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MEALS AND SOCIAL EVENTS

NEERS Welcoming Social - Thursday, 5 p.m.

Location: John Carver Inn

Time: 5 p.m. - until we head out to dinner

The Welcoming Social will be held immediately following the Symposium, and will provide an opportunity to check out the posters before the official poster session on Friday. There will be light refreshments served (including complimentary beer and wine) and a chance to mingle and chat about topics of estuarine and coastal significance with the astute and erudite NEERSians gathered for this special meeting.

Awards Banquet - Friday, 6:00 p.m.

Location: John Carver Inn

Time: bar and appetizers open at 6 p.m., dinner at 6:30 p.m.

Members and friends are invited to sign up for the banquet when they register. The Friday evening festivities will begin with a social in the hotel restaurant (Hearth n' Kettle). Drinks will be available from the bar (cash bar). The Awards banquet will be a buffet that features New England clam chowder; a baby spinach salad with blue cheese, pecans, and craisins; a choice of three entrees (baked haddock with sherry crumbs; baked chicken Florentine stuffed with spinach, onion, and fontina cheese; and wild mushroom ravioli with mushroom and cured tomato ragu). Dinner will be followed by a cranberry-apple crisp with whipped cream. The student awards for best oral and poster presentations will be awarded at the close of the banquet.

PRE-REGISTRATION IS ESSENTIAL FOR THE BANQUET, only those that pre-register for the banquet can be guaranteed a meal due to space limitations. Please indicate whether you will attend on the meeting registration form. The caterers are aware of dietary restrictions – just make sure to include them in your registration. If you don’t find what you need on the registration form, contact .

Students delivering an oral or poster presentation (as lead presenter) attend for free.

After dinner we will walk down the hill to a local venue, most likely T Bones Roadhouse. Their calendar says Friday's entertainment is "Minute to Win It" and is described as "Play games, dance the night away" and you can get your bar tab paid for if you win. Will they allow an entire organization to win? Will the locals be upset by how talented NEERSians tend to be? We will see. As always we will be on the lookout for the next Stickleback Award winner, so dance late and make sure you're physically (if not mentally) present at the first talk the next morning.

Other Meals

Thursday lunch and dinner and Friday lunch are on your own. Water Street and Main/Court Street in Plymouth have myriad dining options within a reasonable walking distance. A few options are listed below.

Meeting registration includes the welcoming social and mid-morning and afternoon breaks. Meals are not included.

A Saturday box-lunch (for field trips or travelers) is available for $15.00. Please pre-register for a box-lunch when completing the registration form.

Breakfast will be available at the hotel each morning at your own cost, or can be found at many of the local food options.

Quick coffee/snacks
Dunkin’ Donuts
Kiskadee Coffee Company (www.kiskadeecoffee.com/) - coffee, pastries, bagels, etc

Breakfast/Lunch
Persy’s Place (www.persysplace.com) – large menu, “New England” food
Water Street Café (waterstreetcafeplymouth.com/Home.html) – small diner-like café with basic breakfast/sandwiches

Lunch/Dinner
T Bones Roadhouse (www.tbonesroadhouse.com/)  - BBQ/Southern
Cabbyshack Restaurant and Pub (www.cabbyshack.com) – seafood/”Caribbean”
The Lobster Hut (www.lobsterhutplymouth.com/) – fried seafood
Sam Diegos (plymouth.samdiegos.com/) - Mexican
Upper Crust Pizzeria (http://theuppercrustpizzeria.com/) – pizza
Bangkok Cuisine - Thai