Sydney MoMU15: White wine in the (winter) sun
posted July 3, 2014 3:43 AM RSS | iCal | +googleCal
Sat July 26 at 3:00 PM, Courthouse Hotel
202 Australia Street, Newtown NSW 2042, Australia (Map & Directions)
Metafilter is 15! We should celebrate according to tradition for Australian 15 year olds, that is, hang out in a park and get drunk!
[EDIT: Venue changed to the Courthouse Hotel, Newtown, due to overenthusiastic weather deities].
To enable some of the more far flung MeFites to attend if they so wish, we'll be meeting no a Saturday afternoon.
We've picked the nice kid-friendly Camperdown Rest Park so that people can bring MeFite progeny and let them run around.
Lest the gods judge us harshly and turn the weather against us, we can retreat to one of many Newtown boozeries or food houses - suggestions welcome.
BYO foods, booze, snacks, pic-a-nick blankets, board games, fedoras, banjos, beans.
Thoughts, feelings? Sing out.
[EDIT: The gods have turned against us! We shall, instead and in defiance of them, meet at the Courthouse Hotel for beers, like traditional Australian 17 year olds].
We've picked the nice kid-friendly Camperdown Rest Park so that people can bring MeFite progeny and let them run around.
Lest the gods judge us harshly and turn the weather against us, we can retreat to one of many Newtown boozeries or food houses - suggestions welcome.
BYO foods, booze, snacks, pic-a-nick blankets, board games, fedoras, banjos, beans.
Thoughts, feelings? Sing out.
[EDIT: The gods have turned against us! We shall, instead and in defiance of them, meet at the Courthouse Hotel for beers, like traditional Australian 17 year olds].
I'll go anywhere at all for this, but not on the 24th 'cos it ain't no Saturday.
posted by valetta at 8:00 AM on July 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by valetta at 8:00 AM on July 3, 2014 [1 favorite]
Ack. Yes. 26 July.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 2:27 PM on July 3, 2014
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 2:27 PM on July 3, 2014
Edited the proposed date.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 3:38 PM on July 3, 2014
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 3:38 PM on July 3, 2014
I will be snorkelling on Isle of Pines that day, so sorry, I can't make it.
posted by unliteral at 10:17 PM on July 3, 2014
posted by unliteral at 10:17 PM on July 3, 2014
I demand a ritual drubbing of this outrageous, piking braggart!
Aisle of Pine-o-Clean??!!
posted by taff at 11:52 PM on July 3, 2014
Aisle of Pine-o-Clean??!!
posted by taff at 11:52 PM on July 3, 2014
GLORY BE, THE FUNK'S ON ME I'LL BE THERE!
Woohoo. If we're voting I vote Wentworth or Camperdown, but I'll be there regardless.
+'s TBD, but so you may bask in my yeasty effulgence, I shall commit to bringing a variety of my sourdough breads. And maybe some of the cumquat jam I whipped up last weekend. And maybe a cake. Heh heh, somebody stop me!
posted by smoke at 1:36 AM on July 4, 2014
Woohoo. If we're voting I vote Wentworth or Camperdown, but I'll be there regardless.
+'s TBD, but so you may bask in my yeasty effulgence, I shall commit to bringing a variety of my sourdough breads. And maybe some of the cumquat jam I whipped up last weekend. And maybe a cake. Heh heh, somebody stop me!
posted by smoke at 1:36 AM on July 4, 2014
One advantage to Wentworth is that it's deliciously close to the briny delights of the Sydney Fish Markets. Last time we went, I ate three and a half dozen oysters.
FYI aphrodisiac qualities grossly overstated: the most aroused either of us got was when quaffing the slimy molluscs. Afterwards, sleepily batting away gulls.
posted by smoke at 1:40 AM on July 4, 2014
FYI aphrodisiac qualities grossly overstated: the most aroused either of us got was when quaffing the slimy molluscs. Afterwards, sleepily batting away gulls.
posted by smoke at 1:40 AM on July 4, 2014
I will be jet-lagged as fuck, but Saturday works for me.
posted by kithrater at 3:07 AM on July 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by kithrater at 3:07 AM on July 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
Excuse me, I'm about to be less than delicate.
OH FUCK, YES, ME AND MY BABIES, WE'LL BE THERE WITH BELLS ON!
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:36 AM on July 4, 2014
OH FUCK, YES, ME AND MY BABIES, WE'LL BE THERE WITH BELLS ON!
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:36 AM on July 4, 2014
So, do I book the motel? Is this set in stone?
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:43 AM on July 4, 2014
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:43 AM on July 4, 2014
Totes, Stace.
posted by taff at 6:24 PM on July 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by taff at 6:24 PM on July 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
Do we have to dress like 15-year-olds? I could do what I wore when I was fifteen, because kaftans! But contemporary? Not.
I looked at unliteral's alternative destination and I vote for that park.
posted by valetta at 10:50 PM on July 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
I looked at unliteral's alternative destination and I vote for that park.
posted by valetta at 10:50 PM on July 4, 2014 [1 favorite]
Stacey, consider it locked. I'll confirm the event when I get home.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 3:15 AM on July 5, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 3:15 AM on July 5, 2014 [1 favorite]
Okey doke. Shall slaughter the budget and book now.
I'll be the country cousin with a daughter with a yet-to-be-determined hair colour (it changes daily, it seems, blue last week, green the week before, violet this week) and a son who is very excited to finally meet Mefites because "they're nerds like me, mum!".
