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Tuesday

Posted on February 21, 2012 by nicdempsey

Pretty much all I’ve got today. While the sun is not exactly shining, it’s not dark in the morning anymore..

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Sunday Music

Posted on February 19, 2012 by nicdempsey

I grew up with Saturday musicals on BBC 2, it was the alternative to Grandstand You may need to be British and to have been a child in the 1970’s and 80’s to truly understand what I’m talking about (when … Continue reading →

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Support a friend…

Posted on February 18, 2012 by nicdempsey

..ok technically Gin Monkey (aka Emma) is not a friend but someone I know through the wonderful world of the interwebs, her site is the reason I  joined the London Cocktail Society. I don’t know how she maintains a full … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Cocktail

Posted on February 17, 2012 by nicdempsey

Before Christmas, Maxanne and I hatched a plan to make presents rather than buy them. We make chilli jam, granola, chocolate truffles, peanut brittle, vinegars and pomegranate vodka. It’s the vodka that concerns me here, I have some left over … Continue reading →

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Testing, testing…

Posted on February 16, 2012 by nicdempsey

Today I got a parcel full of goodies.. You should also note that I took these photos in the kitchen and the kitchen table is only tidy from Saturday to roughly Monday at which point it becomes a dumping ground … Continue reading →

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Choose Joy

Posted on February 15, 2012 by nicdempsey

warning – this post contains God and Christianity. It’s ok if you don’t believe in it but you have been warned!! This post started in my head when the snow started. After that and through last week, I couldn’t get … Continue reading →

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Reasons

Posted on February 13, 2012 by nicdempsey

Last week, the delightful dfordalrymple also known as Christina (I wanted to use delightful and dfordalrymple in the same sentence and I can if I want!) came for dinner. We talked about cocktails, flats, cold flats, cycling, blogs (if you … Continue reading →

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Friday Night Cocktail

Posted on February 10, 2012 by nicdempsey

The Sidecar The trick to making cocktails at home is to keep it simple. I’m never going to be as good as someone who makes them all day, every day and I’m never going to have as many ingredients as … Continue reading →

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Dressing right..

Posted on February 7, 2012 by nicdempsey

Last year, Ma took me to Sweaty Betty and bought me an exercise outfit (trousers and top). Before that I’d exercised in cheap (read cotton) track suit bottoms and cotton tops, there was nothing wrong with this, it was what … Continue reading →

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Snow, Snow, Snow

Posted on February 6, 2012 by nicdempsey

In England, we’ve had a really mild winter. Then last week it got cold. Actually, it just got normal for the winter in England. On Friday, there was snow predicted and everyone got panicky in the way that only the … Continue reading →

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