Archive for May 2006
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Market penetration
Somewhat amusingly, a new shop has opened at 89-91 London St called “The Knob Shop”. Yes, it’s true. Seeing the banner on the shopfront for the first time, I was left wondering if the business owners had a hard time conceiving that name and whether they get a lot of stick for it.
The Knob Shop [...]
Closing shouldn’t be Allied
The Allied Arms is one of the best pubs in Reading. The St Mary’s Butts is a proper pub, has the very drinkable London Pride (why hasn’t someone produced a Reading Pride? ) and a decent beer garden. And they have good live entertainment too (sometimes).Â
So imagine my despair when I found the gates locked on Sunday [...]
Reading: it’s a gas
It’s a shocking statistic. Reading households emit more carbon dioxide than anywhere else in the UK.Â
According to the British Gas survey, Domestic Carbon Dioxide Emissions for Selected Cities, Reading dwellings produce an average of 6,189kg of CO2 per year, equal to flying 13,000 miles by 747.
The British Gas press release explains:
Gas consumption in Reading is [...]
Squids in
A sushi bar has opened in town: Nigiri Sushi. Yay! On a rainy Saturday afternoon, I decided to check out the small outlet at the Harris Arcade’s Friar Street entrance.
It’s worth mentioning at this point that I have dipped into Japanese culture recently. I bought a wonderful animated movie called Spirited Away and read an [...]
Guardian angel
I was looking at the monthly site stats for this blog and excitedly saw Guardian Unlimited listed among the top referrers. It has provided, to date, 4.3% of total May traffic to the site.
The referring page contained the article Reading alert by Matthew Weaver, published on 22 May 2006.
Writing on the high carbon dioxide emissions [...]
Pau-er hungry
Saturday afternoon and the sun is shining. I took a stroll up Southampton St on a quest to discover something new. And lo and behold, there it was: Pau Brasil. Eyes bulging, I eagerly ventured inside.
Pau Brasil is a very small outlet and, as the name suggests, stocks Brazilian products. There were shelves of pasta [...]
