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Friday Night Cocktail

Posted on July 26, 2013 by nicdempsey

Satan’s Whiskers I suppose I should wait until Halloween to post this one but it’s good enough that I won’t. If you use Grand Marnier as your triple sec the whiskers are straight, use Cointreau and they’re curled.  Little things … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on July 26, 2013 by nicdempsey

Light week for me this week, I’ve been busy and hot and all of the news has been about the royal baby and I’m not too interested in that… 1) Rent control, the idea that dare not speak its name. … Continue reading →

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Survival mode

Posted on July 25, 2013 by nicdempsey

After months of suffering in the cold, dark wet, London has summer weather. So now we’re complaining about the hot, sweaty, sunny weather! We’re English, complaining about the weather is what we do… I did have a conversation last week … Continue reading →

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Current favourite lunch

Posted on July 25, 2013 by nicdempsey

This is what I’m eating for lunch most days. It’s not so much a recipe more a guide.. It consists of sprouted lentils, roasted tomatoes, pepper, feta, basil and mint. It’s easy packs a big flavour punch with the tomatoes, … Continue reading →

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Want

Posted on July 24, 2013 by nicdempsey

This print from Samphire Bay . Because it would remind me of Northumberland…

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Chiswick House

Posted on July 24, 2013 by nicdempsey

Last Sunday Ma and I hopped on a bus and went to Chiswick House. We spent quite a portion of the day kicking ourselves for not going sooner..  The walled kitchen garden which is run by volunteers was having an … Continue reading →

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Things that are really annoying

Posted on July 23, 2013 by nicdempsey

Given how interested I am in history and especially the Wars of the Roses, it was inevitable that I would eventually get around to watching The White Queen. It’s based on a series of books by Phillipa Gregory and I’d … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on July 22, 2013 by nicdempsey

Monday rolls around again…this morning with added thunderstorms. The weather is set to get cooler and wetter after today..we’ll see. This weekend saw England win the second Ashes test, Chris Froome win the Tour de France and David Cameron talk … Continue reading →

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Swift’s Poems to Stella

Posted on July 21, 2013 by nicdempsey

I’ve been thinking about Swift’s birthday poem to Stella, this one is my favourite, Stella this day is thirty-four. (We shan’t dispute a year or more: However, Stella, be not troubled, Although thy size and years are doubled Since first … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on July 19, 2013 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday, it’s still very hot and I’m not coping. Links this week.. 1) This. A thousand times this… It’s detailing that the human rights of living people shouldn’t be eroded by perceived rights of those yet to be born.  … Continue reading →

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