The Onion website and newspaper (if you are in San Francisco) has always been a delight for satirical news
Now they bring us the Onion News Network (ONN) - click on the link below the clip for their other latest new story - brilliant!
Gap Unveils New 'For Kids By Kids' Clothing Line
31.5.07
25.5.07
Chef for the day (well evening!)
Last night i had the wonderful opportunity to be a chef at Loch Fyne on Welsh Back - it was a competition I won as part of their fish week.
It was great fun and the staff in the kitchen were extremely friendly. I even got to cook food that was served to real customers - which amazed me! i also learnt how to properly fillet a fish and cook and pick a crab, as well as some top recipe tips!
on top of this i then was given a free meal for 4 - which obviously was fabulous.
thank you Loch Fyne!
some dodgy pics of the event!
It was great fun and the staff in the kitchen were extremely friendly. I even got to cook food that was served to real customers - which amazed me! i also learnt how to properly fillet a fish and cook and pick a crab, as well as some top recipe tips!
on top of this i then was given a free meal for 4 - which obviously was fabulous.
thank you Loch Fyne!
some dodgy pics of the event!
15.5.07
9.5.07
Let's go to San Francisco
Over a week ago i returned from San Francisco having spent a week there with a friend. I didn't know what to expect - having been to New York and loving it and then LA and hating it - i had been assured by everyone that i would love it and indeed i did. what a great city!
Friendly, chilled out, small and accessible - if you don't mind walking up hills!, great transport system, clean and really interesting.
It is hard to say what my favourite things were but a big surprise was the street cars which run on tracks and powered by electric cables and run north-south along Market (one of the few none hilly streets) - these were beautiful machines and well maintained, i seemed to follow in my friends footsteps and became a bit of a transport geek!
Alcatraz was also really interesting - with a brilliant guided tour narrated by ex-prison guards and prisoners.
The views from cocktails bars on the top of the city's skyscraper hotels were also a amazing (or should that be the cocktails were a highlight!).
I think my favourite area was North Beach - with the most fantastic bookstore i have ever been in - Citylights. Home of the start of the beatniks movement it has an ambiance which sucks you in and you get lost wondering through the shelves of books on every conceivable subject. i could of spent my entire savings in this store! Along with citylights there were great coffee shops, Italian restaurants and good bars!
A trip outside the city revealed the stunning Muir woods with the gigantic Coastal Redwoods and a tour of wineries were much wine tasting was undertaken!
there are lots of photos here and here but below are couple of my favourite
Friendly, chilled out, small and accessible - if you don't mind walking up hills!, great transport system, clean and really interesting.
It is hard to say what my favourite things were but a big surprise was the street cars which run on tracks and powered by electric cables and run north-south along Market (one of the few none hilly streets) - these were beautiful machines and well maintained, i seemed to follow in my friends footsteps and became a bit of a transport geek!
Alcatraz was also really interesting - with a brilliant guided tour narrated by ex-prison guards and prisoners.
The views from cocktails bars on the top of the city's skyscraper hotels were also a amazing (or should that be the cocktails were a highlight!).
I think my favourite area was North Beach - with the most fantastic bookstore i have ever been in - Citylights. Home of the start of the beatniks movement it has an ambiance which sucks you in and you get lost wondering through the shelves of books on every conceivable subject. i could of spent my entire savings in this store! Along with citylights there were great coffee shops, Italian restaurants and good bars!
A trip outside the city revealed the stunning Muir woods with the gigantic Coastal Redwoods and a tour of wineries were much wine tasting was undertaken!
there are lots of photos here and here but below are couple of my favourite
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