Comments on: London Christmas Meetup

London Christmas Meetup

essexjan — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:40:19 -0800

London Christmas Meetup

Thursday, 20th December. In honour of the visit of terrapin and turtlegirl to the UK. Venue yet to be decided, but somewhere in Central London that serves fruit beer.

By: fvw

fvw — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:46:15 -0800

Sounds good.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:47:14 -0800

somewhere in Central London that serves fruit beer

The possibilities are endless!

By: sueinnyc

sueinnyc — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:48:10 -0800

Sounds good to me too.

By: terrapin

terrapin — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:02:04 -0800

woot! Looking forward to it!

By: turtlegirl

turtlegirl — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:05:32 -0800

Yay! Thanks everyone.

By: grouse

grouse — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 13:37:51 -0800

I'm there.

By: goo

goo — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:11:11 -0800

Sounds great! Count me in, and I'll, er, make it this time...

By: randomination

randomination — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:21:43 -0800

The Dovetail serves fruit bear. Sorry, I would google it and give uyou a link but iam too drunkl.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:26:38 -0800

Dovetail, Clerkenwell?

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:27:03 -0800

Oh, heh.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 14:32:24 -0800

Oh! Just saw the date. If anyone fancies an electronic carol service after we could rock along later (in which case an earlyish start at the Fruity beer venue would be good)...

By: sueinnyc

sueinnyc — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 15:44:42 -0800

I would be very happy with the Dovetail.

By: Wilder

Wilder — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:51:39 -0800

I'm in!

By: hugsnkisses

hugsnkisses — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:54:23 -0800

None of the comments here about staff being rude ring true; they were all extremely polite and helpful when we went for a birthday party. The pints of frites are also excellent.

randomination - 9 Sep 2007 11:55

Work there do we, randomination?
LemonGrass - 19 Oct 2007 18:05
Truely, the BITE chaps are masters of wit and exchange.

By: hugsnkisses

hugsnkisses — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 03:56:54 -0800

And truly I have demonstrated my mastery of tags here today.

I'm slightly concerned by the reports that it's a rather busy bar? Crowded venues make for terrible meetups.

By: grouse

grouse — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:06:09 -0800

That web site bites.

By: generichuman

generichuman — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 04:58:48 -0800

Nuts. I will have flown home for the holidays the day before.

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 05:33:44 -0800

Is it too late to book somewhere?

The Metafilter sign is back from its holidays and will be in attendance. I may come along to chaperone it.

By: mattr

mattr — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:05:55 -0800

I'll try and make this one - I have said that before and failed miserably, but I'll try harder this time.

By: adrianhon

adrianhon — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 06:54:02 -0800

Alas, I'll be in Toronto, but have fun folks!

By: flashboy

flashboy — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:08:32 -0800

Dammit, I'm on the late shift at work. If you're still drinking 24 hours later, though, I'll be along.

By: randomination

randomination — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:21:47 -0800

I'm slightly concerned by the reports that it's a rather busy bar? Crowded venues make for terrible meetups.

Might be ok on a Thursday... Shall I go in tomorrow and reserve a table just in case, though?

By: chrismear

chrismear — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:36:51 -0800

Better safe than sorry! It'd be great if you could sort that out. Cheers.

By: Lotto

Lotto — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:20:44 -0800

Sadly can't make it - I'll be working.

HOWEVER.....

*hijack!*

My job for that week is fun! I'm playing trumpet/violin in Dick Whittington at the Hackney Empire in London. I hereby invite any and all MeFites (and families!) to come and see the show. I'm doing all the performances from 18th - 22nd December, but by all means go to a different one if that's more convenient - the full run is December 1st - January 12th, and it's a fantastic show even when I'm not playing in it.

Theoretically this could be the basis for an extra London meetup if a few people wanted to go to the show together - I'd be up for going out for a drink after if that was the case.

If you do decide to come (as MeFites or as parents/aunts/uncles etc of panto-loving children), let me know and/or feel free to come and say hi after the show - I'll be the one with the violin and the trumpet!

*hijack over!*

By: eriko

eriko — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:41:50 -0800

Aagh. I might be in London, but that's the night of the London Circle Fan Gathering for the holidays. But that's at the Melton Mowbray, which is less than half a mile away. I could certainly spend an hour or so.

What time?

By: chrismear

chrismear — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:31:36 -0800

We normally start about 6.30pm and end at Oblivion. Feel free to rock up any time between those, such as 8pm, or Sharing Too Much.

