If you live in London, then it’s pretty certain that at some stage you have stumbled out of a pub and down Brick Lane for a late-night curry. Hell – it’s a London rite of passage and practically part of the Britishness test to decide whether you are worthy of citizenship! And on these hazy, […]
Click here for a full portionDecadent mint chocolate chip brownies
” Smile, and the world smiles with you; cry and you cry alone”, wrote author Stanley Gordon West. I’m not sure I entirely agree with all of this, but it is true that when you smile, it seems to elicit smiles from other people. In fact, smiling is one of those activities that we all […]
Click here for a full portionGrootbos Part 1 – the resort
Alan Paton said: “There is a lovely road that runs from Ixopo into the hills. These hills are grass-covered and rolling, and they are lovely beyond any singing of it. The road climbs seven miles into them, to Carisbrooke; and from there, if there is no mist; you look down on one of the fairest […]
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Protea – Grootbos, South Africa March 2013
Click here for a full portionRosita & The Sherry Bar review [CLOSED]
When I was a student, a friend an I loved playing a game where you tried to imagine what your pet would drink if they were human. In this way, we figured out the the neurotic small dog would drink a white wine spritzer; the black cat with the attitude of a panther would drink […]
Click here for a full portionRoasted cauliflower soup with garam masala for in between days
In between days. It’s a phrase that seems designed to enable people to overlay any meaning they wish onto it; a phrase that changes meaning for me depending on what is going on in my life. I first heard it as the title of a wonderful song by The Cure and like a pebble in […]
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