The premier event for Plumber's Conference, sponsored by Intel, will be held at the Fred and Suzanne Fields Ballroom of the Portland Art Museum http://portlandartmuseum.org/. A large assortment of appetizers, all showcasing Oregon's local and sustainable foods, will be showcased - catered by Vibrant Table http://www.vibranttable.com/. For refreshments we will be serving local beers, wines and a specialty cocktail. The decor will be both swanky (Oregon style) and fun - what a combination! Attendees must be registered attendees of the conference, or registered through the Companion Package.
* Speaker dinner at Meriwethers http://www.meriwethersnw.com/ - invitation only. Venue is restricted to 50 guests.
There is no major event scheduled for Thurdsay night. We will instead provide a format from which people can wander Portland and discover all the unique and wonderful things about our city. More about this later …
Events are for attendees. Companion Packages at an additional cost of $175.00 are available for those wanting to bring a companion - that package will include one additional pass to each of the two events (speaker dinner not included), a t-shirt, information about Portland including maps, and some other goodies.
Ground Kontrol - video game lounge. This place for ourselves 5-9 pm, game play is free during that time, open beer and wine, 45 pizzas + salad + bread and olive oil from Old Town Pizza. There are three really nice sounding vegetarian pizza choices. 511 NW Couch St - right on the bus mall http://www.groundkontrol.com/ http://www.oldtownpizza.com/
Touche's, We can have their upstairs pool and game room to ourselves (games still cost, pool would be free to the crowd), pizza, salad, mediterranean plate, buffalo wings (or the like) and open beer and wine. 14th and Glisan - 2 blocks up from the street car stop http://www.touchepdx.com/
Hobos and the Shanghia Tours are working on proposals for me. I've asked for real bar food - chicken fingers and buffalo wings. Their menu is much fancier than that, but not what I think we want for casual night. http://www.groundkontrol.com/
Andina's, which has a incredible new loft like private room up above the restaurant. http://www.andinarestaurant.com/