Manchester Blogmeet!

There's a Blogmeet in Manchester next weekend! Organised by Claire Sudbury, there's already a day-long agenda.

Part 1 - Tea and Cakes.
3pm onwards in Kro Bar, Piccadilly Gardens (across the grass from the disappearing fountains).

I did a cake test. These guys do the best cake by far. Felix (aged three-and-a-half) agrees. They're also very handy for people arriving on trains.

(Part 1.5)
(we might do a little tour of Manchester in between cakes and proper food, but that'll be an ad hoc affair)

Part 2 - Proper Food.
7.30pm (table booked) at Efe's Turkish restaurant on St Peter's Square. It's in the little row of shops opposite the library (striking circular building).

The food is inexpensive, quite varied, and good. I've eaten here several times. Not particularly adventurous, but a safe bet when catering for unknown tastes.
Give me a nod if you're considering this. I've booked a table, but I need to check on numbers. I don't need firm commitments, just an approximate idea.

Part 3 - Drinks.
9.30pm onwards at "Mother Mac's" pub, Back Piccadilly, off Oldham St.

Small, peaceful, friendly. Crucially you can get a quiet drink in here on a Saturday night, which is a bit amazing for the city centre. Probably because it's well hidden down a back street. And it's a proper pub with proper prices, rather than a too-shiny too-expensive see-and-be-seen noise-fest.

It looks like there will be a better turnout that the meetup.com meets of a couple of years ago. I hope Norm will be there.