Brighton Drupal Christmas Meetup

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jeni_dc's picture
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2014-12-16 19:00 - 21:00 UTC
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User group meeting

Ho ho ho! Last year instead of our usual monthly pub meetup we all went out for a jolly Christmas meal, and there was much rejoicing. Should we do the same again this year?

If anyone has any suggestions on restaurants please add them. Also please sign up for this so we can get a tally on the number of people we need to book tables for.

Merry Drupal and Happy deployment!

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we did indeed rejoice! im in

kevster's picture

we did indeed rejoice! im in and flexible (i.e. I eat anything...).

bit partial to asian food ...

Anyone else?

jeni_dc's picture

Is anyone else interested in doing this again this year? If so, please sign up! We'll have to get something booked soon so I need to know how many to book for.

yeahhhhhh I am!

GemVinny's picture

yeahhhhhh I am!

Woohoo!

Shoseki's picture

Count me in!

Oops should have checked my diary

ikos's picture

Sounds great until I checked in the diary and realised I have to travel to the other side of the country in the evening for a meeting the next day :(

One year I'll make it!

Me too.

rodtatham's picture

Sounds good!

thought it was just u and me

kevster's picture

thought it was just u and me for a while then Jeni! hav eyou seen the teepees on the beach? We could book that for a laff - they do buffet I think and can book a table?

I may be wrong but I think

stevepurkiss's picture

I may be wrong but I think it's only open weekend times

various options and buffet,

kevster's picture

various options and buffet, they have a bunch of different events going on... - http://www.brightonmusichall.co.uk/bookings.html

I'm in sounds good - teepees

8ballsteve's picture

I'm in sounds good - teepees sound like a good laugh too!

can't do i'm afraid - but

alickmighall's picture

can't do i'm afraid - but have fun!

Numbers

jeni_dc's picture

OK, right now here are the people who have said they're interested:

kevster
stevepurkiss
lilGemVinny
8ballsteve
jeni_dc
Shoseki
rodtatham

That's seven of us so far. If you're interested in coming PLEASE sign up! It's much easier to know who's coming with the signups instead of reading the comments.

I've contacted the Brighton Music Hall to check availability for next Tuesday for 8-12 people. Another option I was thinking of was The Dorset, only because I ate there last Friday and their xmas menu looked pretty good. I'll try and contact a few other places since with a week left availability might be tight.

Curry Leaf Cafe

jeni_dc's picture

I just rang the Curry Leaf Cafe, they said they could do a table for 8-10 people at 20:30. If it gets to 10 or more they'll require a £100 deposit and we'll all have to order off the xmas menu.

I've eaten there twice and it's very good. I think Guy would recommend it as well!

http://www.curryleafcafe.com/christmas/

Looks good!

stevepurkiss's picture

Looks good!

I'm easy.... that looks good!

GemVinny's picture

I'm easy.... that looks good!

Yes

erik.erskine's picture

Sounds good - please count me in!

Thanks for sorting this Jeni

jonbim's picture

Thanks for sorting this Jeni - I'm in. Think I snuck in under the 10 ;-)

Am I too late!?

Lizzie Hodgson's picture

I'm in, Jeni, if I'm not too late!?

Booked for 10

jeni_dc's picture

Curry Leaf Cafe is just down the street from my office so I went down there and booked it for 10 before hearing from Lizzie. So with her it's now officially 10 people which means we'll have to send them our orders before we go and we'll have to make a deposit.

I'll cover the deposit since I can just pop down there and pay it, but I'm not sure how to handle the orders with them. I'll get clarification from them about that. Also it looks like there's two menus on their Christmas page (which are both just giant jpgs, the horror!) so I'll have to get that cleared up.

http://www.curryleafcafe.com/christmas/

Big points go to the people who actually did click the sign up button, the rest of you should be ashamed of yourselves. If you don't follow my instructions for the food orders I'm not responsible for what you eat! ;-)

"seems we've got ourselves a

stevepurkiss's picture

"seems we've got ourselves a reader here" ;)

Thanks for sorting!

