This report should please my friend Marko. He’s written about the gustatory delights of currywurst before. Forget the caviar, a German chef has imported to Russia Berlin’s contribution to world gastronomy, the currywurst. For a few days each week, visitors to Moscow’s exclusive Ritz Carlton hotel can sample the dish, which consists of hot pork… Continue reading The Russian diet gets a makeover
Tag: Other blogs
Expanding the blogroll
I’ve been remiss in not updating my blogroll as often as I should – and I’ve added a couple of names without mentioning them. Time to remedy the error. I’ve also changed a couple of blog listings, so that they now reflect the actual name of the blog, rather than the name of the blogger… Continue reading Expanding the blogroll
World’s oldest blogger dies
From the Sydney Morning Herald: The Australian woman renowned as the world’s oldest internet blogger has made her final post, aged 108. Olive Riley, of Woy Woy on NSW’s central coast, died in a nursing home just after 6am yesterday. She will be mourned by family and an international readership in the thousands. “It was… Continue reading World’s oldest blogger dies
Congratulations to Lawdog!
In his usual modest, shy, retiring sort of way, Lawdog hasn’t said a word about this: but I note that earlier this month, he recorded his millionth visitor. He must have done so at almost the same time as Tamara, whom we congratulated on June 5th for reaching the same milestone. Well done, good buddy,… Continue reading Congratulations to Lawdog!
A fun day
As mentioned in yesterday evening’s report, today was more blogger get-together goodness. Lawdog arrived late in the morning, followed by the fatal Phlegm, and we enjoyed brunch together, courtesy of Holly‘s cooking (superb, as always). JPG‘s other son also arrived for a Father’s Day visit while we were eating, and took little persuading to join… Continue reading A fun day
Busy day with bloggers
Not much posting today. I arrived in Dallas last night after a long and nightmarish drive (heavy traffic extended the trip from its normal 5 hours to over 8 hours – aaargh!). I’m staying with JPG and Holly for a couple of days. We visited the Dallas Gun Show today, all of us separating to… Continue reading Busy day with bloggers
Congratulations to Tamara – one million visits!
Tamara, of View From The Porch fame, has just recorded her millionth visit. Her first post was on August 28th, 2005, so it’s taken less than three years for her to hit this milestone. Congratulations, Tam, and may the next million be even swifter! Your blog’s still one of the best sources of snark on… Continue reading Congratulations to Tamara – one million visits!
A shootin’ buddy begins blogging
A shootin’ buddy, David, has just ventured into the blogosphere for the first time. His blog is Artful Articulations. Welcome to the world of blogging, David, and have fun! I’ll be dropping in on your blog from time to time. Peter
A dumb move indeed
Tam blogs about Microsoft’s dumb move in axing Windows XP. She reports only 3% of a sample of 100 viewers of her blog were using Windows Vista, its putative replacement. I was curious, so I took a similar snapshot of this blog’s readers this afternoon. I guess my viewers are even less enthusiastic about Vista… Continue reading A dumb move indeed
A Gathering Of Bloggers
Light blogging tonight, because Holly, JPG, Lawdog, Phlegm Fatale and yours truly all gathered at the home of the first-two-mentioned for a day of fun. We shared a monster breakfast (well, more like brunch) of eggs, bacon, sausage, biscuits, gravy, potatoes and all the rest (courtesy of Holly’s cooking), and then raided the Fort Worth… Continue reading A Gathering Of Bloggers