Sakura and Snow

Hey everybody,
If I haven't seen you yet this year, let me say I hope you had a fantastic break and are off to a good start in the new semester.

So far this semester the only chance we've had to get together as a whole group has been Oasis last night. So the Core Group Team decided that we should go out to eat together this weekend. We are planning to meet at the campus house 5:15pm Friday to carpool to Sakura Japanese Steakhouse. That's the one in the vicinity of the New River Valley Mall, but across 460 and closer to Kmart. They don't throw knives or build flaming volcanoes out of an onion, but on the plus side, there's not a long wait, and the prices are reasonable, and the food is still really good. So on the whole, it's a great place to go out to eat with friends. Yelp.com says the average meal ends up under $10 even with a drink, tax and tip.

After dinner we'll come back to the campus house to hang out and play some games. If you have any games you got for Christmas or something that you'd like to play, feel free to bring them. We'll probably give it a try.

Of course, all of this is contingent on the weather. The National Weather Service is predicting 2-4 inches of snow Friday afternoon tapering off in the evening. So we will keep an eye on the weather and I'll email you Friday afternoon around 4:30pm or sooner if we need to cancel our plans. Another possibility is that we could still meet at the campus house and just go out to eat someplace closer here in Blacksburg, if necessary. Also, if conditions are right, some of us might decide to go sledding or build a snowman. So if that sounds like fun to you, come equipped with the proper attire in case we get a chance to do that.

If you don't get an email from me saying it's canceled you can assume we are still on for 5:15pm Friday at the campus house.

So now, what are you rooting for -- Sakura, or more snow? I don't know, they both sound like a lot of fun to me!

Hope to see you Friday evening.
Steve