Jul 26 2010

Photomarathon and tapas style snacks in the Wellington pub Cardiff

On Friday myself and my son were going to the Photomarathon exhibition at the old library in the Hayes in Cardiff as we were two of the numbers!
But on the way we decided to get some food and popped into the newly refurbished…

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Jul 12 2010

Cardiff Food & Drink festival 2010 – Cake you say

I managed to only get an hour down the Cardiff bay food & drink festival on the Saturday, but luckily went back with the mrs on the Sunday for the whole afternoon and got home in time for the Football.
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Jun 24 2010

Want a decent pint and a very good steak in Cardiff?

Myself and the Mrs went to the Maltsters in Llandaff last week.
It’s one of the Cardiff brewery Brains, modern pubs which they have changed a lot over the last year from the no nonsense pub I remember from my youth (ok 20s) to…

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Mar 12 2010

Last nights Cardiff Bloggers meetup went for James Cuff stayed for the Polenta Chips #cdfblogs

Being that my day job is as the development powerhouse behind the Walesonline/YourCardiff team (yes It’s not just sheds with me and sarcasm, oh it is) then I had to go last night to PicaPica for the first Cardiff Blogger Meetup of the year,…

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Mar 10 2010

Brains you are surprising us with your marketing for National Cask Ale Week

Brains are upping their marketing this year with this great promotional tool to get people to taste their cask ales, what you mean there are people in Kardiff not tasted a Brains Dark, shame on you.
I can’t see this going down well in…

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Mar 10 2010

Is it just Cardiff that have Omelettes in Baps?

There is a great little Cafe ,Bistro One in Cardiff City centre I have been visiting for more years than I care to think, and it’s near the stadium and by City Arms , they do these great rolls with Omelettes in.
Today I…

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Feb 27 2010

The Worst Pint of Beer in Cardiff is at …

We went to the Wales V France Games Last night.
Wales V France 6 nations 26th Feb
Had a couple of pints before the game
At the Goat Major great pint of Hydes Berry Good Ale
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Feb 15 2010

Goat major Beer festival – Cardiff – Red Hop Lover, DangleBeer & Bread of Heaven

The wonderful Oasis in Cardiff that is the Goat Major is having a mini beer festival this week, you would not know it as nothing on the Brains website I had a tip off from ArfurD
Beers on today include Brewseters Red Hop Lover,…

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Feb 2 2010

A climb up Kilimanjaro & Brains beer a good mix? In this case yes

On of my colleagues is taking part in the Kilimanjaro climb for cancer (you can sponsor her here).
But another good thing to come of this is a new beer has been brewed by Cardiff Brewer Brains
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Jan 8 2010

When Two (or Three) Buses Collide

Excitement this morning on the way to work – Was walking from the other side of Cardiff as had to get bus as car is still snowed in (we live on hills in the valleys)
Two (or three) Cardiff buses crashed into each other…

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