Category: THINGS I LOVE
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Practicing what I preach
I bought a couple of bottles of this award winning Champagne at Morrisons when they dropped the price from £18 to £14. This weekend they dropped it again to £9.99 so I bought 5 yesterday (all their stock in store) and another 10 today. 🍾 It’s not spending money it’s saving money if you think…
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Finger on the pulse, answering life’s big questions
I know what you’ve all been thinking during the pandemic, where is the best place to buy wine!? Okay, maybe you were momentarily caught up with other concerns but now might be a good time to regain some perspective. So where is the UK’s wine buyer’s hot spot? Well brace yourself for a contrarian answer:…
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Air Max 90
For years I have coveted a special pair of these iconic shoes. It felt like a missing piece in my collection, and it has taken 2 years to find something that I love in my size. These fit the bill perfectly 🙂
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Snow prep.
My reasonably priced snow boots (I’ve got a flash pair that I don’t wear when it snows because they’re too beautiful to get dirty 🙄) have a hole in. That’s a bit of an issue given their purpose in life, so I picked up a very reasonably priced replacement pair. They were the last pair…
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Snow dogs
I managed to get to Lido Park early this morning. The dogs were having a great time, as was everybody else. I was just happy to get some exercise and justify my snow boots 🙂🥾🥾
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What else would I be doing today?!
What is freedom? I have no idea but from my perspective, not having children is a big part of it! Don’t get me wrong I’m morally bound to do my bit for the “greater good” every now and again, trying to undo black hearted villains’ attempts to make things worse for everyone else – you…
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Cobra Kai
What’s the best film ever made? Actually it’s a stupid question because there are no objective criteria for assessment. It’s a value judgement that boils down to taste, which cannot be arbitrated for in any unprejudiced way. Nonetheless, if we’re going to indulge a silly question anyway I think “The Karate Kid” is a candidate.…
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The high street
I will concede at the outset that “love” probably isn’t the right word here – although the same could said of other posts in the “things I love” section. Don’t get me wrong I love “Band of Brothers” but not in the way I love cats or hot chocolate! With that caveat established I nonetheless…
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Band of Brothers
Next year this seminal 10-part series will be 20 years old. I watched the original run back in 2001 and decided to re-watch it recently. This only underlined how special it is. Asides from telling one of recent histories great stories (the invasion of Normandy – told through the eyes of a US Airborne company),…
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Cava pilava
As I’m sure you all know Prosecco exploded in the UK in 2008. Don’t get me wrong it was readily available before but few paid it much attention. Then the recession hit and the masses went looking for an alternative to Champagne. Prosecco became the popular choice and soon after the default choice of fizz…
Dr Martin James 