Posts Tagged ‘bottle of wine’
May 28th, 2010
We went along to visit Newby Hall near Ripon in North Yorkshire last Sunday. It is about 30 minutes away from where we live and the journey from home was event free. Having set off late morning we arrived just before noon. We had skipped breakfast, so the first place we headed after parking up [...]
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April 13th, 2010
Working late in the office with some colleagues, it was getting near 9pm when we decided to head on out for a spot of dinner. I have been to this restaurant a few times before and know from past experience that you can rely on good quality food. I booked a table for 9.30 and [...]
April 1st, 2010
It has been a very relaxing and quiet weekend at home entertaining Lee, Sam, Georgie and Pippa over the Easter break. The work mobile and email device was firmly switched off and stored away in the kitchen drawer. Too much chocolate and wine was consumed and very little was done by the way of housework. [...]
January 30th, 2010
While staying at the Manchester Airport Marriott Hotel this week, I was looking for something a little different to the hotel’s own restaurant on Thursday evening. With a colleague I decided to dine at Players Restaurant and Bar. Famous for its surrounding footballer neighbours, I was pleased to find the place fairly quiet as we [...]
August 29th, 2009
With some encouragement from our neighbours, Paul has decided to enter some of his home made Cakes and home grown Vegetables into Dunnington Village show which takes place this Bank Holiday on Saturday 29th August. There was quite a selection of categories to chose from, but in the end he chose to enter three fruit [...]
August 25th, 2009
Last night I found myself dining at Sardo Restaurant on Grafton Way in London. Recommended for its Sardinian menu, we both looked forward to a great meal. We were seated in this small but perfectly formed restaurant at around 7.30pm and while we looked through the menu and had the specials of the day explained, [...]
March 13th, 2009
It’s been a relatively quiet week for me this week but I suspect all is about to change with a couple of new assignments at work just around the corner. However for now, the weekend lies ahead, so it’s time to crack open a bottle of wine and settle down in front of the TV [...]
December 9th, 2008
Sunday had us sitting down and writing out all this years Christmas cards and wrapping up the pressies that needed to be sent abroad. Listening to the old Christmas Crooners CD and scoffing the odd warm mince pie, we had finished by the time the Stars Wars Movie Part 1 (or Part 4 depending on [...]
November 21st, 2008
Having worked very late last night I had a great lie in this morning. With us spending the weekend in London, the only thing I needed to do was check out of one hotel and check into the other. I arrived at the Crowne Plaza on Buckingham Gate around 2pm and after a spot of [...]
October 15th, 2008
This Thai Style Tapas restaurant served up my evening intake of calories last night after an early lager or two at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese. Arriving with three other colleagues we sat down around 9pm and ordered up the Gold Menu for four people along with a bottle of Rioja. The food served up was [...]