having delivery, have a clear place where the food is going to go when it arrives. make sure it arrives at least 20-30 minutes prior to when lunch is scheduled to begin, so you can set up, organize, and open the trays. make sure utensils are in a logical place.
* if you go to absolute bagels, be aware they only accept cash, not credit card. if you're only getting 4 dozen bagels with cream cheese, you can probably just go the day of (they open at 6 am), and they will cut the bagels for you if you ask.
* we had 59 talks: 3 sessions of 9 apiece in the 