Will the happiness never end?

The waiter has some more recommendations. I do this out of love for you people. I'm still in a good mood after Tuesday night's wine course. Only 9 people bothered to show up giving me the opportunity to get my voice heard. I can still remember that fantastic moment,"sprouts, maybe damp cardboard?" To which the lecturer replied, "Yes I agree." Well you can imagine my delight. I regaled LMM with that story all night. She cried, I assume with a mixture of joy and pride. I'm hoping to get 2 whole sentences out next time. Maybe it was the fantastic German wine we finished with but I am starting to get into that class. It was a bottle of Riesling. Now I haven't had German wine in about 15 years. But my God was it good. If the weather holds up this weekend I say try a bottle and just pretend it's summer. Or get stoned and really pretend. What ever suits best....

Food: This is only for those of you blessed enough to live in Belfast. Thai Tanic on Eglantine Avenue has been around for a few years but I had never ventured further than it's window. This despite all my friends telling me it was great. It has a recommendation from John & Sally McKenna's Bridgestone Guide. Try the chilli and basil stir fry. It's freaking great as is the mixed entree which consists of spring roll, curry puff, money bag, and prawn crackers. LMM had the Thai Green Curry and of course I stuck my spoon/spade into it too, and it was beautiful. And the name is of course is great. My only problem was when I went to collect my order, they do delivery as well, was for some insane reason the person on the counter was the only one that didn't speak English. This lead to a whole load of confusion and frustration as I tried to explain what I was doing there. But try it, it's worth the hassle.

Music: St Vincent has been listed and reviewed on most of the good music websites/blogs. And with great justification. It's just such a beautiful album. Get it done. "Jesus saves, I spend" goosebumbily good....

Annie Clark
St. Vincent

Mobile phone: I got a new one this week. I've never really been interested in mobiles. I always got my sister's hand me downs. If it could make a call and send text messages that was good enough for me. But then LMM arrived round one day with the Nokia N95 and I went all weak at the knees and dribbled for a bit. LMM thought I had suffered a stroke. It's just so pretty and pointless too, like Katie Melua but at least my phone sounds better. It doesn't make your conversations any more meaningful. It doesn't correct your grammar and it doesn't make you taller, unless you stand on it and why would you do that? But it does look lovely sitting on it's own pillow on my bed, and that's fine by me. Take that iPhone. (I didn't mean that sorry Steve, just messing with you. I still love all your lovely things honest) And now I can blog from the toilets at work. So think about that the next time you go to comment......

Chocolate: Shouldn't this be in the food section? No, chocolate is different. I'm not a girl you know. But I do like good chocolate. Most shops don't sell good chocolate. The return of the WISPA was greeted like the hostages coming home for some unknown reason. "Oh isn't it wonderful. It looks smaller but it has been tied to a radiator in Beirut for 5 years......." Not for me, I admit I am a snob when it comes to chocolate. Green and Black's being my chocolate of choice. The Caramel and Maya Gold are just so good it's not right. They use Fairtrade and organic ingredients, which makes you feel good when your stuffing your face with snobby chocolate. I normally eat these bars at about 3 in the morning, in the dark, on my own, naked, honest. It's just so I don't have to share. Greedy fat man does what a greedy fat man does to stay that way.......If you like chocolate then get some...All that said I have NEVER refused a Snickers when offered.


Blogs: Anthony Bourdain eats the beating heart of a Cobra over at Food and Drink Ireland. Take that Mr Ramsay. Not in his wildest dreams will Gordon "Pantomime Baddie" Ramsay ever be as cool/hard as Mr Bourdain. And yes eating the beating heart of a Cobra is both cool and hard. There are more waiters getting upset about life, customers and chefs here, and here. But don't dare forsake me for another waiter, I couldn't stand the rejection. And not forgetting What the waiter knows, if you need good red wine for under £10 the waiter knows where to get it. Do you know which restaurant won Irish restaurant of the year? The Waiter does.

So to recap, eat Thai food and chocolate (naked if you wish), drink Riesling, listen to St. Vincent, read blogs, and call home on your new mobile. What would you do without me? (Stay thin and fully clothed?-LMM)