Friday, 26 February 2010

Creepy rabbit man


This was for sale inside one of the many antique shops populating Versailles. It looks like it belongs in Labyrinth. I was constantly afraid that David Bowie would show up and start singing and thrusting at me,
"Sarah, Sarah, Sarah..."
Sadly, I didn't make a note of exactly how much it was. Now I'm kind of curious.

Thursday, 25 February 2010

One day I woke up and this had happened

That night I found a man snowboarding down the hill. Good times. Not for the car trying to get past though (the snowboarder had made himself a little jump and pretty much blocked off the road).

Cheese platter at the Kingsdown Wine Vaults

Enough selection to even satiate the French! It was a really good platter actually. I recommend it to any and all who find themselves in Bristol craving cheese. Which could be a rather niche collection of people, I suppose.

Snow chickens

It doesn't really snow much in the UK, so I get very excited whenever it happens. These chickens were less than pleased, but somehow kind of cute. I like chickens but they really are filthy animals.

...the best snowman

It was so good that a man who had travelled here to make a snowman with his own offspring came along and offered us his carrot. So good, that photos were taken of ours rather than any other. So good that I had to shut my eyes in this photo.

We made...



Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Glass building front = fun colours on the ground


It must only happen at certain times of day, so we got lucky to catch this. I am really not sure if the architect intended for it to happen or if it is just a wonderful coincidence.

He died like he lived


Over a very extended period and with a variety of tools being involved. This was not actually as decadent a meal as it seems. Boston is big on seafood so oysters and lobsters aren't all that expensive.

Also, lobster itself seems to be more fun to eat than to taste. A bit of a shame, but I'd do it again in a heartbeat.

Lobster

Lobster is what happened next.

The sea contains animals


And they all seem to be delicious. I had not eaten oysters before but they were on two for one at a place near the conference centre so we thought "why not?". We followed then up with clam chowder. Expenses are great, especially with what came next...

Boston has a pretty good metro


Sadly we never did find the treasure

I am not sure if this was an intentional joke



Spike's junkyard hotdogs


Less classy than steak but it was still a pretty great lunch. This place is also not far from the Hynes centre in boston. And some great 90's classics banging out

The MDF people demand your coats


Hundreds of MDF people shapes had been dispersed throughout boston in a slightly ill-considered drive to collect coats for homeless people. Gangs of men workled for days setting out the concrete-based army although you were not supposed to dress the fake figures in spare coats, in fact exactly how you were to get the aforementioned clothing to the needy was left as an exercise to the passerby. Still failed charity aside, it was a nice art installation

The conference centre and mall


When the sky was blue it all looked rather nice. It even had some fountains for me to run through each morning as i rushed to make the early talks. Behind me however loomed the grim spectre of Christian Science