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I ASKED Jamie to make me a 40th birthday cake based on my Mini, but I had no idea she’d do such a bloody amazing job of it. From the checkered roof to the bonnet stripes to the GB letters to the grille badges, it’s perfect.
Not to be outdone, Ev got this masterpiece made for me:
Further cementing her position of “absolutely awesome”, Ev also arranged a surprise party for me. Loads of friends turned up with food and pressies, so I’d like to thank (in no particular order) Lenise, James, Mike, Shannon, Joaquin, Shay, Jeff, Amy, Steven, Jamie, Chris, Grant, Brenda, […]
A BURGER sandwiched between two tacos? Count me in! Think about it: the crunch of the taco shell followed by the cold lettuce, warm meat, more taco shell, then the bread, lettuce, tomato, cheese, burger, bread and back to the taco shell. Amazing. When I saw the advert for this, I told Ev, “I’m buying one and don’t you try to stop me”.
Trouble is, it doesn’t exist. CURSE YOU, JACK IN THE BOX!! It’s just a ploy to flog us the Jumbo Deal, which has all the makings of a Jumbaco (a burger […]
YOU win some, you lose some. I’ve never been that good at pun headlines but this column was crying out for a touch of LOLcat. It was nixed on the grounds that the average newspaper reader wouldn’t get it because the average newspaper reader is about 98, or something. One bright note: it’s going to be used when the column goes online as the website’s demographic is younger.
The background: the Pasadena Sun ran a story claiming the cheeseburger was invented in the city because apparently Americans care about that sort of thing. Thanks to the magic of the interwebs, the story […]
I KNOW this doesn’t really count as a diner, but where else was I supposed to put it? The Sussex Teapot turns out to be about 10 minutes from our house and serves classic British dishes such as scones and jam, beans on toast, pie & mash and lots and lots of tea.
Here’s my choice for dinner: steak and kidney pie, mushy peas and mashed potatoes, which I’m 99% sure were made from Smash:
The mushy peas needed a bit of salt but were worthy of a British chip shop, but the pie was great. Instead of the semi-soggy pastry […]
Pic by @jamiecraven. In case you’re wondering, the designer’s put “herey herey” as it contains an ascender (the h) and a descender (the y) and so shows the leading, the gaps between the lines of type. Back in my QuarkXpress days I used “dedy dedy”. Oh, memories…
OOPS. Looks like there’s one Guardian sub or designer who’ll be called in for a meeting. As a production journalist I’ve got every sympathy with him/her; errors like this are easy to make, especially when you’re rushed. I’ve been responsible for sending a page with “Stick a caption in here please” under a sports […]
I’VE seen this trailer several times when having TV inflicted on my by Ev, and I have to admit to wanting to see The Devil Inside. It looks pretty good: “found footage” of a woman’s attempt to find out what happened to her possessed mother, lots of exorcisms, odd contortions, a priest trying to drown a baby (makes a change from trying to molest it, I suppose) and plenty of screaming/demonic laughter/ubiquitous shaky camera work. Even the obviously fake “The Vactican Does Not Endorse This Film” disclaimer didn’t initially put me off. As Ev said, “You’re going […]
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