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Oops!
I recently stumbled across a website that just happened to be selling silver shoes. I had promised myself there would be no more shoe purchases for the month, so I dutifully ignored the fact they were...
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Decisions, decisions….
What to wear to a function as the company representative? What line to walk between business and casual? Jeans or suit? Suit or jeans? Why not both? Cue the denim suit….. Shoes – Squire Suit – Jack...
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Something about salmon…
Salmon. It’s such a versatile fish. It can be fried, baked, grilled, sous vided (that’s a word), and even sashimied (Yep, that’s another word). Hell, even MacGyver kept one in his back pocket for those...
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Florsheim by Ducky Brown
Or is that Ducky Brown by Florsheim? Nope. Definitely the first one. Florsheim have been making crappy boring shoes for the less than discerning gentleman for 100 years or so. Okay, I might be being a...
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Mike’s Magical Monday Movie Reviews
Title: All Is Lost Starring: Robert Redford All is lost. Including my appreciation for Robert Redford’s acting abilities, or choices of roles, for that matter. Allow me to run you through this piece...
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Supermarket wildlife.
Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the deli… We’re going to need more chickens…
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It befuddles me.
Why is it that when one is actually fat, outfits for the most part, look relatively good on one? Yet when one loses weight and is well on the way to one being, dare I say it… slim, outfits for the most...
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I didn’t see you come in…
Well, looky here! We’ve had a few new visitors to the blog that have decided to stick around for a while. We are now the MIGHTY 300! Fear us! Revere us! You better wear gloves when you come near us!...
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Mike’s Magical Monday Movie Reviews
Title: The Mooring Starring: Nobody worth mentioning. You would think that with all the movies I watch, I’d stumble across an absolute gem every now and then. This, Occasional Reader, is NOT one of...
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Your opinion?
No? Or… Yes! Or… What the electric blue f*%k? (Awesome shoes, though!) Shoes – Hugo Boss Jeans – Scotch & Soda Shirt – Red Chilli
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It’s not me, it’s you.
There’s something immensely satisfying walking down the main street of Newtown and seeing my shoes in a store window. Well, technically, they’re not my shoes anymore. But of course I’ll tell anyone...
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Nachocolate?
I decided to hold an all chocolate dinner party this past weekend. Four courses, each with chocolate as a significant element. Course 1 was some very confused nachos: Spiced Lamb Shoulder with White...
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Barely there…
You know those times when you see a sample shirt on the rack, try it on, and even though you barely fit into it, you simply have to buy it anyway because there’s no other shirt like it in that...
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2nd course, sorta the same as the first…
Actually the second course (Duck, Chocolate Ganache, Roasted Beetroot, Pickled Apple) was nothing like the first, but I forgot to take a photo. Instead, here’s the third (amazingly delicious) chocolate...
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Aah, those were the days…
Those days when you only worried about your weight being too little! Of course I was in the carefree world only a porky little three year old can know back then, so such things were not a concern.
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Mike’s Magical Monday Movie Reviews
Title: 12 Years a Movie Slave Starring: Chiwetel Ejiofor A bunch of white guys you’ve seen in lots of other movies. A black man wakes up in a cellar chained to the floor… Surely I can’t be the only...
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There’s gold on them thar shoes!
The Chinese are known for many things. Tibetan Mastiffs. Thousand Year Eggs. Human rights abuses. But all these things can be overlooked, now they’ve made me a pair of gold shoes. That’s right. Just...
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And then there was this….
The dessert to finish off my chocolate dinner party. My own take on a Heston Blumenthal classic… Strawberry Pop Rock Shortbread, Chocolate & Passionfruit Gateau with Thyme & Vanilla Ice Cream
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Your opinion?
Yes, yes, yes, and yes! Or… No, no, no, and no! Or… Oh my yes, you preppy prepster, you! Shoes – Hugo Boss Trousers – Paul Smith Shirt – Tasso Elba Jacket – Zara Man
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Mike’s Magical Monday Movie Reviews
Title: Anchorman 2 – The Legend Continues Starring: Will Ferrell If you’re looking for a continuation of the first relatively amusing Anchorman movie, you’re going to be sorely disappointed. Two...
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