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Pub Quiz Winner!
Chris Osburn
Qype does London
January 7th 2009
To be honest, this was my first pub quiz, something I’ve always associated with London. Maybe they used to have them back when I lived here, but I don’t remember ever hearing about pub quizzes then or on any past visits. Anyway, our team won ...
Read the complete Pub Quiz Winner! post at Qype does London.
Tiki Ti
Photography by Chris Osburn © 2007
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Rhin Bar Café
Photography by Tiki Chris © 2007
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Managua Journal: Hold the Mojito and Margarita, Nicaragua Has el Macuá
By MARC LACEY
Photography by Miguel Alvarez for The New York Times
New York Times
October 5, 2006
... one part white rum, one part guava juice, with a half-portion of lemon juice and some sugar and ice ...
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My wife and I had the great pleasure of spending the past bank holiday weekend with some very good friends at their home in the Ribble Valley, a bucolic piece of gently lilting countryside in northwest England that (at least to my American expat eyes) is about as English as anywhere on this green island. In fact, at times the people and situations we encountered were so extraordinarily English that our hosts joked that they had called central casting before we came to arrange the “sets” for our visit.
And indeed, the “sets” often seemed perfectly arranged: folks in country casual ambling about with their dogs … flocks upon flocks of sheep grazing for our viewing pleasure … pub after pub (after pub) providing some of the finest ales (all local) that this writer has ever tasted.
Yes, we were in good hands when it came to our pub visits. Actually, one of our two hosts has dedicated an entire blog to the many pubs of the Ribble Valley. His blog, Ribble Valley Pubs, is a brilliant (and honest) resource for anyone ever fancying a proper pint in a proper pub in this lovely corner of Lancashire.
Ah, only a three hour train ride from London’s Euston Station but, in every sense, a world away. I already look forward to my next pastoral getaway to the Ribble Valley and, for once, hope that not too many people read one of my posts.
Expect more photos soon!
