Specialized notebooks

Fortson, Russ (FORTSONR@bonsmtp.ksc.nasa.gov)
Tue, 20 Jun 95 15:23:00 PDT

Hey Gang!
I recently downloaded an address book file of travel-related 800 numbers
(hotels, airlines and car rental places). This is very useful. How about a
group effort to put together a notebook file of restaurants in major cities?
(Didn't the Newton have something like this?) To keep it somewhat
objective, I suggest we base our lists on "best of" lists from local
publications (Orlando Magazine, Atlanta Constitution, New York Times,
Chicago Tribune, etc). Of course, if you have a particular favorite that
only you know about, by all means add it in. Each city can be a single
notebook file page, entitled simply with the name of the city or
geographical area ("Chicago", or "Brevard County, FL"). We can then merge
(how?) the files together to create one master list of restaurants
throughout the country (world?). Mmmm, mmm, good!

I suggest the following format for one restaurant listing. Any other
suggestions are more than welcome.

NAME: Rusty's House 'o Swine
ADDR: 123 Poplar St.
Cape Canaveral, FL
PHONE: 407-555-1212
HOURS: Sun -Th 12:00 pm - 10:00 pm
F-Sat 12:00 pm - 2:00 am
CUISINE: Fried, roasted, broiled, boiled, BBQ'd and baked ham
Excellent pig's feet!
COST: Lunch $4.95 - $11.95
Dinner $8.95 - $23.95 (pig's feet for four)
NOTE: Live pig racing on Friday nights; voted best BBQ in Brevard Co. by
Florida Alive newspaper.
SOURCE: Florida Alive newspaper
(or, personal choice)

Did I leave anything out?

A file from your area containing 10-20 listings would be pretty easy to
generate and would really be handy for those of us that travel regularly.
So, come on gourmands, let me know what you think. I'll generate a list for
Orlando and Brevard County (central east coast of FL). I could even do
Atlanta. We need to know 1) Where to post these files; 2) how to merge
them; and 3) an agreed upon format for making the lists.

Thanks for your attention.
Russ
russ.fortson-1@ksc.nasa.gov