Archive for March 2009
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Maple Iced Glazed doughnut gets me going
I think I may have discovered a great hangover remedy: the humble doughnut.
Thanks to several late-night sakes enjoyed with Sushi 108’s hyperactive talent Chris Allen, I was feeling a little less than bright and breezy on Saturday morning. I needed an urgent fix, preferably non-alcoholic.
Krispy Kreme was, for me, an unlikely destination. I normally go [...]
Mongolia Benefit Night after Reading Half Marathon
If you are taking part in the Reading Half Marathon this Sunday, and looking forward to a treat at the end of the punishing trot, there is a Mongolia Benefit Night kicking off at 5pm in the 3Bs.
Mongolia Benefit Night, Susanne Koch tells me, will feature indie acoustic/funk musicians Stuart Dooley and The Foolish Galatians, [...]
Heavenly Planet cancellation needn’t be a show stopper
Much has been said online about the cancellation of the Heavenly Planet festival.
I’m disappointed, but I understand the decision. There is still the Reading Festival to look forward to (we are blessed, aren’t we, in Reading) and I believe that the original global gathering, WOMAD, will go ahead as planned in its new Wiltshire site [...]
New-look Living Reading site launches
Living Reading relaunched earlier this month, and it’s an improvement on the former site. Funded by the Reading Marketing Group, the site aims to be:
the one place everybody heads when they need information on visiting, doing business or even moving to Reading.
I would suggest to interested parties that they also visit Reading Forum, Reading Chronicle [...]
Drinksinreading blog launched
A blog has been launched by the DrinksinReading.com team: drinksin Blog.
Their first, and so far only, entry is an entertaining writeup of a Friday night pub crawl, with the itinerary looking something like this: Global Cafe, Oakford Social Club, Afroba, Malmaison, After Dark and Mix Bar.
Would other local bloggers be interested in taking part in a [...]
Introducing Big Bear Blogs … Berlin
I feel as if I’m breaking a rule here about posting something that has nothing to do with Reading. It’s not something I like to do very often, but anyway…
Thinking about visiting or moving to Berlin? My cousin, who moved to the German capital this month with girlfriend pANDA gIRL, has just launched a blog about the city [...]
The Lamb springs back into action
Spring is definitely on its way, as confirmed by this weekend’s bumblebees, butterflies and brilliant sunshine.
Appropriately for the season of rebirth, The Lamb at Satwell, near Henley, slaughtered in the recession, will be reopening this Friday (20 March), just in time for Mother’s Day. The fantastic country gastropub was closed by previous owner, celebrity chef [...]
Thames Valley Social Media Cafe is a Tuttle success
Sometime mid-morning on Friday 13 March, a number of social media enthusiasts talked Twitter tactics over coffee as bemused Workhouse Coffee punters looked on. It was the inaugural Thames Valley Social Media Cafe, held in Reading.
I’m not a great counter, preferring words, but I estimated there to be a dozen or so of us, including heavyweights [...]
Reading pub brought back to life as The Kennet Arms
Cllr Tony Jones said of local newspapers in Reading, “Whether we always like what they say or not, they are important to our community.”
He’s right, of course. I’m a firm believer that pubs are also important to a community, and the carnage in the countryside that I have seen recently has not exactly filled me [...]
Join Save Reading’s Local Newspapers group on Facebook
The big story of the week has to be the Guardian Media Group’s alarming announcement that the Reading Evening Post is to become a twice weekly newspaper.
Furthermore, up to 95 redundancies are planned across the Guardian Media Group’s Surrey and Berkshire Media division, with closures of two weekly titles (the Esher News & Mail and the Aldershot Mail).
The National Union of [...]
