Another Friday, another chance to curl up in pyjamas and settle in with the start of the footy season. Unless it is the last Friday of the month. You know what that means... DINNER CLUB. Welcome and let me, as Mayor and overseer of this institution give you a brief rundown.
New restaurant adventures as a way of trying something new and catching up with friends both old and not so old whilst having good times all around. All caught up now? Good.
Since our last adventure, new rules have been enforced. The participant(s) who make it to all 12 dinner clubs will receive a special prize from yours truly (prize as yet undecided mind you!). This is to be proven with EITHER (and this part will be met with yells of dismay from S. Haughey and K. Williams):
- Name tags from said dinner clubs OR...
- Photographic evidence of appearance at dinner club.
This means the follow are still in the running for the grand prize:
- E. Haynes (unfortunately excluded due to being the owner/operator/mayor of Dinner Club)
- K. Williams
- M. Read
- S. Haughey
- L. Green
- L. Read
- J. Coleman
- T. Williamson (nee Rowlands)
Unfortunately, April will see dinner club rescheduled to the last THURSDAY of the month - mainly due to a prior engagement of the mayor and one other participant who shall remain nameless yet interestingly enough, has a strong, almost maniacal competitive side.
So March brought us to the land where burgers, hot dogs and tater tots equal fine dining. Welcome to America and welcome to the Soda Rock Diner!
The notable mentions feature below...
Another fantastic night had by all who enjoyed the pinball machine (mostly the boys for that one), dancing waiters (including a rousing rendition of "Shake Your Tailfeather" by the Dinner Clubbers to accompany this) and copious amounts of saturated fats and flavoured Coca Colas. Thanks again to all participants who are helping me achieve this goal - it is always a good night! Thanks to those who are regulars as well as those who were new this time - having a real mix of people makes the night a real blast and you are all very special to me whether you are from high school, uni, work, music, wherever!!!
Next month brings Afghan in Dandenong - one of the more adventurous dinner clubs so do some research and get prepared people!!!
Until then, rock on!
New restaurant adventures as a way of trying something new and catching up with friends both old and not so old whilst having good times all around. All caught up now? Good.
Me in full Mayor of Dinner Club mode. Bon appetit!
Since our last adventure, new rules have been enforced. The participant(s) who make it to all 12 dinner clubs will receive a special prize from yours truly (prize as yet undecided mind you!). This is to be proven with EITHER (and this part will be met with yells of dismay from S. Haughey and K. Williams):
- Name tags from said dinner clubs OR...
- Photographic evidence of appearance at dinner club.
This means the follow are still in the running for the grand prize:
- E. Haynes (unfortunately excluded due to being the owner/operator/mayor of Dinner Club)
- K. Williams
- M. Read
- S. Haughey
- L. Green
- L. Read
- J. Coleman
- T. Williamson (nee Rowlands)
Unfortunately, April will see dinner club rescheduled to the last THURSDAY of the month - mainly due to a prior engagement of the mayor and one other participant who shall remain nameless yet interestingly enough, has a strong, almost maniacal competitive side.
So March brought us to the land where burgers, hot dogs and tater tots equal fine dining. Welcome to America and welcome to the Soda Rock Diner!
The night saw a great turn out - the largest so far with 24 participants rocking and rolling the night away. Well done to those who really got into the spirit with costumes. Honourable mentions go to the following participants:
- M. Read for use of more hair gel than one man should EVER wear.
- J. Rankine who donned the blue poodle skirt before a solid 90 minute drive back to Warragul that night.
- C. Oudin for a recycled dancing costume made good.
- J. Coleman for putting in the effort and organising a letterman jacket well in advance to be the token jock amongst a sea of greasers.
- K. Williams for allowing me to convince her parading down Chapel Street in a satin pink poodle skirt was completely acceptable on a Friday night.
but the winner for costume night #1 (of yes, there will be another before the year is out) goes to...
- S. Haughey for added authenticity and entertainment by donning the roller skates and showing Soda Rock how they did it in the 50s!!!
1st costume winner Shelley "Rollergirl" Haughey (at least she came 1st and not 4th..)
The notable mentions feature below...
Jordan "Varsity" Coleman
Chantal "Sandy" Oudin
The Bobbsey twins and Matt the greaser
Another fantastic night had by all who enjoyed the pinball machine (mostly the boys for that one), dancing waiters (including a rousing rendition of "Shake Your Tailfeather" by the Dinner Clubbers to accompany this) and copious amounts of saturated fats and flavoured Coca Colas. Thanks again to all participants who are helping me achieve this goal - it is always a good night! Thanks to those who are regulars as well as those who were new this time - having a real mix of people makes the night a real blast and you are all very special to me whether you are from high school, uni, work, music, wherever!!!
Table #1: High School Sweethearts
Table #2 - Band Geeks
Table #3 - Teacher Table (plus Kate and Matt)
Until then, rock on!
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