We had our company Christmas party at one of Matt's events that was held in the Deans Court Café, Wimborne under his new venture called Flaming Peaches.
We knew of Matt Davey's food from his time at the Tickled Pig (also in Wimborne) and wanted to join in on this pop-up restaurant Supper Club type thing. Not to lie, the fact that it was also Bring Your Own certainly added to the attraction for a company do.
I was asked by Mark Masters, who hosts the You Are The Media Lunch Clubs that I regularly attend, to write something about what I get out of the events. it was supposed to be a few short sentences but I felt the need to write something much bigger. Something that has been developing over the course of the past couple of years.
The Lunch Club is an event to meet other people and to listen to guest speakers over a provided lunch. Very much an informal networking and learning event.
The article : You are the media - Gordon Fong.
James Fowler and his team have finally opened Terroir Tapas on Southbourne Grove.
It's so different to anything on the Grove and the whole town itself.
Check out a little entry I've written on this website: Terroir Tapas
In short, I was pick-pocketed the other week in Barcelona at the Sagrada Familia. Ange suffered a similar fate about 10 years by La Rambla so I wanted to type up a couple of lessons learnt as it's always good to remind others of the risks.
It was mostly my fault as I didn't zip up my man-bag. I just had lunch, a spot of wine and was enjoying my holiday break from work. I shouldn't have been there anyway, because the train I wanted was full, with me thinking it was in the UK where you buy a ticket and you jump on and stand if no seats. Not sure if this was Spain being Spain, but the next train after the 12pm one was 3pm. So, I had some time to kill and decided to go back to the Sagrada Familia for a closer look, even though I had literally went there in the morning to take a few photos.
Following on from the two day Silicon Beach event I was booked to go to the Adido Digital Marketing Summit. This was held at the Hilton Hotel in Bournemouth and featured a full day of speakers with lunch thrown in. All kindly put on for free and gratefully accepted.
Gordon and Angela Fong - living in Southbourne, working hard, enjoying life, travelling the world, eating great food and drinking some nice tipple along the way.
Give us a wave.
