Beers - March 10th. Venue?

L.Jenkins

Anyone up for it? I've reclaimed my weekends and now I'm giddy for a get together :P

Closed the pole. Just need a venue.

Pacifist Pigeon

I'm not sober enough to drink beer.

L.Jenkins

Feb 24th - Friday

There's always room for beer, now whose bed am I sharing :P

Rothmans

March 9th - Friday

Not a bad idea , I'd be up for it anyway.

deirdre_dub

March 17th - Saturday

Always up for beers, though the turnout the last time was a bit disappointing.

L.Jenkins

Feb 24th - Friday

Well there seems to be a few more newbies knocking around, especially from the Dublin area. I'm sure we could pool a few more together. I plan on making one myself for a change.

Annasopra

March 16th - Friday

put up a poll with dates. Make sure that people can tick more than one date and also that you tick the thing so that people can see who voted.

Intouch9

March 16th - Friday

Yay! I love it when plans come together. Although, saying that, I'm honestly expecting some tragedy that will prevent me from going. It would be typical me to just die on the day of beers, just so I'd miss out.

L.Jenkins

Feb 24th - Friday

I'll put a poll up this evening. If people want to hold it some time by the end of this month or start of next, I'll put one together.

Annasopra

March 16th - Friday

ItsThatManAgain wrote: »

I'll put a poll up this evening. If people want to hold it some time by the end of this month or start of next, I'll put one together.

Maybe plenty of notice - so from mid february to mid march

Annasopra

March 16th - Friday

I say we do beers for this time but the next one has to be different - Like paintballing or a picnic or something like that

baby and crumble

March 16th - Friday

PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICNIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIC!!!!!!!

I make AMAZING cakes, can I just point out.

Intouch9

March 16th - Friday

Lol... oh its on. I think we need a "Bake-Off."

rainbow kirby

March 16th - Friday

Intouch9 wrote: »

Lol... oh its on. I think we need a "Bake-Off."

I agree Rainbow cake time!

Rick_

Can I be a tasting judge?

Oh man, I love de cake!

baby and crumble

March 16th - Friday

My friends, I am loving this idea. A bake off sounds like SO. MUCH. FUN.

Intouch9

March 16th - Friday

I'll have you guys know that I've come both 1st and 2nd in a bake off competition...
I submitted a white chocolate cheesecake anonymously to see if I could get anywhere and had my named beside my caramel chocolate chip muffins with both milk & white choc ganache on top.

This could be amazing! Where could we have a picnic though?

Rick_

If I participate, I'm not gonna cook, just cheat by taking some of my mums stuff down. She is amazeballs at cooking cakes, buns, desserts etc. Honestly, they are devine and people keep telling her she should be selling them at the local markets as people would clear the shelves. She has even been asked by people to cater their parties and they'll pay her.

It's so on right now! (That sounded a bit girly, but I don't care!)

Nyan Cat

March 17th - Saturday

Oh a bake off my opportunity to poison someone! Just kidding. I could supply Irish carbomb cupcakes. They're lethally sinful. Guinness stout n coco in the bun. A dark choc n Irish whiskey ganache filling and baileys frosting. Sinful.

Beers works too. Or tea garden as that was fun last time!

Intouch9

March 16th - Friday

Should we combine the two? Have an official boards.ie bake off followed by celebratory beers? Or am I being an event management beast again?

Aurongroove

I make cakes and drink beers.

baby and crumble

March 16th - Friday

Somewhere like the Phoenix Park or Stephens Green could be good....

Aurongroove

when we say beers do we mean BYOB to like a pic-nic, or that we meet in a public house and buy them from the publican therein?

Blikes

Dublin...

Intouch9

March 16th - Friday

What about Grand Canal Dock (Fab day, eating cakes and chatting beside water being attacked by seagulls - bliss. Or Ringsend Park? Close to the Dart, near Ely which is not a gay bar but very gay friendly and is still in town? We could also reserve an area in Ely downstairs or something like that?

Thoughts?

baby and crumble

March 16th - Friday

I kind of like the idea of BYOB, keeps costs down, people can bring as much or as little as they fancy...

deirdre_dub

March 17th - Saturday

baby and crumble wrote: »

Somewhere like the Phoenix Park or Stephens Green could be good....

I hate to rain on proceedings by pointing out that it could rain on proceedings.

Nyan Cat

March 17th - Saturday

baby and crumble wrote: »

I kind of like the idea of BYOB, keeps costs down, people can bring as much or as little as they fancy...

