I could always bring some snacks back to my place. I'll have to ask the boss if he's okay with me holding meetings there first--but I think you're right, I think we should have food and drinks; it'll help break the ice some if people have something to do with their hands.

[He barely remembers the night they'd gotten together and gotten drunk, but he remembers enough to find it a little embarrassing, and he's not exactly interested in getting that drunk again--at least in front of a large group of people he doesn't know well.] I do have a coffee maker. I can't function until I've had at least two cups.