Or, you might just want to give her a gift card for a nice meal.

The meeting this week might have a $10 fee for non-members (or it might be free), with the expectation that you order a meal/drink from the restaurant, Giovannis.

Face it, if you're unable to pay, the credit card companies aren't going to try and repo the meal you had lst weekend, or the electronic toys and gadgets that you might possess.

@Bill Gulley -I don't know about this REIA specifically, but some groups take care of all or a portion of the travel expenses for guests including hosting them at restaurants for some meals.

Open windows, don't cook that meal anymore, etc..Good luck

He takes care of everything for the renter, meals, Landry, even down to supplying the plates and knives and forks.

When I or both my father and I would come to Chicago the three of us would go to a show, have many meals together and just enjoy each other’s company.

Provide spices and basic meal-prep items, like vegetable oil so people don't have to go out and buy things to make pancakes in the morning. 

But the good news is that the market is healthier and financing is easier to come by (HML are generally cheaper than back in 2009, conventional is way easier to work with these days) and many of us have a little extra money to invest. 

So, $20 hourly wage + $10 benefits might equate to $30/per hour compensation.Some labor laws regarding mandatory rest breaks (unpaid) and mandatory meal breaks (unpaid), as well as overtime requirements, will come into play.