{"id":34190,"date":"2026-07-05T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T10:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=34190"},"modified":"2026-06-30T14:25:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T18:25:53","slug":"clubs-barbecue-in-the-park-in-just-one-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/?p=34190","title":{"rendered":"CLUB’S BARBECUE-IN-THE-PARK IN JUST ONE WEEK!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>BARBECUE-IN-THE-PARK<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

This year, our annual MonSFFA Barbecue-in-the-Park is scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 12, in Parc Maisonneuve, which is located next to the Botanical Gardens complex and across the street from the Olympic Stadium, in the city\u2019s East End (major bus routes along Sherbrooke Est, Viau, or Pie IX; Metro Viau or Pie IX).<\/p>\n

We expect to claim a picnic table or two around our usual spot, so look for us there, along one of the lines of trees separated by open field, not too far from the park\u2019s chalet, which houses convenient and well-maintained washroom facilities.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Bring family, bring friends; all SF\/F fans are welcome to join us for a relaxing afternoon of fresh air and sunshine, food and refreshments, and fun with fellow sci-fi fans!<\/p>\n

As always, individuals are responsible for bringing their own soft drinks, juices, or other libations, as well as any hotdogs, hamburgers, or chicken fillets they may wish to grill\u2014the club will supply a gas barbecue. Folk may also contribute a snack item or two\u2014potato chips, cookies, Timbits, apples, a vegetable plate, etc. You \u00a0may also cart in your own lawn chair or picnic blanket, should you wish. Feel free, as well, to bring along an outdoor game, such as lawn darts, horseshoes, a kickball or Frisbee. And remember your sunscreen!<\/p>\n

RAIN DATE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Should inclement weather roll in on our chosen date of Sunday, July 12, we have selected a back-up, or rain date: Sunday, July 19. That\u2019s the following Sunday, one week later, same place and time. Check the club\u2019s Website morning of for the \u201cgo, no-go\u201d notice should rain threaten.<\/p>\n

We look forward to seeing you all and enjoying a pleasant afternoon in the park on Sunday, July 12!<\/em><\/span><\/h4>\n

And…<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

VIRTUAL PICNIC<\/strong><\/span><\/h1>\n

For out-of-town club members in particular, who cannot attend our Barbecue-in-the-Park, we\u2019ll also host a Virtual Picnic online, via ZOOM, on Sunday, July 26, from 1:00PM to 4:00PM.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Folk are invited to prepare and enjoy their own picnic lunch at home while taking part in our ZOOM-Chat as a means of touching base with their many MonSFFriends! The conversation is casual, the topics varied, and the camaraderie congenial!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BARBECUE-IN-THE-PARK This year, our annual MonSFFA Barbecue-in-the-Park is scheduled to take place on Sunday, July 12, in Parc Maisonneuve, which is located next to the Botanical Gardens complex and across the street from the Olympic Stadium, in the city\u2019s East End (major bus routes along Sherbrooke Est, Viau, or Pie IX; Metro Viau or Pie … Continue reading CLUB’S BARBECUE-IN-THE-PARK IN JUST ONE WEEK!<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":435,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/435"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34190"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34190\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34192,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34190\/revisions\/34192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monsffa.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}