Tag Archives: june

Home: Living Room Pictures

Posted on June 28, 2011 by nicdempsey

There’s a big white space above my sofa in the living room. Well there was.. I looked for a print but couldn’t find anything I liked, so I left it for a while. Then I had the idea of taking … Continue reading →

Posted in Home | Tagged 2011, Art, decoration, home, june, June 2011, living room, pictures | Leave a comment

Sunday Music: The Age of Revolution – The Duckworth Lewis Method

Posted on June 26, 2011 by nicdempsey

It’s June, the sun finally came out and there’s cricket. I know nothing of cricket, I know that the Duckworth Lewis Method is the way cricket calculates who wins if rain stops play. The Duckworth Lewis Method is also Neil … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged 2011, cricket, Duckworth Lewis Method, june, June 2011, music, sunday music, The Age of Revolution | Leave a comment

Friday Night Cocktail – Raspberry-Ginger Fizz

Posted on June 24, 2011 by nicdempsey

I am training for a 10k (I may have mentioned it before!) As the lovely Jem pointed out…if I want to run the 10k in the time I’m aiming for I need to cut out the booze for a bit. … Continue reading →

Posted in Booze | Tagged 2011, Friday Night Cocktail, ginger, june, June 2011, no alcohol cocktails, raspberries | 3 Comments

The reason I love summer…

Posted on June 22, 2011 by nicdempsey

I’m English so I’m used to the rainy summers, I’ve adjusted to always having sunglasses and an umbrella with me wherever I go. Even so I love summer… It’s not because I can spend most of the hours I’m not … Continue reading →

Posted in Food, Things I Like | Tagged 2011, cherries, cherry, favourite things, fruit, june, June 2011, life is a bowl of cherries, love, summer | Leave a comment

Sipsmith

Posted on June 21, 2011 by nicdempsey

The London Cocktail Society had a second evening at Sipsmith on Monday night and I got to go. I first heard about Sipsimith in 2009 when the guy Majestic tried really hard to sell me the vodka! After the hard … Continue reading →

Posted in Booze | Tagged 2011, a London gin, booze, drinking, gin, hammersmith, june, June 2011, london, london cocktail society, sipsmith, spirits, vodka | 1 Comment

History – Peninsula Wars and Waterloo

Posted on June 18, 2011 by nicdempsey

I’m grew up with a more than usually in depth knowledge of the Peninsula Wars and the Battle of Waterloo. Why? Many reasons. First. My mother was fairly keen so it was encouraged. Second. Georgette Heyer, she wrote so vividly … Continue reading →

Posted in Things I Like | Tagged 2011, An Infamous Army - Georgette Heyer, Battle of Waterloo, Four Days in June - Iain Gale, History, june, June 2011, peninsula wars, reading, Rifles - Mark Urban, Tales of the Rifle Brigade - Capt Sir John Kincaid, The Spanish Bride - Georgette Heyer, To War with Wellington: From the Peninsula to Waterloo - Peter Snow, Waterloo - Christopher Hibbert, Wellington: A Personal History - Christopher Hibbert | Leave a comment

Friday Night Cocktail – Sloe Martini

Posted on June 17, 2011 by nicdempsey

Shocking as it seems, I know people that aren’t keen on gin martinis. In fact, some of them think martinis should be made with vodka and shaken (I blame James Bond)…the only thing you can do for those people is … Continue reading →

Posted in Booze | Tagged 2011, Friday Night Cocktail, ice, june, June 2011, Plymouth Sloe Gin, sloe gin, sweet vermouth | 2 Comments

British Weather….

Posted on June 17, 2011 by nicdempsey

..or why I always have sunglasses and an umbrella in my handbag… Keeping in mind that it’s June and we’re it’s summertime… This was the view from underneath the umbrella on the way to work This was the sky on … Continue reading →

Posted in How I Live, London | Tagged 2011, always carry an umbrella, British weather, four seasons in one day, I'm English therefore I moan about the weather, june, June 2011, rain, summer, sun, weather | Leave a comment

Things I learnt yesterday..

Posted on June 16, 2011 by nicdempsey

1) I can’t really be trusted in Kew..there was a sale and I bought this 2) Lt General Sir Harry Burrard, was known as ‘Betty’ by his troops… 3) Whereas Major General Rowland Hill’s troops called him ‘Daddy’ 4) I … Continue reading →

Posted in Random | Tagged 2011, good knowledge for pub quizes, june, June 2011, peninsula wars, things I have learnt this week | Leave a comment

Friday Night Cocktail – Gin and Tonic

Posted on June 14, 2011 by nicdempsey

I missed Friday Night Cocktail this week. I was celebrating getting a job.. Saturday was World Gin Day. Billy did post on the Negroni, which is much more informative than this is going to be..but never mind. I like gin … Continue reading →

Posted in Booze | Tagged 2011, fevertree tonic, Friday Night Cocktails, G&T, gin, Gin & Tonic, june, June 2011, late, Martin Millers Gin, Marvellous gin, Plymouth Gin, schwepps tonic, World Gin Day | 8 Comments