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Dear Sir, I would like to complain…
I have worked in customer service based roles throughout my working life and so have dealt with my fair share of, um, “challenging” people who feel the need to complain. Now, complaining has its place. Sometimes a situation has not met expectations, or something has gone horribly wrong and a complaint is perfectly justified. However …
Project Allotment: Day Two
I had never really thought about my feelings about ivy, I was fairly ambivalent about it really. That was until I had to clear a whole load of it from my mum’s allotment. Now I know my feelings on it. I hate it. It had managed to tangle itself in every other piece of ivy which was …
Restaurant Review, Southend-on-Sea; Steve’s Salt Beef Bar
Steve’s Salt Beef Bar 226a Station Rd Westcliff-on-Sea Essex SS0 7SD Passing through Westcliff station on many trips to and from London, I have caught a fleeting glimpse of a small restaurant set back from the road. The lovely wife and I finally got there one Saturday lunch time and were greeted by the smiling Steve. …
Project Allotment: Day One
Idea to grow our own vegetables. Check. Packets of seeds bought. Check. A grow your own vegetables magazine for absolute beginners. Check. A handy nearby gardening expert (in the form of my mum). Check. A space to grow the vegetables. Che……well kind of. My mum’s allotment at the bottom of her garden used to be a …
ZoPaul’s Pop Up Restaurant: Vietnamese style chilli sauce
Last night Paul and I decided to cook for my parents in our very own pop up restaurant; ZoPaul’s (do you see what we did there?) in my mum and dad’s kitchen. The starter was a Vietnamese style prawn and noodle salad (it was supposed to be crab but the fishmonger didn’t have any!). It …
Acts of Randomness: Michael Jackson Dance Class
I was scrolling through the Pineapple Studios class timetable a little while ago in search of an adult ballet class. I did a lot of ballet when I was younger and I love it. Exercise to me can be a bit of chore so I thought that maybe doing something that I used to love …




