Cafe Blogging
Cafe blogging was the best blogging. That's what I enjoyed. No opinions just condiments. Just pictures of fried food and silly jokes. It mystified journalists, publishers and everyone because it fell between the category cracks. Are you a food writer? Are you a critic? Are these reviews? Is this a travel guide? Is it a joke book? That's probably one reason why the book failed. Periodically I'd be invited to appear on MSM to be one side of an artificial debate about fry-ups versus health or some such. They weren't happy with the unsurprising view that both fry-ups and salads could be nice.
I don't know why I stopped. There's no shortage of great cafes. It's mostly, I suspect, because my wearying body can't cope with the artery hardening any more. So maybe I should revive AGPFACOTAAT rather than EBCB, it was always designed for places that didn't do chips. Even my decrepit husk could cope with the occasional cuppa and bacon sandwich.
I do like the vintage patina that surrounds cafe blogs, they still bear the design of their times. Ageing inevtiably like their subject, once modern and shiny like formica, now just a bit worn down. Classic Cafes remains a favourite, proudly boasting of its latest update in March 2010. I wonder what keeps it up. Is Adrian still kicking in for the hosting fee? He must be. Does he still get the emails from location scouts asking for where to shoot a gangster scene or an ad? (Answer, always: The Regency or The Shepherdess)
So, in cafe news: the demise of City Snacks is recorded on EBCBrevisited and some moments are remembered on my blog. Meanwhile the Arthur's entry re-ignites A Good Place For A Cup Of Tea And A Think. The first post since April 2009.
(There are currently 349 of you. The submarine P349 would have been the only Royal Navy ship to bear the name Thor but was scrapped before she could be completed.)