The Brand New WEST LONDON MEET-UP THREAD - EALING, ACTON, CHISWICK, KEW, RICHMOND, ISLEWORTH, KINGSTON ETC.

[MrsBigD]

As Nanou01 has declared me group leader here's a new thread to try and arrange our next meet-up

Oldies and newbies equally welcome :)

I'm pretty free for the rest of May, bar some dentist appointments

June is very barren so any entry in my social calendar would be most welcome.

Meet without the kids any evening
Meet with the kids only weekends

When and where would whoever like to meet?

exactly two threads one general one and one precise date one for those slow ones who can't keep up with the general thread

Sorry not a footie fan here but I'm sure somebody else will join you. I know the Harvester at Ealing Common used to have a big TV screen when sports was on. Otherwise no idea, but there are plenty of pubs in Ealing so you should be able to find somewhere

I have promised to (wo)man the phones in work until 5.30 so the rest can go off to watch the football so I won;t be there until about 7.30 no footie for me.

Also driving so you'll be hogging the wine MrsBigD

well there were only 4 of us but I had a good time hope you all got home alright :)

Stayed out way too late. You are all responsible for my low productivity at work today. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....

well time flies when ya having fun I hadn't realised how late it had gotten until I had to raise dh because I'd forgotten my housekey!

Well I think 4 is a good number for a scared newbie to dip their toe in the RL water.

and we wouldn't have stayed out so late if you hadn't perked up when we got to the pram discussions, Uwila.

EH? I am NOT interested in any more prams. Funny you say that though because my 3 year old kept talking about the "new baby" this morning. I asked her what new baby, and she said "the one in your tummy". It took some convincing but I think she now understand that there is NO baby in my tummy. And there isn't going to be one either. I told her DS was all she was getting so she'd better be nice to him.

Uwila, dd did that the other day too... she wants a little sister now to play dolly... told her mama's tummy is kaputt so no more babies :)

SJ , glad we didn't scare you too much

What ho. Nice to see you all last night. Also quite nice to get a lift home! Thanks Sue!
Good restaurant, too (I liked the food, anyway). If I can get a babysitter some evening, I think dh would probably like it since he likes lamb so much.

And weren't we all amazed that the waitress got the order right?!

That's true indeed! If I did that job I'd have a little notepad and pen at the ready.

She deserved the service charge!

OK SHALL WE LOOK AT DATES FOR JULY THEN?

But of course. As for my schedule, at some point in late July-early Aug., we're going back to Raleigh for a couple weeks to put in an appearance with the relatives (who haven't been able to see ds in months & months, and you know how grannies & aunties get about that sort of thing). Don't know about exact dates yet; dh needs to get plane tickets thru work and hasn't got himself sorted yet.

Hey, I have an inspiration. How about Pizzeria Rustica in Richmond? I'm not necessarily recommending them because I can walk there from my flat, but because I know from personal experience that their pizzas and green salads are decent, the prices are good (especially considering the good quality), and the service seems pretty good too. Apparently they clog up pretty quick on weekends, but I've been there on weekdays without hassle. Does anybody else besides me fancy pizzas/Italian?? I'm up for it, but that's just my personal taste.

Italian sounds good to me and I can catch the bus to Richmond :) Count me in :) :) :)

Dates I can do in July are:

Wednesday 12th (I think)
Wednesday and Thursday 18th & 19th
Thursday 27th

Any good for anyone?

Richmond is fine for me I can catch the tube home.

I have no social life bar mn so can do all those dates

found a mangled copy of Ealing Life in the office and here are a few fun dates with the kids

25 June Party in The Park - Pitshanger Park 1-5 family activities, live music and beer until 9
The BidD clan is going :)

22/7-30/7 \link{http://www.ealing.gov.uk/services/leisure/ealing_summer/families/index.html\Ealing Summer Families}in Walpole Park. Free from 14:00. interactive arts & entertaiment for children 3-13 inc. theatre, dance & music.

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Hello all,

Wondering if I could join in....Would love to meet all you mumsnetters. Have been living in Kew for 4 years. DS is 4.5 and starting school soon...

Hello apsmum :) of course you can join us... the more the merrier :)

Probably somewhere on here but... my dd is 4.5y starting reception in September and ds is 22m :)

Hi I'm in Kew too, so is Tutter though I'm not sure if she's going to come to the next meet-up. I'm the odd one with no children who hangs around the fringes looking dodgy.

Have you used childcare in Kew? It's my current hang-up - is there such a thing as affordable childcare in Kew?

Is there such a thing as affordale childcare in England?