I moved to my current house months ago but hadn’t yet done a house warming… instead of just holding a belated party, I started something different: (almost) every Friday is Pot Luck at Lentz. All the info is at that wiki page.

It’ll build over time as people get used to it happening. With the iCal feed it’s easy to track and see whether it’s on (some Fridays I might have something else to do), and one of the great things is that even I won’t know who might show up. I like that kind of surprise and it creates a nice mix of different people.

For now I’ve mainly invited some locals, but I have friends around Australia and elsewhere in the world – many will sometimes find themselves in Brisbane and of course it’d be fine for them to just drop in!

The one problem I haven’t yet solved is making sure that friends have my address details up-to-date. My electronic, phone and postal details are location-independent but of course my street address is not… how can I convey that to a relatively large number of people safely; yes a mailing list of sorts could work, but it needs to be kept up to date as new people need to be added and some do change their email. Ideas welcome – in the meantime if you do need my address to have on record, just in case you might find yourself in Bris on a Fri in the coming months, just drop me a line. Then, no need to RSVP for the night, just check the iCal beforehand.