Venues
Hi team, for the record this is where and when everything's happening:
1) The main venue remains unchanged, though operational hours are different:
Seatoun Village Hall: 10am - 8pm Saturday, 10am - 6pm Sunday
22 Forres Street, Seatoun
Previously known as the Saint Christopher's Parish Hall, but still the same place. The church (yellow stickered) is on the corner of Forres and Ventnor Streets, the hall is next door. There's plenty of parking in the street outside for anyone driving. Anyone getting the bus from town should get the Seatoun 11, and get out at the Dundas Street shops.
2) Leisurely brunch on Friday, which will probably still involve hobbit types having first and second breakfast as successive waves of people drift in from the airport/elsewhere. We're trying somewhere new:
Maranui Surf Club Cafe: 11.30am Friday
7 Lyall Parade, Lyall Bay
Get the number 3 bus from town, or walk down Onepu Road from Kilbirnie.
3) Leisurely cocktails (noticing a theme?) where we will start early and again wait as other poor souls finish work (or critical Critical Role updates):
Library Bar: 4pm Friday
53 Courtenay Place, Wellington (upstairs)
Join us for after work/after flight/pre dinner cocktails. Drift in as and when you prefer. We'll head out again about 6.30.
4) We toyed, as we sometimes do, with a change here, but a chorus shouted TRADITION and I could not defy them:
Oaks Noodle House: 7pm Friday
71 Cuba Street, Wellington (upstairs)
From the sublime to the ridiculous, our "cheap and cheerful" mainstay of thirteen years' counting. The ambiance is terrible but the food is good, lightning fast, and they happily put up with the racket of fifteen to twenty fangirls who haven't seen each other in months.
4a) Depending on energy levels (mine have been known to flag of late):
Olive: 8.30pm Friday TBC!!!
170 Cuba Street, Wellington
TBC, but night owls/late arrivals have been known to go on for dessert and more drinks after dinner. Play this one by ear!
5) Back to an old faithful, and chosen by popular vote the evening of the not so popular vote:
Siam Thai Restaurant: 7pm Sunday
64 Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie
A return to Kilbirnie haunts of old.
6) And finally, a farewell brunch for those still in town and/or avoiding work and/or before venturing to D & D:
Fidel's: 11am Monday
234 Cuba Street, Wellington
We'll malinger here as always, but remember to wear a jumper, it can be windy outside!
1) The main venue remains unchanged, though operational hours are different:
Seatoun Village Hall: 10am - 8pm Saturday, 10am - 6pm Sunday
22 Forres Street, Seatoun
Previously known as the Saint Christopher's Parish Hall, but still the same place. The church (yellow stickered) is on the corner of Forres and Ventnor Streets, the hall is next door. There's plenty of parking in the street outside for anyone driving. Anyone getting the bus from town should get the Seatoun 11, and get out at the Dundas Street shops.
2) Leisurely brunch on Friday, which will probably still involve hobbit types having first and second breakfast as successive waves of people drift in from the airport/elsewhere. We're trying somewhere new:
Maranui Surf Club Cafe: 11.30am Friday
7 Lyall Parade, Lyall Bay
Get the number 3 bus from town, or walk down Onepu Road from Kilbirnie.
3) Leisurely cocktails (noticing a theme?) where we will start early and again wait as other poor souls finish work (or critical Critical Role updates):
Library Bar: 4pm Friday
53 Courtenay Place, Wellington (upstairs)
Join us for after work/after flight/pre dinner cocktails. Drift in as and when you prefer. We'll head out again about 6.30.
4) We toyed, as we sometimes do, with a change here, but a chorus shouted TRADITION and I could not defy them:
Oaks Noodle House: 7pm Friday
71 Cuba Street, Wellington (upstairs)
From the sublime to the ridiculous, our "cheap and cheerful" mainstay of thirteen years' counting. The ambiance is terrible but the food is good, lightning fast, and they happily put up with the racket of fifteen to twenty fangirls who haven't seen each other in months.
4a) Depending on energy levels (mine have been known to flag of late):
Olive: 8.30pm Friday TBC!!!
170 Cuba Street, Wellington
TBC, but night owls/late arrivals have been known to go on for dessert and more drinks after dinner. Play this one by ear!
5) Back to an old faithful, and chosen by popular vote the evening of the not so popular vote:
Siam Thai Restaurant: 7pm Sunday
64 Kilbirnie Crescent, Kilbirnie
A return to Kilbirnie haunts of old.
6) And finally, a farewell brunch for those still in town and/or avoiding work and/or before venturing to D & D:
Fidel's: 11am Monday
234 Cuba Street, Wellington
We'll malinger here as always, but remember to wear a jumper, it can be windy outside!