See y'all in a fortnight. Can. Not. Wait!
posted by malibustacey9999 at 5:40 AM on July 5, 2014 [1 favorite]
I'll be the country cousin with a daughter with a yet-to-be-determined hair colour (it changes daily, it seems, blue last week, green the week before, violet this week) and a son who is very excited to finally meet Mefites because "they're nerds like me, mum!".
See y'all in a fortnight. Can. Not. Wait!
posted by malibustacey9999 at 5:40 AM on July 5, 2014 [1 favorite]
Shitshitshitfuckityshit.
I've booked the motel, but just got a phone call from a family member which may throw a spanner in the works.
I'm going to bed to no doubt stare at the ceiling all night and see how it all turns out over the next few days.
Insert very grumpy emoticon face here. Very very VERY grumpy face!
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:19 AM on July 5, 2014
I've booked the motel, but just got a phone call from a family member which may throw a spanner in the works.
I'm going to bed to no doubt stare at the ceiling all night and see how it all turns out over the next few days.
Insert very grumpy emoticon face here. Very very VERY grumpy face!
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:19 AM on July 5, 2014
So long as it's not a call from one of your super cool kids, tell the family member to bugger off.
posted by taff at 6:22 AM on July 5, 2014
posted by taff at 6:22 AM on July 5, 2014
*stamps foot* Noooooooooooo! No workspanners in this party!
posted by valetta at 6:33 AM on July 5, 2014
posted by valetta at 6:33 AM on July 5, 2014
Yeah, it's the kid who's turning 16 that day, and had no plans whatsoever, and had requested no party or anything, and was bribed with a visit to the Police and Justice Museum on the Sunday, and is now throwing a post-concert-comedown hissy fit insisting that her brother and I should go but she'd be happy to stay at home by herself.
So we'll see how she feels tomorrow after a five hour public transport ride home. No, it might be better if we wait to see how she feels the next day... or by about Friday.
Hormonal teenage kids. Should be a law against 'em. Grmph.
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:58 AM on July 5, 2014 [1 favorite]
So we'll see how she feels tomorrow after a five hour public transport ride home. No, it might be better if we wait to see how she feels the next day... or by about Friday.
Hormonal teenage kids. Should be a law against 'em. Grmph.
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:58 AM on July 5, 2014 [1 favorite]
PS: valetta, they are really cool kids. Colourful, nerdy and all-round awesome. But the friggin' hormonal thing does my head in!
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:59 AM on July 5, 2014
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:59 AM on July 5, 2014
all-round awesome
That's a relief. I was starting to get nervous.
posted by valetta at 7:11 AM on July 5, 2014
That's a relief. I was starting to get nervous.
posted by valetta at 7:11 AM on July 5, 2014
Huh. My kids are little turds.
posted by taff at 5:30 PM on July 5, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by taff at 5:30 PM on July 5, 2014 [1 favorite]
Well. The thot plickens.
Firstborn has arrived home, and has offered a deal. I relax my no-facial-piercings-until-she's-18 rule, and she'll happily go to Sydney on her 16th birthday if she can get her nose pierced while she's there.
(I personally think she would totally rock the nose piercing she wants... but now I feel the need to post an AskMefi question "When my 13 year old daughter wanted a stupid tattoo, I made a blanket rule - no tattoos or piercings until you're 18. Should I eat my words, now that she's a pretty stunning 16 year old who would rock the piercing as much as she rocks the coloured hair?".)
Nerdy son was very disappointed when I said that hormonal daughter had thrown a spanner in the works. Now that hormonal daughter has offered the deal.... nerdy son will be thrilled, as will I. And the kids' father will be disgusted and her grandparents will be mortified if I allow her to have her nose pierced.
I think we might be seeing y'all on the 26th, after all.
Parenthood. Never a dull moment.
PS: can anyone recommend somewhere decent to get a nose piercing near Camperdown (motel) or wherever we're meeting up?
posted by malibustacey9999 at 5:30 AM on July 6, 2014
Firstborn has arrived home, and has offered a deal. I relax my no-facial-piercings-until-she's-18 rule, and she'll happily go to Sydney on her 16th birthday if she can get her nose pierced while she's there.
(I personally think she would totally rock the nose piercing she wants... but now I feel the need to post an AskMefi question "When my 13 year old daughter wanted a stupid tattoo, I made a blanket rule - no tattoos or piercings until you're 18. Should I eat my words, now that she's a pretty stunning 16 year old who would rock the piercing as much as she rocks the coloured hair?".)
Nerdy son was very disappointed when I said that hormonal daughter had thrown a spanner in the works. Now that hormonal daughter has offered the deal.... nerdy son will be thrilled, as will I. And the kids' father will be disgusted and her grandparents will be mortified if I allow her to have her nose pierced.
I think we might be seeing y'all on the 26th, after all.
Parenthood. Never a dull moment.
PS: can anyone recommend somewhere decent to get a nose piercing near Camperdown (motel) or wherever we're meeting up?
posted by malibustacey9999 at 5:30 AM on July 6, 2014
So.... any guidance on the park?
I'll put it down as Wentworth park for now. I don't think there's much close by in terms of pubs and food. Except the Kauri Foreshore Hotel, which I have not patronised.
We can always cab it to Glebe or something.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 7:35 PM on July 6, 2014
I'll put it down as Wentworth park for now. I don't think there's much close by in terms of pubs and food. Except the Kauri Foreshore Hotel, which I have not patronised.
