Thanks for checking on the latest Duck Soup updates and events - contact Adrienne for more information 544-2088 or 021 480 212.

623 have started their famous Classic Kiwi Roast Dinners for $10 again and Duck Soup have booked a table from 7pm on Sunday 2 May.

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Wasn’t 623 pumping last networking night? I had fun and I hope you found someone interesting to talk to. Next time I encourage you to give your contact details to someone you’ve connected with so you can meet up during the month.

May’s networking event will be early next month – so please add Sunday 2 May to your calendar. As it’s getting cooler, 623 are starting their $10 Classic Kiwi Sunday Roasts again. Duck Soup will have a table from 7pm for you to join in and have dinner before we start networking. Look for the Duck Soup table sign – or if you’re super organised, call beforehand to book in on 548 6230.

Next month Duck Soup is promoting an event on Saturday 15 May which will start around 4pm and include dinner. Please block out this time in your calendar and forward to any of your friends that came along to the Dusk Till Dawn event.

Finally, I’m interested in hearing from any single mums with preschoolers or babies at home…. please email me for more information.

I’ll write again soon!
Adrienne Ford
544-2088
www.ducksoup.co.nz

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…then sleep in on Monday morning!

Some advice for the guys this time – how exactly do you go up to someone you’ve never seen before and start a conversation with them? The first thing to realize is that you’re not really having a problem with TALKING. What you’ve got is a problem with REJECTION.

Think about it for a second: When you meet people at a party, and some guy walks up to you and says “Hi”, I’m sure it’s not a scary situation. I bet you can find something to say, and the conversation probably flows fairly easily. There’s no real self-consciousness or weirdness.

But change that guy into a woman, and then add in your expectations and fears, and that will make your conversation mechanism seal up tighter than Fort Knox.

There’s nothing wrong with this. In fact, it’s probably the most common affliction guys have. And it can also be overcome fairly easily. The key to this scenario is to

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Finally a long weekend where Sunday night isn’t followed by work the next morning!  Come prepared to meet lots of new people and have some fun…. we might even turn the music up for some dancing after the talking is done.

623 In The City on Hardy Street from 7.30pm on Easter Sunday 4 April, 2010.

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If you are brand new to Duck Soup – WELCOME ALONG!

Don’t be too scared of turning up and getting a feel for the group. You’ll be pleasently surprised that everyone is friendly and respectful and more than likely you’ll already know someone in the room.

Over 73 singles living in Nelson and surrounding areas attended last month and of that number, 26 were there for the first time and ‘checking things out’.

You are never asked for an entry fee, donation or your contact details – so it’s a non-threatening way to meet people in the same stage of life as you.  You will need to pluck up enough courage to talk about yourself with strangers and that might take some preparation…. come up with a simple list in your mind of the topics you LOVE talking about and steer your new ‘friend’ into one by asking a relevant question.

Don’t forget though – not everyone at Duck Soup is looking for a relationship.  Most are there to connect with other singles in a social setting and hopefully increase their own circle of friends.  You are welcome to hand out your phone number or email address to someone you’d like to meet up with again – just don’t be offended if they don’t call and keep trying!

I’ll see you at 623 In The City in Hardy Street from 7.30pm on Sunday 7 March – and bring along your free drink voucher if you attended in February.

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I hope you’ve had a fabulous day and spoiled yourself in some way for Valentine’s Day.

If you’re feeling a little lonely, don’t compare yourself to other people. If you’re the type who imagines others secretly pointing at you and laughing at your single status, you’re spending way too much time measuring yourself against supposedly happy, snuggling couples. Remember: just because a person is partnered up on V-Day doesn’t necessarily mean that he or she is blissed out (or even remotely contented).

I know several people from the last Duck Soup Networking Night arranged to go out for a singles dinner together tonight – I hope you all had an entertaining evening. You’ll have to tell us all about it next time we meet up at 623 In The City on the first Sunday of March from 7.30pm.

Adrienne
Mixologist

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Meet at 623 In The City on Hardy Street for a night of mingling and meeting new friends. If you come alone, you’ll be given a name tag and an introduction to someone new to chat to…. then there will be opportunity to mix and mingle with everyone else. Don’t forget to bring your complimentary beer or wine voucher from last month and let me know if you’re interested in coming along…

Our first networking night at new venue 623 In The City was amazing! From the delicious nibbles they served to the spacious mingling area – even the smokers outside were delighted with the extra coverage. We had some winners in our famous couples matching game and 4 people went home with a $10 Thai Tuesday meal voucher each. Thanks to Kayne for hosting us so beautifully in January – see you on Sunday 7 February.

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Carla Dickens here – this month’s inspiration is my version of A Christmas Carol – the story by Charles Dickens about Ebenezer Scrooge.

Ebbie Scrooge, a good looking woman in mid life, was wasting her dating years grumbling about men. On the night before Christmas, she was commiserating with her single girlfriends, complaining bitterly about the horrible men they meet. How all the good men are taken. How they’ll never find love and refuse to settle. The girlfriends clinked their glasses one last time, toasting how they didn’t need men and parted ways. Ebbie stumbled home for a good night’s rest. But she didn’t get it.

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I hope your Christmas was enjoyable and you’ve connected with friends & family. Now it’s time to celebrate a brand new year with lots of possibilities and potential. One of your resolutions might be to put effort into expanding your social life and building new friendships. Once a month you can come along to Duck Soup and meet lots of new and interesting people celebrating being single just like you.

If you attended our Christmas networking night in December, you will have a voucher card for a free wine or beer at 623 In The City. Bring it along and check out the NEW and IMPROVED Duck Soup experience this Sunday 3 January from 7.30pm – hopefully you’ve recovered after your New Year’s Eve – and I hope you have a great one!

We have changed venue to 623 In The City on Hardy Street (the old Sports Cafe at 223 Hardy Street). Join us at our new venue for Duck Soup in 2010:

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To single men, the Christmas party season seems too good to be true. Where else can you meet so many inebriated women in such quick succession? Like a good wedding reception – which all singles know is the best place ever to pull – everyone at a Christmas party is in the party spirit and, even better, smashed.

The party season is like speed dating – but with

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