Sabrina Dent: Freelance web designer, developer and internet marketer living in Cork, Ireland with one dog and a husband in no particular order.
Irish Blog Awards Tea Party
Ina and I are extending an invitation to all of Ireland’s women bloggers to join us for tea and cakes (or martinis and olives, if you prefer) for a few hours before the Irish Blog Awards.
What:
An informal get together to meet one another, dish the dirt, share a meal and chat about women and blogging in Ireland. Make friends before the Blog Awards so you know more friendly faces in the swarm!
Where:
The Market Bar • Fade Street • Dublin 2 • (01) 6139094
From 4:30 until whenever, probably around 6:30 PM
The Market Bar is approximately 12 minutes on foot from The Alexander Hotel, where the Irish Blog Awards are taking place at 7:30 PM. Dinner is sponsored by Microsoft Ireland. The Market Bar provides free WiFi.
RSVP
Dinner is free thanks to Microsoft sponsorship, which means you just need to cover your bar bill. Please RSVP by posting a comment here so we have some idea of how large a table to book.
Invite Your Friends!
If you’d like to extend the invitation to more people and let them know about this pre-event, you can copy this graphic for a blog post or sidebar and link it to this post so others can RSVP too. The more the merrier!
Please link to: http://sabrinadent.com/2008/01/12/irish-blog-awards-tea-party/
See you there!
Update: If you’d like a list of all of the events around the Blog Awards, please see here.
12 Jan 2008
| In: Ireland + Social Networks |
Women only, sexist gits :-)
12.01.2008, 5:43 pmPat you have way too many knackers to attend. Sorry, Charlie.
Anyway, I am RSVPing. Also, I am staying in a room at the Alexander that night, so if anyone needs somewhere to change, primp, pee, etc before the Awards, you’re welcome to come back from Market Bar with me and use my room.
One hair dryer per customer, please.
12.01.2008, 5:57 pmDont forget the straightener’s
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12.01.2008, 10:48 pmYour get-together sounds like great fun – wish I could be there to be a part of it. Hope you have a terrific time.
13.01.2008, 11:42 amMy blog has been a little quiet – very quiet for the past 2 months, but this could jolt me into posting again. I would love to come along.
13.01.2008, 10:43 pmThis is a fabulous idea, Sabrina!! Can I have both tea/cakes *and* martinis/olives…? I can’t decide ;) Thanks for planning this – can’t wait!
14.01.2008, 1:51 amHi Sabrina, I’ll be there, I’m going to put up a post about it now, there are loads of female bloggers in Limerick and most of them are planning to head up to the awards so this sounds like a great pre-awards get together. Thanks for organising it!! xxxx
14.01.2008, 8:58 amExcellent! Ina, me, Martha, Cathy, MamanPoulet, Maz and looks like Sinéad maybe also. What a great start, and thanks everyone for linking. Very excited!
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14.01.2008, 12:15 pmCount me in as well Sabrina, it’s ages since I’ve seen you!
14.01.2008, 12:18 pmThe large portions in the market bar are alarmingly large. Go for one only with help in standby.
14.01.2008, 12:38 pmPerfect, I can split martinis and cheesecake with Elly!
14.01.2008, 1:58 pmAs I’m every woman and they’re all in me…can I come?
15.01.2008, 12:25 amSadly, fústar, no. Were you to attend, it would waylay the secret and original intent of the Ladies Tea Party, which was originally called Coven Over Crumpets but Ina thought that would give the game away.
Our real plan is to cast a spell of secrets you can tell, mix a special brew, put fire inside of you.
So obviously you cannot be there for that. Sadly this means you shall also miss out on the I Survived Both the Chaka Khan and Whitney Houston Versions of That Shite Song t-shirts as well. Alas alas.
15.01.2008, 12:45 amYeah, you know I am SO there! Do I have to dress up though? Deb hates dressing up.
How much did the Alexander run just out of curiosity? My brother works at Four Seasons and tells me he can get us a screaming “deal” at €150, but that’s great because it includes breakfast!?
15.01.2008, 9:51 am“12 minutes walk to the Alexander hotel. ” Be that as it may, several of you’ll be on martini-scooters at that stage so I’d say leave in plenty of time.
Imagine the scene: Twenty going to collect another award and a horde of drunken bloggers carouse their way in and then chastise the men folk for shushing them.
15.01.2008, 12:39 pmWhat a great idea. I’ll definitely be there Sabrina. Looking forward to it!
15.01.2008, 5:17 pmDeb, the Alexander is about €165 I think but as I never go anywhere anymore and this is likely to be my entire hotel bill for the year, I don’t mind. I certainly am not dressing up for the tea party, but I’ve asked Maz at Style Treaty about what she’s wearing to the awards themselves as I’ve never been and have no idea what the deal is with dress for that.
Aoife you have my favourite Irish name :) Can’t wait to meet you there!
15.01.2008, 7:54 pmHmmm.
I’m trying to imagine what would happen if I organised something and announced that women weren’t welcome.
15.01.2008, 11:07 pmEasy. No fucker would turn up.
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16.01.2008, 11:43 amSounds like a great idea!
17.01.2008, 9:38 amHello Sabrina and Ina
Maz from Style Treaty very kindly pointed me your way and I wanted to say hi…ummmm..so hi like.
Also was wondering about where I might stand on the er….prerequisites.. scale for the event? Seeing as I used to be a fella and all.
17.01.2008, 10:11 ampick me! pick me!
17.01.2008, 10:11 amUna, I pick you, I pick you!
