Upcoming Events

I just wanted to give an update on upcoming events.

For September, it will be the standard breakfast at Brier Creek on September 5th.

On October 3rd, the Triangle Italians will be driving to The Winery at Iron Gate in Mebane; http://www.irongatevineyards.com

The plan is meet @ Brier Creek in the morning at our regular time (9AM) and then leave for Mebane around 10AM.

Greg Owens will need a final head count and meal selections by 9/15/09

The cost will be $12.30 per person and is served with a sandwich (selections below) and includes tea or lemonade and a caesar salad.

- Roasted chicken, pepers & mushrooms on scratch-made olive bread
- Salmon BLT on scratch made white bread
- Turkey Club (includes ham & bacon) on club bread
- Vegetarian eggplant & ricotta Panini on scratch-made Italian hard rolls

We are working on a scenic driving route from Brier Creek to Mebane.

Greg will be collecting reservations and meal selections at our August and September Triangle Italians gatherings. You can also email your meal selection to TriangleItalians@gmail.com.

Saturday, March 7th Breakfast

Triangle Italians will be gathering for breakfast on Saturday, March 7th at 9 AM. Our friends at Apex Vintage are planning to bring over a few classic Italian sports cars, so make sure to make some room in your schedule to come out and grab a cup of coffee and enjoy some awesome automobiles and motorcycles.

One other note; Triangle Italians, in conjunction with our friends at Lotus of Durham, are working on a new site. Once site development is done, we'll move over to the new site and there will be a whole new look with much added functionality. Thanks for your continued support.

Final Details on Pinehurst Gathering

On Saturday, January 10th we are organizing our 2nd Annual January Drive to Pinehurst. Last year was a huge success with Ferrari owners driving in from Raleigh/Durham, Charlotte, Winston Salem, and other points in-between.

We'll be meeting at the Pinehurst Country Club around 10-10:30 and have lunch at the Donald Ross Grill around 11:30. After lunch, our plan is to head over to Sports Leicht (http://www.sportsleicht.com) to tour Bjorn Nordemo’s famed Mercedes Benz restoration shop. Bjorn always promises to have some interesting projects underway!

Please RSVP no later than January 3rd to either this thread or 'triangleitalians@gmail.com' if you plan to attend. I need to give the Pinehurst staff a count so they can accommodate us along with the regular golfers.

For those in the Raleigh area, we’ll be gathering at the Porsche/Jaguar/Audi dealership in the Cary Auto Park at 8:30 AM and then caravan to Pinehurst from there. We’ll depart from the Auto Park around 9:00AM.

Here’s a link to last years’ gathering:
http://ferrarichat.com/forum/showthread.php?t=173396

Look forward to seeing everyone in Pinehurst!

Regards,
Greg

January 2009 Events

For January, our plans are as follows:

January 3rd (1st Saturday), we'll be meeting as usual at Camille's in Brier Creek @ 9:00AM.

For this gathering though, we do have a little business to conduct...that being our calendar of events for 2009. There will be several events at VIR this year we can drive to as well as the Porsche Hurricane club Oktoberfest and our December Durham Rescue Toy Drive. But, I want us as a group think of other activities and ride-n-drives we can do, so, everyone put on your thinking caps and come with ideas!

January 10th (2nd Saturday), we'll be our 2nd Annual New Years Drive to Pinehurst. More details to follow; E.G. where to meet up, exact times, etc. Last year we had good participation from other owners in Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston Salem.

The general plan will be to meet in Pinehurst around 10:30ish and have lunch around 11:30. Afterwards, the plan will be to tour Bjorn Nordemo's famed Mercedes Benz restoration shop; Sports Leicht.

Durham Rescue Toy Drive...Thank You!!!

The words “Thank You” are not remotely enough to express my sincere appreciation for everyone’s generosity in helping with today’s Toy Drive for the Durham Rescue Mission. What a tremendous success for it’s first year.

Thank you to Marc, Whitney, and Todd for making the long trek to Raleigh for this event. I do appreciate every time you are able to spend a Saturday morning with us.

Thank you to Kevin Heimbaugh (the toy sleigh), Bob Kim, and Jerry Magolan for coordinating the Porsche group! Also a huge “Thank You” to Kevin for coordinating the S2000 owners, and to John for coordinating the NSX guys! Thank you Spencer for getting a few of the Lotus owners to come out. Without your help, today’s event would have been so much less.

As for the Italians, we had all 3 Countach's present along with a Scud, 599, a handfull each of 360s, 430s, 348s, 308s, a 575, and Matt in his 355 Spyder (top down and 30F!) and a beautiful Pantera. What a fantastic day!...enjoy the pics.

December 6th Durham Rescue Mission Toy Drive

Hello Everyone! I am extremely excited about our December 6th gathering. As the title suggests, we’re going to do something a little different this month. For our December meet-n-greet, we’ll be collecting toys for the Durham Rescue Mission. Here is our chance to give the gift of generosity to some of those less fortunate. Most of the children at the Durham Rescue Mission will probably not receive a Christmas gift without our help.

As for a Christmas present, the spokesperson at Durham Rescue Mission said the guidelines are pretty open:
- Boys & Girls ages 12 and under
- Please make sure the gift remains unwrapped

The plan for the morning will be as follows:
- We’ll meet @ Camille’s at our regular time of 9:00AM.
- We’ll start lining up cars around 10:00 - 10:15 and leave the parking lot @ 10:30.
- We will drive to the drop-off point; (currently Crosspointe Church) located at Rt55 & Carpenter Fire Station Road. If this changes, I’ll make sure the thread is updated. I’ll also bring maps for our drive.

The Durham Rescue Mission will have a truck at Crosspointe for us to load our gifts. Thank you everyone in advance for helping with this toy drive!

October 4th Gathering

The Triangle Italians will be hosting our monthly breakfast meeting on Saturday, October 4th at the Brier Creek Commons shopping center at the junction of Highway 70/Glenwood Ave and Interstate 540.

We'll meet @ 9:00AM.Breakfast and coffee will be available from Camille's Sidewalk Cafe, Caribou Coffee, and Bruegger's Bagels. We will be gathering in the outer parking lot near Chili's so that we can be close to all three locations.

For those in the Cary / Morrisville / Apex area, we'll meet at Leith Pre-Owned around 8:30AM and caravan from there...always a great drive.

Look forward to seeing all the area Italians out and about! Unfortuneately, I will not be able to participate this time as me and my family are taking the weekend to visit my parents...this is my wife's (very pregnant) last significant road trip before our new baby girl arrives!