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Category Archives: Life in General
Winners of the 2011 Winetasting Challenge!
The news is out. The winners of the 2011 Winetasting Challenge have been announced. The Challenge was created...
Bestellen
[caption id="attachment_1777" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Chef Rob Rossi and Front-of-house Ryan Sarfeld, co-owners of Bestellen"][/caption] We had a fascinating...
OHI awards announced
There you go… That’s the mandate of the Ontario Hostelry Institute, an organisation that does a...
Smith
[caption id="attachment_1757" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Smith's daily flatbread"][/caption] We wanted dinner somewhere new; I picked up a two-week-old copy...
Anita Stewart OC
[caption id="attachment_1752" align="alignleft" width="232" caption="Our Anita"][/caption] I am delighted to report that my friend Anita Stewart was awarded...
Toad in the Hole
One of the things that has given me most pleasure in the last few years is to watch...
A quiet night out
[caption id="attachment_1743" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Cold days in the Ionian"][/caption] New Year’s Eve, and there are yellow...
Christmas in London
[caption id="attachment_1733" align="alignleft" width="269" caption="Lodovico - bravissimo"][/caption] This is Lodovico, a most self-possessed and well-behaved infant. He and...
Beard on a Wire
I saw him fifty years ago, through the window of my father's car, with the dirty London...