HangerQueen, sure you’re very welcome. Pull up a bar stool. Mind the short skirt and long jacket, though!
17.01.2008, 10:18 amOkay so…
Sabrina, Ina, Cathy, Martha, Maz, Suzy, Elly, Deborah, Aoife, Una all signed up and make 10 so far.
Sinéad, MidgetWrangler, and HangerQueen have checked in but not confirmed yet.
I can’t count. Or read. Am I missing anyone?
17.01.2008, 10:25 amlove this idea Sabrina! Fair play to you for organising it girl! You also have my vote for Best Design BTW – love the site!
17.01.2008, 11:49 amThis sounds like great fun Sabrina – could I possibly add my name to the list please? So many talented ladies, I’m hoping I can pick some up (talent not ladies!) through a complicated process of osmosis.
17.01.2008, 12:02 pmAphrodite, it was really Ina’s idea, I just did my usual bossy boots thing and ran with it. And thank you very much for your nomination, that means a lot coming from one of my favourite sites! :)
Becs you are more than welcome to add your name in at #11, we’ll be delighted to see you. I have absolutely no doubt at all that some of the local talent will be *quite* easy to pick up after four rounds…
Oh, wait. That’s not what you meant, is it?
17.01.2008, 12:12 pm[...] loads of get togethers planned. I plan on being at the Photo Meet being organised by Redmum and the Ladies Tea Party organised by Ina and Sabrina (who designed the cool graphics). I don’t know if I’ll [...]
18.01.2008, 1:16 pmI’d love to come along and meet everyone so please count me in!
18.01.2008, 1:21 pmAlrighty then…..*puts the Cake songbook away*..count me in.
18.01.2008, 5:08 pmSabrina, Ina, Cathy, Martha, Maz, Suzy, Elly, Deborah, Aoife, Una, Becs, Claire, HangerQueen all signed up and make 13 so far. Brilliant!
Sinéad, MidgetWrangler, maybe RedMum or the gals from Beaut.ie would put us over the unlucky hump :)
I still think I’m missing some people though. If anyone’s said they were coming in their own blog but not let me know here yet, please make a comment so I can update the list. Thanks so much everyone for being so enthusiastic.
19.01.2008, 7:09 amI’ll be there as well. Looking forward to meeting you all, ladies!
19.01.2008, 10:27 pmSabrina, I’ll be along. Can we watch the football? :)
20.01.2008, 4:55 pmGlorious, Sinéad (ha!) and Gabriela make 15. I’ve booked for 20!
20.01.2008, 5:03 pmI hope I’m not opening a can of worms here :) But wow you ladies have too much time on your hands…..
The blogs that I have seen from you girls have been amazing, graphics and content, excellent.
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22.01.2008, 3:16 pmUPDATE: Dinner is now included in this event thanks to sponsorship by Microsoft Ireland. You will still need to cover your own bar tab, and you’ll get an email with all the details around the 1st of March :)
Count me in too please :) I’ll be winging my way from the photo meet.
25.01.2008, 10:48 amOk – now I’m biting… even though I hate to be called a Lady … I’m definitely not one of them! Love the graphics Sabrina, and the blog has given me a chuckle most mornings this week. Will be linking to TwoTitsandaVote also – you go gerrull (that’s girl in a garroulous pseudo-american accent to make you feel more at home). Sarah
25.01.2008, 11:43 am17 so :)
I actually suggested Ladies Tea Party as an ironic title. It was just read with, err, far less irony than I had intended. Either way, though, really don’t care – just excited to get us all together!
That’s a great idea. I hope you get a good turn out.
01.02.2008, 3:55 amHi Sabrina.
Would love to come along and meet everyone :-) Could you add one more to the list?
01.02.2008, 10:46 amI’d love to come sabrina, thanks. It will be nice to put faces on some names:)
03.02.2008, 7:05 pmExcellent, three more, how fab!
Sorry I’m late – I’d love to come :)
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17.02.2008, 4:36 pmHey Sabrina,
18.02.2008, 12:27 amI know I’m late coming to the party but have finally secured “getting rid of sprogs” early so would love to get to meet up and put names to faces.
Would really appreciate my name added to list!
Looking forward to seeing all.
Hey Sabrina & gang,
Hope ye have a fab time, I’d definitely be up for the martinis and olives except being a culchie I’m making a weekend of it in Dublin and had made previous plans – so enjoy without me :( but will see ye at the awards.
(Plus very glad I ain’t going now that I know Manicmammy is going LOL!)
Curly K
18.02.2008, 11:47 amHi Sabrina
19.02.2008, 12:02 pmIs it blog only or can a wannabe/soon to be blogger join the tea party?
Let me know
Thanks
Dee McGrath
Hi
20.02.2008, 10:44 amCould you include us in your teaparty….which I hope is code for lots of Cocktails!!
Karen Harper
Ellen McDermott
Anne-Louise McDermott
Sheena Ludlow
Thanks…look forward to seeing some other bloggers!
Hi Sabrina
I held off putting my name on the list because I was not sure if I was up to trailing about Dublin and a night of fun. Old age is a terrible affliction! Since Elly will be there and I hope to stay with her, please count me in. I look forward to meeting you on the Friday.
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28.02.2008, 12:24 amOK I think I’ve got everyone who is coming, and I’ve sent out a reminder to all the emails I have. There’s an update post here, so if you do not see your name on that list and it should be there, please let me know!
I am closing this post to comments as registration for this event is now closed. See you in the other post and see you at the Market Bar!
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