Last week, I received an e-mail entitled thusly: “Congratulations aspiring scholar, Hendrick’s Schools await you Monday 20th February!“ Aside from a couple of missing commas in the above sentence (*ahem*), this was a beautiful sentence to read, for I had “applied” to attend Hendrick’s School of Wooing and Eluding at The Lonsdale in Notting Hill. Per … Continue reading »
After reading Wes Janisen’s amazing article, Let Vodka Be Your Valentine, on Thought Catalog, I was inspired to write my own alcoholic homage. So, a very Happy Valentine’s Day to a love I celebrate as much as I can: beer. Beer and I go way back. It’s been a subject of photographs I’ve taken since … Continue reading »
I won a whisky tasting. Normally, I don’t have the sort of luck that wins things. I generally have the sort of luck that involves finding 2p or 5p coins on the ground, or that allows me to be one of the last people to be able to squeeze onto a packed tube or bus, … Continue reading »
I love beer. If you’ve been following this blog, you should know I love beer. But when I mean beer, I mean good beer. Delicious beer. Beer that’s so great it’ll make your eyes widen with the epiphany of how magnificent it is. Beer that makes your tongue want to bathe in it for its … Continue reading »
After an hour or so at the UK RumFest, sampling a silly amount of rum, my friend Rob turns to me and says, “I think I’ve had enough rum.” I respond, “Did you ever think you would say those words?” It was Saturday, the 15th of October, and the first day of the UK RumFest, … Continue reading »
I’ll be going to the UK RumFest at Kensington Olympia 2 tomorrow. There’s still nothing really on their site regarding the Tropical Food Area, so my journalistic associate and I will be likely making a trip to Notting Hill prior to the hullabaloo and hitting a Mexican restaurant, El Camino, which I haven’t gotten a … Continue reading »
So earlier this week I was lucky enough to be on a tour of Camden Town Brewery, a small brewery located right here in London and, due to the wonders of the Overground, is only about fifteen or twenty minutes away from where I live. Located in a handful of railway archways, Camden Town Brewery … Continue reading »
So I was invited to cover the upcoming UK RumFest for this humble little food & drink blog, as well as for The Other Side magazine (whom I also have begun writing for). I’m quite intrigued, as I normally don’t drink rum, although I have used it to bake with in various rum cakes–particularly a … Continue reading »
Hello, there. I’ve made up a survey for some research I’m doing for London pub-goers. If you have 5 or 10 minutes to spare–about the time it takes to drink that morning coffee or tea (or pint)–and you live in London, please fill this survey out, and pass it around to your friends, associates, Twitter … Continue reading »
I don’t often drink pilsner beers. Normally I opt for a pale ale or a wheat beer if I want something lighter, but in the name of beer sampling, I thought I’d try something that’s a little different from what I normally go for. The Lagunitas Brewing Company is out of Petaluma, California, making this … Continue reading »
Recently at Stardust I noticed a new beer bottle appear in the beer cooler that piqued my curiosity: a dark brown bottle with a yellow label with the name “Colette.” I’m a sucker for good design, and the label of the bottle features a lovely silhouette of a young farm girl with a pitchfork. Very … Continue reading »
Hey there. So I’ve recently become the co-administrator for Stardust Video & Coffee’s site, www.stardustie.com, so in addition to my other blog and projects above, I’ll also be putting up posts such as this one on Courtney’s Le Petit Prince cocktail, photographs of the everyday, profiling Stardust dance parties like The Video Dept. and other … Continue reading »
It’s been over a month since I last blogged about a beer in my 50 American Beers Project, much to my embarrassment. Here to rectify that is the newest beer to be featured in the project, and our first Florida beer. Cigar City Brewing of Tampa is the source of the Maduro, a deep rich … Continue reading »
My second beer for the 50 American Beers Project comes from the neighbouring state of Georgia. Ah, Georgia. It brought us the B-52s and was the setting for Designing Women, and the subject of a Ray Charles song. It also brings us the Red Brick Brewing Company, a brewery located in Atlanta (aka Hotlanta) that, … Continue reading »
I begin the 50 American Beers Project with a beer that came all the way from the other end of the East Coast. Peak Organic is a brewery that gives us beer from Portland, Maine. And not just any beer, but organic beer. So you can drink beer and feel somewhat green about doing so. … Continue reading »