By: armoured-ant

armoured-ant — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 01:56:35 -0800

Aye, I'll likely attend.

By: oh pollo!

oh pollo! — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:39:09 -0800

I can make this one - looking forward to it.

By: terrapin

terrapin — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:49:04 -0800

mattr: I'll try and make this one - I have said that before and failed miserably, but I'll try harder this time.

PLEASE, matt!?!?!?!?!!

By: mattr

mattr — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:47:58 -0800

Damnit - thats some pressure.... but I'll try...

By: randomination

randomination — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:27:52 -0800

Right, I booked us in at 6.30pm for the non-Christmas menu. I asked for room for around 10 people but the last time I booked a table there I was hilariously inaccurate with the numbers and they didn't seem to mind.

There was an identical booking for 6.30pm for the same date, nobody else booked, did they?

By: essexjan

essexjan — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 11:29:27 -0800

Aye, I'll likely attend.
posted by armoured-ant at 9:56 AM on December 3 [+] [!]

I can make this one - looking forward to it.
posted by oh pollo! at 12:39 PM on December 3 [+] [!]

Good. At least there'll be a little eye candy for the laydees.

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 12:27:30 -0800

You didn't see Chris is coming?

By: i_cola

i_cola — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:03:05 -0800

Is now the point where 2 other people suggest 3 other potential venues? ;-)

I was at their sister pub in 'aaaaackney on Sat and it was busy with one moody bar staff person. Highly recommend the mushroom pate.

That all said, I'm not a definite, but I'm not eye candy either...

By: oh pollo!

oh pollo! — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:04:32 -0800

A moment of silence please....essexjan's mind has finally gone. *weeps*

By: armoured-ant

armoured-ant — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:33:38 -0800

Tuck a dollar into my garter and I'll even dance.

By: oh pollo!

oh pollo! — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:37:24 -0800

A dollar?! At the current exchange rate you're in for a frankly torrid night.

By: armoured-ant

armoured-ant — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:36:52 -0800

Did I say dollar? I meant Kuwaiti Dinar.

By: Wilder

Wilder — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:39:26 -0800

Heh-heh, I know eggggsactley where that girls' minds at!!

High fives EssexJan

A-A, I'll wear the boots if you wear the garter! (Jan you do have a stack o' dollars right??

By: Wilder

Wilder — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:40:30 -0800

formally closes parenthesis)

By: sueinnyc

sueinnyc — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:19:15 -0800

I still have lots of dollars from when I lived in NYC, if that helps....

By: triv

triv — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:09:53 -0800

I'm in. That's the day before I jet off to NYC too. Metafilger in the hizzie!

By: triv

triv — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 05:13:49 -0800

Cilit - I should borrow the Metafilter sign and take to to NY with me!

By: freya_lamb

freya_lamb — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 07:34:31 -0800

Hi, is the meet open to all?

By: grouse

grouse — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 08:26:00 -0800

Yes! Come along, we're nice people.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:49:43 -0800

I will be there wearing my David Duchovny costume.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 03:50:07 -0800

(as opposed to my chrismear costume)

By: mattr

mattr — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:07:28 -0800

OK - I've adjusted a flight so that I land at London City rather than Heathrow - so I'll be there...

Where is it?

By: terrapin

terrapin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:13:40 -0800

Woot, mattr!

The meetup is at Dovetail at 6.30. You'll need to ask a local for more information than that.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:32:58 -0800

(as opposed to my chrismear costume)

That's good news, I might need to borrow that.

By: Sparx

Sparx — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:36:24 -0800

That's good news, I might need to borrow that.

No worries. You'll LOVE the alterations I made after the last time - the sequins just GO with the tailfeathers.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:40:03 -0800

Sweet!

The meetup is at Dovetail at 6.30. You'll need to ask a local for more information than that.

9 Jerusalem Passage, Clerkenwell. Nearest tube Farringdon. More details in this link helpfully provided by nthdegx somewhere upthread.

By: quiet

quiet — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 17:25:58 -0800

I should be able to make it.

By: Wilder

Wilder — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 23:39:38 -0800

Can someone please turn up in a Fedora and pinstripes? (I've searched my wardrobe but I'm drawing a blank).

By: chrismear

chrismear — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 02:06:13 -0800

I would, but I'm really not in the mood for fabulous adventures with wonderful people. In bed.

By: Wilder

Wilder — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:12:56 -0800

Riii-ght.;)

By: Sparx

Sparx — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:08:07 -0800

I would, but by the time my plane flies in from San Diego, I'd never have time to change and get to the pub as well - and I wouldn't want to crumple it by wearing it in transit.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 04:21:05 -0800

Groovy, looking forward to it.