We can always cab it to Glebe or something.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 7:35 PM on July 6, 2014
Just in case you are thinking of changing the day to Sunday to see if I could make it then. I'm afraid it won't make any difference. I'll be snorkelling at Lifou. Sorry about that.
posted by unliteral at 10:46 PM on July 6, 2014
posted by unliteral at 10:46 PM on July 6, 2014
Oh, unliteral, what a hassle for you! Are you sure you can't get out of it? Maybe someone could sub for you? I think I might be free...
posted by misfish at 10:54 PM on July 6, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by misfish at 10:54 PM on July 6, 2014 [2 favorites]
I'm more than happy to do Camperdown as well - it was just the other park (can't even remember) but was a bit poo from a public transport perspective, but Camperdown is absolutely fine too, if peeps want the bohemian finery of Newtown at their fingertips.
posted by smoke at 3:45 AM on July 7, 2014
posted by smoke at 3:45 AM on July 7, 2014
Finery at our fingertips and fedoras on our banjos!
Camperdown it is.
Um.... what park is this?
posted by taff at 3:47 AM on July 7, 2014
Camperdown it is.
Um.... what park is this?
posted by taff at 3:47 AM on July 7, 2014
I hate to be pedantic, particularly after having a screaming argument with the firstborn tonight (SHE'LL GET HER BLOODY NOSE PIERCED ALRIGHT, I'VE GOT A HAMMER AND A NAIL!), but where exactly are we meeting? Camperdown? Wentworth Park? Mudgee?
(No, let's not make it Mudgee, it's stupidly cold at the moment. -2 tonight, and a top of 13 tomorrow. Stupid horrid awful uncivilised weather.)
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:09 AM on July 7, 2014
(No, let's not make it Mudgee, it's stupidly cold at the moment. -2 tonight, and a top of 13 tomorrow. Stupid horrid awful uncivilised weather.)
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:09 AM on July 7, 2014
Camperdown it appears. But I don't know this park. I guess I'll google and hope there's only one.
posted by taff at 4:12 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by taff at 4:12 PM on July 7, 2014
Ok. Google says there are two. Camperdown Memorial Rest Park and Camperdown Park unplugged. Which one?
posted by taff at 4:17 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by taff at 4:17 PM on July 7, 2014
Either will work, but the Rest Park is closer to King Street finery. Also, it has a playground for tafflings et al.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 5:47 PM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 5:47 PM on July 7, 2014 [1 favorite]
Also, Newtown is where I would go were I looking for a reputable person to stick a metal rod through my nose.
posted by misfish at 5:59 PM on July 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by misfish at 5:59 PM on July 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
Best change the map to Camperdown Rest then please, good kind redthoughts.
posted by valetta at 7:00 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by valetta at 7:00 PM on July 7, 2014
Done.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 9:22 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 9:22 PM on July 7, 2014
I will be jet-lagged as fuck, but Saturday works for me.
We will fix this with wine.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 9:23 PM on July 7, 2014
We will fix this with wine.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 9:23 PM on July 7, 2014
So as it's a mefi meme thing...which one of you is going to wear the adult diaper to the meet up? And does one wear diapers and fedoras simultaneously, or is it trashy over-accessorising?
posted by taff at 9:29 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by taff at 9:29 PM on July 7, 2014
Surely there will be at least one child wearing an actual diaper. Just get the kid a baby fedora too.
It'll be all LOOK WHO'STALKING MANSPLAINING NOW
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 11:16 PM on July 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
It'll be all LOOK WHO'S
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 11:16 PM on July 7, 2014 [2 favorites]
Babies wear nappies. Only kinky freaks and Americans wear diapers. (no offence to kinky freaks)
posted by misfish at 11:41 PM on July 7, 2014
posted by misfish at 11:41 PM on July 7, 2014
Apparently not to doctors appointments.....adults do too. (Seen the green today??)
So, "red thoughts" in diapers it is!
posted by taff at 12:18 AM on July 8, 2014
So, "red thoughts" in diapers it is!
posted by taff at 12:18 AM on July 8, 2014
I may be horrifically provincial but that question positively reeked of fakery to me.
posted by smoke at 12:21 AM on July 8, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by smoke at 12:21 AM on July 8, 2014 [3 favorites]
Red thoughts, you're totally going to have to troll better than that.
I confess to laughing my guts out.
(I'm not so much provincial, but clearly very oooooold.)
posted by taff at 12:35 AM on July 8, 2014
I confess to laughing my guts out.
(I'm not so much provincial, but clearly very oooooold.)
posted by taff at 12:35 AM on July 8, 2014
We will fix this with wine.
It's been a long time since I was drunk in that cemetary.
posted by kithrater at 3:05 AM on July 8, 2014
It's been a long time since I was drunk in that cemetary.
posted by kithrater at 3:05 AM on July 8, 2014
It's been a long time since I was drunk in that cemetary.
I once did a truly cringeworthy photoshoot there, for a horror themed cabaret. Even though I'm an atheist, it felt wrong.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 4:40 AM on July 8, 2014
I once did a truly cringeworthy photoshoot there, for a horror themed cabaret. Even though I'm an atheist, it felt wrong.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 4:40 AM on July 8, 2014
No as wrong as your diaper's gonna feel.
posted by taff at 9:10 AM on July 8, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by taff at 9:10 AM on July 8, 2014 [2 favorites]
No as wrong as your diaper's gonna feel.
