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Saturday Brunch Club

Today was the first meeting of the Saturday Brunch Club, founded by Karen.

Everyone is welcome. These are the rules (So far. Still under construction.):
  1. The first member to the restaurant will have their coffee/tea paid for by the last member to arrive.
  2. There is a ten minute grace period for late arrivals. After ten minutes, we sit without you. 
  3. Unless agreed upon at the time of ordering, members are not required to share their food.
  4. Members need to bring cash for easy bill settling.

I think that's pretty much it. We meet every two weeks, and next up is Lady Marmalade.

Come and eat!
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  1. Laura9:37 PM

    If I was there I would definitely join this group. I would like to point out that paying in cash doesn't really make bill settling easier it's just more tangible. Maybe my aversion to the cash rule would mean I couldn't join the group.

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  2. Beth10:07 PM

    Laura - cash rule is because some places (today's and next week's, at least) are cash-only. So if everyone brings cash, we can at least get change instead of walking out with IOUs... or having to all make last-minute bank runs!

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  3. V12:37 AM

    OH so jealous. But I love this all the same. :)
    I hope you still have this in 1.5 years.
    Love you and miss you!!!

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  4. Anonymous3:49 PM

    Nice! Lady Marmalade is yum.

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  5. Deepak7:45 PM

    Can I join? Or is a girls' only group?

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  6. Beth9:23 PM

    vanessa - i hope we do too. OR i hope we have a brunch-club-field-trip to kampala. :D

    jt - you and christina and charlotte should come!!

    john - totally not girls-only. tony came yesterday. all kinds of boys are welcome.

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  7. Lisa12:44 AM

    I'm responding to your tweet...super adorable! I would want one too if I didn't know from experience how stinky owl poo is. And you have to feed them dead mice (which might have botflies!) :) But if I lived in Harry Potter's world and could magic away the bad smells, I'd totally go for a sawwhet owl - they are the cutest!

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  8. afro-chick10:13 AM

    i hope i can make it to the next one. a) cause you girls are fab. b) cause i will sing lady marmalade for at least part of the breakfast.

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  9. Julia4:51 PM

    Lady Marmalade is amazing.
    Get there early, it's always super busy and they won't seat you until your entire group is there.

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  10. Beth9:15 AM

    duly noted, julia - thanks!

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