If its a park though - not in February! Maybe a regular beers in winter then a Byob potluck bake off picnic in spring (may?)

Intouch9

March 16th - Friday

Yeah... think we may have got caught up in the glitz and the glam of a picnic. Let's just get down and dirty with booze.

baby and crumble

March 16th - Friday

Oh well I didn't think the picnic/outside thing would be for the next one, I was assuming April time. Weather can be quite nice around then.

Aurongroove

yes, forgot what month it was.

Drinks in a pub in the next month or so? then pic-nic once spring has sprung?

Intouch9

March 16th - Friday

Let's do it! *Fake smiles and backs away slowly, shaking with nerves*

baby and crumble

March 16th - Friday

What's the worst that could happen? You don't like people. So you have 1 drink and call it a day. I've met some really sound people at these things.

Intouch9

March 16th - Friday

Nah, I'm deffo going. Enough is enough like. Well excited about it too.

Annasopra

March 16th - Friday

Intouch9 wrote: »

Should we combine the two? Have an official boards.ie bake off followed by celebratory beers? Or am I being an event management beast again?

It just wouldn't work - I think the best thing is drinks in February/March and then maybe a picnic in April/May

Aurongroove

woah woah!, it;s actually going ahead!?

"I was bluffing!!!!! I hate meeting people"<runs away>


ah no. I feel I should say if you cant go then that's fine, but speaking as a person who's gone to these things before take my advice: PLEASE don't not go just because your worried.
Once you get there and start chatting all your preconceptions go out the window in about 5 seconds, believe me.

Rick_

I'd love to go, just need to know the place and time so I can arrange it. I'd actually be more nervous about going down and walking around Dublin on my own than anything else!

I'd say once I get there I'll be relaxed quite quickly with a drink in my hand. I dunno what that says about me exactly, but I'm sure to some it speaks volumes!

Intouch9

March 16th - Friday

We were all like that at some stage. I was still printing Google Maps up until recently. I'm sure someone will meet you or something if you're unsure of your way.

Aurongroove

It may be blind leading the blind, but if I'm going I can meet you at one of the train stations or whatever.

Rick_

I sorta know my way around the main parts of Dublin, I was there a fortnight ago! It's not getting lost that I'm worrying about, it's being on my lonesome in the big city where some unsavoury character might mug me or beat me up or something! :eek: <hyperventilates>

deirdre_dub

March 17th - Saturday

Aurongroove wrote: »

It may be blind leading the blind, but if I'm going I can meet you at one of the train stations or whatever.

Ditto - I live near Heuston Station.

Paddy C wrote: »

I sorta know my way around the main parts of Dublin, I was there a fortnight ago! It's not getting lost that I'm worrying about, it's being on my lonesome in the big city where some unsavoury character might mug me or beat me up or something! :eek: <hyperventilates>

I'll leave my mugging kit behind. :pac:

L.Jenkins

Feb 24th - Friday

So last 2 weeks of feb and first 2 weeks of march to choose from?

Rick_

If it's in March that would suit me better but if everyone else prefers the end of Feb then so be it. Just my two penneth worth.

Are we aiming for a weekend or is any day of the week an option? Working Mon - Fri 9-5, a Saturday would be much more suitable.

Rick_

Aurongroove wrote: »

It may be blind leading the blind, but if I'm going I can meet you at one of the train stations or whatever.

Only seeing this now, but yeah, if we both end up going, that would be grand.

McChubbin

Paddy's Day meet up, anyone?

Rick_

I'd be in Dublin anyway so that works for me. I'll be with other gays and some straights though, I suppose I could slip away from them for an hour to have a drink with all you's lot!

Annasopra

March 16th - Friday

Thanks for putting the poll up

Rothmans

March 9th - Friday

Any of the February dates suit me.
Not Paddy's day though, as I'll most likely be gone home

DazMarz

March 10th - Saturday

I'd have to try and wrangle the night off work for it, but I'd love to head up just to meet some other boardsies! Any weekend really barring the Paddy's Day weekend suits me, tbh. Just so I know so I can get the night off work, and Friday would probably suit me better too.

Coeurdepirate

I'm underage...:rolleyes: Perhaps in May!

Rick_

If you hadn't have said anything, no-one probably would have known and you could have joined in!

Well, you're 17, you can come and have a bag of crisps and some brown lemonade or something!