Boston's North Shore Bi-Weekly F-Drive

Hey Everyone!

Based on last Sunday's rally/lunch turnout (in the cold rain, no less), there appears to be enough die-hard F-Chat drivers north of Boston interested in having a bi-weekly Sunday morning gathering.

I'd like to see if starting on Sunday, 15 May would work for most of you. 9:30 AM is the proposed time.

The Starbucks/Bertucci's on Rt. 1A in Beverly is a great place to meet with ample parking and enough caffeine from Starbucks to raise everyone's octane levels to enjoy a good ride and great company!

Any feedback/suggestions for different routes/restaurants are more than welcome! There are a lot of great routes that include Topsfield, Essex, Ipswich, Newburyport, Gloucester, Rockport, Beverly Farms ... just to name a few.

Here is a sample of tentative dates through August:

Sunday, 15 May
Sunday, 05 June
Sunday, 19 June
Sunday, 10 July
Sunday, 24 July
Sunday, 07 August
Sunday, 21 August

[A few of the Sunday's not listed above are either holiday weekends or other events (like Tutto Italiano) where it makes little sense to schedule a drive]

Any input would be appreciated! Also, this is NOT limited to North Shore residents.... ALL F-Chat members and their friends are more than welcome to join in on the fun!

 

Thanks Dan!

I realized after posting the original message that Sunday, 19 June is Father's Day - another holiday that most will be celebrating....

Sorry for my oversight on that date....

How does everyone feel about the dates otherwise?

 

You are more than welcome, no matter what the car. I agree that the North Shore is a great place for driving.... The roads have good twisties and nice scenery overall. Not a great place for speeding however, as some of the towns are pretty pumped up with cops - Essex being one of those! The get-togethers are not meant to be about speeding, but just relaxing with good roads, and meeting great people to talk about our passion - Ferrari!

Hope to see you there on the 15th!

 

Birdman,

I agree - last weekend was quite an exception to what we all had in mind. In fact, I am actually surprised so many did show considering the rainy weather.

I'm hoping that the 15th will be better weather and that we can get more driving in as well as the good comraderie.

Looking forward to seeing you all on the 15th at Starbucks on Rt. 1A in Beverly. We can get a good route for driving as well as a good place to eat.

Any suggested routes or restaurants are welcome!

Brandon

 

I hope everyone will consider attending this event as it is for a great charity and I can only imagine must be great to be around so many cool cars and their owners too.

Unfortunately, I am unable to attend this year due to other obligations. Dennis, are you the contact for those interested in getting more info?

 

Hey there guys....

A thanks to Dennis for the links and contact information regarding the Hartford FCA/NER Concorso event on 19 June. Again, it's a GREAT charity and I only wish I could go there myself... I hope you all will consider making plans to attend!

As for the 15th, I am hoping (OK, OK, I am praying!) for good weather as well. This morning's Weather Channel forcast says thunderstorms for Sunday.... (I'm NOT a very happy camper hearing this!) But as we all know, the weather forecasts are almost never right and we can only hope that they are again - wrong!

Assuming that it is bad weather, the next date is Sunday, 05 June. (The weekends of 22 and 29 May are booked for most of us due to Tutto Italiano and Memorial Day events)

I'm wondering if you guys may find it helpful to develop a telephone list of interested attendees? It might prove helpful in the event of weather concerns. I'm happy to gather information from everyone and either email or pass out in person a list for all interested. If so, please PM me with your F-chat name, real name, and telephone number.

Brandon

 

Hey there everyone....

Tomorrow's weather forecast is for rain/thunderstorms in the AM followed by steady rain the remainder of the day. Not looking too good for our North Shore drive....

I'm going to keep tabs on the weather and see how it is by 8 AM on Sunday. If it is raining and looking bad, I think we should consider the next available Sunday (05 June) as our time for a drive and lunch. I know some of you who came the first get-together were pretty bummed as we did more chatting and standing in the rain than actually driving. I well understand!

Let's hope for a miracle in a change of weather for tomorrow and if not, let's all count on Sunday, 05 June.

I'm also keeping my fingers crossed for decent weather on 22 May - TUTTO ITALIANO! It'll be my first time there and looking forward to the event.

PM me if you want to talk about NorthShore driving routes and/or anything else.

Take care guys!

 

Thanks Spenser, I sent you a PM with my cell # as well. To date, no one else has given me their number via PM, so I have a very limited number of telephone contacts to call regarding a weather/other event.

It's almost midnight here in Salem and not a drop of rain has hit us yet. I'll keep my fingers crossed for Sunday!

 

Hey Steven...

We are meeting this Sunday, 05 June at 9:30 AM at the Starbucks in Beverly (Rt. 1A near Rt. 128)...

If you can't make the drive, then Starbucks is a good place to meet up with the guys who will want to fuel up on coffee and ************ before the drive.

We'll end up doing lunch again in Essex - either Woodmans again or at Periwinkles. Depends on where everyone wants to eat and the timing as well.

Hope to see you there!

Additional dates:

10 July
24 July
07 August
21 August