Good Weekend, Bad Weekend

The 442 Pub, Milan

Ah, spring is in the air.  It's almost feeling balmy in Milan at the moment, as winter starts to drift definitively away.And I wish the problems with my hosting service would drift away definitively too. I did not manage to post anything to this blog at the weekend.  Partially because of … [Read more...]

News from the Sausage front

Well, I don't want to give too much away, but there has been some movement on the banger front. Some of these 'ere sizzlers found their way down to deepest darkest southern Italy, and went down well. Interesting. My thanks go to my sausage partner, Gaetano Salvo for his efforts on this. He has … [Read more...]

Still busyish, but managed to find the time to brunch

Well, I managed to pay my taxes. The on-line system finally got itself together and let me make my advance donation to the Italian government. At least I won't have to pay any fine. Now all I need is for someone to get round to paying me. Oh well, such is self-employed life.At least last … [Read more...]

Light Canon

Metz 58 AF1

Nope, that's is not a miss-spelling, 'Canon' refers to my Canon 400d, which now sports a heavyweight, in all senses, Metz 58 AF-1 flash unit, more about the 'light' adjective later on. I drooled over this lovely piece of kit some months past, and now I've managed to get my hot little hands on one. … [Read more...]

Sausage evening shots

Photo

It was busy:A photo of Chris, a regular, at the 442, with a friend called Valentina:Yours truly with Chris, although I have to admit that he looks happier to be in Valentina's company. Can't imagine why:The lovely Martina, just one of the charming young ladies who work at the 442. My son … [Read more...]