Meeting bloggers

Bob Bob Ricard

July 14, 2010

Is it just me, or is taking a Tube from Barbican to Oxford Street at lunchtime rather like stepping into some sort of Dr Who TARDIS and emerging in a totally different universe? When I board, I am surrounded by people in dark suits, pencil skirts, Thomas Pink blouses and serious expressions.  When I emerge, it is into a [...]

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South Africa in shock World Cup win!

July 6, 2010

(Photo courtesy of The Bibendum Times) Well, the Bibendum World Cup of Wine, that is…  And against Italy, no less! What am I talking about?  Well, about 6 weeks ago wine merchants Bibendum decided it might be fun to do a wine tasting "competition" where countries were pitted against each other on a one-to-one basis and [...]

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The Goatshed, Cape winelands

July 4, 2010

Do you remember what it was like to be a student?  All those late nights followed by dragging yourself to early lectures.  The emotional upheavals of falling in and out of love at least twice a week.  The shrewd evaluation of which of your classmates might have the best course notes, and persuading them to [...]

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Francesco Mazzei at Pizza Express

June 24, 2010

Call me easily pleased, but I think Pizza Express gets a raw deal. When I suggest going to a branch of this ubiquitous chain of Italian restaurants for a quick meal, my husband Nick pulls a face and refuses – and he is not alone.  But can somebody please explain to me why people get so sniffy [...]

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Food Blogger Connect ’10

June 11, 2010

Food Blogger Connect 2010 (Photo: Mowie) Q:  What's even more fun that cooking, eating, photographing, talking about and writing about food? A:  Cooking, eating, photographing, talking about and writing about food with other bloggers! And it seems I am not the only food blogger who feels this way, judging by the turnout at the much-anticipated Food Blogger [...]

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The Cadogan Arms, Chelsea

May 7, 2010

One of the things I love most about London is that you can take a Tube or a bus across town, remain within the city limits, but feel as if you have been transported to another planet.  Allow me to elaborate.  Where I live, there are no houses older than about 20 years (the area [...]

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Vivat Bacchus, London Bridge

January 14, 2010

So did you hear the one about the girl who called up a couple of central London restaurants one Friday afternoon, asking:  "Hello, do you have a table for eleven people available for dinner tomorrow evening?  Yes, that's this Saturday evening I'm talking about, and I'd like the table at 19h30." OK, so those of you who [...]

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