This category will contain posts about drinking alcoholic beverages and possibly at a later stage about what it is like to be a recovering alcoholic
My new years resolution was to be better. I told this to my flatmate and said I would be a new and improved me, a new Chris. One evening when I got home from work I found this note attached to the novelty corkscrew that he had won in a pub quiz. Christopher GJ Cooley … Continue reading
Recently, on a night off, I walked to the pub that I work in and got stinking drunk. At the end of the night I was screaming “Aarghh Arrrrhh someone’s nicked my bike!!” When I woke up the next day – still wearing my coat and scarf – there was my bike where I’d left … Continue reading
Monday. Evening. I wasn’t working and I had no plans. My flatmate Adrien told me he was cooking and asked if I wanted some. I paced back and forth tucking into a starter of roasted chestnuts that had just come out of the oven. Adrien had been working in a small town outside of Bordeaux … Continue reading
After buying a bike from leboncoin I was keen to go on a cycle ride. I decided to take a daytrip along the piste Roger Lapébie; a cycle track running for almost 60 km from Bordeaux to Sauveterre-de-Guyenne. I planned to go halfway, then turn around. The half way point was a place named Créon. … Continue reading
Its been a long time coming but here is the first – of what should hopefully become many – wine reviews, here on drinking it all in. Château de l’Orangerie 2011 Bordeaux It was a warm Friday evening and I was in Carrefour looking at the red wines. This particular bottle had caught my eye … Continue reading
One of the reasons I decided to move to Bordeaux was because I knew it had a fair few English bars. With my limited amount of French, I knew applying at these places would be my best hope of getting a job and earning a living. I didn’t realise just how many English pubs in … Continue reading
