Berrycosmotastic

I think I'm turning into a lush. All because I've discovered the delights of the raspberry cosmopolitan. Lately, in fact almost every night I've been making myself one or two. I'm sipping my second right now actually. And I'm not entirely sober. My version is;



1 shot Absolut Raspberri
1/2 shot Cointreau
1/2 shot lime juice
1 shot M&S Raspberry & Cranberry juice
Ice & a slice


Its delish. Try it. (eclair optional btw)




I discovered it in the Grand Cafe in Oxford last week. Me, my mum & bro went on a short break to take in the pubs... sorry culture. We had a bit of a troll round when we first got there as we had a couple of hours to spare until it was time to check into the hotel (Pear Tree Travelodge which was cheap but the Beaumont Guest House is rather lovely). So we went round the covered market which I've not been in before. Lots of interesting food stalls and jewellry shops as well as one cafe serving the most fabulous looking pies I ever did see. Then we had a snifter in the Turf Tavern which was full of oddly dressed students (I mean odder than usual) presumably celebrating graduation or something. Once we'd popped back to the hotel and had a brief snooze we went back to the Turf for its tempting looking scran. Only to find that they stopped serving food at 7.30! And we got there at 7.25. What kind of business is that? So we went to the Kings Arms instead which didn't have as fab a menu but by then we were starving so we'd eat anything.



Tuesday morning we headed out early and got a very nice breakfast at the Queens Lane Tea Rooms, had a gander round the gorgeous Botanical Gardens and a couple of colleges - Brasenose and Exeter which were stunning and gawped at the numerous film crew trucks and vans which I think may have been for the filming of His Dark Materials but I may be wrong. We then repaired to the Grand Cafe for a delicious high tea and cocktails. At £7 a pop they had to be good so thank god they were. And £12 for sandwiches, scones, tea and chocolates. Heavenly. I had the aforementioned Raspberry Cosmo, mum had a Kir Royale and bro had a Brandy Alexander which I had a sip of. Yum. We were then a bit stumped for evenings entertainment. Mum was up for the flicks but wanted to see Oceans 118 118 whereas I wanted to see Zodiac. By the time we'd decided what to do and had a drink or two in the Bird & Baby/Eagle & Child me & mum had no energy whatsoever and just wanted to go back and veg out in the hotel. Which, incidentally only had four channels on the telly. FOUR CHANNELS??? Not even Channel 5 so we could watch CSI. Bastards. So we stayed in the pub. And then moved to the Lamb & Flag across the road for another.


Next morning saw the usual brekkie at Queens Lane, a walk round Christ Church Meadow to the Thames then back into town so I could buy some silver jewellery and a quick tour round the Ashmolean museum. Very fine Greek/Roman/Egyptian exhibits which I took lots of pics of and we saw some art upstairs but didn't have much time until our train home so we had to cut it short. So all in all we had a good time. There was the usual bickering between mum & bro. How delightful. Maybe one of these days we can actually go somewhere without them spoiling it but I won't hold my breath. Weather was fabulous despite the doom and gloom forecast and my alcoholism is coming along nicely thankyou. I've just polished off my second rasp cosmo and am as drunk as a skunk and finding it increasingly difficult to type coherently.

Saw Zodiac the other day btw. Fab film but there was one bit I didn't quite follow. There's one bit where Jake Gyllenhall visits a chap who supposedly knows who the Zodiac killer is. But it turns out a vital bit of evidence was from the chap he was visiting. Cue a very jumpy Jake getting the fuck out of there.... ah so it looks like its him then...? Er, no. He's completely forgotten and we move on to someone else. Wha?


Is it me?