While the Seaquams cannot attend the August 9 BBR offline, they will be in London in early July, and we are planning to offline.

Anyone else up for an early July offline? I've checked a London restaurant BYO site and there are a couple of restaurants (one French, one Spanish, as I recall) in South Kensington that allow BYO for a very reasonable price. I suggest South Kensington because I expect to be staying there, and the Seaquams will be nearby as well. Of course, if any locals or anyone else has any suggestions, make 'em!

Aussie, BirDungy, KillerB, Jan - whaddya say?

Bman, the only date I will be able to make is July 6th, as I'm heading to Cornwall from the 7th-10th (booked in to eat at Rick Stein's Seafood Restaurant on the 8th - VERY looking forward to it!) Any chance on that date???

I may be able to make it

Cornwall, eh.
On your way back you might want to pop into the Holy Handgrenate Inn at Whipping Post Grove or something in Dorset... You didn't seem to mind the Müller-Thurgau too much, Ausie.

I'm afraid it's gotta be the 7th Aussie, as Seaquam informs that he has a commitment the 6th. But no reason why you and I can't offline another time, I'm there for six weeks, after all.

KB - we are looking at a BYO restaurant in South Kensington called Tendido Cero, at 174 Old Brompton Road, phone: 0207 370 3685, Corkage: £2. The BYO website (http://www.wine-pages.com/byoblist.shtml) described the food as Classic Spanish tapas - only superbly done" and said it was about £35.

Of course, if you know another good BYO, we're all ears!!

Me thinks I know where we'll be spending Tsunami's birthday Aug 8th!

Hope that Tapas place is as good or better than expected.

Bman.........your liver is going to take a beating this summer!


Salud!

my liver is going biger than the goose

tapas-place sounds great!!

(i still remember the dim-sun place in sf, and i had to decide for one more insted a dessert )

Tapas - shall I bring along some aged Rioja?

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Originally posted by KillerB:
Tapas - shall I bring along some aged Rioja?

Spanish wines sound like the appropriate thing to bring here. I'm going to either bring or buy in London a Spanish red to have with our tapas.

Hey all

Will look into 7 July - unfortunately, this might be the same date for my leaving do at work - I resigned on Friday to take a role somewhere else. Will let you know.

BirD

killerb,

i need you're help.

albino67@hotmail.com

BirDungy - hope this was a good news thing?

It would be great to offline with you early and often. Hope you can make this, and we will see you on August 9 at BBR, right?

If you (or anyone else, for that matter) can offline another time, please let me know, either here or otherwise. Looks like I'll be at the Renaissance Chancery Court again, or you could try to get past the receptionist at the High Commission.

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Originally posted by BirDungy:
Hey all

Will look into 7 July - unfortunately, this might be the same date for my leaving do at work - I resigned on Friday to take a role somewhere else. Will let you know.

BirD

Whoooaaa! Good luck BirD, I hope it's something good.

Hi guys

Thanks for the concern. The move is purely voluntary and a very exciting opportunity. Things have been a bit unsettled at my current place although it hasn't been the reason for leaving.

Is the BBR offline July 9th or Aug 9th?? I am hopeless with diary entries. Let me know.

BirD

BBR offline is August 9, I got the month wrong above (though I will correct it now...)

Are you in BirD? BBR will be portlovers' nirvana!! It would be great to offline at least twice! (make up for the time we tried to offline but missed each other, 2 or 3 years ago).

hi b

Sorry for the delayed response. I will have to say maybe at this point. I will be starting a new job on August 1st so it will be my second week there and given that the 9th is mid-week, it might not be a great idea to turn up pissed the next morning.

When do you arrive in the UK?

BirD

I arrive July 3.

The Seaquam offline is July 7, not August 7, eh? BBR offline is August 9, and notwithstanding your reasonable concerns about your new job, you will not want to miss it!

Aussie already mentioned another possible offline with those already in London and me. I would certainly be up for that one night. I've made plans for a couple of Saturdays already but otherwise am free almost any evening not already mentioned in this forum.

One of my little projects for this visit is to visit every wine bar worthy of the name within a reasonable distance from Holborn tube station. As it happens, I think there are several within walking distance of same Tube station (i.e. El Vino, Cork and Bottle, and a new one in my hotel called Pearls).

So, who's in for this offline next week? - July 7. Seaquam and I both fly this weekend and I'm not sure how often I can be online between Saturday and this event.

At the moment I count the following:

Seaquam (2)
bman (1)
KillerB (1 for sure, and possibly 2?)
BirDungy (2?)


Please confirm, of otherwise, ASAP.

There would only be one of me

I visited the venue (Tendido Cero at 174 Old Brompton Road) and it seems ideal - not swanky but lots of tapas, each in two sizes of plate in case we want a little or a lot.

I made a reservation for 6:30 pm, notwithstanding the fact that the kitchen doesn't open until 7pm, we can open our bottles and get started then.

There are two wine shops on Old Brompton Road between the South Ken tube station and the restaurant, one a well-stocked Oddbins, the other much smaller - don't recall the name, in cased we need more wine

Still lots of time for others to join in if they wish......

I will be looking for an early finish as I'm heading back home after so a 6:30 start is ideal.

I'm out - sorry. I had to cancel my work leaving drinks because I have come down with some kind of gastric something. Haven't touched a drop in days...

Have fun.

BirD

Bman - due to the news I will not be attempting to come down. The Tubes are suspended and I suspect that trains will be cancelled.

Hope is all OK with you.