As some of you may know, my husband, Geoff and I love the little jazz band, FB Pocket Orchestra. Locally (for us anyway) they regularly play at Rosie’s Vineyard in Southsea and also at The Pavilion in Rowlands Castle (for afternoon tea), amongst lots of other places around the country. They were to be playing […]
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The Set, Brighton

Geoff and I had booked tickets to see Ben Fogle at the Brighton Dome as that was the closest to Portsmouth he was coming – originally. Then a couple of months later he added more dates, including Portsmouth! D’oh! Oh well, at least we had an excuse to have a night away in Brighton. We […]
Jam & Bowler, Southsea

We were kindly invited to the Jam & Bowler for a taster evening in Southsea this week. They open on Tuesday 9th February and are a breakfast and brunch café situated on Victoria Road South next door to The Library Barber’s and by the Elm Grove and Albert Road junction. The café is nicely decorated and was cosy […]
Artie’s Kitchen, Chichester, West Sussex

UPDATE 2018: Bit of a late update, Arties has been a place for tapas for a good two years. Although I believe they still serve a normal breakfast menu (forgive me if I’m wrong), lunch is now tapas. I’ve been there a couple of times but as I’m not a great lover of tapas (my […]