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September 30, 2011 | Veni, Vidi, Vesti = I Came, I Saw, I WoreSeptember 16, 2011 | Tarantulas and thingsI like those news roundups they do at the close of each year, to pad out the dead gap of TV between Christmas and New Year, when you’re too full to channel hop and you’ve already watched Home Alone and Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. They put a pleasing, symbolic cap on the year, feeding out [...]  August 1, 2011 | Vodka and Pig EarsLast weekend was a bit middle-aged – there was a dinner party, an antique shop session (where, embarrassingly, I bumped into someone from work, destroying any remaining notions that I do cool things with my weekends) and a golf course. July 16, 2011 | Singers and SweetbreadsI got an email from Adina in the Philippines, in response to my last post: ‘It’s not quite true about the puddings you know, I found one I think you’d like, it’s called Bingbingka, and Milli [her Sister]’s been eating it for breakfast. I am eating spring rolls for breakfast and getting fat.’
July 8, 2011 | Cheese ice creamI’m baaa-aaack! Did you miss me? Heck, it’s quite possible that you didn’t even notice. But for those that did, all four of you, there is no real excuse for the radio silence so let’s just blame the weather, this whole rain-hot-rain-hot thing that’s going on at the moment is pulping all my creativity. I’m having a [...] June 22, 2011 | Star TurnsI met Gretchen and Rosa for a Mexican after work on Friday. Gretchen got stuck in the big Friday monsoon and Rosa went to rescue her so they were running late. After calling my Mum, checking my emails, finishing all of our welcome tortillas, noticing that Fern Cotton was sitting at the neighbouring table and reading [...] June 16, 2011 | Simple ThingsView from the roof (yes, that is a bed) Last weekend was spent in Mallorca enjoying the definitive perk of working in magazine journalism: the press trip. If you’re not sure what a press trip is, imagine a school trip, but substitute the damp youth hostel in Swanage for a five star hotel, and the educational [...] June 9, 2011 | SaturdayI realised on Saturday night that the reason I’d been feeling so middle-aged of late is because I hadn’t been to the World’s Best Nightclub at all this year. It’s now very clear that an absence from this place has been altering my personality – so slowly I hadn’t noticed it, like the movement of tectonic [...] June 2, 2011 | WednesdayAfter 4 days spent in the indoor 10 metre triangle of illness (bathroom, bedroom, sofa) I was feeling better, and a little bit claustrophobic, so I walked to the park with Adina to time her while she went off on her very short daily run. She doesn’t really like running on her own because there’s no-one [...] May 30, 2011 | Bank Holiday BugRight this minute, I am meant to be at a lavish jewish wedding in central London. It’s black tie, it’s at The Langham, I’ve been excited about it for a year, ever since the tellingly thick, pale pink and gold Save The Date flopped onto my doormat last May. It’s for an ex-boss of Ed’s [...] |
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