Thx Jeni - looking fwd to it!

kevster's picture

Thx Jeni - looking fwd to it!

I'll get me coat...

Lizzie Hodgson's picture

Gah - I hang my head in shame for complicating things... But looking forward to it! : ))

Too late?!?

BoySherman's picture

Hey gang,

Sorry, I've been off the grid for a bit since the arrival of bambino. I'm kinda back now though :).

I would love to join in on the Crimbo meal if possible. Jeni: it too late? I've signed up as instructed ;)

Best,

Andrew

Thanks for signing up ;-)

jeni_dc's picture

I'm heading down there in a couple of hours to sort out the deposit and get the menu details so I'll mention another person to them then and let you know. Hopefully they've got room!

Need food orders

jeni_dc's picture

Andrew, you're in! That's a total of 11 so far, so if anyone else wants in please sign up ASAP.

I've paid the deposit and have uploaded the menu above. Here's a direct link:

https://groups.drupal.org/files/Xmas%20Set%20menu.pdf

I've set up a Google doc for everyone to fill in their order. Please have your order filled in by this Sunday, the 14th.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1S1ZuP72Yn9MtM6zvMezBFLtDM2I1tdfT...

Our booking is for 20:30 on 16 December. Should we meet in a pub around 19:00 beforehand? The Seven Stars is just up the street from the restaurant:

http://www.sevenstarsbrighton.com

Done - mmm hungry now, all

stevepurkiss's picture

Done - mmm hungry now, all looks fab, can't wait!

7 sounds good

Order sent

jeni_dc's picture

Thanks everyone for filling out your order, I've sent it off to them. Let's meet up at the Seven Stars from 19:00. See you tomorrow night!

Excellent!

stevepurkiss's picture

Excellent!

Thanks for organising this

erik.erskine's picture

Thanks for organising this Jeni.

Looking forward to it!

roger that - thx Jeni ;-)

kevster's picture

roger that - thx Jeni ;-)

Unfortunately I can't make

guy_schneerson's picture

Unfortunately I can't make this one so hope you have a great time and see you all soon.

Got to cancel. Family matter

Lizzie Hodgson's picture

Hi all - my apologies but my mum has just been taken ill (pneumonia) and I need to zip back to hers today for a few days. Really sorry, but obviously I need to bail on tonight - Jeni, am totally fine to pay my part if it was a "deal" etc - so let me know. Hope you all have a great time! (PS: Re: DCB will still be on call/contactable, as will be working, just be in deepest darkest Kent!).

Oh noes :( Wishing your mum a

stevepurkiss's picture

Oh noes :(

Wishing your mum a speedy recovery!

I'm an idiot!

BoySherman's picture

Hey guys I'm sat in seven stars right this moment trying to figure out where everyone is! After some very clever detective work, I now see that I've got my days screwed up. Not sure how I did that. Maybe regressing to Manchester Drupal meet up days (that were always Wednesday)?! Who knows?!

Any way, apologies, I'm sure I owe some money : to whom do I pay? I can send over paypal?

Bugger, I really wanted some Indian tonight

Happy Xmas!

D'oh! You should go for a

stevepurkiss's picture

D'oh!

You should go for a curry anyway, was delish ;)

Jeni sorted the stuff out, don't think you'll owe anything but I'm sure she'll confirm one way or another. You could always go for a beer @ the farm freelancers meetup at the Hampton Arms & find out - http://www.brightonfarm.com/ it's a cool meetup if you've not been before, all types welcome ;)

D'oh

BoySherman's picture

Nice one Steve, didn't get this message until I got home but it seems something I'm definitely interested in. I'll give the meet-up a go in the new year for sure. I did end up a ordering a curry takeaway to cure the craving once I got home :O.

See you soon!

No payment needed

jeni_dc's picture

We were wondering what happened to you! There's no payment or anything needed, that was all sorted on the night and we only had to pay for the people that were there.