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In the Speccie: Say “No” to Nanny!
Our friends over at the Spectator Australia have finally gotten around to putting up a link to my recent jeremiad against New York Mayor Mike Bloomberg and all the local busybodies who, if they had their way, would turn us … Continue reading
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More Mudgee: Red Wines and Blue Wrens
Of course, it wasn’t all skittles and tits in Mudgee. The country is beautiful. Many of the wines are excellent – and by my reckoning, the tight shot grouping of vineyards on the map around Mudgee fall more consistently on … Continue reading
The Links Effect
More Mudgee madness in the pipeline, but in the meantime a few links to whet the whistle: Smiley Bill Granger is frowning over his publisher’s repurposing of a bunch of his recipes. Both sides have lawyered up, but it begs … Continue reading
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Mudgee Review: Roth’s Wine Bar
Here’s a little-known but interesting fact. Fans of The Godfather series will of course remember the character of the old Jewish mobster, Hyman Roth, played so brilliantly by Lee Strasberg (“This … is the business … we’ve chosen!”). In the … Continue reading
And… We’re Back!
Great, great weekend in Mudgee, and thanks to Mrs Prick for organising it. More reports and reviews to come, but was sad to return to the news that Berowra Waters Inn and Pier are both shutting down: ALREADY tracking as … Continue reading
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Blue Mountains Review: Shitfight at the Leura Garage
So we decided that beating the traffic was the better part of valour and beat a semi-hasty retreat from Mudgee after a late – and very, very satisfying – breakfast at the Butcher Shop Café. (Short précis: The coffee is … Continue reading
Let Me Make One Thing Perfectly Clear
Back in 2009, I think I may have been the first person to point out Obama’s Nixonian tendencies: Among conservatives, it has been fashionable to describe Barack Obama as the black Jimmy Carter. Among liberals, Barack Obama is really the … Continue reading
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Soda Jerks, or, Prohibition Mark II
First New York, now Cambridge, Massachusetts. The home of Harvard University, Ground Zero of America’s know-better class, is thinking about banning all soda in all restaurants, with a City Council resolution having been passed asking “that the City Manager be … Continue reading
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Done Like a Dinner
There’s always a food angle, isn’t there? A full three days ago, the Guardian reported on a girl who’d gotten in trouble for blogging about school lunches: A nine-year-old Scottish girl who attracted two million readers to a blog documenting … Continue reading
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Soupy Sales
I love the David Jones Food Hall (working over the road, I do half my grocery shopping there), but the prepared food can be a bit hit or miss: It didn’t help that it required half a shaker of Saxa … Continue reading
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Prick With A Fork 