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The Euro

Earlier this week, Jen and I went to try out The Euro, a popular new brasserie that opened about eighteen months ago as an expansion to Urbane Restaurant.  We were there for a five course Plantaganet dinner where each course was being complimented with a Plantagenet wine.  We had pretty high expectations.  The restaurant rates very highly in the Brisbane ...

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Glen Moray 12 Year Old

DISTILLERY Glen Moray TYPE Single Malt ALCOHOL 40% REGION Speyside COLOR Pale gold NOSE Faint, but sweet aroma of vanilla and butter PALATE Very crisp and sweet. FINISH Not particularly lasting, a lingering note of peat and thats about it SCORE 70 out of 100 NOTES This was the whisky that my work colleagues got me for my birthday this ...

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Snow In Wellington

There was a tweet earlier today from Matt that bemoaned Dubai’s predictability in its weather – always hot, humid and sunny.  Not to look a gift horse in the mouth but occasionally I feel the same way with Brisbane.  It’s always at a pleasantly mild twentysomething degrees and since the flood in January, it’s gone back to behaving itself and ...

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Happy Birthday To Me

I had a rather unusually protracted birthday celebration this year as it co-incided with my recent holiday with all the relatives in town.  So Jen and I celebrated a week early, then we celebrated with the family on the actual day and then a few weeks later I caught up with my friends for a drink.  Lastly, for some strange ...

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Youtube Friday: Dinosaur Revolution Trailer

You wait for years for a new show about dinosaurs to turn up and then in September we get two at once.  The BBC are airing Planet Dinosaur, a successor to their famous Walking With Dinosaurs series.  Across the Atlantic, the Discovery Channel are launching Dinosaur Revolution.  Here’s the trailer.  The special effects look a wee bit dodgy but I’m ...

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The Holiday Blog

It was only last night when we said farewell to Jen’s parents as they flew out to China did it really feel like the closing chapter to a four week winter holiday.  It all started in mid-July when we had relatives arrive from around the world – visiting from Scotland, China and America.  Six in total.  Plus all of Jen’s ...

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London Riots!

Wow, the last few days have been as eventful as ever. Earlier in the week, heard that after police shot dead a well known drug dealer and father of four. As a result there was a riot in Tottenham, and apart from hearing Angela and Robin were safe, didn’t really think too much of it as no one else had ...

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