http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/John's Blog @ the Maison de Stuff.Sun, 14 Mar 2010 22:21:11 +0000en-ukhttp://backend.userland.com/rss092http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/icons/mdsbutton.jpghttp://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/John's Blog @ the Maison de Stuff.[Sunday 14th March 2010] Stopped off at a few places on the way back from Norwich to London, including the ever marvelous Ely.http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/articles/00002219.html[Saturday 13th March 2010] Visited the St. George's Distillery in the afternoon, and spent the evening in Norwich.http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/articles/00002218.html[Friday 12th March] Took the afternoon off work today to go and visit Rob and Mark at Reading University. Was jolly nice to have a bit of a chinwag whilst revisiting some of our old haunts (mainly the student's union of course).http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/articles/00002217.html[Thursday 11th March] Made stew and dumplings for dinner this evening.http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/articles/00002216.html[Wednesday 10th March 2010] Really fancied a bloody mary this evening.http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/articles/00002215.html[Tuesday 9th March] Went to the pub this evening with Iain, George and Matt from the office.http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/articles/00002214.html[Monday 8th March] Went to see Noel Coward's Private Lives at the Vaudeville Theatre on the Strand this evening. Despite having the cheapest possible seats (right at the back of the theatre) I enjoyed it immensely and was delighted to see how well the humour had aged.http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/articles/00002213.html[Sunday 7th March 2010] Lunch at the Black Friar, followed by a bit of a Sunday afternoon wander around, including a coffee at the Tate Modern.http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/articles/00002212.html[Saturday 6th March 2010] Afternoon Saturday stroll around London, including a late afternoon snack at Food for Thought.http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/articles/00002211.html[Wednesday 3rd March 2010] Started off the evening with a leaving drinks for Mick, a friend from work. For a bit of a break from the norm he held the do at Tom Tom, primarily a coffee shop by day. Spent the remainder of the evening with Al, we'd planned to do a bit of a tour of Westminster pubs, but given that time was already getting on a bit we only made it to two - the Red Lion and the Westminster Arms. We then decided we were both hungry, so I introduced Al to Shepherd's, the Westminster restaurant much loved by politicians which I'm starting to grow rather fond of myself.http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/articles/00002208.html