The nights are getting lighter, the days are getting brighter. Bulbs are poking through the cold earth. Birds are singing. And yet we are no nearer the end of this thing, and it’s still bloody cold. Warm your cockles at … Continue reading
Let me just tell you right now, I have no truck with Dry January, nor with Veganuary, nor with any other faddish means of making this dreariest month in such uncertain times any worse than it already is. What, I … Continue reading
In a world where political and public health decisions are dictated by the Great Festival of Consumption, Uborka carries on, friendly and free. Mince pies are absolutely not allowed this week, because the Great Festival of Consumption doesn’t start until … Continue reading
It may be late in the day for me to mention this, but you are invited as always to this afternoon’s cocktail hour, the link for which is below. Today’s theme is ZOOM.
And will be so for the whole hour. Do join us for outfit-matching drinkies and infrequent mentionings of cheese. 5pm, link below.
One week minus about 7 hours ago, as the regular Friday Uborka Cocktail Hour1 came to an end, I posited “hey, by this time next week, we’ll know whether the US is going to have another four years with human … Continue reading
This afternoon’s cocktail theme will be Halloween – see you at 5, bring a cat!
I fully intended to suggest a theme, but all the themes I am thinking of are such themes as “long dark winter” and “bleakness.” So suggestions are currently being taken in the comments for what today’s cocktail theme should be. … Continue reading