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October 18, 2009 by Marianne

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Last Wednesday, I planned to meet up with four friends: two of my London pals and two girls who came into my life during my travels in Asia: Laura, was only involved for a single night on Koh Pha Ngan, but is one of the few who I’ve managed to stay in touch with, the other is Claudia, who, if you’ve been a regular reader of this blog will be a familiar name to you. But I couldn’t resist when what could have been a small, quiet night began rolling downhill and picking up more and more people as it went. It started with Sophie (one of the London pals) messaging our ‘usual’ Wednesday night drinks group on Facebook:

Sophie 12 October at 18:17 Reply

Hello this wednesday we are headed to cha cha moon just off carnaby street for some gorgeous food! We will meet outside at 6.30pm, then head to the john snow pub for 7.30pm!

Lots of love xx

Then I confirmed plans with my two traveling friends, Laura and Claudia; which grew to be Laura, Claudia, Claire, and eventually Emily.

Marianne McPhee 13 October at 09:37

You girls still up for tomorrow? Does Cha Cha Moon (just off Carnaby Street) at 6:30 work? Hope so! See you soon!

Claudia 13 October at 10:36 Reply

yup, def still up for it and sure that is cool beans for me! see you then! xxx

Laura 13 October at 13:38 Reply

Change of location and cuisine… gosh we’re CRAZY. I’ll be there as soon as I can….

Claire is coming as well… I think. I’m SO HUNGRY xxx

Then my friend Chris, who I only know through STA Travel Buzz, announced his presence in London that night on Twitter:

Curiouscheese: on the train to London now… @alice_walkabout @fillingthepages @statravelbuzz drinks later tonight?! X

Since Cha Cha Moon was clearly becoming the place to be, I passed along the news:

FillingThePages: @curiouscheese @statravelbuzz @alice_walkabout What time? Meeting people 4 dinner @ Cha Cha Moon – lots of traveling peeps, can meet there?

Lucky for me, Alice picked it up:

alice_walkabout: @FillingThePages i may well do that, thanks for the invite @statravelbuzz @curiouscheese you up for it? x

Finally, less than two hours before meeting time, my mobile phone began vibrating with a message from Miguel (that suave Portuguese neighbour I’ve mentioned before):

Miguel: I’m meeting Jess at 7 for dinner on Goodge Street, want to join?

Me: I’m meeting friends at Cha Cha Moon around 6:30, come there instead?

Miguel: Ok…I am meeting jess in oxford circus tube station at 7pm and we will meet u there..k?

So I extended the message to Miguel’s housemates:

Me: Meeting at Cha Cha Moon at 6:30pm

Tom: See you there!

So a dinner with four lovely ladies, turned into a meet up of 13 people from all different walks of life. And not once was a word spoken between myself and any of them. All I needed was Facebook, Twitter and a mobile phone.

Not one person at the table knew everybody else there and the evening was spent enjoying great (and cheap!) food at Cha Cha Moon and a few pints at the John Snow Pub. It was a simple night, but sometimes the simplest of things can make for the best memories. Now three of us are headed to Australia, two are off to Thailand, one is aiming for Canada, another for the USA. A rare night that I thought deserved it’s own entry.

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Posted in England, Food, Great Britain, London, Nights out, Travel | 2 Comments

2 Responses

on December 9, 2009 at 19:50 | Reply Brian

I’ve shared this with some business contacts to illustrate mobile social networking
on October 20, 2009 at 01:18 | Reply aliceedwards

the magic of social media! see you soon x

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