I met up with some mates at the Velvet Lobster here in the Isle of Man and was pleasantly surprised how great it was. It’s always the same when you find a new place, you don’t want to share it with everyone, for fear that it will be packed next time you turn up, but this place was just great. It’s a coffee shop/snack bar sort of place with great ambiance and the food was very very nice. I had a coffee banoffee shake and it was to die for!
Anyway, I met up with @jamesq and @nickop, two Twitter buddies of mine (unfortunately @toonjamie couldn’t join us) and we decided we should probably meet up more often and maybe organise something for all our Twitter friends. So if you’re based in the Isle of Man and use Twitter, follow one of the guys above and you’ll know when the next one it 
p.s. I love the way Zemanta automatically picks out your Twitter friends and lets you link directly to their profile
Mark on October 3rd, 2008
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Sounds like a great place to eat! Never been to the Isle of man but would love to visit one day.
windyridge on October 3rd, 2008
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I didn’t know Zemanta did that!
cady on October 3rd, 2008
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i love finding new places to go, and i’m like you…i’m afraid that if i tell anyone word will get out and it will become too popular too fast!
Jules on October 3rd, 2008
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I’m confused. A coffee shop? Do they serve lobster?
Velvet Lobster Douglas Quayside Isle of Man « Its a small world on October 3rd, 2008
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[...] @jamesq today for lunch at the Velvet Lobster on the Quay in Douglas on the sunny Isle of Man. The Velvet Lobster is a really cool place serving nice lunctime snacks and drinks. The staff were very friendly and [...]
starlitparlit on October 3rd, 2008
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Velvet lobster? I am lost.
Owen on October 3rd, 2008
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Yeah .. Zemanta rocks. Their new version lets you specify your other blogs, as well as your FaceBook and Twitter profile, and it will pick out your posts and contacts as link suggestions
Owen on October 3rd, 2008
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Velvet Lobster is the name of this new cafe that’s opened locally
Velvet Lobsters & Silver Lockets! | Warm and Dry on October 3rd, 2008
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[...] went to the Velvet Lobster for lunch today… and forgot to take us! LOL! I guess that he is saving it for a special [...]
Breezie on October 3rd, 2008
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Interesting name for a coffee shop, I wonder where the name originated from?
Great lunch today | A bit of this and a bit of that on October 3rd, 2008
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[...] out with James and Nick for lunch today and we ended up at the Velvet Lobster. Was great but I noticed they didn’t have have Wifi or any sort of Internet access, which was [...]
New place for lunch « Owen’s World on October 3rd, 2008
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[...] place for lunch Went out with James and Nick for lunch today and we ended up at the Velvet Lobster. Was great but I noticed they didn’t have have Wifi or any sort of Internet access, which was [...]
A very busy day!! | Arthur's First Steps on October 3rd, 2008
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[...] Mums & Tots in Onchan. Mummy took lots of photos. We did not meet Daddy for lunch at the Velvet Lobster! At half past two we met Daddy and went for a meeting at the Department of Education with Jane [...]
Camille on October 3rd, 2008
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Perhaps you will take us next time??
Christine on October 3rd, 2008
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Hey thanks for the Zemanta link Owen! I’d never heard of it before and it sounds neat (I’m REALLY slow to the plugin party, lol).
daria369 on October 3rd, 2008
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Zemanta? I’ve never even heard of this one. No wonder, since I have a hard time to keep up with the ones I already have…
But that coffee banoffee shake - do I wish I could try that!
Christina thecoffeelady on October 3rd, 2008
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How neat! I have some cyberfriends that I would really love to meet in person!
Andraz Tori on October 4th, 2008
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Hi from Zemanta,
yeah, we hope to let you concentrate on your writing and we should take care of linking :). Further suggestions on functionality and social networks to support are welcome!
bye
Andraz Tori, Zemanta
Brad on October 4th, 2008
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Hey, that’s the same reason we here in Seattle are content to let everyone think that it rains here constantly. There are really enough folks here already!
A little secret, though. The “bluest skies you’ve ever seen are in Seattle.”
Just come to visit.
Friday reviews roundup | Zemanta Ltd. on October 17th, 2008
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[...] Loving the Velvet Lobster on the Quay | Ugh!!’s Greymatter Honeypot [...]
Allan on November 5th, 2008
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Hello,
You’ll be pleased to now that we now offer wi-fi with purchases at the lobster.
Regards
Owen on November 6th, 2008
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Allan, that’s brilliant .. I’ll let all my mates know