Mystery Pub: Marion Hotel

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

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.

Sausage Roll Review: Platy Pie Bakery of Mount Compass

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]

Good Friday in Battery Point

Mickey Randall headed south for Easter and took in the delights of Hobart by foot.

Ladies Day at the Ashbourne Cricket Club

Entertainment of several kinds greeted Mickey Randall at Ashbourne CC’s recent Ladies Day event: from saved wine glasses to missed fielding chances, with its own saxophonist to boot.

Almanac Life: Charlie Watts and the Ramsgate

Mickey Randall headed to Henley Beach for an evening at the Ramsgate Hotel and a chin wag on the Stones and the late Charlie Watts.

Almanac Life: Macbeth marks strongly but misses to the near side

There’s luckily no curse to reckon with for Mickey Randall as his pub preoccupation serves as the matinee for a Shakespearean tragedy…or is it the other way around?

Almanac Life: A Nissan Exa, Eagle Super Beer and The Farrell Flat pub

Mickey Randall ventured to the tiny town of Farrell Flat, a couple of hours due north of Adelaide – a town with a long history, but possibly a small future. It does however have a pub…

Beer Review: Coopers Australian IPA

Mickey Randall emerges from the mists of freshly wedded bliss to pen a review of the latest amber nectar out of South Australia; Coopers Australian IPA.

Almanac Beer Review: Prancing Pony and Smiling Samoyed at the Normanville pub

A kaleidoscopic spread of brews crossed the paths of Mickey Randall and Co. at Normanville’s historic pub; some were more palatable than others.

Sausage Roll Review: Orange Spot Bakery, Glenelg

Another sausage roll, another sausage roll review. Mickey Randall puts the taste buds to the test with his latest sausage roll review. Did that sausage roll pass the Mickey taste test?

Pub Review: The Lighthouse Wharf, Port Adelaide

Mickey Randall, eloquent as ever; some maritime thoughts, and his review of the Lighthouse Wharf Hotel in Port Adelaide, a delight to read and savour. Check it out.

Almanac Pub Review: The Duke of York

A terrific meal, drinks, and some music at Adelaide’s Duke of York Hotel provide an inviting and convivial backdrop for Mickey Randall on a cold, wet night before the theatre.