The Pub

I thought Guilty Pleaseures was good.  The parts with Roger the author were okay but the real pleasure was in the 3 couples followed by the Director Julie Moggan. The review (below) from the Independent seems to feel the same as I do about much of it - although I am tempeted to dwell on the absolute s*d that is Sanjay.  Dear heavens - what a right piece of work. 

I thought the prgramme was tender and moving when portraying the 2 couples: Phil & Shirley (loved it when he quickly chose the Valentine's card "in and out, like the SAS" ) and Hiroko and her husband - a nod to the film 'Shall we Dance' I think?

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/

I've been wondering. I don't think this is a subject for The Write Stuff but it might open up 'what if' doors in the head. What is the worst line of bull a male or indeed female has ever handed you in a sexual context?

Come on ladies. Belly up to the bar and reveal all. I've got several that still make me snigger. Who's first?

Who needs a drink? It would get in the way of staring at the handsome laddie over there in the kilt.

Morning Michelle. I had thought kilt for David Tennant. It would swirl beautifully with one of his quick turns. Has anyone seen a photo of David in a kilt?

I'm afraid my recent visits to the pub. Just a quick peek, you understand. I've needed a drink a great deal more than a man snack. I've been hiding in the corner crying in my mai tai.

Thanks Michelle. I'll check out that program. It sounds like my kind of thing. After a day hunting and pecking at the computer I love a good brain turn off. Sounds ideal.

I'm just selecting an outfit for David to wear as our barman. Shame the weather has changed, he looks so good out of his clothes.

I'll try and find it on the iplayer. I'm more of a book reader than a television watcher so I've missed both programs you mention but since David Tennant is out of work can we have him in here as barman?

There is something devilishly sexy about that man.

I feel I should be grimacing intoning I'M BACK. I've been missing in action for a while. Can someone please tell me what channel Guilty Pleasure went out on? I chased it all over the networks and still managed to miss it. Bummer.

Has anyone got the magic elexir? I'm in desperate need of a pick me up. What are we drinking and who's serving?

I've got the PVR all set to record the Guilty Pleasures programme tonight and will keep my eye out for Michelle S. Very prosaically I will try and watch some of it tomorrow in the early morning quiet time before work.  Hopefully the 'pleasure' will help with wading through my breakfast porridge!

Hello! the Pub seems to have gone a bit quiet recently?  I've blown the dust off the bottles and got the staff to polish the mahogany on the bar to a briliant shine.

Have you seen the TV listings and the More4  strand on Tuesday next week? http://www.channel4.com/programmes/guilty-pleasures on 12th April

But - as I said when I tweeted about it - Guilt? What guilt? bring the pleasure on!

Author Elaine Golden tells us why she loves a regency rake!

http://community.millsandboon.co.uk/forums/book-buzz/regency-celebrations-author-elaine-golden-tells-us-why-she-loves-regency-rake

since we had visitors for Christmas. I can remember having twenty people at the dinner table one year, and four generations, my daughter being the youngest. We put a sheet of plywood on the table top so everyone could sit down. Such fun.

I'm making candy today--since I have a dd allergic to corn she can rarely have any candy made in the US. We use corn for everything in the states and it doesn't work for her. So out comes the chocolate, rum soaked fruit, rice crispies (made with no corn--hard to find, but not impossible). Good thing all my kids are adults.

We are getting bedrooms/extra beds ready for visitors. This is the first Christmas in years that we will have family visiting. Yippee!

This is an old recipe, therefore not very precise:

To every pint of wine allow 1 large cupful of water, sugar and spice to taste.

Boil the spice in the water until the flavour is extracted,
then add the wine and sugar, and bring the whole to the boiling-point.The spices
usually used for mulled wine are cloves, grated nutmeg and cinnamon, or mace added to suit your taste.
Any kind of wine may be mulled, but port and claret are usual.

Uh, Nick, could you pop over to the How to Write for Modern Romance thread?  It's full of spam with another new message today. Thanks!

Thanks to Flo's post about writing about creative types, I ended up watching wayyyy too many xfactor clips of Matt Cardle. I know I should have commented on her fab post, but I was just...well, here I am, ready for the Pub party with Matt Cardle on one arm and Jamie Bamber on the other. And a pot of hot mulled cider. MMMM! (on all three counts!)

Donna

I have all my Christmas villages houses/ships out all over the house (there are over 80 houses at this point). The tree is up, but only partially decorated. I have fruit soaking for fruitcake, but no baking is done. I'm listening to lots of Christmas music.

... but it wouldn't go through

I love Kate Rusby's voice--do you think she would come if we offer her a pint. As
long as I am wishing for cyber music, could we get Battlefield Band to stop in,
too? I'd ask for John McCusker since he is one of my youngest dd's favorite
fiddlers (she's a fiddler, too), but that might be a bit awkward.

Michelle
W's mistletoe and Irish and Scottish lads should liven up the party.

Anyone
else coming?

I brought mistletoe and hunky Irish warriors...a few Scots as well.    I see that Mills & Boon has decorated the & with a santa hat.  Nice.

Party? Pub? Wahhoo, I thought I would pop into the pub and start the decorating. I have several fake Christmas trees up in my attic so I dragged them down and I have all my "country--wooden ornaments I'm not using this year. They will need to go on the largest tree along with the plaid (or is that 'tartan') ribbons and bows. I have set a small tree on the opposite end of the pub--up on the bar--it has some homemade dried cinnamon applesauce ornaments. There is a third tree that has nothing on it yet, waiting for you to put some of your favorite or spare ornaments on it. Does someone have a wreath for the door?

Spam's still getting through here.  Sigh.

The more power to your anti-spam fight Nick.

I think everyone who posts here for the community really wants it to work and work well!

Michelle S

Hi All

Just a quick note to say we are aware of the spam problem currently plaguing the Community and are seeking to resolve it ASAP to restore order with a clean and pristine spam-free place for you all to catch-up and converse.

We have been removing some manually in order to limit the disruption but aim to cut this off at the source as a matter of urgency. Sorry about all the terrible, terrible ads and spam. 

Please bear with us - an update will follow this week!

Nick  

As I understand it is Catherine with a C, I also can understand why some of the media are going with the K.

It was a lovely stylised WK on ITV news. Somehow WC just wouldn't work in the same way...

I loved the blue dress.

But most of the news was devoted to the floods in Cornwall. Absolutely heartbreaking. Apparently more rain is forecasted.

Michelle S up north on a hill.

As I think they have been waiting a long time for this, the newspapers are full of news of the engagement and pictures of the couple's relationship.

Apparently Kate Middleton now wishes to be called Catherine. It does go better with a title, doesn't it?

I suspect that the royal wedding will prove as popular in the US as it does over here. There are echoes of 1981 including a hugely popular early 20th century costume drama on tv.

I wonder where they will hold the wedding? I hope St Paul's. And I hope Miss Middleton goes for a wonderful dress.

Michelle S