I've been digging through photos on my phone over the last few days and publishing some of the quirky ones. This shot is of the Central Perk sign on the Friends set. Yes, the real set, at Warner Brothers Studio in Burbank. I was there last year, but lost most of the photos I took when I forgot my camera on the back seat of a taxi (doh!) The last episode of Friends … [Read more...] about Central Perk
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Evening Echo Boy Statue
If you wander around Cork city you'll probably walk past this statue at some point. "The Echo Boy" serves as a memory as the number of "boys" selling the local evening paper - The Evening Echo - has now dwindled to practically zero. The "boys" are now grown men if they exist at all … [Read more...] about Evening Echo Boy Statue
French Beer, Herbal Tea & Cured Meat
James comes over to Carlow a couple of times a year and he usually brings me over a few products that I simply cannot get in Ireland. Vanilla tea - while there are a couple of varieties available in Irish shops they're simply not as good as the Twining's one Adelscott beer - I've been drinking this beer on and off since some time in the early 90s. Even in France it's not … [Read more...] about French Beer, Herbal Tea & Cured Meat
Not Your Ordinary Chicken
I had dinner the other evening in Rouge Tomate in Brussels. The main course was: “Coq des prés” chicken filet with seared foie gras, mustard breaded spinach, farro and a thyme and white Sancerre reduction It was incredible. A fantastic combination of flavours in a lovely setting … [Read more...] about Not Your Ordinary Chicken
Botero
Seeing a Botero "in the flesh" is always better than just looking at a photo of one .. … [Read more...] about Botero