Crepeys/Hagsnet - the moonlight beckons!

[MrsSchadenfreude]

Because moonlight gives you a nice glow and doesn't show up your wrinkles or grey hair.

Oops, Wilbur too!

And MI

Oh, and Good Luck MI for tomorrow

I'm London(ish), but will travel if there's the promise of a good social.

BTM, now you've started a LIST, it's official.

We can do something grown-up (as we are crepeys). Dates??

Well, then we need a quiet pub with comfy chairs

I'm in.

And subdued lighting.

And large-print menus (I could go on.....).

I will be keeping THAT area of depilation to myself, MI! Unless there are tequila slammers on offer .

Thursday/Fri nights are good for me and not much going on Oct/Nov apart from half term. So we need somewhere not too noisy with large print menus? And huge drinks, natch.

Where would the non-London residents be coming in from, or staying? Just to get a general area to find a good place. If it's anywhere near Waterloo, I have a hankering to go to Skylon at The Festival Hall (used to go when it was The People's Palace but haven't been since the refurb). They have a set menu in the Grill for groups which looks nice. And the bar looks cool. It's not very central though, esp if people are coming from northwards. Or we could a drink somewhere chi chi and then go for cheap eats elsewhere which is what dh and I often do - the glow from the bar at the Savoy keeps us going through omlette and chips at The Stockpot.

Damn, CV beat me to it with the large print menu joke.

Attractive young waiters?

Thursdays not good for me as have Choir. Fridays always fab. And - all being well - I should be in town too.

Yes, attractive waiters. So we can go "oooo young man!" in lecherous old-lady tones.

I went to the People's Palace a few times back in the day; a good friend of ours worked there as a chef. South Bank is very handy for me if I take a Waterloo train; in fact it's where my mum and I meet to hand over the DDs if they have been staying with her. There are a few other restaurants there, but I can't think which ones.

But anywhere in town would be fine tbh.

WooT! This is going to RULE.

Skylon, as far as I remember, is unremarkable on the food front, but good views, if you can get a window table. Pretty hand for most peeps, I'd imagine. I'll don my best thinking cap to come up with additional options.

Anyone have any dietary requirements, such as soft food that won't get stuck under dentures? Proximity to lavatory at all times? Prune juice?

Yay! Ruby too!

Good luck MI!!

Strops - yes turning Japanese round here.

Meet up, hum, I'd be scared that you are actually all tres glam and I am the only real hag! Plus I'm not sure i'd cope in such clever company! I am not in London, but dependant on dates could navigate down for an evening and stay with the folks.

Ds back to school - hooray!

YAY!

So a Friday night sounds best for most?

Maybe Skylon? Waterloo sounds good for many?

List:
BTM
CV
Herbs
Wilbur
MI
Strop
ruby
BD
MrsS?
Have I forgotten anyone?

BD, do not panic! I am not glam or clever but people still talked to me at the last meet-up!

A Friday night best for me - and yes to Waterloo too. Blackduck, I am - despite my best efforts - about as glam as a sack of spuds. I will be the one with straw in my hair. :) Also the one who looks truly ancient. I look older than (ancient) dh this morning, as ds had a hour's gushing nosebleed starting at 5.30am. Second time in a week. Am taking him off to the doc's shortly and I shall have to wear a scarf to prevent my neck wattle from flapping in the breeze. Lack of sleep has apparently caused my face to melt.

Oooh, can I join into a hagsy meet-up? After September please..... GOOD LUCK TODAY MI! Will txt you now....

Of course orangina!

Maybe October would be best. Something to cheer up those autumnal evenings, and could warm us up for big MN meet, should we desire.

Thought of another venue option: the bar of the BFI. We could meet there, and then go on. It does get crowded on a Friday, however. Or the bar of the Young Vic. Hmmm.... it's all about finding somewhere with enough seats, quiet enough music, and attractive enough staff, on a Friday night.

Ooh, how about Baltic on Blackfriar's Road? Nice bar area, and lovely food - all nordic. Fish, n that. Juniper.

Thank you . Waterloo fine. Had delicious dinner in great restaurant somewhere under the RFH I think.... will rack ancient brain to try and remember name.....

here!

Called Canteen..... (apologies if it has already been mentioned....)