Breakfast - Sat 28 June, 9.30am

I’m just not a breakfast person I’m afraid….

Neither was I, this morning. I woke at 8.40am, for 9.30am breakfast. And I’m 30 kms from Canberra. Made it though, just a tad late.

Jeez the toast was nice, some kind of sourdough stuff with cow butter to put on it.

Well, this morning’s breakfast was a success! Mr qwerky and I enjoyed meeting Ant, Astrojax and FabForty.
Small but select. We went to Italian Bite Trattoria next to Dobinsons in the city and the food was good (yes, I had salmon omelette), and the coffee is excellent and served with tiny melt-in-the-mouth pastries. We might go there for a second RA breakfast sometime ‘cos it’s one of the few places you can go and order and pay at the counter. The woman who runs the place is very hospitable as well. Looking forward to the next ‘do’ next Friday at the GC inn!

Did 2 Buddah turn-up? ;-O

Well, we breakfasted and we survived! Although my Fried Raw Eggs looked dangerous (and wobbly). I’m sure Liquid Eggs must be the new cutting-edge breakfast and I’m just behind the times. Everyone else appeared to have Fish Omelettes. Very nice coffee. Very genial company and no one had two heads or got bitten.

There’ll definitely be more RiotAct breakfasts.

Seven of us coming now. Any more takers? Email me at ACTGadabouts at gmail dot com for the cafe name. It’s in civic, but if you want to find out where you’re going to have to get in touch personally! Hope to see some more of you there, Virginia

I’m only a newy, but already I’ve witnesed a few personality clashes on here, you may wish to hold it at mooseheads to take advantage of the ‘exit technicians’!

Seriously, a great idea though. Isn’t it wonderful how some people just take the time and trouble to organise things. Bon apetit 🙂

I have met up with ‘net’ people before so I do have a bit of experience in these things. I don’t think I’m quite so naive as to just say ‘meet us at this time and where’. However, I have already asked people to contact me at the email address I have provided to find out details of the location as I don’t want to post that information here.

I can tell you though these pieces of information:

1. The breakfast will be 9.30am next Sat, 28 June, in a city location.

2. I will be wearing a slightly floppy blue patterned velvet hat and I will be with my husband and we will position ourselves opposite the door at a table on the right hand side as you enter the cafe. I will not be displaying a logo or any other identifying information. I don’t think there’ll be too many velvet hat wearers in this particular cafe on a Sat morning, or any other morning for that matter!

3. The table will be booked under the name of ‘Virginia’, so if all else fails, ask at the counter and they will point out the group.

4. The cafe is an ‘order and pay at the counter’ sort of place so no problems with bill splitting.

4. For the location and to confirm your attendance, simply email me at ACTGadabouts at gmail dot com and all will be revealed. I will also need to confirm numbers with the cafe so I know if I need to book an extra table. At this stage, there are about six people in total who are interested.

Yeah. I remember one years ago, for a sport-based (big) forum. Couldn’t work out who “the group” was, so hung around the bar wondering, and spotted another person doing the same thing so asked them and yes, they were there for the meet-up. Found a few more lone people forlornly looking for the others, so we got together and had our own little meet up. Finally, as we left, we found the main group outside. They all knew each other.

When I arranged a meet some years later for the same forum, I printed out the site’s logo and put it on the table. We had to drag over more tables and chairs as the group swelled! People forget that you can’t really tell who’s who in real life.

At a restaurant you can book in the name of the site, which solves that problem.

‘Net meetups often founder because people can’t work out who the others are.

Very good point Ant. I had difficulty at the last one (johnboy’s farewell) because it was rather crowded (All Bar Nun just before it turned into Mooseheads Mk II). I had actually met johnboy before, but the sneaky bugger had decided to lose shitloads of weight in the meantime…

Drinking beer at 9.30am on a Saturday? Now that’s decadant.

Apparently there has been a small but honest show of interest in the brekkie. It’ll be nice to meet up with some breakfast-minded people.

Qwerky, how are people to find the group? Will you book a table under the name “Riotact” or should there be a sheet with the logo printed on it on the table? ‘Net meetups often founder because people can’t work out who the others are.