Beer and bars
Great British Memories (Notes from a return home) #4
THE BEST OF BRITISH BEER Though I was guilty of the same when I lived in the UK, it breaks my heart to go home and see everyone drinking Fosters,...
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April 17, 2010
Great British Memories (Notes from a return home) #2
#2 CURRYING FLAVORS (a.k.a traveling the UK Spice Route) In the old days, when I flew British Airways back to the UK (before the airline went downhill), it was no...
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April 13, 2010
The New York Diner (and Drinker)
I don’t know whether to be proud or, frankly, embarrassed that I can fit quite so much in to my brief trips down to New York City. Does it make...
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December 23, 2009
Reasons to Visit Vermont
In addition to the ten reasons for heading to Burlington to run the Vermont City Marathon, there are ample justifications for simply visiting the place, some of which follow: 1)...
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May 29, 2009
A Five-Star Meal
I’m not sure I’ve ever enjoyed such a perfectly presented meal as at the Pipe and Glass Inn, in South Dalton, East Yorkshire, a couple of weeks back, when I...
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April 7, 2009
Rockin’ and Shockin’: The New York City edition
Rockin’: Hitting up New York City for a few days. Shockin’: That it’s my first time (t)here for two months: the longest I’ve been away from New York City since...
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December 22, 2008
Captions of the Week
The Guardian seems to have some legal fear of using the word “arrest.” These are the captions they used in a story about the, um, Final Piss-Up on the London...
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June 2, 2008
The Memorial Day/Whitsun Holiday Hitlist
10) ALBUM JAMES – HEY MA 9) PODCAST A Brooklyn Life’s Dynamic Tension – mixed by Carrie Whitenoise Stream/download here 8) BOOK Black Postcards – Dean Wareham 7) BAND NAME...
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May 23, 2008
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