Worldcon meet final details

[liv]

At the con: 3:15 pm Friday afternoon in the Fan Village. I will be there with a sign until around 5. All are welcome; if you've heard of Dreamwidth and you're coming to Worldcon, come and join us.

In the old-school tradition from back in LJ days, this is a meme. You are welcome to repost the above text on your own DW so that as many people as possible see the invitation.

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Escaping from the con: 1 pm Saturday at Noodle Street. This is a modern pan-Asian (primarily Chinese) place with level access and the restaurant looks fairly spacious. They cater for veggies and can adapt dishes to other dietary requirements. They have both dim sum and main dishes, dim sum £3 - £5 per item, main dishes between £5 and £10.

Instructions for getting there: DLR from Prince Regent to Westferry, approx 15 minutes. Step free access to trains at both stations. The restaurant is close in distance to Westferry but somewhat awkward to get to across busy roads, and Prince Regent is the closest station to the ExCeL centre.

Everybody is welcome to join us for lunch, but I would like you to RSVP if possible so I can make a booking; we're going to be at least 7 and possibly twice that. I appreciate that you can't be absolutely sure if you're coming or not, and I'm not expecting a firm promise. If you happen to be in London but are not coming to Worldcon, you are still welcome.

So far the following people have said they are coming:
Me liv
jack
kaberett
green_knight plus one
cxcvi
hairyears
emperor
starlady
rmc28 plus partner and two kids

Maybe:
atreic
doseybat
pplfichi
nanila plus kid
randomling
naath
legionseagle

If you have any thought at all you might want to join us for lunch, please can you comment by Friday 2pm UK time? Tell me how many people, if you need me to ask the restaurant to make any arrangements eg provide a highchair for a young child, and how certain you are about attending. It's fine if the answer is that you have no idea, it depends entirely on how you feel on Saturday. It's fine if the answer is almost certainly not but you'd like to keep the option open. It's also fine if you previously told me you were coming and now can't make it any more, just let me know.

ETA: Booking now made at Noodle Street for a party of 12 for 1 pm Saturday 16^th, name of Liv

I'm sure it's fine if the numbers fluctuate a bit, but if you end up with a more definite yes or no between now and the con weekend, please let me know?

Comments

[emperor]

I think it is moderately likely that I will come for lunch, and reasonably likely that atreic will not [they may comment separately, that's my understanding].

[liv]

Thank you, that's super-helpful!

[emperor]

Also, I gather naath may be interested (I spoke to them at climbing this evening); I suggested they get in touch with you.

[naath]

Yes, I will come for lunch, tasty food! a plan that will make me actually eat! nice people!

(of course I might fall down splat of concrud or something, but really hoping not)

[naath]

Hum except i really want to go to the WoT panel that ends at 1330 so I'll be very late or not there... Late or not there?

[liv]

Ugh, that's annoying. I'm just assuming that no matter what I do my social plans are going to clash with panels and events, there's such a lot going on at Worldcon. I'm thinking we'll probably still be at the restaurant by 2, but text me and check if you do feel like showing up late.

[naath]

Oh yes, everything clashes with *something* it's just a matter of *what*.

I'll probably txt and see if people are still eating and such.

[emperor]

Oh, is there a meet-at-ExCel-optionally plan, or are we all just meeting at the restaurant?

[oursin]

I may be around on Friday afternoon. Saturday I have a pre-existing arrangement on hand for lunch. Anyway, hope to catch up at some point,

[liv]

Yay, it would be excellent to meet you in person if we can manage it with thousands of people milling about.

[cxcvi]

My attendance will depend entirely on how I feel on the day. I have investigated my travel options, and worked out how to get there (and more importantly, that I can get there). All that remains is being able to get there.

[liv]

Yay, I'm glad I managed to choose somewhere you can get to. I completely understand plans depending on how you feel; thanks for letting me know. You did say that my somewhat arbitrarily chosen lunchtime was a bit early for you. If you can cope with socializing in a loud crowded space, you are also welcome to come to the Friday meet.

[nou]

Ooh, good choice. It's not exactly "just across the road" from Westferry though — it's more like "get across enormous many-laned road (which involves several crossings) then go down a side street". Just wanted to mention that, because depending on traffic it can take longer than one might think to get across all the roads.

[liv]

Many thanks for the more detailed info; I was going by their website which emphasised how close they are to the station. Will edit.

[nou]

Ha, yes, they're definitely exaggerating a little there. You can see the restaurant from the platforms but I'm less sure you can really see it from ground level!

[randomling]

I am a definite maybe! It will depend a bit on spoons/workload on the day and whether they email me with their restaurant menu (and whether I find therein something I can eat without my phobias going everywhere :D).

[liv]

Ooh, shiny, I didn't even know you were around. Are you coming to the con or just to the meal? It would be brilliant to meet you, you're one of my favourite online peeps I haven't managed to meet in person yet. Depend answers are totally fine, thanks for letting me know the score. They have a takeaway menu on the website which I imagine is fairly similar to the eat-in menu if you don't manage to get an email from them.

[cxcvi]

If you get the restaurant menu, can you pass it along to me, please?

[legionseagle]

I hope to be around on Friday and am a "see how I feel on the day" about lunch

[liv]

Ooh, that'd be exciting if you could come and join us for one or both meets! Part of my brain thinks of you as a celebrity, not a person I can actually meet. That really doesn't make sense, Worldcon is all about casual socializing with genuinely famous people, let alone people who write incisive blog posts that get linked a lot. I will get over myself and avoid being too flaily fangirl at you.

[starlady]

I will be at Woldcon, and I'm about 65% sure of joining you for lunch. Thanks for arranging, and see you at the meetup!

[rmc28]

After discussion with Tony, we would like to add ourselves (2 adults, 2 children). We'll need a highchair and we have every intention of being there.

[legionseagle]

we're in the fan area, where are you?

[atreic]

Hello! I am tired and keep forgetting to eat, so I wondered if I could change my mind and join the awesome people at the DW lunch tomorrow. Sorry for being faffy, will understand if the answer is no. Also want to see Tim Powers play more than anything so need to be back by 3, would that be a problem?