Sabrina Dent: Freelance web designer, developer and internet marketer living in Cork, Ireland with one dog and a husband in no particular order.
Microsoft Comes to Tea
So as numbers grew for the Blog Awards Ladies Tea Party event, I rang Market Bar to increase the table size. Apparently after 15 people, they prefer that you not just sit there and get pissed. In fact, they insist upon feeding you, probably to counteract massive amounts of booze.
So large parties are required to take on a very reasonably priced €15, two-course set menu. Which is sensible and in fact probably the cheapest meal you can find in Dublin, but Ina and I had not planned for this and of course announced the event as being free. While we are delighted to break bread and share a meal with our blogging sisters, we didn’t want to tack on a surprise cost or have people drop out because of money issues.
Martha Rotter at Microsoft Ireland came to the rescue: Microsoft is sponsoring the Tea Party and it would appear that Bill Gates is now buying us dinner even though he himself is not allowed to attend. Which is pretty fantastic, not least of all because I was very much beginning to wonder how I was going to squeeze my supper in between all these cocktails.
Many thanks to Elly Parker for making the approach, and to Martha for making it happen.
I will be circulating an email with details (yes, there are choices, yes there are vegetarian options, yes dinner is free, yes you still have to pay for your own drinks as planned) around February 1st to everyone attending, but I really just wanted to give the heads up on this slight change of plan and say thank you to Elly and Martha for making this headache go away in grand style.
We’re going to have a great time!
24 Jan 2008
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ooooh, that’s great. €15 would have been well worth it but even better if it’s for free. Looking forward to it now!!
24.01.2008, 9:49 amI know I’m remarkably poor but there are days I cannot get my hands on €15, so I’m really chuffed as well :)
It just makes life easier. Big woo-hoo to Martha for being able to help us out on this one!
24.01.2008, 10:19 amRock on Microsoft!!!!
24.01.2008, 10:45 amWell done to, Martha, Sabrina and Elly.
I have not put my name on the list to attend because I hate to say I will go somewhere, have space booked for me, and cause expense only to discover at the last moment that my health won’t let me attend.
I genuinely hope it all goes well and you reap the benifits of the meet-up!
24.01.2008, 11:48 amNice surprise :)
24.01.2008, 2:15 pmAs Bill and Ted would say, most excellent.
24.01.2008, 3:01 pmWas in said establishment for lunch…delish! Well done to Microsoft – fair play and all that as lead singer of rubbish boy band might say!
24.01.2008, 8:31 pmYeah, well done to Microsoft ;-)
Will anybody sponsor the lads for a slap up meal?
25.01.2008, 4:16 pmSweet! Hurrah for Microsoft. Wow, I feel like a real lady blogger now. That’s deadly, thanks to yourself and Ina again, and Martha and Microsoft and Bill. And the market bar grub is yum!
02.02.2008, 8:05 pm