Clary wrote:I'm not sure if we aren't a more disparate party than yours, Prince. I know there are some reservations about spending such a lot, and the extra charge for no-shows compromises our flexibility. Personally, I dislike places where the smoke interferes with the food, but I can tolerate it if the overwhelming vote is positive. Are we a belly-dancing crowd? I enjoyed seeing it in Turkey - but this sounds to me a bit like a wealthy lads' night out.
My son is a hotelier in London and would be able to suggest somewhere a little less 'entertaining'. The restaurant in his hotel is superb, but expensive too - however probably doesn't have the 2-hour turn around and the swingeing extra charges.
http://www.londonrestaurantreview.co.uk/displayuserrecord.cfm?EntryID=106
We could also get there by boat down the Thames which is a fun and attractive way to travel!
I am a belly-dancing agnostic: I don't mind it, and I neither do I mind its absence. I don't mind smoke in moderate quantities either, but it would be nice if I could still see the person at the opposite side of the table. If the
Quadrato, the restaurant your son suggested, does not indeed have a 2-hour turnover, I would consider that a definite plus, since the whole point of the excercise is to spend time together. So much for my hanging-out preferences.
As to my decision-making preferences, I have tried at work at one time to decide anarchistically where to go to lunch with eight co-workers. The experience has greatly diminished my ideological fondness for anarchy. To avoid a repetition of that experience, I hereby grant you, Clary, the dictatorial power to decide where I will be spending Saturday night. Whichever place you end up choosing, for whichever time you reserve it, that's where and when I will go.
(Can I have his phone number 
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