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The Admiralty « Craig Gibbons' Lifeblog — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:29:39 +0000

[...] This past Friday, Laura and I went to dinner at The Admiralty to celebrate our 4 month anniversary. I'd heard good things about this restaurant located in the former naval intelligence building, Somerset House. The decor is very elegant and the rooms all have that feel of British largesse so common of buildings at the time. The restaurant is divided into 3 dining rooms, the Main restaurant, the Orange or Terra-Cotta room and the Green room. We had the good fortune to be seated in the Orange room directly below the taxidermied full size wall-mounted crocodile (pictured). Apart from the classic and interesting decor, the service is prompt and professional and the food is quite excellent. For starters I had the terrine of cured salmon, cucumber, dill and fromage blanc on beetroot puree, while Laura had the roasted scallops and artichokes with barigoule sauce. I have only one criticism of the night's three courses, the main course was positively minute. Feeling in the mood for red meat, I chose the fillet steak medallion on a bed of mash while Laura ordered the fish on a bed of spinach and mash. What we got was quite literally, a medallion of beef, roughly the circumference of a shot glass and some minnows on a bed of mash the size of which would have offended Goldilocks enough to send her running back into the forest, even before the three bears got home. I had a brief chat with the manager afterwards and expressed my disappointment at the paltry mains. Sadly, I don't think he cared at all and offered the perfunctory apology of a well trained customer services employee. Still, overall it was a good dining experience, made all the more joyous by a bottle of Bollinger followed closely by a bottle of Glen Carlou Pinot Noir. [...]

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Serpentine Running Club « Craig Gibbons' Lifeblog — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:18:43 +0000

[...] preparation for the upcoming Edinburgh Marathon, Russell and I hauled out sorry, unfit bodies to Hyde Park corner in the searing cold of London [...]

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Edinburgh Marathon 2005 « Craig Gibbons' Lifeblog — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:15:14 +0000

[...] an event which my good mate Russell and I have been training for ever since we signed up in December last year. It's been a long road; both of us have been injured, ill, through physiotherapy and bottles of [...]

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Amsterdam Marathon 2005 « Craig Gibbons' Lifeblog — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:13:53 +0000

[...] up on the success of last weekends Edinburgh marathon, I decided to keep the momentum going and signup for another marathon, after all, one needs [...]

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Learner no more! « Craig Gibbons' Lifeblog — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:11:05 +0000

[...] I am no longer required to ride around with those prissy giant red 'L' plates stuck all over my nice shiny black Vespa. More importantly, I can now lift a passenger and the way is at last open for the purchase of a [...]

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Buell Lightning CityX XB9SX Test Ride « Craig Gibbons' Lifeblog — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:10:01 +0000

[...] since I got my full bike license a few weeks ago I have been wrestling myself into the dirt just about every day agonising over [...]

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Buell v. BMW… and the winner is… « Craig Gibbons' Lifeblog — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:07:23 +0000

[...] trying out both the Buell Lightning XB9SX and the BMW R1200GS, there was just no denying the fact that the BMW just plain made more sense. [...]

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Happy 1st Birthday gibbons.co.za « Craig Gibbons' Lifeblog — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:03:25 +0000

[...] at least 15 books, seen many movies and plays, ran a marathon, bought two motorbikes (a Vespa and a BMW), taken a lot of pictures, eaten at many of London’s finest restaurants and changed jobs, [...]

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Happy 1st Birthday gibbons.co.za « Craig Gibbons' Lifeblog — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 16:03:09 +0000

[...] in a single year. I’ve travelled to Budapest, Paris, Flims, Edinburgh, Cape Town, Vancouver, Amsterdam and the Lake District, read at least 15 books, seen many movies and plays, ran a marathon, bought [...]