The Wanders’ Return

This week has seen the return to CSHQ of both Sanchita and Madeleine after a week’s pleasure away from the office. Both soldiers have returned weary from their exploits; coughing and sneezing and spluttering away. They maintain their innocence, but I suspect they’ve obtained these war wounds by partying just a little too heartily. You know how us CitySocialiers like to have a good time! Regardless of their ill health though, it’s good to have them back.

The end of last week saw a repeat performance from Karis’ superb blagging skills. No cupcakes this time, but instead we all found ourselves on the guest list for Counter Culture’s launch night.  It seems that Counter Culture is all about fighting for fresh, new, independent art - a noble cause indeed - but I was happy just grooving away with a can of Red Stripe and meeting some new people! And being in the socially hallowed arches of London Bridge it’s only just up the road, so we’re sure to be back there at some point – it’d be great to see some other CSers there.

As we moved into this week, the return of our wandering pleasure seekers meant a belated birthday lunch for Madeleine. So on went our coats and hats as we took a trip down to Dim T, where we were greeted by a whole world of fine Asian dining (and half hour wait for a table!). Madeleine managed to continue her tradition of finding the sweetest Asian dishes around with a Sweet Coconut. It was certainly more of a success than her previous attempt, which more closely resembled a ‘desert salad’ than anything else. No meal at Dim T is complete without the compulsory fortune cookie. On this occasion I have been advised patience will help to build the closest friendships – good advice, if a little non-descript. Miles on the other hand was given a much more specific fate as he was instructed to buy stock and await the financial rewards.

This week, in case it had managed to pass you by, is also British Cheese Week. So it’s an opportunity for cheese lovers from across the land to celebrate by polishing off a bit of their favourite pasteurised treat. We’ve been celebrating here not only with a couple of cheese and marmite sandwiches (I do love it), but also by giving away two whole boxes of some of the poshist cheese you’ll find! It’s a selection kindly donated by South Kensington’s La Cave a Fromage, so if you want to get your hands (and more importantly mouths) around it just get onto our Facebook page and Like the post beginning COMPETITION TIME.

And thus we draw to the end of another week here at CSHQ. Happy to be back at nearly a full team (minus a poor Karis who has developed another case of Tonsillitis – why don’t they just take them out!?) and looking forward to kicking off our next Monster Mingle in under two weeks.

The Inaugural CitySocialising HQ Blog Post

Have you always found yourself inquisitive to know just what goes on behind the scenes at CitySocialising? Curious about the endless hours of hard graft put in to make sure everyone has a great time and makes lots of new friends? Or do you just want a ten-minute distraction from whatever you’re doing? Well if any of these, or indeed all of them, are true – you’ve come to the right place!

The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind of excitement at CSHQ. We’ve moved offices, leaving behind our dear friends at Kashflow, to be in our own place. We’ve had the launch of our very first Monster Mingle – which was absolutely massive and definitely good fun! And we’ve even been whisked away to 'sunny' Manchester to see one of the lovely CS crew getting married.

Our new office, and our first place of our own, is a cool converted warehouse floor complete with doors that open to thin air and its own pulley system. Must remember exactly which door opens to the toilet! I think it’s a home befitting of a cool young company like CitySocialising.

The Monster Mingle was a big success so a big thank you to everyone involved with it. Loads of guys turned out to mass mingle and meet a veritable shed load of other socialisers. I certainly met many people from all over the place, most of which seemed all the more friendly as the night went on and the drinks went down! Everyone seemed to love the little blue CS Monster pin badges as well, but don’t forget to bring them along to the next Monster Mingle where you can get a free drink if you show them.

Many of you will know the lovely Jonny Quirk who looks after all of our Northern cities on the CS radar.  If you have met him out at Social then I’m sure you’ll agree that he’s one of the most instantly likeable and friendly people you will ever meet. So it was with great delight, and not a little sentimentally, that the CitySocialising office packed its bags and took the long journey north to Manchester to witness Jonny marrying the love of his life, Hannah.

As you might expect from a man who spends his days putting on great events for people all over the North, Jonny and Hannah had arranged a beautiful ceremony and absolutely cracking party afterwards (from what I can manage to remember). In true CitySocialising style we had a great time making loads of new friends, but fear not, we’re not all socialised out – we’re just getting started!

The same can be said of this blog, so if you want to keep yourself entertained with the goings on at CSHQ keep checking back here.