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The Mark A. Davis Family in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania

2012 Virginia Beach Family Adventure

We have two houses reserved for 2012.  The first house is on the beach and the second house is across the street. There are complete floor plans and pictures on the realtor sites. Unlike prior years the houses are to the LEFT of the grocery store at the entrance of the island.  We looked around this area last time and its very nice.

The main house is named North Star at 2468 Sandfiddler Rd and is rented through Siebert Realty.  This house INCLUDES linens.

This property has

  • 8 bedrooms
  • 8.5 bathrooms
  • Pool & Hot Tub
  • DVD player
  • Theater Room
  • Ice Maker
  • Pool Table
  • Ping Pong table
  • Basketball Hoop
  • Horseshoes
  • Wireless Internet Access
  • Gas Grill

Please note that the pool at North Star is along the side of the house and is a narrow pool.  Also, check out the Theater Room with the reclining leather seats

The second house is across the street, is named Kingfisher at 2473 Sandfiddler Rd and is also rented through Seibert Realty.  This house INCLUDES linens.

This property has

  • 7 bedrooms
  • 5 bathrooms
  • Pool & Hot Tub
  • Wireless Internet Access
  • DVD player with 56" TV and Surround Sound
  •  TV's in every bedroom
  • Ping Pong table
  • Corn Hole & Ring Toss
  • Gas Grill

Tee Shirts

Tee Shirt costs are included in the chart below.  You do NOT need to order a tee-shirt if you don't want to.  We need your tee-shirt order by May 26th during MDC 2012 in order to have the shirts in time. 

See the BEDROOM ASSIGNMENTS

Financials

Final Payment due by June 1st, 2012

 

Food Cost

2012 - 38 People Total

Food cost:  See chart at right.  The cost of food over the past two years has gone up and down relatively dramatically. Just like last time, we'll refund any remaining funds at the end of the vacation.  Food cost does not include alcohol.  Incidental/Household charge per family includes paper products, soap, garbage bags, and non-alcoholic beverages.

Menu

Please send your requests prior to the trip.  Jeanne and I will be doing the shopping before everyone gets there, so we need to know what you want in advance. 

Virginia Food Shopping List

Please let me know if you are opting out of Seafood night.

Seafood BLT's
Davis, J Family Lindsey Family
Berkowitz, Byron Young Family
Davis, B Family Brown, Dan
Brown, Debi Berkowitz, Sue
Phillips, J Family  
Phillips, D Family  
Phillips P Family  
Collins Family  
Davis M Family  
Davis S Family  

Breakfasts

In the past we had very little engagement with breakfast, so we'll attempt to get foods that people can prepare themselves with little effort. 

  • Cereal
  • Fruit
  • Bagels & cream cheese
  • Cinnimon rolls

Lunches

  • Pork BBQ (Matt)
  • Hot Dogs
  • Cold Cuts
  • Tuna Salad
  • Make your own Hoagies and WalMart hoagies (we'll try to remember that they are SIX FEET long)
  • Salad
  • Fruit
  • Cookies

Dinners

  • Saturday: Pizza
  • Sunday: Seafood Night (John & Jeri) or BLT's
  • Monday: Mexican Night
  • Tuesday: BBQ Ribs and Chicken, Loaded Baked potatoes, Corn on the cob, Tossed Salad, Watermelon
  • Wednesday: Chinese Buffet
  • Thursday: CheeseSteak Hoagies and HotDogs, Chips, Coleslaw, Potato Salad
  • Friday: Leftovers "Hailiegh's Birthday", Ice Cream (Brown's)

Equipment Needed

  • Ice Cream Freezers: Mark, xxx, xxx
  • Smokers: Matt & xxx
  • Meat Thermometer: Matt & Mark

 

 

2012 Costs

North Star
$1,718.87 per Bedroom

Kingfisher
$1,167.07 per Bedroom

Per Family Charge to cover taxes, insurance waiver and realtor adminstrative fees - not yet determined

Breakfast................$4
Lunch.....................$6
Dinner...................$13
($23 per day)
1/2 price youth (<12)
Free - child < 3

Seafood night is an extra $10 per adult, $5 per youth

Incidentals & Household supplies $20 per adult and $10 per youth for the week

Tee Shirts are $13 per person

 

Bedroom Assignments
Virginia Food Shopping List