December 6, 2013
Bar’s Open
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The bar is open. The theme is, erm, cocktails. And, erm, something else. Okay, first person to order a drink can set the theme.
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November 28, 2013
Where are they now? An interview with Dr Pockless
Are you living in the same place as in 2004/05? Well, in 2004/5 alone I lived at 4 different addresses, but you wouldn’t find me at any of them now. 2004 was the year I returned to the UK after … Continue reading
November 26, 2013
Swisslet’s Stew
Posted by Karen on behalf of Swisslet. A few years ago, I was inspired to start mixing cocktails by an appalling mojito served in a restaurant. Mint, rum, soda water and ice does not a mojito make. “There’s plenty of … Continue reading
November 22, 2013
Bar’s Open
Today’s cocktails are going to be served in the nightclub of your youth. Tell us where you are, what you were wearing, what you were dancing to, and what you were drinking. And maybe I’ll give you a vodka milkshake … Continue reading
November 21, 2013
Hullaballoo
I’ve always thought it no coincidence that when I tell people where I went to university, most people think I’m saying “hole.” Back in that bleak and windy autumn term when we gathered for the first time in the rattling … Continue reading
November 15, 2013
Pass the jaffa cakes
This week there was a certain amount of white space in my diary, so I immediately put it to work by going down with the sort of cold that makes you want to lie on the sofa with a hot … Continue reading
Bar’s Open
I had two ideas for cocktails when I was in the shower this morning, but now I can only remember one of them, so today it’s television character cocktails. You know what to do.
November 8, 2013
Exploding Lyle Libations
Look at this crew. Wrung out, bedraggled, and stumbling up to the end of the bar with nerves frayed by a week of piddling little firecrackers. You call yourselves English? Not Gordon, I know how he feels about being called … Continue reading