[small frightened noises]
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:56 PM on July 8, 2014 [3 favorites]
[small frightened noises]
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:56 PM on July 8, 2014 [3 favorites]
hi! I missed the last one but will be there with family in tow... Camperdown Memorial Park is my favourite. (Camperdown Park, not so much).
posted by 8k at 9:36 PM on July 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by 8k at 9:36 PM on July 8, 2014 [1 favorite]
I'm not going to make it, and I am thoroughly pissed off. My lovely innocent 15 year old daughter has turned out to be not so lovely after all... but she has learned that posting nasty vicious comments about her grandmother using her grandmothers iPad may come back to bite her on the butt when the grandmother plays with her new toy and learns how to check the history.
I'm at the stage where I wish I was born sterile.
Hopefully I'll make it for the 20th birthday meetup.
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:13 AM on July 14, 2014
I'm at the stage where I wish I was born sterile.
Hopefully I'll make it for the 20th birthday meetup.
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:13 AM on July 14, 2014
My lovely innocent 15 year old daughter has turned out to be not so lovely after all... but she has learned that posting nasty vicious comments about her grandmother using her grandmothers iPad may come back to bite her on the butt when the grandmother plays with her new toy and learns how to check the history.
Not cool! So much for that nose piercing, I guess.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:08 PM on July 14, 2014
Not cool! So much for that nose piercing, I guess.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:08 PM on July 14, 2014
If she gets her nose pierced while living under my roof, I'll be doing it myself. Slowly. With a blunt nappy pin. THAT'S how pissed off I am with her.
Oh, hang on... can you spare a nappy pin, HTWRT and/or Taff? (I've only got one, and I use it when I roast a chook.)
posted by malibustacey9999 at 3:59 AM on July 15, 2014
Oh, hang on... can you spare a nappy pin, HTWRT and/or Taff? (I've only got one, and I use it when I roast a chook.)
posted by malibustacey9999 at 3:59 AM on July 15, 2014
Sorry guys, the diaper plan is off. Stacey needs the pin. Can't wear it without a pin.
*whew*
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 4:14 AM on July 15, 2014
*whew*
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 4:14 AM on July 15, 2014
I've only got one, and I use it when I roast a chook.
Wait, what?
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 4:17 AM on July 15, 2014
Wait, what?
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 4:17 AM on July 15, 2014
oy you two, take your (not that there's anything wrong with that) fetish elsewhere.
stace, i reckon you offer the little turducken a nipple piercing. that'll sort the wheat from the chaff.
and sod her. come anyway. leave her at an orphanage and come have fun with your friends. surely one of our crew, ubu, will make a birthday cake...
posted by taff at 4:37 AM on July 15, 2014
stace, i reckon you offer the little turducken a nipple piercing. that'll sort the wheat from the chaff.
and sod her. come anyway. leave her at an orphanage and come have fun with your friends. surely one of our crew, ubu, will make a birthday cake...
posted by taff at 4:37 AM on July 15, 2014
I'll try to come but will also be very jet lagged so might bail depending on how I'm doing.
posted by lollusc at 12:44 AM on July 16, 2014
posted by lollusc at 12:44 AM on July 16, 2014
I've only got one, and I use it when I roast a chook.
Wait, what?
Until I can make a decent gluten-free stuffing that isn't like a ball of slimy playdough flavoured with dirt, I stuff the chook with a couple of lemon halves and a couple of onion halves and whatever herbs are wilting sadly in the fridge. Then I have to pin the chooks bum shut so the onion and lemon doesn't fall out when I wrestle it to turn it over halfway though cooking.
Doesn't everyone use a nappy pin to skewer a chooks bum shut?!?
(I never used nappy pins on actual nappies... I used those funky stretchy elastic three-pronged things. Brilliant invention.)
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:22 PM on July 16, 2014
Wait, what?
Until I can make a decent gluten-free stuffing that isn't like a ball of slimy playdough flavoured with dirt, I stuff the chook with a couple of lemon halves and a couple of onion halves and whatever herbs are wilting sadly in the fridge. Then I have to pin the chooks bum shut so the onion and lemon doesn't fall out when I wrestle it to turn it over halfway though cooking.
Doesn't everyone use a nappy pin to skewer a chooks bum shut?!?
(I never used nappy pins on actual nappies... I used those funky stretchy elastic three-pronged things. Brilliant invention.)
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:22 PM on July 16, 2014
Damn hippies, the lot of you. I put my roast chickens in disposable diapers like normal people.
posted by taff at 6:55 PM on July 16, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by taff at 6:55 PM on July 16, 2014 [3 favorites]
I'll try to come but will also be very jet lagged so might bail depending on how I'm doing.
What about mollusc?
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 1:57 AM on July 22, 2014 [1 favorite]
What about mollusc?
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 1:57 AM on July 22, 2014 [1 favorite]
Bon soir mes amis, I've been AWOL for a couple of weeks indulging in one of my favourite obsessions (The French Revolution, doing a MOOC on it - what did you think? Shoes? Chocolate? Ha! I'm deep I tell you.)
I thought more people would have signed up for this by now. Maybe this isn't the Popular Group. Attending might be bad for my reputation. Still ... it is Newtown, you can't get any cooler than that, unless you go to Fitzroy. I tell these country hicks round here I'm off to Newie and they look all sad and ask me to bring back some art.
