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You’d think that paying a couple of hundred quid to go to a non-work-related weekend-long conference might seem an odd thing to do, however when that conference is The Amazing Meeting and the panellists & speakers are some of the scientific & skeptical world’s most engaging and colourful personalities it suddenly doesn’t seem so weird….
London – Eating & Drinking – Fastfood & Takeaway – Eating & Drinking – Restaurants – Mexican After months of hearing epic tales of Daddy Donkey from my closest network of burrito fanciers, my visit there today was completely by accident after walking to another nearby burrito vendor and finding it closed. My colleague’s eyes…
Oh wow, @mitchbenn has done something very special here: I’m Proud Of The BBC
Bisley – Eating & Drinking – Pubs & Bars – Pubs Anyone looking for the English Country Pub experience would do extremely well to strap on their satnav, head towards Stroud, take the correct turnoff of Bisley – or, as we did, navigate a series of steep and extremely narrow lanes – and head to…
In 2005 a few friends afforded me the opportunity to go snowboarding in Soelden, Austria. It was an exciting time, and one rich with new experiences. For instance, my German-speaking skills to date covered being able to ask, “Where is the frog throwing contest, please?”. I knew nothing of Austrian culture, nor of the etiquette…
Got to see scifi author/legend William Gibson speak last night! That was a bit of a treat…
Paris – Eating & Drinking – Restaurants My experience so far of Parisian cuisine is that anywhere which has been designed to look like somewhere a tourist would feel comfortable is a place worth avoiding like the plague, and Buffalo Grill was absolutely no exception. In hindsight it was a little optimistic to think that…
Adelaide – Eating & Drinking – Pubs & Bars – Pubs – Australian Pubs Adelaide’s finest “come as you are” pokie-free musical drinking hole. The bar’s always replete with an eclectic mix of regulars and there’s plenty of room for all. There are few more chilled out places to grab a pint of the Cooper…
London – Eating & Drinking – Restaurants – Mexican When the Burrito Event Horizon has been reached and every shop is selling these tasty parcels of Mexican-style lunchtime goodness, I predict that there will still be queues outside Benito’s Hat. And for quite good reason. Their ingredients are consistently high-quality and tasty, and the staff…