I’m so glad I’m not the sort of person who would…
I’m so glad I’m not the sort of person who would rush in and buy this any more. Although, if I save up…
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Made from unicorn sweat, plumbers’ tears, and 98% pure awesomeness: TIGER BLOOD!
A few weeks ago my learned colleague Billy “The Traffic Cone Marauder” Abbott and I got together, under the watchful supervision of Liz, and commenced an act of civil disobedience. You see, the splendid folk over at Master of Malt Towers had launched a highly excellent Bloggers’ Blend challenge – whereupon whisky bloggers were called…
Not the cheapest place in the world to buy beer.
Just quickly, New York proved its awesomeness the other night by turning up an opportunity to go see improvisational maestro Bobby McFerrin play a gig at the Highline Ballroom as part of the Blue Note Jazz Festival with a band he described as one of his personal favourites, The Yellowjackets. Bit of an unusual gig –…
Take two of these, and one of these, and one of these… and all of these…
When you feel a cold coming on you hit it with vitamins, right? Everyone knows that! Feeling the unwelcome presence of a cold announcing itself, I went out to [a British chemist chain] and procured the cold-busting trifecta of Berocca, Echinacea and Ginseng. Berocca because it’s packed with vitamins including C, and that’s widely established…
Qype: Lazy Boy Saloon in New York
New York – Eating & Drinking – Pubs & Bars – Pubs – Microbreweries Not strictly a microbrewery (in that they don’t actually make their own beer… guess that’s a bit of a biggie, really), Lazy Boy is a bar which – as the story goes – was started by a couple of tradesmen who…
Translation error: 3 cultures separated by a common language
Was trying to buy nitrous oxide capsules for a handheld espresso machine today in New York. I went to a shop and in my UK-affected speech pattern asked the assistant for “bulbs to use with a whipped cream machine, which look a bit like the CO2 bulb…
I went to an awesome science/comedy gig, and we got to wear…
I went to an awesome science/comedy gig, and we got to wear tinfoil hats.
Finally. A British milk-based drink that doesn’t suck.
I am a South Australian, and as such the topic I now write is one of the utmost gravity and import. For 7 years now I have optimistically purchased milk-based drinks in British and European supermarkets, hoping against all hope to find anything which might come within 400 miles of satisfying my craving for that…