By: grouse

grouse — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:17:10 -0800

See y'all tonight, if all goes well!

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:29:31 -0800

Sorry, I can't make it. I have a gig, and I hate to cancel them. I wish were able to, though. Have fun, everyone. Drink one for me.

By: randomination

randomination — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:57:10 -0800

Am going about 10 minutes early, see if I can bagsy the table by the door.

By: armoured-ant

armoured-ant — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 11:44:39 -0800

Afraid I can't make it tonight. It's this cold, man. This damned cold.

By: flashboy

flashboy — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 13:30:34 -0800

I'm just writing this message from the office to let you know that I really wish I was in the pub right now.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:12:41 -0800

I may be the first one home! Sorry I had to leave early. Fantastic meeting everyone.

By: ahughey

ahughey — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:18:07 -0800

It was great meeting everyone. I'll put some pictures up on flickr soonish.

By: goo

goo — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:27:00 -0800

Thanks to everyone! It was lovely to meet you all. And...who will end up with the sign????? Where will it go next on its marvellous adventures?

By: Grangousier

Grangousier — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:05:31 -0800

Good night out! I got to stride across Millennium Bridge on the way home (stride, dammit!), which made me happy. Hooray for beer.

By: sueinnyc

sueinnyc — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:21:09 -0800

I'm very sorry I missed it. I finally got the keys to my new flat a little after 8, and things have continued to be frenzied since then. I look forward to the next meetup!

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 21:56:06 -0800

That was a brilliant night.

By: essexjan

essexjan — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 23:58:45 -0800

That was a brilliant night.
posted by cillit bang at 5:56 AM on December 21 [+] [!]

*spits coffee out*

Exactly how would you know this?

By: mattr

mattr — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:06:25 -0800

Top night out - nice to meet many of you, sorry I had to chip early but it's a fair old journey home from there!

By: oh pollo!

oh pollo! — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:34:18 -0800

Ever so slightly hung over. Also, either I'm getting smaller or camera's at meet-ups are getting bigger.

By: essexjan

essexjan — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:40:14 -0800

My pictures here. Still to be properly edited and captioned. Feel free to add a note with your name if I don't know you or give you the wrong name.

By: nthdegx

nthdegx — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:19:11 -0800

And the award for rubbishest name for explaining at meet ups who you are at metafilter goes to...

By: chrismear

chrismear — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:28:21 -0800

And...who will end up with the sign?????

I got it.

Where will it go next on its marvellous adventures?

I do not know. Suggestions?

By: turtlegirl

turtlegirl — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 03:48:07 -0800

Hooray! That was loads of fun. Thanks everybody. We'll post our pics on flickr soon.

By: cillit bang

cillit bang — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:02:59 -0800

Note the use of italics Jan. And sorry everyone.

My photos

By: Sparx

Sparx — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:28:55 -0800

There's some really nice portraity photos in there, cillit bang, including one of me I don't hate. Kudos.

By: mattr

mattr — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:44:52 -0800

Yep - agreed on the pics... nice photies...lovely to see someone using 50mm goodness - it had reminded me to take mine away for Christmas!

By: terrapin

terrapin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:55:42 -0800

Had a great time, everyone. Thanks for such a warm welcome! Here are my photos.

no worries, cillit bang! just glad you made it home

By: hugsnkisses

hugsnkisses — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:45:58 -0800

A pity I couldn't get there earlier but having two other Christmas parties that night left me rather worse for wear.

Currently on Chris' laptop which has a web standards compliance plug-in. Apparently Mefi doesn't validate because of "too much recursion". Sounds about right.

By: honest knave

honest knave — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:01:14 -0800

Sorry I couldn't make it. Looks like it was loads of fun.

Chris: given your empirical testing, can you report if the MeFi sign is in any way like Roosta's towel?

Merry Christmas everyone!

By: chrismear

chrismear — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 07:29:12 -0800

honest knave: It is slightly beery. That is all.

By: terrapin

terrapin — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:19:33 -0800

Ceiling cat made an appearance too.

By: honest knave

honest knave — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 13:55:56 -0800

And, I suppose now, slightly meary.

*rimshot*

By: terrapin

terrapin — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:24:14 -0800

There should be MANY more photos. Come on people.

By: chrismear

chrismear — Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:43:37 -0800

Since you insist, my two cruddy camera phone shots.