Re: Jeff Long Bachelor Party June 12-14

Gents,

It's been a fortnight since I last wrote to you. Thank you for your replies and enthusiasm. I'm heartened by your candor. The reckoning is coming together nicely. Of note, and of particular importance to the event, I must tell you that I booked my flight from San Francisco to Chicago today. Unfortunately, I've a layover in Phoenix but I shall persevere nonetheless.

If you have not responded yet (we shall not name the lame at this juncture), please do so at your earliest convenience.

In the meantime, however, I can impart details which are germane to the festivities. For the Friday night welcoming dinner, I'm planning for us to break bread at Mike Ditka's Restaurant on East Chestnut Street. I've personally reviewed the dinner menu and I'm confident in its quality of sustenance.

For out-of-towners, the choice of hotel is another matter entirely. I'm weighing our options with an eye on cost, location, and reputation. If we're squeezing four people (two beds) per room for Friday and Saturday night, we're looking at roughly $150 per person. I've checked with the Best Western Grant Park, the Marriott Renaissance, and the Inn of Chicago Magnificent Mile. If you have a recommendation or a unique strategy for our hotel choice, please let me know.

Of course, more details to follow as surely as sunlight overtakes candlelight each morning. I spoke to the bachelor himself today and he's encapsulated in wedding planning. We should all pity his lot in life until the bachelor weekend is upon us.

Until next time,

Matt Baker
Best Man, Cousin, American

On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 11:26 AM, matt baker <matt@mattanddanielle.org> wrote:

Gentle Fellows,

Consider my plea. I write to you and your sensibility. We must acknowledge the degradation of a man. This a man we all encourage and respect. Yet, this is a man stuck in an incorrigible state. I cite for you Jeffrey Michael Long. A lamentable married man within six months' time. We must, as a point of paramount significance, acknowledge his fate with ritual madness.

The bacchanalia is imminent. Don your fox-skins. Restore your fervor. The locale is Chicago, Illinois. The Jeff Long Stag will commence Friday, June 12th, 2009 and will dismantle June 14th, 2009. As the witching hours draw nearer, I'll have more concrete details to share. 

The night of the 12th will be a righteous reunion for many. Dinner, drinks, stories, urban decor. On the 13th, we'll go to a Cubbies game at Wrigley Field with the Twin City sluggers in town. The night of the 13th we'll surround Coach Long with admiring and affectionate friends, and it'll be true that, on this exclusive occasion, he will regard the 13th as a hapless man's lucky day.

In the interest of preparation, please contact me shortly by email with your intended status. I will rely on your collective size to seek out hotel accommodations, restaurant venues, ticket options, and other items to propose a workable budget. However, I leave you to finalize your own travel arrangements to and from Chicago. With many guests arriving from out-of-state, we'll likely see a unique blend of planes, trains, and automobiles.

You should feel compelled to contact me with your suggestions, questions, and enthusiasm. Apart from email, my cell phone number is 650 861 0616.

Let us part briefly with a quote from the bachelor himself, "I've never had a bad time in the windy city." We have the power to make him omniscient.

Thank you for your time.

Matt Baker 

Best Man, Cousin, American