I am a starter for Friday 25th, but no one esle apart from you & Clifford has shown much interest yet.
Who is town for the weekend ? Perhaps they are still sleeping after being at the tennis until 4:30 am

Mwenenzi,

I have accommodation though I can cancel if needed. Hopefully we'll hear from a few others during the week and make it worthwhile.

What a great year to umpire/visit the Australian Open. ^

Such close and lonnnnng matches to 5am or so - and many upsets so far. :)

We were Rudi's guests last year, and I think were the first to introduce him to Chloe - as this photo bears witness:

http://flyertalk.com/forum/showthrea...ighlight=chloe

I doubt any other person in that full Swiss national costume had ever entered Young and Jacksons before. :)

And this Friday is out as well. :(

Again - Enjoy!

Mr Falconea and I are up for something on Friday.

Audrey

Works for me, just let me know where and when.

(Have been busy, this is the first time since Friday I have been anywhere near the net).

Dave

Been working the baselines then? :D

I'm a possible for Friday, depending on arrangements.

I'll go with the flow. Is Y & J's a good meeting place again?

falconea & tuapekastar,

Look forward to seeing you again if this gets off the ground.

We could choose a restaurant ahead of time and meet up directly there.

What sort of food, and what sort of price range are people looking at?

Mr Falconea and I prefer somewhere fairly quiet, with non-spicy food. Apart from that, we're easy.

Audrey

Friday 25th
 

Clifford from AFF has told Itsalongwaydown he is a starter. So we will meet Friday 25th 6:00 pm at Chloes bar upstairs & Y & J's. As ist Friday night will be busy.

As for a meal how about LA Camera on Southgate again or any other suggestions? LA Camera cost us $25 each when we ate there on Sunday 13th , so not too hard on the wallet. Where ever we go suggest we make a reservation, as most places will be busy on a Friday night.

A group of umpires have been eating at "The Pub" at Crown Casino - great food, and very reasonably priced too. (Us umpires don't get paid much, there isn't much money left over once they pay the winners over a million dollars).

Any thoughts?

Dave

Anywhere does just fine for me.

La Camera was quite good, and very reasonably priced. (Says the drinker of Melbourne tap water!) Website here: http://www.lacamerasouthgate.com/

Gets my vote. The Pub at Crown has a DJ on Friday nights and I have a feeling it might get very noisy.

Audrey

I am not a certain starter tomorrow, but when tom911 was here last year we ate at The Pub at Crown and it was just fine. So I'd happily go there.
I think it'd be a struggle to find anywhere quiet on Friday nights (just noisy and noisier :)).

I was afraid of that!

I'm partially deaf and noisy places make it even harder than usual for me to follow the conversation.

Not that I can ever follow 100%, but it's nice to increase the odds a little!

Audrey