New York vs. London

New York the Loser:
I’ve just returned from my very first visit to NYC, which I must say was quite an interesting experience. I loved the place, but was shocked and saddened at the price of wine, we visited a well known wine bar where the cheapest glass of wine was priced at $8. I find [...]

Did you know Sterling Airlines went bust?

Well, I didn’t…Ross and I headed to Gatwick early on the 21st of November to fly out to Copenhagen, to celebrate his 31st Birthday. Little did we know that Sterling (an Icelandic company) went bankrupt more than a month ago! You would think there would have be an e-mail sent out or something. [...]

Paris – Wine Bar Heaven? Day 2 & Day 3

Day 2
Jason had booked a table at Restaurant Itinéraire in the 5th arrondissement http://www.gourmet.com/restaurants/2008/05/firsttaste_itineraires and it was a great choice. Amongst the dishes were Sea Urchin Mousse, Mackerel Rillettes and Veal Belly. I watched my own belly grow as if it were a balloon being slowly filled with warm water. We had a lot of fun catching up and [...]

Paris – Wine Bar Heaven? Day 1

I’m new to blogging. If Miss Blog was my girlfriend we would only have reached ‘first base’, as the Canadians like to say. However even I know that you need photos in a blog, otherwise people will get bored and go and do some real work, or listen to their ipods. And here lies the [...]

Paris – Wine Bar Heaven?

This is where it all began. Or, at least, it is for me. Young, naive and scarily enthusiastic, I rocked up in Paris in the summer of 1993 without a job and with 2 week’s worth of temporary accomodation lined up with my friend’s parents in the suburb of St Denis. There was only one [...]