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.
Almanac Music: Ripper 76 to Patsy Biscoe to The Fonz
December 14, 2023 by 14 Comments
Mickey Randall buys his new turntable a house warming gift, and what better gift for a turntable than a Bob Dylan album as Mickey explains.
Almanac Life: Car Horns are Versatile Instruments
November 30, 2023 by 5 Comments
All too often used in anger or frustration, Mickey Randall offers a far more positive, even loving appreciation of the sound of a toot of a car horn.
Almanac Pubs: A single sentence on Mystery Pub in the Warradale
November 14, 2023 by 6 Comments
Mickey Randal, In the style of Proust, Kerouac and others, recalls a mystery pub evening with friends on a very hot Adelaide day – and all told in one sentence!
Almanac Music – Harvest Rock: Beck’s Chicken Curry and the Celebrated Drumsticks of Christmas
November 6, 2023 by 7 Comments
It’s the time for festivals in the most festive of states and Mickey Randall and his Family Band were on hand to witness some musical delight at Harvest Rock.
Mystery Pub: Viva Las Vegas – The Peninsula, Taperoo
October 4, 2023 by 5 Comments
It is mystery pub time once again. This time, Mickey and Claire find themselves in Taperoo
Almanac Running: City Bay fun run – Singapore Sharks, snags and spirituality spruikers
September 22, 2023 by 10 Comments
Mickey Randall is off on another run, this time the six kilometre leg of the Adelaide City Bay fun run. As usual, Mickey takes in all the sights and sounds during his run to share with readers.
Sausage Roll Review: Platy Pie Bakery of Mount Compass
September 11, 2023 by 7 Comments
Mickey Randall tackled a monster of a sausage roll at the Platy Pie Bakery and with it the monster questions of existence, with cameos from Aristotle, The Dude and HAL from 2001 [Shame you couldn’t shoe-horn Camus in for the sake of this excerpt – Ed]
Mystery Pub: Stanley Tucci to play Greg Chappell in upcoming biopic
August 24, 2023 by 8 Comments
Claire and Mickey visited the Britannia Hotel, possibly best known for the dreadful roundabout that abuts it. The problems it caused for generations had an unusual solution applied!
Almanac Running: At Large in Largs Bay – a parkrun yarn
August 11, 2023 by 16 Comments
Mickey Randall is off on another park run taking him through the heart of the Lefevre Peninsula, Largs Bay, Taperoo presenting the sights and sounds along the way.
Almanac Dinners: Rick, Mick and Nick
July 28, 2023 by 8 Comments
It was a fabulous night at The Tanunda Club SA for the Footy Almanac Dinner with special guest, former Test cricketer Rick Darling, and Mickey Randall was in attendance.
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