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- 1 day ago
Nostalgia and the 'caff'
"I’m really genuinely terrified that we are losing for ever the caff. And I mean that very specifically: the caff not the cafe ......
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- 4 days ago
A moment in time for Heston ... and me
"I think of my life as a series of moments and I've found that the great moments often don't have too much to them. They're not huge,...
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- Jan 22
Party life
“Here’s to the nights we don’t remember and the friends we won’t forget.” The Hangover I have no idea where the idea for this post came...
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- Jan 20
A 46 year-old bottle of wine
"Appreciating old wine is like making love to a very old lady. It is possible. It can even be enjoyable. But it requires a bit of...
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- Jan 16
Noma, Harry, OTK ... what do they have in common?
"Exposure and attention make a work famous - the more you talk about it, the more attention it gets, the more validity it achieves." ...
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- Jan 3
A glass of wine
"Every time I open a bottle of wine, it is an amazing trip somewhere." José Andres A few random thoughts on wine inspired from a frame in...
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- Dec 31, 2022
2022 resolutions - failed again
"I have learned a few strategies for making new year resolutions: keep them simple, tell as few people about them as possible and do not...
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- Dec 27, 2022
Dinner on 9 June 1979
"You are going to love this : I unearthed the menu you served on 9 June 1979" Wendy Wendy is a friend from long ago, and now a faithful...
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- Dec 21, 2022
Excess
"You can’t just push the door and walk in; no… here you ring a bell, and wait for the door to be opened and for you to be greeted. It...
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- Nov 27, 2022
"Classics are the classics for a reason"
CLASSIC: "accepted or deserving to be accepted as one of the best or most important of its kind" Oxford Dictionary "having a high...
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- Nov 14, 2022
Weeding
"it’s not a matter of deciding which books you give away. It’s figuring out which books you absolutely need to keep." Russ...
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- Nov 3, 2022
Just a thing?
"But, of course, a thing is just a thing." Amor Towles - A Gentleman in Moscow Yesterday I spoke about saying a sad goodbye to a friend,...
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- Nov 2, 2022
Another sad farewell
"The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude." Thornton Wilder Yesterday we received the very sad news that a friend from...
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- Oct 26, 2022
Cooking - the only thing unique to us
"Once fire was discovered, the instinct for improvement made men bring food to it. First to dry it, then to put it on the coals to cook."...
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- Oct 21, 2022
Boredom, ennui, la noia, langeweile?
“What is boredom? It is when there is simultaneously too much and not enough.” Jean-Paul Sartre On the Home page of this blog I proudly...
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- Oct 14, 2022
Still life
"simple, wholesome food standing on a sill or held in air by the hand of a geometer and poet adept at ordering a world of marvels: did he...
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- Oct 12, 2022
Why do we celebrate birthdays?
"There was a star danced, and under that was I born." William Shakespeare Birthdays are a time to celebrate, to party. Right? And here...
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- Oct 4, 2022
The kitchen dilemma
"Happiness is a small house, with a big kitchen." Alfred Hitchcock We are trying to find a new home. Our house is lovely and easy to...
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- Sep 26, 2022
Washing up
"until you turn them on, a dishwasher is just a cupboard you hide the mess in, it’s still a very handy cupboard." Jay Rayner The...
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- Sep 23, 2022
Now what?
“Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be.” Eckhart Tolle Is this what holidays are...
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