Category Archives: Blogging

Home cooking: Locomoco

Posted on 15 September 2016 by andyq

The locomoco is a Hawaiian invention. It involves plain white rice (variation: Japanese white rice) with a burger patty on top (or two), and then a fried egg on top of that (or two), and over the whole thing: gravy. … Continue reading →

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How to live: Work is a four-letter word

Posted on 14 September 2016 by andyq

My pal, Tim Mansfield, sent out a series of newsletters around the topic of feeling stuck. One of the posts that stuck in my brain was about work. Because all around me, friends ask: Am I doing the right work? … Continue reading →

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How to live: get a Thai massage

Posted on 11 September 2016 by andyq

Photo By Tara Angkor Hotel via StockPholio.net I’ve always enjoyed a professional massage, since the first time a friend Rita, who had trained in Swedish massage, introduced me to them (rather than the friends give friends massages that I’d done … Continue reading →

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How to live: take what you please (an introduction)

Posted on 4 September 2016 by andyq

As anyone can see, my blog, andyville, has been taken over by dozens of reviews of restaurants and bars. I enjoy my food blogging, and I don’t see it stopping in the near future. But I’m going to aim to … Continue reading →

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Drinking in Sydney: Coco Vodka

Posted on 9 July 2016 by andyq

So, the question was: Would this tropical-inspired drink banish the feeling of Sydney winter? It’s been cold and wet here and what surprises people who move here is just how cold 10 degrees can feel when there’s no heating in … Continue reading →

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Paris Diary: Back Vélibing

Posted on 6 March 2016 by andyq

I’m happy to be back on my Vélib in Paris. Away for a year, I renewed my card by internet, and the first time back I tried it, it worked no problem. As before, I find the bikes in great … Continue reading →

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Paris Diary: Les Fêtes Galantes

Posted on 22 February 2016 by andyq

Les Fêtes Galantes is a tiny restaurant in the shadow of the Pantheon with an Egyptian chef named Bibi. It is also very very good. This evening, after my very first day back at work in Paris, I thought it … Continue reading →

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The Sze Yap underachievers

Posted on 15 November 2015 by andyq

I just finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers and came across a passage that struck me. His theory is that the cultures that cultivated rice paddies, as compared to other crops such as wheat, learned that their success depended not on … Continue reading →

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Do you vélib in life after love? My favourite pastime in Paris.

Posted on 21 January 2015 by andyq

While getting lost, people-watching, and wandering are among my preferred activities in Paris, my singular favourite thing to do has been riding around on the amazing free bikes, the vélibs (vélo = bike and libre = free). It’s an amazing … Continue reading →

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Christmas and New Year’s in Paris

Posted on 1 January 2015 by andyq

I haven’t spent a full winter in a cold climate for 15 years. The weather is crisp and clear, and sometimes below freezing, but not particularly cold. Still, it took a long time to remember how to dress in layers … Continue reading →

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