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DecemberDec 17 Wednesday 08
Two business cards from New York
Two places I really liked in New York:
- Hundred Acres at 38 MacDougal Street in SoHo
- Clinton Street Baking Company at 4 Clinton Street in the Lower East Side.
OctoberOct 19 Sunday 08
Hanover beer festival 2008
Just found my drunken notes from the Hanover Beer Festival the other weekend.
Loved:
Naked Beacon (Breconshire brewery)
Fruitbat (B&T Brewery, Shefford, Beds) - raspberries!
Alton's Pride (Triple F Bewery, Alton, Hants)
Liked:
Festivale 30 (1648 Brewery, East …
OctoberOct 8 Wednesday 08
Burgess online
I see that Kemp Town Parliamentary candidate Simon Burgess has <A href="http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=TcR6ywvOHh0">broached the Interwebs</a> as part of his campaign.
SeptemberSep 25 Thursday 08
Brighton beautiful
<a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/league_cup/7626796.stm>Great win</a> for Brighton tonight at home against Man City in the Carling Cup. Lots of blather on Five Live, though. Quick guide for Five Live commentators:
1. We don't have SKINT on our shirts any …
SeptemberSep 17 Wednesday 08
Enjoy France!
The US Government have now nationalised three major institutions in the course of a fortnight, so what could be more pleasurable than going to FreeRepublic, home of right wing nutcases, to hear them wail about how they are now living in a socialist republic?
SeptemberSep 14 Sunday 08
The last of summer in the Pavilion Gardens
The Brighton Food Festival on New Road providing the beer and sausages.
SeptemberSep 12 Friday 08
Still electioneering
I find it odd that most media sources said that Thursday's commemoration events for 9/11 were in some way a 'suspension of electioneering'. Sure, the speeches were by George Bush II rather than John McCain or Barack Obama, but this extract from the president's speech at …
The city that only occasionally dozes
The New York Times's City Room blog is appalled at an advertising slogan that suggests London is the city that never sleeps: link
SeptemberSep 10 Wednesday 08
Class conflict on <i>Today</i> (no, not really)
I know that Today is produced by the middle classes for the middle classes but even so I was astonished that the 8.10 slot today was given over to a long grumble by the well-spoken white middle-class sister of an armed gunman who was shot by the police.
I don't doubt …
AugustAug 4 Monday 08
Daily Mail admits it provoked anti-Polish tension
AugustAug 1 Friday 08
Constitutional reform
Wasn't aware of Her Maj's new title until I saw this on a bus stop map in Westminster. (look top right)
JulyJul 30 Wednesday 08
Really ambitious environmental policies
JulyJul 26 Saturday 08
Carey: Damn you, justice!
JuneJun 25 Wednesday 08
Bills gets bought
Not sure this is exactly a good thing, but the guy who runs the Ivy in London has invested in Bills, the cafe/greengrocers in Lewes and Brighton, with the promise of a big expansion. Will more mean worse, or will they be able to preserve their excellent Scrambled Eggs on Toast?
JuneJun 23 Monday 08