I hope everyone had a great week.  Here’s a clip from a Danish gameshow where contestants have to guess a smell in the dark to close out the week.

We clocked off work a little early after putting in some hard work for the first half of the day (no, really). Then we spent the rest of the time at Gilhooleys and Fat Louie’s in town.    

A friend of mine Jess held an Eighties themed party recently.  It was pretty great.  Any excuse to bust out the Def Leppard Hysteria shirt really. It was a pretty messy night.

I was never any good at drinking Guiness. Hope everyone enjoys the day!

This whole thing started seven months ago when my mate Rich lent me a book called A Season With Verona by Tim Parks.  On its own terms it is a wonderfully insightful book into Italian footballing culture but it also resonated with me on another level that relates directly to this blog.  I really enjoyed sharing Park’s highly personal and ...

Cutting edge

To get your weekend started…Japanese mimes!

Fast Times at Seacrest High

When I was growing up I was a huge fan of newspaper comic strips.  I remember reading those massive broadsheet weekend papers where you would have a double page of comics stuffed somewhere in the middle.  Those papers were so big you could unfold it and lay it out on the floor in the lounge like a map when you ...

South Bank has always been a pleasant and picturesque riverside tourist trap in Brisbane but for the last few years the restaurants and cafes along the Little Stanley street strip left a little to be desired.  There was plenty of variety on offer but most of the eateries were decidedly average. That all changed in the past couple of the ...