Ah fuckit, if I stay home I'm only going to be staring at the internet in my pajamas wondering how long I can put off going outside to get more wood for the fire. Trains are warm. They let you read books about the French Revolution on trains. And when I get to the party we'll eat cake!
Good, that's settled then. See ya there, citizens.
posted by valetta at 6:19 AM on July 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
I thought more people would have signed up for this by now. Maybe this isn't the Popular Group. Attending might be bad for my reputation. Still ... it is Newtown, you can't get any cooler than that, unless you go to Fitzroy. I tell these country hicks round here I'm off to Newie and they look all sad and ask me to bring back some art.
Ah fuckit, if I stay home I'm only going to be staring at the internet in my pajamas wondering how long I can put off going outside to get more wood for the fire. Trains are warm. They let you read books about the French Revolution on trains. And when I get to the party we'll eat cake!
Good, that's settled then. See ya there, citizens.
posted by valetta at 6:19 AM on July 23, 2014 [1 favorite]
Yay! I shall bake a cake. Probably carrot.
posted by misfish at 6:37 PM on July 23, 2014 [2 favorites]
posted by misfish at 6:37 PM on July 23, 2014 [2 favorites]
I shall purchase delicacies on arrival in Newtown. In transit from Newcastle they are liable to be squished or indeed, nibbled at.
posted by valetta at 5:28 AM on July 24, 2014
posted by valetta at 5:28 AM on July 24, 2014
So....15:00 tomoz it is?
Woo hoo.
I'm just gluing on my last sequin now.
posted by taff at 7:40 PM on July 24, 2014
Woo hoo.
I'm just gluing on my last sequin now.
posted by taff at 7:40 PM on July 24, 2014
Wait, I just noticed the title. We're allowed to bring red wine too, right? If not, I'm doing it anyway. I'm such a rebel.
posted by lollusc at 12:27 AM on July 25, 2014
posted by lollusc at 12:27 AM on July 25, 2014
The title is a riff on the Tim Minchin song. It's not prescriptive. Bring all the wine.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 1:17 AM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 1:17 AM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
Tomorrow afternoon I shall wallow.
I will drink orange and ginger cider, and play Tim Minchin and laugh at his funny stuff and cry at his sad stuff, and then I will play Jess Holland (local rock-chick-turned-country-chick), and I will think of you all, and I will fume that I can't yet meet those of you I haven't met, and I will cry that I can't see those of you who I have met, and then I'll probably cry even harder because I'm 400-or-something-goddamned-kilometres away.
Have fun, y'all. Your country cousin will be there in spirit. XOXO
posted by malibustacey9999 at 4:18 AM on July 25, 2014
I will drink orange and ginger cider, and play Tim Minchin and laugh at his funny stuff and cry at his sad stuff, and then I will play Jess Holland (local rock-chick-turned-country-chick), and I will think of you all, and I will fume that I can't yet meet those of you I haven't met, and I will cry that I can't see those of you who I have met, and then I'll probably cry even harder because I'm 400-or-something-goddamned-kilometres away.
Have fun, y'all. Your country cousin will be there in spirit. XOXO
posted by malibustacey9999 at 4:18 AM on July 25, 2014
Sell the little bugger's kidney and come down, Stace!
posted by taff at 5:17 AM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by taff at 5:17 AM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
Soooooo.... Looking kinda rainy. I understand it's meant to clear up, but wet grass is uninspiring at best - anyone have thoughts for an alternative venue?
posted by smoke at 3:46 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by smoke at 3:46 PM on July 25, 2014
I messaged Red Thoughts but he hasn't responded. Shall WE decide? Near the actual park would be good. We have picnic rugs but unless there's a miracle I can't see the joy.
I don't know the area too well. Suggestions? Where's ubu in all this!!??
posted by taff at 4:17 PM on July 25, 2014
I don't know the area too well. Suggestions? Where's ubu in all this!!??
posted by taff at 4:17 PM on July 25, 2014
It's got an outdoor beer garden. I think it's covered though. Pretty kid friendly.
posted by misfish at 4:21 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by misfish at 4:21 PM on July 25, 2014
Misfish you are a genius. I say this because I just googled and came back to say this. I vote yay!
Smoke??
posted by taff at 4:26 PM on July 25, 2014
Smoke??
posted by taff at 4:26 PM on July 25, 2014
(And yes, for the inevitable pedant I meant yay, not yea.)
posted by taff at 4:28 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by taff at 4:28 PM on July 25, 2014
OK, OK, I have dragged my carcass out of bed and changed the meetup details.
Valetta, fret not - the pub we are going to now is across the road from the park that we intended to go to.
Misfish is still bringing cake.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 4:58 PM on July 25, 2014
Valetta, fret not - the pub we are going to now is across the road from the park that we intended to go to.
Misfish is still bringing cake.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 4:58 PM on July 25, 2014
Just to complicate things.... I've found the Courty tends to be very noisy & busy on Saturday afternoons; I couldn't handle taking the kids there. The garden also isn't covered as such - just umbrellas. On the upside that may mean it's not so busy!
However I live quite close by so I can easily pop by for a drink and leave the family at home :)
Coopers bistro looks like it has a covered area. I don't know how popular it'd be in the afternoon?
Other possibilities very close by:
- the Bank Hotel which has a lot of covered outdoor space and probably won't be crowded as it's huge
- the Carlisle Castle which is small, doesn't have a great beer garden but we can probably hang out in the bistro dining room which is fairly kid friendly. And it has ghosts!
