London meet-up in South Kennsington

[eleusis]

Okay, it appears pick the Friday before half term is a tupid idea (see this thread) so we are trying again. Squiffy and I have come up with some more dates. Anyone who wants to join us is welcome to do so.

Please vote on dates by adding your name to the list on the days that you can attend:

Oh, and if you are coming to the Christmas meet-up this is a good opportunity to make a few new friends before the big do.

Patara, 181 Fulham Road, near South Ken tube.

2nd November
Eleusis
Squiffy

9th November
Eleusis
Squiffy

16th November
Eleusis
Squiffy

Well, this is shockingly popular.

Was it something we said?

Apparently. Oh well, it might be just you and me then... which will still be lovely.

Indeed: Thai food and a smattering of alcohol will have me purring in no time, even if we do it all under a Norma-no-mates cloud...

Hey, that's Norma ONE mate. More booze for us.

Hey, I think I might be headed for a training course in the city soon. If so, maybe we can hook up again and have yummy food and booze... and not invite anyone else. They would just drink our booze, and who needs wlike that.

Now that definately sounds like a plan.

oh bother - chances of me schlepping out to south ken on a Friday night are about nil, as my quota of childcare-on-Friday-evenings points is heavily committed to random alumni type functions over the next couple of months (seems that a number of antipodean law firm partners are combining trips to the city with attendance at the rugby world cup) - but if you're having quick drinks I promise to buy the first round!

Fridays also trickier for me - No chance of a thursday?

Okay, okay. I can possibly be persuaded to a Thursday if it's okay with Squiffy. But it means I'll have to call you at 5:00am when I get up on Friday just so you can share my pain.

why don't you "recruit" on the Xmas thread and go with a general view, wouldn't want to bully you into a Thurs to discover more people want a friday! Thursday is easier for me because I could come on the way home from work and leave early'ish making it easier to get a babysitter.

My social life is so, um, 'sub-prime', that I find myself free for every Thursday between now and retirement, according to my blackberry..

and on retiring your social life is going to explode?

not sure sub-prime is really the market to be in just now... would you like to choose another analogy or was that one deliberately apt?

ok ok... if it'sgoing to be Thursday, can we propose some dates.

I can do November 1st, 8th, or 29th. Although 29th is very close to the Christmas meet-up. So, let's vote, and whatever day has the most votes it is:

1st November (THURSDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy

2nd November (FRIDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy

8th November (THURSDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy

9th November (FRIDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy

When I retire I am going to stalk Robert Lindsay and Alan Rickman to their graves - though I guess by then they might be in them already.

Me, but Friday is better as dh more likely to be home earlier than a Thursday.

1st November (THURSDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV

2nd November (FRIDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV

8th November (THURSDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV

9th November (FRIDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV

I notice the people who wanted Thursday haven't signed up.

I assume you mean kew since none of you have ever met me before and I can't imagine you're on tenterhooks to know whether I can make it, but fwiw wink

1st November (THURSDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV
legalalien

2nd November (FRIDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV

8th November (THURSDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV
legalalien

9th November (FRIDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV

No,we see Kew all the time. Am looking forward to the one I haven't met. (I haven't met Squiffy yet either)

ones

I'm afraid (being single) I have to check baby sitter availability with my mum on Weds... I can't just gad of out you know and paying for a sitter makes the evening too expensive. I have a limit of one babysitting session a month.

Single shmingle. I have the same sitter issues. So put yer violin away.

Ok I'll put it another way. I can't commit without that my mum can babysit and she doesn't live with me so I will do that on Wednsday. Plus I have to check that there isn't anything else I need to use my free night of babysitting for (not that I'm impying that I have a life away from mumsnet)...

Out of interest, doesn't your nanny do a certain amount of babysitting for you?

Me, Me!

1st November (THURSDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV
legalalien
StarryStarryNight

2nd November (FRIDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV

8th November (THURSDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV
legalalien
StarryStarryNight

9th November (FRIDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV
StarryStarryNight

I'm changing my 1st Nov. availability to tentative because I might now have a night out for DD's class. And since I'm a class rep and virtually never appear at the school gate, I need to go to this evening out if it lands on 1st Nov. (currently one of two dates being discussed).

1st November (THURSDAY)
Eleusis (tentative)
Squiffy
COV
legalalien
StarryStarryNight

2nd November (FRIDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV

8th November (THURSDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV
legalalien
StarryStarryNight

9th November (FRIDAY)
Eleusis
Squiffy
COV
StarryStarryNight