle service to/from San Diego International Airport.Parking at the hotel is $16/night. Additional adult guests in a room: $10/night. Check-in is 3 p.m.; check-out is 12:00 Noon. Room rate is available fromWednesday, July 12, 2017, through and including Tuesday, July 18 (check out byWednesday, July 19, 2017, or you will be charged the prevailing summer roomrate for that night and subsequent nights).Make reservations by calling the hotel directly at (619) 298-4707. MentionSiesta Fiesta Group when reserving to get the room block rate. If the block is fullwhen you call, let JoAnn know so she can have the block enlarged (note: book assoon as you decide to come to ensure we can extend our room block if necessary).You can make reservations NOW, so why not do it?!A schedule of activities will be developed, dependent upon the number of fansgathering and what days they are staying. We have LOTS of options!

GIVE US AN IDEA OF WHAT YOU’D LIKE TO DO!

Of course we’ll do “B&B things”! Like at Spring Fling, we’ll play games of allkinds with a B&B flavor. There’ll be chances to purchase a variety of items toraise funds for Just In Time (a charity providing assistance to youths aging out ofthe foster care system), and we have some other fun ideas in mind (we’re open tosuggestions!). So even if you don’t wish to join other fans on any excursions,there’ll still be lots of B&B-specific fun to be had during the long weekend! And,depending on the number of fans coming, we may offer a full day of in-hotelactivities in addition to planned excursions and game nights, and extend the funover MORE than three days!If you plan to come, we need your help. View the following pages for diningand/or excursion options that appeal to you. Advise CHSBB at [email protected] orwrite to CHSBB/Brenda Froberg at 1475 N. Highview Lane #405, Alexandria, VA 22311. Alternately, advise JoAnn Baca at [email protected] or write to herat 5560 Redland Drive, San Diego, CA 92115, so we can plan what appeals tomost attendees.Responding to this survey does not commit you to anything, it’s just a way togauge interest among a variety of choices. However, since we will develop a fewexcursion and dining opportunities based on probable attendees’ interests,PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND UNLESS YOU PROBABLY WILL ATTEND.

SIESTA FIESTA QUESTIONNAIRE

Fill out and return or e-mail your responses ONLY if you probably will attend.

Dining Options (all options are within walking distance of the hotel):

TYPE OF FOOD INTERESTED?

Mexican (restaurant)

Italian (restaurant)

Cajun (restaurant)

Seafood (restaurant)

Pizza Party (in a hotel suite)

Banquet-style dinner (private room at the hotel)

Buffet lunch (in meeting space at the hotel)

Picnic (outdoors at a park near the hotel)

Excursion Options:

Of course, once you are in San Diego, you can plan for any of a variety of toursand excursions, to be taken on your own. This gathering is being planned so thatyou can spend as much or as little time together with other fans as suits you. AtSpring Fling, many fans went on excursions together, but some skipped the tours,explored on their own, and met up with other fans for dinners. It’s all up to you! For those who would prefer to hang out with other fans as much as possible, inaddition to the B&B-themed activities we have planned, we will offer some groupexcursion options. This is where the feedback of potential attendees becomes soimportant. Let us know which, among the items listed, appeal to you. This doesNOT commit you to the excursions at this time, just lets us know which ones weshould pursue based on the level of interest. [To the extent known, prices areincluded to give you a general idea of costs BUT they are current 2016 prices, andare subject to change.]

EXCURSION INTERESTED?

Whaley House (historical home - one of the most hauntedhouses in America; walking distance of the hotel) - Docent-led tour - $10 apiece (minimum of 12 for a group)

Old Town Harney Street Market - held each Saturday andSunday on the streets of Old Town - free (unless you buysomething!)

Lions, Tigers and Bears (a safe haven for abused andabandoned exotic animals) - this would be a Thursday orFriday option - $33 apiece (or $28 if the group is 20+) plustransportation to Alpine (about a one-hour drive from thehotel) - we would hope to get there by private cars, butdepending upon how many of us there are, we might need torent a vehicle

Old Town Trolley Tour - (hop on/hop off all day or stay onboard for the whole tour; 11 stops, including Coronado,Little Italy, Balboa Park, Gaslamp Quarter, etc.) - $39 each

A day at Mission Beach /Belmont Park - go to the beachand play in the water and/or visit an old-style amusementpark with one of the oldest wooden roller coasters in theU.S., plus endless wave machine ($20/hour), & LazerMaze,laser tag, a zipline, etc., all priced separately and runningbetween $3-$10 apiece, or All Access Pass - $54.

Birch Aquarium at Scripps - $17 apiece (about a 30-minutedrive from the hotel) - we would hope to get there by privatecars, but depending on how many of us there are, we mightneed to rent a vehicle

San Diego Zoo - $45 for a 1-Day Pass

U.S.S. Midway - one of the longest-serving aircraft carriers -$18 each (note: lots of stair-climbing if you do this tour)

Sunset Dinner Cruise - (any night but Saturday) - $93 each

Old Globe Theatre - usually produces Shakespeare duringthe summer - $50 - $70 apiece, depending on size of group,performance and seating area (not available on Monday)

Trip to Griffith Park in L.A. - free but kick in for gas & wemight offer a picnic lunch for about $10 apiece (we wouldhope to get there by private cars, but depending on howmany of us there are, we might need to rent a vehicle)

Something else you’d like to suggest?

I AM INTERESTED IN ATTENDING THE SIESTA FIESTA!

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THE PLANNED DATES ARE JULY 15-17, 2017 (likely to be extended toinclude July 14), WITH THE HOTEL OFFERING THE SAME RATE ON AWEDNESDAY-TO-WEDNESDAY BASIS. WITH THAT IN MIND ~

HOW MANY DAYS WOULD YOU PLAN TO SPEND IN SAN DIEGO?__

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