FRYDZ Guy, Checking In. Dublin Derbs-giving?

RiaCulpa

Allo! Some folks from Twitter thought I should probably post here.

I'm Ria Culpa, a ref from Lehigh Valley (Pennsylvania, US) Rollergirls. I run "Eff Yeah Roller Derby Zebra" on tumblr. I will be in your fine country (i.e. Dublin) for a couple days next week with my fiancee (a fellow ref) and we were thinking maybe we could establish a get-together! Perhaps Thursday, the 28th?

It's American Thanksgiving, so, we were thinking of maybe hitting Guinness or Jameson (I know, I know, tourist traps, but still) during the day and then maybe hanging out afterwards?

What would be the likelihood of this being a thing?

diddlybit

RiaCulpa. You sure about this?

As far as I can tell from Facebook the last ref that came over was sent home to his league a broken shell of himself

binncheol

https://www.facebook.com/rayshref.ryan

Wants to get you drunk and take advantage of you. He said to drop him a line on FB
(He's one of the Dublin Roller Derby refs, not a random person who wants to take advantage of you).

binncheol

(Also, I posted this on the DRD social group to let the league know, both the Wednesday and Thursday are training nights for us so limited people will be available!)

Lyssa

I posted it on the DRD FB page earlier in the hope some of you might see it!
Have a great time in Dublin RiaCulpa!

Shikei

Oh god, I bet Shref's delighted with himself

pervertedcoffee

I shall endeavor to be there repping ECC! It will also be pay day and I will never in my whole life be so happy to see pay day. I shall be merry. There may be drink involved.

RiaCulpa

pervertedcoffee wrote: »

I shall endeavor to be there repping ECC! It will also be pay day and I will never in my whole life be so happy to see pay day. I shall be merry. There may be drink involved.

Yes. Alright! Sounds like a fun time! I will respond again when I'm in town. We want to hit both the Guinness and Jameson breweries that day before partying, if that's OK! (yeah, I know, silly Americans) you can reach me at Ria @ ria-dot-cc if you want to help me coordinate!!

pervertedcoffee

I know a few more of the twitter Derbz are lurking here too. What can we suggest as a hangout?

I only really know the venues, Whelans/Workmans/Grand Social...Fibbers could be good depending on weather you like 'hard rock' or not? I know the Voodoo Lounge is popular with DRD but it's a fair bit out if I recall rightly...

binncheol

If you want to try different beers I'd recommend either the Porterhouse in Temple Bar or Bull and Castle up by Christ Church.

TP Smiths is a pretty decent pub, Pygmallion is lovely but usually full of hipsters (Not sure about on a Thursday, I haven't been in forever). Sweeney Mongrel's on Dame St is good, often live music too, Foggy Dew in Temple Bar is decent...

pervertedcoffee

binncheol wrote: »

Pygmallion is lovely but usually full of hipsters (Not sure about on a Thursday, I haven't been in forever).

If it's hipsters with undercuts I'm there! Love me some undercuts :cool: :pac:

binncheol

pervertedcoffee wrote: »

If it's hipsters with undercuts I'm there! Love me some undercuts :cool: :pac:

The kind that make me feel too uncool to exist!

RiaCulpa

Oh man, so many choices! Looks like we're going to hit both Guinness and Jameson during the day. (I realize this is a normal business day for y'all.) Looks like we'll be free at 6, at least.

But! Afterwards.... I don't know which pub to choose! I'm the tourist here, so... Uh.. We're staying at the Ashling if that helps at all?

Edit: I was suggested to just "pick something" so... Since we love hipster-watching... Pygmallion sounds pretty awesome. (Or, if you pick something and tell us where/when, we will be there. And then we can go from there)

RiaCulpa

Alright, so. If this is still a thing we're doin'...

We'll be wandering all over your fair city today doing various things (the fiancee added a few things to the itinerary, it would seem), and so, we'll probably be free around 8:00pm. Plenty of time for revelry, I'd hope!

So... We'll meet you all at the Pyg at 20:00? I'll be wearing a Lehigh Valley Rollergirls shirt, and the fiancee will be wearing the purple of Rose City. Just so you can find us!

I'm excited!

pervertedcoffee

Yup I'll see you both there for a round or two at least.

I've just realised...I'm all in black! Stealthy. :cool: