Thoughts on Finn's

[tithonium]

It dawned on me this morning that the weekly Finn's gathering is what became of my idea for family dinner. Since those never really materialized, I started doing this instead. And even to this, turnout is rarely what I'd hoped it would be. It seems kinda pointless half the time.

Comments

[gfish.livejournal.com]

I'd be a lot more interested in doing dinner than a bar. Cheaper, less public, less likely to damage my eardrums, fewer drunk fratboys.

[jadine.livejournal.com]

I'm not into bars, but I'd come to dinner if you had it on a Saturday or Sunday. (The whole "work until 9pm" thing constrains my schedule M-F.)

[planxi-mihi.livejournal.com]

we're not big fans of the bar idea, either...dinner would definitely appeal more!

[tommusic.livejournal.com]

I get dinner AT the bar!

Somewhere else might be worth trying as well, but I can't very well recommend what. Well, I suppose I can. Red Robin. Or maybe Jalisco.

[walbourn.livejournal.com]

I'd have come, but there was a birthday-dinner that I needed to attend tonight.

[corivax.livejournal.com]

Like many others, aparently, I'm also more interested in food than in a painfully loud bar.

[bostonsteamer.livejournal.com]

Dinner or bar, Saturdays would work better for me as well.

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

Don't like bars, don't like loud places, don't like *smoky* places. Don't like huge crowds of drunken idiots (well, not ones I don't know, anyway.)

[plantae.livejournal.com]

Well, it's loud, smoky, reeks of alcohol, and requires money to participate. :) Each of those are frequently considered drawbacks, though which is more problematic varies by individual. Not sure what the solution is, short of hosting meals at a house. (Which has other drawbacks, including cooking and cleaning). I'd recommend deciding who your core group is, which people you *really* want to have participate, and figuring out what works for them. And possibly switching to a bi-monthly or monthly thing rather than weekly. :)

Good luck.

[adularia.livejournal.com]

I like the weekly aspect of it. It's something else to look forward to at the end of a long week.

The bar isn't my favorite place either, although I don't seem to mind... someone's house (not mine, as it's quite small) would be good.