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Event reviews
Sunday Lunch and Jazz at Kennedys followed by LICC icecream
Sunday, 8th January 2012
Despite there only being myself joining Jenny this event was a success. It was the first time I had been in Kennedy's but I had heard the jazz drifting down the street on a Sunday a few times and had been itching to take a look.
We both had a excellent beetroot and goats cheese salad (great tip... [more]
Christmas Party
Saturday, 10th December 2011
It may have been in the diary for 11 months, but in just 5 1⁄2 hours the Christmas Party came and went for another year. It was great to see so many people there and it was a real mix of established and new members. For those who’ve been before hopefully it was one to remember, while ... [more]
Cat Trail of York
Sunday, 13th November 2011
Despite a rather gloomy Sunday morning 16 of us joined Katie and Philly for the pussycat trail.
IVC also welcomed its youngest potential baby Samuel who was happily wheeled around in his buggy by Dad.
Katie was well organised and quickly took motherly charge of her somewhat giggly chattering b... [more]
York Chocolate Making Workshop
Sunday, 9th October 2011
What better way to start a Sunday morning than with chocolate......
The Chocolate Workshop was a fantastic opportunity to learn a little of the history of chocolate peppered with snippets of trivia. For example did you know that in the 1800's there was a confectioner for every 1,000 people in... [more]
York CAMRA Beer Festival 2011
Friday, 16th September 2011
On Friday the 16th of September a small group of IVC-ers braved torrential rain and thunder in order to attend the Campaign For Real Ale Beer & Cider Festival. The festival, held on the Knavesmire for the 3rd consecutive year offered an impressive range of around 250 beers, 70 ciders and a selec... [more]
The Middle of the Summer Wine
Friday, 12th August 2011
This season’s wine tasting was a little smaller than previous affairs, bringing a little balance to the last, which was a monster by all accounts. The smaller scale allowed Chris to let loose his passion for French wines and those there enjoyed something a little bit special.
Despite the geo... [more]
Summer Party
Saturday, 16th July 2011
Howdy Pardners...
When I was asked to review this event (aka IVC Summer Party) I wondered what I had saddled myself up for...Ha...(if you’d been there you’d know what I mean) – so where were you?
It wasn’t so much “Get off your horse and drink your milk” as tumble... [more]
Day out at the seaside
Saturday, 11th June 2011
As we gathered at the train station there was a feeling of tempered optimism in the air, t-shirts and summer dresses were the order of the day while waterproofs provided a passing nod to the weather forecast. It wasn’t long before a sea of race goers started to arrive and we realised that getti... [more]
Gaping Gill - an awe inspiring site (apparently)
Saturday, 28th May 2011
It was an early start for the eight of us, travelling to the western dales village of Clapham. From there we walked up through woods and pastures to Gaping Ghyll, where we encountered the tents of the Bradford Pothole Club who were organising the day’s event.
We collected our numbered dog ta... [more]
Hanging Basket Demonstration
Wednesday, 25th May 2011
The evening of 25th May we gathered at Stuart's farm to learn the ancient art of hanging baskets! It was a pleasant evening and Stuart moved seamlessly from his gardening, farming and floral displays, to teach our little group all he knows about hanging baskets.
There were 6 eager learners an... [more]
Lunch, a walk and some bird watching!
Sunday, 15th May 2011
Spurn Point is a truly unique place, situated on the North bank of the entrance to the River Humber, a beautiful place for bird watching, sea fishing, and walking, so on our arrival we headed to the pub! Well we needed to build up our strength with a hearty lunch before the walk. Having been fully s... [more]
Jewellery Party
Friday, 25th March 2011
Helen & Jenny hosted the latest jewellery party at Martin’s Mansions in March. When we arrived Helen had already laid out our tools and materials for the evening. We were overwhelmed by the huge range of beads and spent about an hour just pondering over the selection!!
We set to work at ... [more]
Pancake Party - AKA Annual Tossing Championships
Tuesday, 8th March 2011
Katrina and Chris once again hosted their annual pancake party, this time centred around the kitchen table in their swanky new pad. The kitchen was only just large enough to accommodate the hordes of hungry IVC-ers and their various toppings. When we arrived the party was already in full swing and C... [more]
Viking Festival - Battle
Saturday, 26th February 2011
The Viking Battle and Boat Burning is the spectacular finale to the annual York Viking Festival. A week of events including lectures, coach-tours, re- enactments and saga-telling ended with the bloody and brutal skirmish at the York racecourse.
