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Spectacles

By E on February 6, 2007

I dreamt of great irritation because someone had stepped on and broken my sunglasses. As I was picking up the pieces I realised my actual glasses were lying there broken too. The ones I need to see with. I started getting desperate because I don’t have a second pair and how would I drive home? [...]

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A Football Game

By E on February 5, 2007

even I would go to. Prince, last night at the Superbowl. Catch it on Youtube. Damn, that man makes me tingle. Other good diversions: HBO’s Rome. Borrowed the first season from a friend, and embarked on it at 2.30 this morning instead of wallowing in insomnia. Well, I didn’t notice the sun rising, but suddenly [...]

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Once upon a time

By E on February 1, 2007

there lived a little pig. She did not have a very long or eventful life, but many things happened after she died. Some of her became bacon, chops, and ribs which were enjoyed by people who could afford them. Those who could afford less ate her trotters and tail, and a lucky dog got to [...]

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Things to do with wine and Danish blue

By E on January 31, 2007

Yesterday started with three hours of staring at bottles in an empty wine shop (I was behind the counter), but that was redeemed by the lunch that followed. We were going to go to a coffee shop, but decided against small, public spaces and having to pay for something you can do much better at [...]

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Later

By E on January 28, 2007

So, in response to my previous post, Mr. 302 said the “best [he] could come up with was Buck Fizz: champagne and orange juice”. Well I don’t know about your fridge but any day that that’s the best mine can offer is a good one. Speaking of champagne, and dinner with friends, I had the [...]

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Innervation

By E on January 28, 2007

It’s been some time since I have found myself at home in the favourite company of myself. Days and weeks have been busy and I always find myself longing for solitude when I can’t have it and then mildly anxious when I do find it. You get used to distractions as much as you loathe [...]

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Le canard

By E on January 23, 2007

Look, so I made the duck confit that’s been sitting in my cupboard for almost a year now. (And someone asked me, when I told her, “do you mean the one that’s been in your cupboard for 10 years or so?” “No”, I answered, truthfully, “only a year. But it is in a can; that [...]

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Oysters

By E on January 18, 2007

Now, I’m not really a fan of oysters. I’ve eaten them a few times, and found them not exactly unpleasant, but neither have they left me dreaming about the next time. Let’s put it this way: it wouldn’t be a calamity if I happened to never eat one again. Nevertheless, I have been, in the [...]

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Out of necessity

By E on January 17, 2007

comes greatness. Take: 1 part Augusto Herb Liqueur 1/2 part Dry Vermouth squeeze of lemon dash of Angostura bitters a couple of ice cubes fill up with sparkling water (soda water could do) and you have a surprisingly delicious and refreshing end to a long summer Wednesday (especially when the kitchen offers no better alternatives). [...]

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Dem belly full

By E on January 11, 2007

Highlights of the festive season that was: A well executed Danish Christmas eve in Woodstock, Cape Town, complete with: three perfectly roasted turkeys, agurkesalat (cucumber salad), rødkål (braised red cabbage), brunkartofler (caramelised potatoes) and ris a la mande (Danish rice pudding with a French name), good cheer and too many gifts. Somewhere on that night [...]

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