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June 17, 2007

The Grape and Olive

The Grape and Olive, Wedal Road, Cardiff.

Mmm, feta stuffed peppers, roasted garlic cloves squished out onto fresh bread, fava beans, artichokes in olive oil, delicious pancetta, buffalo mozzarella, fresh olives dipped in sea salt, I could go on but memory fails me, largely due the several bottles of a lovely red I can't remember the name of, and a couple of Drambuies, and a pint or two to start. Haven't even got on to the the main course yet.

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June 3, 2007

June 2007

Ok so my May calender is a bit sparse and a bit boring. I will revisit it and make up some appropriate entries for the time of year.

But now onwards with June, the first calender month where I can start from scratch.

I will attempt to start with some interesting facts about June, for the hell of it, and some of these are true!

Apparently, and you may want to check this, no other month in the year starts on the same day of the week as June. This is clearly a mathematical phenomenon and I have no intention of checking it out, but it is 'interesting'.

The BBC, bizarrely put into production a film version of Terry and June which has yet to be completed. Originally scripted by Harold Pinter the production was halted after the BBC refused to base a section of the movie on Pinter's infamous remarks to the Turkish ambassador. This incident resulted in both Pinter and Arthur Miller having to leave the American Embassy after causing great, and unrighteous, offense. Terry Scott was said to be greatly relieved.

Alanis Morisette was born in June though this is in no way ironic. Alanis Morisette and Morrisey have never been seen together in the same room.

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