Singles Supper Club

For one night only this November 25th, the Arbutus Club is going to be playing Cupid to a table of lovely handsome single men. Are you a lovely, handsome, single man? Are you looking to meet another similarly minded, lovely, handsome, single man? Do you also like good food and good chat and generally just meeting new people. You do? Well then this night is made for you. You simply must come.

A good friend of mine, who happens to be one such lovely, handsome, single man has been playing the dating scene in Dublin for some time and has been giving us his marvelous insights into the gay scene  and the trials and tribulations involved in trying to make a meaningful connection in these oh so cynical times, through his fantastic blog 'Singledom Town'. We got to chatting, him about his blog, me about mine, as we bloggers tend to do, and one thing led to another. Before you knew it we had all sorts of fancy matchmaker notions and blog swap ideas running around in our heads. After all, isn't the old 'we met at a dinner party' line one of the classics? Food has such a huge part to play in dating. You start off with a coffee, then you progress to a pint. If you're still not horrified by the thought of the person you move on to dinner. How many eyes have met across a carbonara and fallen hopelessly in love? Well maybe not that many, but the point is food brings people together. It gives us something to connect over. We can bond over it's deliciousness or even sometimes it's awfulness, we can rave about it, we can complain about it, the smell and taste of it can be enough to invoke memories for years to come. In short it allows us to engage in wonderful shared experiences and surely this is the point of meeting anyone at all.

So here's the plan. I host a fabulous Arbutus Supper Club. Eight of the finest male (and gay, in case you didn't pick up on that) single specimens Dublin has to offer come to dine. They eat, they drink, they chat, and possibly one or two sparks may fly, and if not, then at least some new connections will have been made and a good dinner will have been eaten.

The dinner will kick off as usual with drinks and nibbles by the fire. Then the diners will all sit around my kitchen table where I will serve them up a three course meal followed by tea and coffee. In the interests of fairness I'll be encouraging some seat swapping between courses so everyone gets their fair share of the company at the table.

We ask for a kind donation of 20 euro per person on the night to cover the cost of the food. I'll be posting the menu on here very shortly so keep an eye out. I have to ask if you do commit to coming that you do your best to make it on the night and if for any reason you do have to cancel you try and tell me in good time or send a replacement. 

To round off the blog synergy I will then give a lowdown of the blog on Singledom Town and the mayor of Singledom Town will delight you with his version of events on here.

What an experiment! If you want to be a part of it or have any questions at all, you can get in touch either by filling out a comment box at the end of this entry or contacting me via twitter. (If you're going to come along please send me your email address to thearbutusclub@gmail.com so I'll be able to contact you about the dinner.)  We will then be able to put together a randomised guest list from the responses we get and who knows who'll be coming to dinner!