Monthly Archives: March 2011

what I want from a restaurant website

16 Wednesday Mar 2011

Posted by in cartoons, humour, restaurants

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For those of you who don’t already know and love The Oatmeal, you’re in for a treat.

Came across this yesterday and, while it is funny, it’s also painfully true. Most of you know that I work a lot with restaurants via my Sevilla Tapas site and as a result have checked out hundreds of different restaurant websites. I know it sounds crazy but almost all of them have some awful flash intro that takes forever to load, then the music kicks in (and half the time you can’t find the off switch) and you will usually not find basic info like opening times, the address with a map and a bit about the menu that doesn’t require downloading a f*cking PDF.

Next time I visit a prospective social media client I’m taking this link with me…

What I want from a restaurant website

now playing…

15 Tuesday Mar 2011

Posted by in change, hope, music

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Yet another change since moving to the new casa az … I’ve started listening to music again. I don’t remember when I got out of the habit of putting on the radio or my iPod, but it was a very long time ago. Then after moving I couldn’t find Nero and was surprised at how much that upset me, especially since I’d barely used him, or his little speaker deck, for ages.

Then one day I found him, exactly where I’d looked about ten times before (in my laptop bag) and it’s been none stop music around here ever since. I don’t know why, but it just feels right having music playing. Even the cats help out in that department – their little paws pounding up and down the wooden stairs sound like bongos. Have I mentioned how much I love my new home?

what hobby are you?

14 Monday Mar 2011

Posted by in quizzes

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You Are Cooking
 

You are a very generous and caring person. You love to make other people happy, and you love to give.

You are content when you are busy with projects. You enjoy working with your hands.

You are both intuitive and creative. You are good at figuring out how to make things work, and you love to experiment.

You may be only following recipes for now, but eventually you’ll be creating your own amazing, original meals.

Yep, that sounds like me. Except today I created this.
f_chef

oscar would be so proud…

13 Sunday Mar 2011

Posted by in food & drink, internet, social media, twitter

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Went out for lunch at Eslava today with a friend of mine (who shall remain anonymous) and found out that another Sevilla food blogger has been going around spreading nasty – and totally untrue! – rumours about me.

Looks like I have arrived!  🙂

But I am vindicated not only because what he’s saying is false. I have a friend here who had the same problems with him a while back (stealing photos, sending rude private FB messages) and so he can say what he likes. In fact, I actually hope he says these things to people who know me well so that it all blows up in his face.

Karma, baby!