Oh.  My.  Word.  I think I may have just died and gone to heaven.

I have just been to dinner at Michael's Kitchen, as an old friend from high school was visiting, and it came highly recommended from people in my lab.  Now, I knew that the chef is meant to have a Michelin star, and that the food was meant to be good, but I wasn't expecting anything ( Read more... )

Last night johnckirk , totherme , peanutsandwich , nastyicydeath , Cy (WINOLJ), Vernon (WINOLJ) and I went to see Childish Things 4 at the New Theatre in Oxford.  This is an annual variety show in aid of Helen and Douglas House, which is the local childrens' hospice.  It wasn't cheap (£25 a ticket), and it sold out very early, so we had "restricted view" seats, but it was worth every penny ( Read more... )

I meant to post this a while back, but...

I was in a lecture, and I was bored, and hungry. In the break, I decided to go and get myself some chocolate from the machine. But when I got to the machine, there was this...

( big photo coming up )

Is satisfying my chocolate cravings with neat nutella a good thing or a bad thing?

Yesterday was Shrove Tuesday, or pancake day. I decided to make dropped scones, which are not technically pancakes but are, I feel, sufficiently similar to count as suitable Shrove Tuesday fare ( Read more... )