Posted on Wed 31 May 2006 in general
The Low Down proved far too much of a drag last night. It seemed they had forgotten to write a script and decided to improvise a load of the dialogue. After about half an hour we decided the film wasn't going to improve and dumped it in favour of something …
Posted on Sun 28 May 2006 in general
Meet up with Jesse last night and generally wondered around the place. The 149 beer place had an interesting selection. In the end I shared a 75cl bottle of Chemy Reserve (a 9% trappist ale) which was very fine. After that we went to on of Amsterdams many Gauchos. Several …
Posted on Thu 25 May 2006 in general
I've been working pretty hard over the last few weeks so I'm looking forward to my short break to the continent. It looks like I may even get some reasonable weather for the weekend. I know its a city I return to again and again but its one I really …
Posted on Wed 24 May 2006 in general
As Anne had offered to cook for me last night I thought I'd better make an effort at re-stocking my wine rack. This usually involves going down to ASDA and seeing what I can find in their rather generic collection. However I decided to try the Oddbins across the road …
Posted on Mon 22 May 2006 in general
I went out to Ikan for Sheila's birthday meal last night. Although the wine prices brought on a little bit of a nervous wallet foraging the food was fantastic. The food style seems to be a bit of a oriental fusion and in the words of the owner less of …