This is a great idea!! This will be me and Mike's first event (we just joined this group). If we can bring some wine or dessert, please let us know :) Can't wait!!

Hi Ariel- So glad you guys can make it; we're looking forward to meeting you. I'm going to post a list of foods for everyone to select and bring (we're covering all the cheese and chocolate) and then we're making it BYO (to share!) I'll post the list soon and email our address and directions out too.

Hi Everyone - Here's the plan. Below is a list of foods that we need for next weekend. If you could please choose what items you'd like to bring and post it so we don't overlap, that would be great. There will be 10-12 of us so just keep that in mind:

For the cheese fondue:
* All the ingredients that go into the fondue (Katie and Sam)
* 3-4 loaves of French bread (Katie and Sam)
* 2-3 avocados (Please do not cut them until you get here -- don't want them to turn brown)

* Sausage (the dried/cured kind - already cooked often in the Italian foods section) -- please cut into bite size cubes
* 3-4 peeled and cubed apples (again you can cut here to avoid them turning brown)
* 1 carton of cherry tomatoes
* 2 red bell peppers cut into bite size pieces
* Small chicken meatballs (pre-cooked) -- (Katie and Sam)

For the chocolate fondue:
* 1 bag of marshmallows
* Mix of fruit cut up into bite size pieces
* Angel food and/or pound cake cut into bite size pieces

* Any mini cookies, brownies, or anything else that would be easy to dip
* Wine (White, red, sparkling -- whatever you'd like)

If anyone has additional suggestions, just let me know.

Thanks!

Hey guys! Mike and I will bring the marshmallows, fruit cup, and angel food cake for the chocolate fondue. :)

We will also bring a bottle of my favorite wine. I was thinking we could all try our wines, I love doing that! If you have a better suggestion, let me know. :)

Can't wait to see you all!!!

We'll do the brownies, mini-cookies and the red bell peppers. How about pretzels? We can bring those if it's ok - those would be good dipped in both cheese and chocolate!

@Mona - I would be up for some pretzels :-)

@Ariel - What fruits will you be bringing? I can help and bring some Strawberries or something so you do not feel you need to bring a huge variety.

We will take care of some of the healthier choices - Apples, Avocados, Strawberries, and a Pineapple.

We will definitely bring a bottle of wine and we'll contribute some veggies (cauliflower, carrots, etc). If anyone has any preferences, let us know.

Looking forward to seeing everyone and meeting some new people!

(Katie- mike will bring the fondue pot to the super bowl party on Sunday for you guys!)

Jodie - We go to Fairway market and they usually have a bowl of fresh, mixed fruit and we were just going to pick that up. Fairway is our favorite. :)

This is great! Thanks all. @Kate - that would be great if mike could do that. Have a great trip to FLA. @Ariel- definitely up for sharing the wine. @Mona- whatever sounds good to you, bring it!

One more request! I'm not positive we'll need them but if anyone has folding chairs please let me know as they may be helpful. Thnx again.

We have fold-up camping chairs we can bring!

I have 4 folding chairs

we will bring the french bread and a bottle of wine, plus some beer since my husband likes beer better then wine.

Hi Everyone- thank you all so much for coming last night and contributing wine and great dippers. And thanks for helping to clean-up (it wasn't as painful this morning!) We had a great time and were very glad to meet new people. Looking forward to whatever the next event might be. Sam and I love hosting so we're always happy to do something. I have a couple other ideas I'll pass along too. Enjoy your Sunday!