Another bit of bad news - inner west train line is closed for trackwork all weekend...
posted by 8k at 5:10 PM on July 25, 2014
However I live quite close by so I can easily pop by for a drink and leave the family at home :)
Coopers bistro looks like it has a covered area. I don't know how popular it'd be in the afternoon?
Other possibilities very close by:
- the Bank Hotel which has a lot of covered outdoor space and probably won't be crowded as it's huge
- the Carlisle Castle which is small, doesn't have a great beer garden but we can probably hang out in the bistro dining room which is fairly kid friendly. And it has ghosts!
Another bit of bad news - inner west train line is closed for trackwork all weekend...
posted by 8k at 5:10 PM on July 25, 2014
Actually, on scanning the whole thread, looks like only Malibustacey & I were talking about bringing kids, and she's not coming ... So feel free to ignore my witterings above!
posted by 8k at 5:18 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by 8k at 5:18 PM on July 25, 2014
Oops I forgot Taff!
Carlisle Castle and the Bank are both about 2 mins walk from the Courthouse, and Coopers maybe 5 mins- so we could just play it by ear. I'm not sure if either will be serving food until later on, whereas the Courty probably will.
posted by 8k at 5:46 PM on July 25, 2014
Carlisle Castle and the Bank are both about 2 mins walk from the Courthouse, and Coopers maybe 5 mins- so we could just play it by ear. I'm not sure if either will be serving food until later on, whereas the Courty probably will.
posted by 8k at 5:46 PM on July 25, 2014
Ah shit! Great day for trackwork. Pissing down here.
Looks like get off train and sit in bus between Hornsby and Strathfield too, though the train timetable site is a bit ambiguous.
Cannot cope. Gonna change back into jamas and stoke up the fire, wish you all well and see you next time for white wine in the (spring?) sun.
posted by valetta at 5:46 PM on July 25, 2014
Looks like get off train and sit in bus between Hornsby and Strathfield too, though the train timetable site is a bit ambiguous.
Cannot cope. Gonna change back into jamas and stoke up the fire, wish you all well and see you next time for white wine in the (spring?) sun.
posted by valetta at 5:46 PM on July 25, 2014
smoke was bringing his wisps, wasn't he? I initially intended to bring mine but I can always leave them in the car with the window cracked like I do on casino days.
I'm flexible. My kids can be bribed with bribery. And poker chips.
posted by taff at 5:47 PM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
I'm flexible. My kids can be bribed with bribery. And poker chips.
posted by taff at 5:47 PM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
That's a "nein" on kidlets for me - we are, all of us, somewhat peaked. I and my sniffles will withstand the rigors of transport and the dreaded train buses to bask in the effulgent glow of your companies, however subjecting my loin-fruit to that would be an act of unbridled sadism - mine onto them, or them onto me, either works.
posted by smoke at 5:50 PM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by smoke at 5:50 PM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
Aw taff, much apology. I'm a wimp, unlike the valiant smoke. I had it all organised to catch the train back to Newcastle after meet-up and stay with a pal there overnight, wending my way home the last 70kms in relaxed style with car on Sunday morning. I could have coped with getting a bus from Central to Newtown, even in the rain, but I have experienced the train-bus awfulness on the Sydney-Newcastle line before and it takes f o r e v e r. Two forevers in one day is more than I can handle.
posted by valetta at 6:05 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by valetta at 6:05 PM on July 25, 2014
OK. OK. We can do this people.
Cannot cope. Gonna change back into jamas and stoke up the fire, wish you all well and see you next time for white wine in the (spring?) sun.
Understandable. I trust that you have a sufficient stockpile of tim tams and hot tea.
Carlisle Castle and the Bank are both about 2 mins walk from the Courthouse, and Coopers maybe 5 mins- so we could just play it by ear. I'm not sure if either will be serving food until later on, whereas the Courty probably will.
Sounds likes a plan. Courty it is, if it is untenable we shall migrate to one of our backups.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:12 PM on July 25, 2014
Cannot cope. Gonna change back into jamas and stoke up the fire, wish you all well and see you next time for white wine in the (spring?) sun.
Understandable. I trust that you have a sufficient stockpile of tim tams and hot tea.
Carlisle Castle and the Bank are both about 2 mins walk from the Courthouse, and Coopers maybe 5 mins- so we could just play it by ear. I'm not sure if either will be serving food until later on, whereas the Courty probably will.
Sounds likes a plan. Courty it is, if it is untenable we shall migrate to one of our backups.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:12 PM on July 25, 2014
And may I just say; Fuck you, Cityrail!
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:13 PM on July 25, 2014 [3 favorites]
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:13 PM on July 25, 2014 [3 favorites]
Yay for bribery, Taff. If you're bringing your kids (they are little, right?), I shall bring the pre-schooler but will probably leave the speed-crawling baby at home with his dad.
Valletta sorry, trackwork sucks...I can't even handle it from newtown to central!!
posted by 8k at 6:13 PM on July 25, 2014
Valletta sorry, trackwork sucks...I can't even handle it from newtown to central!!
posted by 8k at 6:13 PM on July 25, 2014
Yes indeed, fuck you Cityrail, you won't get any trackwork done in this rain anyway.
Raising my tea-dunked tim-tam to my lips and sucking the end in sorrow.
posted by valetta at 6:19 PM on July 25, 2014
Raising my tea-dunked tim-tam to my lips and sucking the end in sorrow.
posted by valetta at 6:19 PM on July 25, 2014
I don't want to alarm you people, but there's a big orange ball in the sky which appears to have frightened the rain and clouds away.