This year a group of intrepid IVCers braved the cold... [more]
Dr Sketchy's Anti Art School
Tuesday, 1st February 2011
“The first mistake of Art is to assume that it's serious” Lester Bangs
Dr Sketchy's Anti-Art school describes itself as an alternative drawing movement for “art monkeys” to draw glamorous performers in a convivial atmosphere. There are over 100 Dr Sketchy branches all ... [more]
Snickelways Walk
Sunday, 30th January 2011
Heather and Jane-Marie were hosts to an impressive crowd of IVC-ers. We met at Bootham Bar where Heather started the event by explaining that 'snickelways' had been created by local author Mark W. Jones from snicket, ginnel and alleyway. After that we went through the Hole- in-the-Wall, the ... [more]
Kevin's Birthday Party
Friday, 31st December 2010
Much fun and frivolity was had to see in the New Year at Kevin’s high-tec newly refurbed abode. I couldn’t write this without mentioning the jaw dropping gadget gourmet that included atmospheric kicker board lighting, remote control plug sockets and the Jacuzzi (not that that featured in t... [more]
Walk and a bit of cake!
Saturday, 8th January 2011
On the afternoon of Saturday 8th of January, a large group of IVC-ers gathered by the Kings Arms overlooking the Ouse for a walk to Fulford. This was no ordinary walk, because at the end of our (to be fair, not too strenuous) efforts lay the perfect reward: afternoon tea and a vast selection of cake... [more]
LOVE TRAIN
Friday, 30th April 2010
On Friday 30th April, eight intrepid groovy time travellers stepped into a fun bus leaving York for the Love Train 70s night at the Leeds O2 Academy. This awesome 70's disco is DJ'd by the legendary Brutus Gold and his group of 70's dancers were on stage in traditional 70's attire.
... [more]
IVC CHRISTMAS PARTY
Saturday, 11th December 2010
Yes, another year has passed and on Saturday 11th December, 70 of our members descended on Hilton’s Winter Wonderland Christmas Party. We followed the corridor of white lights into the bar area for pre-dinner drinks and one by one we placed our secret Santa parcels into Santa’s sack (well ... [more]
Lazerforce (like paintball but without the bruises)
Sunday, 17th October 2010
It was a bright and brisk Sunday afternoon when a group of intrepid IVCers set out for the wilds of Selby in order to arm themselves and play Lazerforce! After donning their combats the merry band of brothers (ok, some sisters as well!) marched out to the wooded battlefields.
Divided into two te... [more]
Wine tasting - Italy
Friday, 29th October 2010
October’s Wine Tasting event was held on Halloween weekend and Ruth had made a fantastic job of decorating the venue. Some of us also wore witches’ hats or wigs to get us in the mood! Chris Bracchi, our qualified tutor, got the evening off to a great start by introducing us to an excell... [more]
Galtres Festival
Saturday, 28th August 2010
Ok, the following may sound like it has come straight out of Wonderland, where all sorts or weird and wonderful can exist side by side. That’s because it does and it can. What is he rambling on about?, I can hear you ask. Well if you like beer, like music, and enjoy it all in a family friendly... [more]
Beer and Sausage Night - Oktoberfest!
Friday, 1st October 2010
Ein wunderbahr evening at hazel's place with lots of cheeky beers und sausages. There was a quiz to test our knowledge of the legendary Beer Festival, German sausages and beer. Ein very attractive frauline with very tight lederhosen and an odd looking German dude with a large moustache were wand... [more]
Childhood Dayz
Saturday, 21st August 2010
Mr Ben, Wonder Woman, Bananaman and top cat were circulating; a rather attractive spacehopper was also bouncing around. We ate angel delight, jelly, Fab lollies and cheese and pineapple until we felt slightly nauseous and then fired up the barbeque. The quiz really tested our early brain cells picki... [more]
Bowl out bowel cancer
Wednesday, 28th April 2010
Well done Carol for hosting a really fun event and all for a good cause too! Seven of us went along to help raise money for bowel cancer charity. Tenpin had really gone to town getting prizes for a ‘win every time’ tombola and some great local business donations for the auction. Two games ... [more]
Kiwiana evening
Sunday, 25th April 2010
An absolutely brilliant night - well done and thanks very much Steph & Andy!!
How cool was it to be handed New Zealand drinks, sweets, snack and even a real home made traditional New Zealand Pavlova ( you aint never tried Pavlova till you've had it like this!)
The house was decked wit... [more]
Go-karting
Sunday, 21st February 2010
Go-karting in winter? Luckily York has an indoor karting arena where you can race in the dry and relative warmth. It's 10 practice laps and then a 25 lap race; it sounds a lot but you can get around the circuit in about 25 seconds. Dizzying perhaps: there are few hairpins and a long sweeping cur... [more]
Burlesque in the Basement
Friday, 12th February 2010
With a Valentines theme the Burlesque night started it’s new run in the Basement Bar
The theme was 1940s dress and our compere Coquette introduced the night’s entertainment.
There was strip tease and a magic act where Phillipa stood in as a magician’s assistant.
IVC was fully repre... [more]
Everything's half price
Friday, 12th March 2010
What a fab night and a brilliant turn out. Blumming huge well done to Andrew for successfully hosting his first event. It was really lovely to see so many people, the food was yummy and the wine and was indeed all at half price! Bargain!
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