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At the back of the hill: BRITISH PUB YOBBOS
About two hundred and fifty racists got drunk at The Queen's Arms pub on Burrage Grove in Woolwhich last night. Now, many Americans have a soft spot for British public houses, but truth be told that's often where the very worst behaviour is on display, an...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 6:33pm -07:00T (205 words)
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At the back of the hill: NEXT MEETING OF THE MIDDLE-AGED GENTLEMENS' TEA PARTY SOCIETY
You must know that this blogger seeks the company of his own kind. And, having read this blog several times now -- because there was absolutely NOTHING on teevee, and baseball bores you -- you rather wonder what that kind is. Does it consist of small sto...
Dateline: 2013-05-23 11:03am -07:00T (674 words)
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At the back of the hill: THE IMAGINARY BEAST
In most circumstances one cannot discuss small furry creatures with other adults. Eyebrows will cock if you do. This is a very great pity altogether. If, as an example, I tried to start a conversation in a bar or drinking establishment by saying "the weas...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 6:18pm -07:00T (738 words)
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At the back of the hill: RANDOM LIST OF LIFE-CHANGING BOOKS
There are any number of novels that I will admit I have not read. Many of them are listed as either stellar works of literature, or in some way very significant, profound, and life-changing. At the very top of that list is One Hundred Years of Solitude, ...
Dateline: 2013-05-22 10:48am -07:00T (746 words)
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At the back of the hill: ESSENTIAL NOODLES
I had just finished noshing on a meat and vegetable bun and a plate of small dumplings when she came in. She ordered a bowl of noodles and sat down at the counter to wait while it was being prepared. While observing her, I loaded my pipe. She did not look...
Dateline: 2013-05-21 9:48am -07:00T (417 words)
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At the back of the hill: INSPIRED BY GLASWEGIAN MORES
In absolute rejection of the point of view of a nanky Scots git with whom I had an argument, I propose that the liquid gold which is the blasted boggy homeland of smelly bandy-legged skirt-wearing men's only claim to fame be henceforth written 'viski'. If...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 10:48pm -07:00T (510 words)
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At the back of the hill: THIS IS THE PLACE
Once aweek, for the past twenty years, I have been at the intersection of Pacific and Hyde Streets after two-thirty in the morning. It is the perfect place to have that last cigarillo of the night before going home to sleep. To my mind it is one of the ...
Dateline: 2013-05-20 8:03am -07:00T (439 words)
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At the back of the hill: THE HUNGRY DREAMS
What do you feel like? And what do you want to do? She wanted it all to herself. The cake, the pie, the ice-cream. Hot buttery crust, golden puff paste, and an enticing smell. Bakery aromas, sensuous fragrances. And she knew now where it could be found. S...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 11:18pm -07:00T (461 words)
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At the back of the hill: COLLEGIATE FANTASY
The spambot assault on the comments field continues, the war is unending. Despite the siege, however, this blogger is winning. Constant, recurring, and repetitive victory.It's rather like a video game. But without the sheer sense of achievement the player...
Dateline: 2013-05-19 7:18am -07:00T (481 words)
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At the back of the hill: THERE IS NONE OF THAT!
The other day I advised someone that tobacco mixtures containing Latakia and Turkish are "guaranteed wife repellent". This in regards to a product he intended to sample. He mentioned that his wife already makes him stand at the end of the yard any time he...
Dateline: 2013-05-18 10:33pm -07:00T (735 words)
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At the back of the hill: ON THE CUTTING EDGE OF CLOTHING
Often, when I head over to Marin County, there is a woman in her twenties or early thirties waiting at the same bus-stop for the city bus to go to work. She wears scrubs -- medical profession workwear -- and usually a coat because mornings in San Francisc...
Dateline: 2013-05-17 9:33am -07:00T (392 words)
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At the back of the hill: BEST MILK TEA IN SAN FRANCISCO
Over the past two years you have seen a term here fairly often that might have quirked your interest: Milk Tea (奶茶 naai cha). And perhaps you have understood that in the context of this blog and my own preferences it refers fairly strictly to the Hong...
Dateline: 2013-05-16 9:49am -07:00T (551 words)
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At the back of the hill: EXCITEMENT ELSEWHERE
Carefullyand thoughtfully you apply your lipstick. What a pity that you will never wear it outside the house! It is, perhaps, too shocking, too blatant. And you know of no one who is worthy.I think I am, quite probably so. As well as just the right amoun...
Dateline: 2013-05-15 6:03pm -07:00T (413 words)
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At the back of the hill: ELDERLY GENTLEMEN ENJOYING THEIR AFTERNOON TEA
This blogger spent too much time in the company of the far-older-than-himself yesterday. Semi-anonymously, of course, as one presumes that a white person doesn't understand a lick of Cantonese.I'll admit that my conversational abilities are limited; the r...
Dateline: 2013-05-15 9:33am -07:00T (496 words)
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At the back of the hill: ALL ABOUT MILK TEA HONG KONG STYLE
While I type this I am at home enjoying a delicious cup of 港式奶茶 (gongsik naaicha - Hong Kong style milk-tea). No, I didn't find the one single Chinatown bakery of myth and legend that has Wifi. I made it at home, using strong tea and sweetened co...
Dateline: 2013-05-14 9:03pm -07:00T (1132 words)
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