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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Reading Tuttle is born
Friday 13th might be unlucky for some, but some also say that you create your own luck. As first announced by Neville Hobson, the first Thames Valley Social Media Cafe will be held at 10am on 13 March 2009 at the smashing Workhouse Coffee in Reading.
The idea emerged from conversations between Neville, Drew Benvie, Benjamin [...]
Follow drinksinreading on Twitter
Twitter me this, Twitter me that. Newspapers’ love affair continues. My non-geek friends now have a Twitter presence, and so has drinksinreading.com.
Drinksinreading.com, a website/social network offering user comments on Reading bars, is now automatically alerting Twitter followers to newly posted reviews (behaving much like RSS). Add drinksinreading here.
I’m told also that work has commenced [...]
Kate Winslet on TIME cover
The face of Reading’s star actress Kate Winslet is gracing the cover of TIME magazine. The words “Best Actress” are printed somewhere above her right ear.
You can read the cover story here.
When will a Reading person next appear on the cover of TIME?
drinksinreading.com search engine and social network launched
Looking for a Reading watering hole? drinksinReading.com is a newly launched search engine allowing users to search for places offering food, drink, entertainment, Wi-Fi and more in the town.
The online guide will be maintained and updated by the bar owners themselves, and consumers may sign up to become friends with their chosen venues (so that [...]
LV Lounge closes, Blagrave Arms reopens
The LV Lounge, based at The George Hotel in Reading town centre, has closed permanently. LV will now be converted into a restaurant.
Like a phoenix from the flames, the Blagrave Arms pubs has reopened, this time under a new owner. Its former owner had closed it down as it wasn’t making money (and has since [...]
