Happy Christmas

That last post is too negative to leave at the top of the page for the festive season, so before I bugger off for Christmas, I will wish everyone all the best and leave you with two thoughts that occurred to me this week:

1. Does anyone actually use “ordinary zinc carbon batteries” anymore?
2. Am I right in thinking that the new voice of Orange voicemail is the woman from the M&S Food adverts (“this isn’t just voicemail…”)?

If I don’t post again before then, a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year to one — Gwen Stefani, Natasha Bedingfield, Akon — and all.

Akon still struggling to grow into mighty oak

Does the extended remix version of Sorry, Blame it on Me by Akon include a line about “sorry for being shite and making irritating records”? It should do.

Labels: music

Trinity

Went to Trinity in Clapham on Saturday night as guests of friends from the ’hood who have managed to get out and move to south west London. I had crab and apple salad, followed by venison casserole, followed by cappuccino crème brulé. Wines were a nice Croze Hermitage blanc, followed by a French Malbec, followed by a marc de Bourgogne (a tradition that harks back to a visit to a place called Soulard when we were still in the ’hood). I thought that the food was very good indeed: recommended. The venison casserole was particularly good on a cold night: chestnuts, seasonal vegetables and very tasty venison. Bonus celebrity spot: Marcus Waring.

Labels: eating