Mickey and Claire’s ‘mystery pub’ this week is The Hotel Royal in Torrensville. For Mickey it begs the question of how many ‘Royal’ hotels there are as he reports on their night out.
Mystery Pub: The Pink Pig – You Take a Piece of Meat with You
August 5, 2024 by 7 Comments
An iconic display of 80s kitsch in North Adelaide, The Pink Pig was Mickey and Claire’s venue of choice for their latest mysterious public house.
Almanac Travel: Three Balinese Beers
July 24, 2024 by 5 Comments
Mickey Randall set himself the task of evaluating a variety of beers available in Bali. It turned out to be a mixed bag.
Almanac Travel: Bali Hai Five
July 18, 2024 by 5 Comments
In their latest travel adventure, Mickey and Claire are in Bali, luxuriating, lounging and totally laid back.
Mystery Pub: Fat Cat Goes to Bed
July 4, 2024 by 6 Comments
Mickey and Claire visited The Royal Oak in North Adelaide and enjoyed an experience that was at considerable variance with other establishments.
Almanac Hikes (and Pubs): Climb Mount Remarkable, collapse in the North Star pub
June 17, 2024 by 11 Comments
Mickey Randall recounts a remarkable afternoon spent climbing great heights and descending into a comfortable chair at the North Star Hotel in Melrose.
Mystery Pub: Shostakovich liked a snort
May 29, 2024 by 10 Comments
The Port Admiral is this week’s mystery pub. Mickey Randall reports on his findings.
Brighton Jetty Bakery: a Eurovision black site
May 17, 2024 by 8 Comments
Mickey Randall is back with a sausage roll review, while also reflecting on Eurovision and the greatly missed Terry Wogan
Mystery Pub: Sky rockets in flight, Mystery Pub delight
April 29, 2024 by 6 Comments
There is much to suggest a trip to the Torrens Arms in this mystery pub review from Mickey Randall; not just some suggestive lyrics from the hotel’s soundtrack on the delightful arvo in question…
Almanac Life: Last swim
April 12, 2024 by 11 Comments
Mickey considers ‘firsts’ and ‘lasts’ in life but, in particular, how they apply to swimming at the beach in summer.
Mystery Pub: The Curious Case of the King William Hotel
March 31, 2024 by 11 Comments
Friday night in Adelaide so it must be ‘mystery pub’ night for Mickey Randall and wife Claire. This time, an old pub done up new with an air of mystery about it as Mickey explains.
Almanac Running – Torrens Parkrun: Midnight Oil, African wild dogs and Skyshow
March 21, 2024 by 12 Comments
Mickey is back on the park run track, this time along the banks of the Torrens, that river/lake/dam/puddle found adjacent to the Adelaide CBD.
Meeting The Sportswriter author, Richard Ford
March 7, 2024 by 19 Comments
Mickey Randall recounts his “McCartney moment”, meeting his literary hero Richard Ford at the Adelaide Writers’ Week
Almanac Life: On the Glenelg Surf Club, Vampire Weekend, and Roast Beef
February 23, 2024 by 7 Comments
Mickey Randall recalls some of the activities he and Claire participated in this month including, visiting a surf club, listening to music, and cooking a roast.
Mystery Pub: Marion Hotel
February 12, 2024 by 6 Comments
To round out the week’s activities, Mickey and Claire headed southeast from Glenelg to the Marion Hotel.
Sausage Roll Review: Tanunda Bakery and Café – Howzat
January 29, 2024 by 29 Comments
Cricket, cricket everywhere, but nary a conversation to be had between Mickey Randall and his parents. En route to the Barossa with a local Test to be played a sausage roll fit for review was sought from Tanunda.
Almanac Jogging: Pavements and Ponderings – A Sunday Jog Through Adelaide’s Heart
January 16, 2024 by 12 Comments
It’s Sunday morning and Mickey Randall is out for a run through the streets of Adelaide, soaking up all the sights and sounds he experiences he shares with readers.
Almanac Life: Discarded boots, our old car, and ‘Hotel California’
January 3, 2024 by 7 Comments
Mickey Randall discusses the transformative power specific items have had in his life.
Almanac Christmas: Paul Kelly’s “How to Make Gravy” and me
December 25, 2023 by 20 Comments
Mickey Randall’s favourite Christmas song, Paul Kelly’s “How to Make Gravy”, is twenty-two. But it seems as though it’s been around forever. Like Love Actually, which premiered in 2003, they’re both part of the festive furniture, and signal the season’s arrival. Mickey explains.
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