Hopefully you will see it in Sydney shortly.
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:22 PM on July 25, 2014
Hopefully you will see it in Sydney shortly.
posted by malibustacey9999 at 6:22 PM on July 25, 2014
I don't want to alarm you people, but there's a big orange ball in the sky which appears to have frightened the rain and clouds away.
Lies! There is no sun! This a fiction concocted by the powers that be to keep the peons complacent and apathetic.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:27 PM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
Lies! There is no sun! This a fiction concocted by the powers that be to keep the peons complacent and apathetic.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 6:27 PM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
Hey 8k, I have an amusing and despotic five year old and a strong, sociopathic 7 year old. I'm a tall, young and athletic 16 year old. And a 9 month old ipad.
posted by taff at 6:55 PM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by taff at 6:55 PM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
But... but... I was making scones! Maybe I will smuggle some into the pub anyway.
posted by lollusc at 7:03 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by lollusc at 7:03 PM on July 25, 2014
Wait - a pub will let me keep my cake won't they? My cream cheese icing is so lemony.
posted by misfish at 7:36 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by misfish at 7:36 PM on July 25, 2014
The sun is well and truly out in the borough of West Ryde now, so if worst comes to worst we can eat standing in the park!
posted by smoke at 7:39 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by smoke at 7:39 PM on July 25, 2014
I'll bring my picnic rug too. It is indeed sunny in Newtown now!
posted by 8k at 7:56 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by 8k at 7:56 PM on July 25, 2014
United Airlines too strong. I'm out; feel terrible, barely conscious, not fit for human consumption. Sorry all, I'll try to make it to the next one.
posted by kithrater at 8:05 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by kithrater at 8:05 PM on July 25, 2014
OK, we'll bring rugs too. And cake. They'll let us eat it, by gum, or we shall take our business elsewhere!
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 8:48 PM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 8:48 PM on July 25, 2014 [1 favorite]
By 'elsewhere', I mean to the park across the street.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 9:22 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 9:22 PM on July 25, 2014
I'm still sort of hoping to make it a park thing. But am open to not. Have nibbles and monsters. Coming shortly. Start at the courty?
posted by taff at 9:34 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by taff at 9:34 PM on July 25, 2014
Let's start at the park. That way we don't have to buy drinks, then scull them when people want to move
posted by lollusc at 9:50 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by lollusc at 9:50 PM on July 25, 2014
I am close, bus pulling into newton station, five or ten minutes. Should i pick up some drinks?
posted by smoke at 9:52 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by smoke at 9:52 PM on July 25, 2014
Ok, going to the park. Get those drinks, smoke.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 9:54 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 9:54 PM on July 25, 2014
I have a bottle of wine and we won't be drinking much of it ourselves so feel free to freeload :)
posted by lollusc at 9:55 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by lollusc at 9:55 PM on July 25, 2014
My bottle of wine and I are on the bus. I will need to procure some caffeine, but will be there soon.
posted by kjs4 at 10:11 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by kjs4 at 10:11 PM on July 25, 2014
The giant picnic blanket has arrived! We are spread out under the tree in the glorious sunshine!
posted by misfish at 10:27 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by misfish at 10:27 PM on July 25, 2014
I'll be there in 10. Oldest kid is refusing to join me! I have a blanket but no food..
posted by 8k at 10:34 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by 8k at 10:34 PM on July 25, 2014
Correction.., we are all coming now. I have some sparkling wine and hummus... Party!
posted by 8k at 10:41 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by 8k at 10:41 PM on July 25, 2014
Am I too late to help you sing Happy Birthday Dear MeFi ?
posted by valetta at 10:57 PM on July 25, 2014
posted by valetta at 10:57 PM on July 25, 2014
I'll do it anyway, must observe the conventions, and since it's a fifteen-year-old party ...
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy brithday to you,
You look like a mefite,
And you smell like one too!
posted by valetta at 12:19 AM on July 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
Happy Birthday to you,
Happy brithday to you,
You look like a mefite,
And you smell like one too!
posted by valetta at 12:19 AM on July 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!
Seriously, hope y'all had a blast, and I hope none of you are sober enough now to respond to this.
posted by malibustacey9999 at 12:45 AM on July 26, 2014
Seriously, hope y'all had a blast, and I hope none of you are sober enough now to respond to this.
posted by malibustacey9999 at 12:45 AM on July 26, 2014
Stacey we never saw that big orange thing here at all. I have damp firewood drying out on top of the old Coonara.
posted by valetta at 12:54 AM on July 26, 2014
posted by valetta at 12:54 AM on July 26, 2014
Home at last, great afternoon guys. Lollusc, I hope Victoria road met with your approval. Thanks all for coming out, it has been a long time between drinks for me!
posted by smoke at 1:30 AM on July 26, 2014
posted by smoke at 1:30 AM on July 26, 2014
Three thing in the planning in future:
1) park play date with small peeps near smoke and the wisps
2) pub trivia
3) board game night at my place with momos and chilli (and big smoke).
posted by taff at 2:10 AM on July 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
1) park play date with small peeps near smoke and the wisps
2) pub trivia
3) board game night at my place with momos and chilli (and big smoke).
posted by taff at 2:10 AM on July 26, 2014 [1 favorite]
Ami I not big enough for you? This is about the deck, isn't it. I love momos.
posted by smoke at 2:22 AM on July 26, 2014
posted by smoke at 2:22 AM on July 26, 2014
Items 1) to 3) agreed, mighty taff. Except I don't know what a momo is, so holding off on approving them till I'm better informed. Are there chickpeas involved?
