[LRUG] RailsConf pre-drinks

[Luke Redpath]

Without wanting to put down pizza on rails (how can you criticise  
free pizza, beer and rails chat?) the Bricklayers Arms is a lovely  
little pub and the upstairs area does seem really comfy. And they  
have a dart board *ahem*.

Not just that but at £1.70 to about £2.20 for beer its about as cheap  
as pubs come in London.

So +1 for the Bricklayers from me.

Cheers
Luke

On 14 Aug 2006, at 12:37, Scott Rutherford wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Pizza On Rails (www.pizzaonrails.com) are holding a "large" event that
> night, the email should be going round later today.
>
> Hopefully that will attract a lot of the conference attendees (a  
> few of
> the visitors are already on its mailing list), so come along to that -
> all are welcome.
>
> Scott
>
> On 14/8/2006, "Murray Steele" <murray.steele at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> As there'll be loads of rubyists (rubyeans? rubes? rubots? what  
>> *is* the
>> right word here?) around for RailsConf Europe I thought that it  
>> might be an
>> idea to organise some kind of LRUG-"branded" meetup/event for the  
>> evening
>> before the conference.  Given that the following 2 days are going  
>> to be
>> fairly presentation heavy (at least for those of us attending) it  
>> seems like
>> a simple meetup in a pub might be the best idea, lest we get
>> PowerPoint/Keynote/Homegrown-written-in-XUL-slide-application  
>> fatigue too
>> early.
>>
>> For anyone attending this will be a chance get to get to know  
>> everyone
>> before the conference starts.  Perhaps even talk to some of the  
>> speakers
>> before the event to help you decide which talks to attend (with 4- 
>> talks per
>> session, I know I'm having dilemmas).  On a more mischievous note  
>> I'm sure
>> if we get at least one of the speakers drunk enough, we could make  
>> them
>> accept a bet to do their presentation through the medium of  
>> interpretive
>> dance or gangsta rap (or both!).
>>
>> For anyone not attending this would be a great opportunity to  
>> network with
>> the Rails-igentsia before the conference begins so you won't have  
>> to deal
>> with in-jokes and discussions about talks you haven't heard  
>> (unless you've
>> been hyper-keen on the RSS and consumed the 0-day blogz about the  
>> event) at
>> anything that might happen on the conference nights "proper".
>>
>> Also, it might just be fun.  There'll be Booze! Crisps! Maybe even  
>> Nuts and
>> for those lucky few Scampi Fries!!
>>
>> Anyway, now that I've sold both attendees and non-attendees on the  
>> idea,
>> some "specifics" of my plan:
>>
>> If we can get the word out to the rest of the attendee community  
>> and given
>> the size of last months LRUG meetup it looks like there is  
>> potential for
>> quite a few folk attending, so a pub with a room / area we could book
>> (hopefully one that doesn't require a ridiculous bar-spend promise or
>> deposit) would be the best plan, rather than just blindly turning  
>> up and
>> hoping for space (even on a Wednesday night it could be   
>> stretching it).
>> Ideally close to the conference venue as I assume most out-of- 
>> towners will
>> be staying close-ish to the conference venue.  Of course any  
>> recommendations
>> for further afield (within reason) are welcome as I'm not sure  
>> there are any
>> "nice" boozers that close to the venue.
>>
>> So:
>>
>> a) anyone up for this? - no point even thinking about organising  
>> it if we
>> don't think anyone would want to turn up from LRUG.  If we can't  
>> muster
>> enough folk from our own home turf then what's the likelihood of any
>> incoming railers turning up?.  It'll be fun, what else could you  
>> possibly be
>> doing on a Wednesday evening in September?
>>
>> b) anyone got any suggestions for a suitable pub / bar in the area  
>> - I work
>> close by so I can sample them on the way home (anyone who wants to  
>> join the
>> newly formed LRUG Pub Selection Committee is of course welcome)
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Muz
> _______________________________________________
> chat mailing list
> chat at lrug.org
> http://lists.lrug.org/listinfo.cgi/chat-lrug.org