Or Nerd Night as it might also be known. Went over to Philippe’s last night, joined by Nico and Jon for an evening of Gran Turismo 4 on the Playstation… the worlds greatest car racing simulator. After a great dinner prepared by Ana we settled down to business. After several futile attempts to get the two playstations connected for multiplayer action we settled for two player split screen on both systems. We then synchronised cars and tracks for pseudo 4 player fun. I must admit I’d forgotten how good this game is. The realistic differences between all the cars and…
Espe and I had the pleasure of visiting Mats and Tasja in Berlin. They have a wonderful flat just North of the old GDR center. We were put up and fed for the full four days, so a huge thanks for that. Friday night, due to our late arrival we sat down for Dinner prepared by Tasja. After a great feed, loads of catching up and a few too many glasses of wine we retired to bed. Come Saturday, the weather was not too accommodating with minus temperatures, driving wind and constant snow. We headed down to Potsdamer Platz to…
Just been sent this link by Nina… “For all us jet setters” www.worldsbestbars.com Apart from the fantastic 60th floor bar in Bangkok that will have to be visited (hopefully next Jan/Feb), I’ve been sent the link in perfect time in order to prepare for the coming weekend which I will spend in Berlin… As they say in EasyJets latest tacky slogan, “Come on lets fly!”
You lot seem to like my recepies, so here comes another. I got the idea from “The Circle of Friends Cookbook” (something put together by a colleague of my sister) but changed it based on my Thai cooking experiences. Stuff to cook Trout or Rainbow Trout Green Pepper Mushrooms Potatoes Stuff for the Marinade / Sauce 1 stalk of lemon grass 2 cloves of garlic 1 small red chilli 1 Challot or small onion A thumb of ginger Black Pepper Corriander Seeds Soya sauce Olive Oil Juice of 1 lemon Grated rind of the lemon Chop and grind the onion,…
Its Friday afternoon, which can mean only one thing… surfing the web. Just spotted the Mr Scruff website in my bookmarks. It’s a site I’ve never had a good look around before but having done so I have to say its absolutely fantastic in all its pie eating, tea drinking, funktastic goodness. The flash animations are based entirely on Mr. Scruff’s unique sketching style, yet at the same time everything you might or might not want to know about the man himself is there. Check it out: www.mrscruff.com Even if you don’t like his music (a crime in itself), his…