posted by Gordon White filed under London
What a hardcore couple of days. One of the very few benefits of being canned just before Christmas is that you can devote days to preparing a meal of absolute awesomeness. So that is what I did.
I'm not entirely sure why Paula is gesticulating like Stalin in the above photo. If memory serves it was actually more of a helicopter
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posted by Gordon White filed under London
Having just received my first ever semi-ironic Christmas circular, a brilliant and original thought occurred to me. I should write a Christmas circular!
The document in question originated from the general Dalston area and was penned by this man, who apparently specialises in stereotypical fiction. (The BEST kind of fiction.)
To be honest, it's not going to be all that circular. It's
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posted by Gordon White filed under London
Chatting with a Saffa at work, we hit on the complicated relationship Antipodeans have with Northern Hemisphere Christmases.
You see, Christmas belongs here. Traditional Yuletide fare is essentially Western European survival foods: goose, preserved fruits, Christmas pudding (which lasts for years), etc.
I mentioned this before but, back home, I always found it slightly odd that my mother would light our dessert
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posted by Gordon White filed under London
Nothing like arranging a birthday get-together in West London during the worst storms of the year to kickstart Ryan's complaining.
In his defence, it was truly fucking horrible. He got smashed in the face by wet garbage while waiting at the bus stop. The rest of us (except Monique because she's a witch, maybe?) got completely soaked at the Portobello Road
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posted by Gordon White filed under London
If one is to properly attempt mushrooming whilst in Sweden, one is going to need some gumboots.
Whilst recently in Sweden, I purchased said gumboots from the Swedish equivalent of Walmart. I think this should be called Svalmart, but they went with Coop.
Whatevs. Bygones.
Anyway, so I sunk thirty quid (on sale, of course) into some gumboots and went mushrooming in the
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posted by Gordon White filed under London
Call me a detective, but I have picked up on a number of little signs that winter is approaching. Firstly, I'm sick. Secondly, I bought a massive military-style black coat on the weekend because it suddenly got very cold.
Also, each day on the walk to work another tree turns golden. This weirds me out because it seems to happen overnight
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