4) Valetta to check ahead on trackwork schedule in time to make alternative arrangements. Only hippies expect to travel without a plan B.
posted by valetta at 3:07 AM on July 26, 2014
4) Valetta to check ahead on trackwork schedule in time to make alternative arrangements. Only hippies expect to travel without a plan B.
posted by valetta at 3:07 AM on July 26, 2014
PICS OR IT DIDN'T HAPPEN!
There are pics! Somewhere. Someone took some.
Victoria Road was indeed a much more pleasant drive even though Google constantly nagged us to change direction. The Mollusc was a little unhappy about it, though, as I kept going ooh and aah at the pretty view and he was stuck glaring at tail lights and intersections instead.
posted by lollusc at 8:20 PM on July 26, 2014
There are pics! Somewhere. Someone took some.
Victoria Road was indeed a much more pleasant drive even though Google constantly nagged us to change direction. The Mollusc was a little unhappy about it, though, as I kept going ooh and aah at the pretty view and he was stuck glaring at tail lights and intersections instead.
posted by lollusc at 8:20 PM on July 26, 2014
Wot! No pictures? Here's mine. And to show you I was thinking of you all. With a special shoutout to valetta (though in typical mefi fashion, it's misspelled).
posted by unliteral at 9:52 PM on July 26, 2014 [5 favorites]
posted by unliteral at 9:52 PM on July 26, 2014 [5 favorites]
Unliteral pics! Yes! A ship out of Valletta, oh me ancestral island. What a wonderful thing, thank you, am saving it.
Carnival Spirit is absolutel my new porn name.
posted by valetta at 4:05 AM on July 27, 2014
Carnival Spirit is absolutel my new porn name.
posted by valetta at 4:05 AM on July 27, 2014
* absolutely
That edit window shows no mercy. "Time's up! No I can't wait. You snooze, you lose." Bastard.
posted by valetta at 4:17 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]
That edit window shows no mercy. "Time's up! No I can't wait. You snooze, you lose." Bastard.
posted by valetta at 4:17 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]
And to show you I was thinking of you all.
Ha! Awesome. You utterly heartless bastard. I hope you got some of that gorgeous white sand in some sensitive crevices.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 5:15 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]
Ha! Awesome. You utterly heartless bastard. I hope you got some of that gorgeous white sand in some sensitive crevices.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 5:15 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]
3) board game night at my place with momos and chilli (and big smoke).
I nominate Cards Against Humanity. Misfish also demands a round of Pucket, which I think y'all would enjoy. Best served with booze and shouting.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 5:20 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]
I nominate Cards Against Humanity. Misfish also demands a round of Pucket, which I think y'all would enjoy. Best served with booze and shouting.
posted by His thoughts were red thoughts at 5:20 AM on July 27, 2014 [1 favorite]
Hey, belatedly chiming in to say it was great fun!
I'm up for something else for sure; any of the above.
Oh and lollusc... What were those amazing sweet things you brought? They are so much better than any scone I've encountered before?
posted by 8k at 6:12 AM on July 30, 2014
I'm up for something else for sure; any of the above.
Oh and lollusc... What were those amazing sweet things you brought? They are so much better than any scone I've encountered before?
posted by 8k at 6:12 AM on July 30, 2014
They were a fail-version of Pioneer Woman's vanilla scones, which I found by searching metafilter for things to make to showcase vanilla. (I bought a bottle of 300ml of real vanilla extract in Mexico recently for a ridiculous $5 and now I am vanilla-flavouring ALL THE THINGS).
It was the first time I had baked scones in the oven in our new house, and it turned out that either it is completely lying about what temperature it is at, or the 180 C her recipe requires is way too low for scones (as I suspected in advance, given that my other scone recipes require 220 C). So they took about 40 minutes to cook and hardly rose at all.
Then I adjusted the sugar glaze recipe to a cooked one with normal sugar instead of uncooked with icing sugar, and never managed to get the crystals to melt, which is why they were all crunchy like that.
But although it was a fail at being scone-like or approximating the PW recipe, they were quite tasty as their own sort of thing, weren't they?
posted by lollusc at 10:01 PM on July 31, 2014 [2 favorites]
It was the first time I had baked scones in the oven in our new house, and it turned out that either it is completely lying about what temperature it is at, or the 180 C her recipe requires is way too low for scones (as I suspected in advance, given that my other scone recipes require 220 C). So they took about 40 minutes to cook and hardly rose at all.
Then I adjusted the sugar glaze recipe to a cooked one with normal sugar instead of uncooked with icing sugar, and never managed to get the crystals to melt, which is why they were all crunchy like that.
But although it was a fail at being scone-like or approximating the PW recipe, they were quite tasty as their own sort of thing, weren't they?
posted by lollusc at 10:01 PM on July 31, 2014 [2 favorites]
(They are so much better than any scone I've encountered before?
Twice as much butter, added cream, and lots of sugar will have that sort of effect.)
posted by lollusc at 10:04 PM on July 31, 2014 [2 favorites]
Twice as much butter, added cream, and lots of sugar will have that sort of effect.)
posted by lollusc at 10:04 PM on July 31, 2014 [2 favorites]
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