Thanks, Holaaaaaaaaaa!!! Very good quote, but that connection means taking Monday, the 15th, off, and I cannot ask for holidays till January/February :-(

:cry: :cry: :cry:

I looked too Max, but hardly a cheap return!! You could fly Virgin on Saturday, returning on Sunday for the small cost of 452� Or you could fly into LGW and then to MAD by Easyjet!!!

Ok.... with the holiday I have a bit to breathe...

Holaaaaa has been after me to put of the list of attendees to date to cotillear.. so... here goes. The spoken for pairs are listed together, everyone else is free game! :jeje: :

Confirmed: Couples
Chica & �ngel (American/Spanish)
PIM & Marko (Spanish/Finnish/British)
Juliette & Roland (American/British)
Laidback & Cynthia (British/Australian)

Confirmed: Ladies (nationality -- for Cervantes )
Candela (American)
Holaaaa (Spanish)
Nerea (Spanish)
Yolanda (Spanish)
Adelaida (Spanish)
Melanie (Australian/Spanish)
Natalia (Spanish)
Lena (Cuban/American)
Helen (American)
Margarita (Spanish)
Rae (British)

Confirmed: Gentlemen
Kike (Spanish)
Paco (Spanish)

Confirmed: Other
2 guests of Rae

Pending:
Domingo (Spanish)
Pepe (Spanish)
Friend of Adelaida

Phew! I think that is all... a total of 23 confirmed so far with the known potential of 3 more. Could be the biggest dinner to date!

To Rocco: I really hope you can come as there is someone I would like for you to meet .

To Fordham Mike: Mike, we know you have a girlfriend, why not come and bring her along?

To Cervantes: Sometimes it's the unknown that is the most exciting! Life based on statistics can be cold and downright boring! M�jate los pies t�o!

To Max: Geeze, it would be great to see you again! I couldn't make that shindig at the mmb (would that be multimadrid bar?? ) when you were last in town :cry: .

Question for Holaaaa: You RSVP'd with a guest. Is that guest Nerea, or are you bringing someone else?

To jer: Bummer that you and Ena won't make it this time 'round! Tell Ena that we miss her at the dinners! However, I totally understand where you are coming from on the money side. You have to choose your battles (activities). Believe me, there are MANY mm activities that I would like to participate in but simply cannot for lack of time and/or money and/or energy!

To the lurkers and fence sitters: Don't sit around too long or life will just pass you by!

Remember, I am calling in the reservations tomorrow (Wednesday evening), if I don't have you on the list by then (mmm let's say 9pm as the cut-off) the opportunity will have passed you by! Please send all confirmations to madridchicas@yahoo.es.

Thanks jer for allowing me to post that email address here!

P.S. Rumor has it that there will be a little bar hopping afterwards to hear a bossanova band!

Chica.

Thanks for the special shout out but I have to respectfully decline your invitation to the dinner.

The prices for most get togethers are too high for me since I don't drink. Plus I am now trying to do more stuff I really enjoy instead of stuff that makes me feel awkward.

Anyway, all of you who like this sort of thing have a good time and enjoy yourselves.

quote:

originally posted by Chica:
[qb] PIM & Marko (Spanish/Finnish/British)
[/qb]

What does a Finnish "&" look like?

To jer and chica - Yes I know older and unknown is great, an older woman would go down very nicely right now, its just that I think I look TOO young for most older women...

:cry:

Cervantes

Believe me Cervantes, no younger man looks too young to an older woman!! Well, unless they are under age I suppose :jeje:

hehehe, it's a pity that madsue is not attending :jeje:

YES, Becky, Nerea is my 'guest' - unless... no, nothing nothing...

I sent my notice to madridchicas@yahoo.com a couple of days ago. As I said in the e-mail this semester has a lot of groupwork, so if something wacky happens and I have to meet to make a deadline I won't show. But barring that event I will go.

P.S.Fordhammike will be attending this dinner solo. I guess you can infer what that means.

When is the actual dinner?

Mike, i took this from page 2 of this thread...

quote:

Date: Saturday November 13
Time: 9:30 p.m.
Location: Mai Tai (Thai restaurant)
Address: Pl. V�squez de Mella, 10
Metro: Chueca/Gran V�a
Phone: 91 360 42 44
Reservations: Under Rebecca/Paloma

saludos,
jer...

Hi Mike --

I have not received your message... but just realized that you sent it to the wrong address...

The correct email is madridchicas@yahoo. es

I will add your name to the list, but will appreciate it if you could resend your rsvp to that address.

Morning,

I just rsvp�d. A friend from school, Paul would like to attend. Is this possible or is it too late?

Thanks,
Mike

whooo-hoooo! Dinner is all set. If your name isn't on the list below, it is because you waited too long to respond!

Anyway, on Saturday there will be a whopping 36 people dining out with the madridchicas group!

male to female ratio is 10:26

Here's the list:

Couples
Chica & �ngel
PIM & Marko
Juliette & Roland
Cynthia & Laidback

Men
Paco
Oscar
FordhamMike
Paul M.
Kike A.
Stephen T.

Women
Margarita
Yolanda
Rae +2
Adelaida +2
Holaaa +1
Melanie
Natalia S.
Helen G.
Elspeth W.
Candela
Jennifer S.
Mariposita
Debarnot (?)
Lena S.
Teresa C.
Teresa M.
Lmouse

Just a friendly reminder, dinner will cost 18� +IVA per person (estimate 21�) alcoholic drinks and dessert apart. Please try to bring as close to exact change as possible.

Looking forward to seeing you there! :cheers:

quote:

male to female ratio is 10:26

even better, the single guy:single gal ratio is 6:22!!!

my best wishes to Paco, Oscar, Mike, Paul, Kike and Stephen!!!

looks like it's gonna be a feeding frenzy (not referring to the thai food )

like shootin fish in a barrel baaaaabeeeeeyyyy!!! :jeje:

saludos,
jer...