Posts Tagged “Friends”
Ross • 19th Aug 2010 • Living • clothes, dress, fashion, Friends, london, styles
Winston, a long-standing friend and one-time flatmate, is a uniquely stylish dresser. He wears bow ties with shorts; bright checked trousers with modified buttons; and women’s knitwear to better fit his slim frame. His blog, Le Vrai Winston, and his writing for other fashion sites, has led to a shortlisting in Esquire‘s Best Dressed Man awards, and to mentions in BA’s Highlife Magazine. I find it reassuring to think that in some cases, people do get recognised for their enthusiasm and passion. I am also glad that there remain a small supply of wonderfully colourful people like Winston who spurn every attempt of society to make them conform.
Ross • 11th Nov 2009 • Living • banking, boats, finance, Friends, sailing, yacht
No doubt there are more pressing problems in the world, but the other night some friends and I were grappling with what a hedge-fund manager of mutual acquaintance should call his new yacht, currently on order from Princess.
I suggested various epithets, from the funny to the lame (Bailout, Liquidity, Too Big to Sail, Floating Charge) but the winner was a banking friend, with the inspired Quantative Ease.
Ross • 26th Oct 2009 • Living • class, danbury, essex, Friends, reunion, school, school reunion, st johns, year 6
Dionne Owen and Catherine Milner – friends from my Year 6 Primary School class (pictured) are arranging a class reunion on the 5th February 2010. It will be about 16 years since this photograph. I am not in the photo – I left year 6 early when my family moved from Essex to Dorset. I wonder who I will recognise, and who will recognise me?
Ross • 6th Oct 2009 • Living • burgers, food, Friends, london
A simian friend of mine has recently started a blog about his quest to find the perfect burger in London. He’s asked if I’ll help on this quest (of course!) I am hoping that it might turn into a London version of Tyler Cowen’s Ethnic Dining Guide, albeit with a more restricted menu. Tyler would be pleased to note that there are at least two BBQ places (and a crabshack) on the itinerary.
Incidentally, I don’t currently link to my blogging friends enough. This I shall remedy.
Ross • 1st Sep 2009 • Living • biking, food, Friends, holidays, isle of wight, motorbikes, summer, travel, vacation
Helen and I spent the long weekend motorbiking around the Isle of Wight with some good friends who are also bikers. We all had a great time, and the weather held wonderfully. I can wholeheartedly recommend:
- The Lake Hotel, Bonchurch – although this wasn’t our first choice of accommodation, the Lake has some great lounges, a lovely garden and the perfect location
- The New Inn, Main Road, Shalfleet – a charming country pub in a lovely spot, with local food, good beer and raised decked area to the rear
- Cachalot Charters – fishing trips from Bembridge marina, £26 for four hours mackerelling and sea angling
- The Tea Shop in Freshwater Bay – proper clotted cream and a nice garden, although the tea was a little disappointing
- The Military Road – running along the south-west coast of the island, this road is a blast on bikes – with stunning views towards the Needles if you’re heading West
I was less keen on The Spyglass, a pub on the front at Ventnor, which had Ringwood beer and huge portions of hearty pub food, but was a bit crowded and dark; the Pond Café in Bonchurch, which had top-class food (and prices) but disinterested service, despite having only five tables; and Red Funnel ferries, which, despite good onboard accommodation and a good outward crossing, made a total hash of loading the ferry out of Cowes on the return leg. I would also advise strongly against riding pillion on the back of a Suzuki GSXR, especially after a wine-tasting. Some photos will appear on Flickr soon.
Ross • 3rd Aug 2009 • Learning, Living • Friends, links
In the absence of anything hugely insightful to say after a very enjoyable long weekend (partially) in the beautiful Southwold, some assorted trivia:
As you will have noted, there is no theme.
Ross • 17th May 2009 • Living • Friends, shooting, weekend
A great joint hen and stag weekend this, with Helen joining Moira’s gang of girls for some hire wire fun, and myself joining Russ and the lads to go shooting near Harlow. Then back to thhe new Chez Bowdrey for gin and tonic and snacks before a meal at Davy’s. I have a few photos on Flickr.
Ross • 7th Apr 2009 • Living • art, excel, Friends
Sister-of-a-friend LK, who maintains an eco-craftie-foodie blog Start from Where You Are, impresses me as much with her Excel art as with her enthusiasm for clothes swapping.
LK's Excel art
Ross • 30th May 2008 • Living • adventure, expeditions, Friends, travel
A quick but well-deserved round of congratulations to James, who recently managed to get to the top of Everest, raising a bit of cash for a Liberian school in the process. You can find his trip details and donation site here. The most amazing thing on the site is the photo showing Everest’s shadow. Fantastic. Hopefully James will back in London sometime for Bournemouthian drinks, if he’s not climbing something else, or trying to conquer the Polish gym market.
Ross • 8th May 2008 • Living • books, business, ecommerce, Friends, web
Katie, a friend and ex-colleague, has recently launched a business with her friend Viola. Untitled Books is an independent online bookshop. Its USP is that it focuses only on spectacular books, which it reviews fully and sorts thematically, on a tarot-style wheel (above). It’s much more inspiring and personal than the big web book outlets and prices are comparable. I’ve just put in my first order, which should keep me going for a month or so at least.
