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Christmas and Lindtt chocolates in Nottingham (Rousse)

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Dreamaticus

In Nottingham AN interrupted the overweight yellow Harris Tweed clad waitresses as they gossiped about their boss’ complicated love life. “Do you serve lunch on Christmas Day?’ she asked. I was aghast that the idea of not preparing the festive … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged affair, boss, chocolate, Christmas, Christmas Day, connection, drink, family, festive, Harris, invitation, Lindtt, love, lunch, meal, Nottingham, railway, station, train, tweed, waitress, yellow | Leave a comment

Smoke, sausages, and exclusion (Rousse)

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Dreamaticus

It was impossible to disguise that I was an middle class English woman, and did not belong in a Northern Irish Protestant working men’s club. However, my hosts were keen for me to witness the atmosphere in the smoke-filled bar, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged atmosphere, ceiling, cigarette, club, dinner, disgust, English, exclusion, guest, identity, Irish, male, mashed potato, meal, men, middle class, Northern Ireland, people-watching, potato, privilege, Protestant, punish, sausage, smoke, Ulster, unwelcome, woman, working | Leave a comment

Dinner party distractions (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2017 by Dreamaticus

TPR interfered with my cooking arrangements so now all the plans for the dinner party had gone awry. He even let a plastic spatula melt in a saucepan. Meanwhile JLW wasn’t doing much better at setting the table for 16 … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged cook, degree, dinner, dismiss, dissertation, distraction, friend, Indian, interfere, meal, melt, party, plan, plastic, programme, saucepan, set, spatula, student, table, TPR | Leave a comment

Couple squanders a million on five star city break to New York (Rousse)

Posted on March 4, 2017 by Dreamaticus

With each meal costing almost £400 a shot, and accommodation at £700 per person a night, this holiday did not come cheap – even if the expenses were partially covered by TPR’s employers as an incentive trip. Although we loved … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bankrupt, cheap, city break, couple, cruise, employer, expense, five star, holiday, hotel, incentive, liner, meal, million, New York, quayside, squander, TPR, trip | Leave a comment

Edinburgh academic workload woes (Rousse)

Posted on January 15, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Three of my undergraduate friends had travelled a long way to join this reunion in Edinburgh: SH from London, HJ from Cardiff, and JG from the Republic of Ireland. I felt terrible telling them that they would all have to … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged academic, Cardiff, class, Edinburgh, entertain, exam, Irish Sea, LIDL, Logie Green Road, London, meal, Republic of Ireland, reunion, student, time, train, undergraduate, upset, Wales, woe, workload | Leave a comment

Bad manners at Loughborough University graduation ceremony, and countryside iPhone thieves (Rousse)

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Dressed in a pale green, silk-cotton mix, short-sleeved summer tunic, SC criticised me for drinking Diet Coke, the pattern that my food left on my plate half way through a meal, and eating in front of her. I considered her … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged argue, bad, blue, ceremony, Coke, colleague, confess, country, diet, disappointment, dress, eat, food, graduate, graduation, green, gym, hill, iPhone, lasso, Loughborough, lunch, manner, meal, Orange, phone, plastic, police, Queen Margaret, red, Robert Gordon University, rude, runner, selfie, stranger, summer, summit, training, tree, trunk, tunic, university, white, woman | Leave a comment

Escalator screams in Sweden (Rousse)

Posted on July 4, 2016 by Dreamaticus

I could just make out from our conversation at the dinner table that JM had so far enjoyed the conference in Sweden, although his girlfriend had not found it quite so interesting. After the meal one of the organisers asked … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accident, agony, break-out, button, conference, conversation, danger, dinner, emergency, escalator, girlfriend, hair, meal, mother, organiser, room, scream, staircase, steep, step, stop, Sweden, table, woman, workshop | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: meal

Christmas and Lindtt chocolates in Nottingham (Rousse)

Smoke, sausages, and exclusion (Rousse)

Dinner party distractions (Rousse)

Couple squanders a million on five star city break to New York (Rousse)

Edinburgh academic workload woes (Rousse)

Bad manners at Loughborough University graduation ceremony, and countryside iPhone thieves (Rousse)

Escalator screams in Sweden (Rousse)

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