At 1pm on Thursday 1st January 2009 EricD and I will be enjoying the traditional New Year’s day swim with the Coney Island Polar Bear Club. (Meet on the Boardwalk at Stillwell Avenue half an hour before the swim.)
We, and any other ers also doing the swim, are invited to join us after at my modest abode for a whisky tasting. I shall have five or six available, and you are welcome to bring supplementary bottles.
Whisky tasting, 3:30pm Thursday 1st January 2009
Re: Whisky tasting, 3:30pm Thursday 1st January 2009
Delightful (if cold). But I shall have to miss out as I will be in sunny California.
Re: Whisky tasting, 3:30pm Thursday 1st January 2009
For a moment I thought you were doing this just for the fun of it. Then I spotted the charitable nature if the event and my fears for your sanity were relieved!
I shall be in (hopefully) sunny Houston but will watch out for any TV coverage and raise a glass of something in recognition of your efforts!
I shall be in (hopefully) sunny Houston but will watch out for any TV coverage and raise a glass of something in recognition of your efforts!
Ben
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
Re: Whisky tasting, 3:30pm Thursday 1st January 2009
But of course we are. A few minutes in the Atlantic, 1pm, every Sunday, November to April. In the Club’s 105 years of existence the weather has never been bad enough to cancel the swim. (It is suggested that lightening repeatedly striking the beach might cause cancellation.)benread wrote:For a moment I thought you were doing this just for the fun of it.
Re: Whisky tasting, 3:30pm Thursday 1st January 2009
Time to admit defeat. My efforts to encourage others to join me in the swim have failed. Eric is a ‘maybe’ probably chicken-out, others have blatantly chickened out.
So I’m broadening this whisky tasting to include those not swimming.
So I’m broadening this whisky tasting to include those not swimming.
Re: Whisky tasting, 3:30pm Thursday 1st January 2009
will drop you a message if i can attend the tasting. Have a few errands to run first
Disclosure: Distributor of Quevedo wines and Quinta do Gomariz
Re: Whisky tasting, 3:30pm Thursday 1st January 2009
Enjoy your swim tomorrow! Texas is a bit warmer than NY I suspect. Grateful for that as I am told a swim is part of our NYE agenda!
Ben
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!
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Vintage 1970 and now proud owner of my first ever 'half-century'!