tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post6390466681645463813..comments2023-10-10T12:38:41.200+01:00Comments on Musings from a muddy island: Friday Interview - James and Maggie Weaver of the ArtCafé, West Mersea and ColchesterJuliethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-55348480999135500832008-11-29T14:27:00.000+00:002008-11-29T14:27:00.000+00:00Lovely shed, maybe he can share it over at www.rea...Lovely shed, maybe he can share it over at www.readersheds.co.ukunclewilcohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14438151459293978659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-70095879859620681032008-11-27T15:33:00.000+00:002008-11-27T15:33:00.000+00:00What a fantastic piece of writing, well, really re...What a fantastic piece of writing, well, really reporting! It should be in tourist guides and the local paper. I so, so want to be there!Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-66878068877199585932008-11-26T09:42:00.000+00:002008-11-26T09:42:00.000+00:00What a wonderful post, Juliet. I'd no idea there w...What a wonderful post, Juliet. I'd no idea there was so much going on in the caff, as my visits there have usually been on Sunday mornings, trying to breakfast my way through crushing hangovers. Haven't been for ages, and I really miss those happy days, contrasted with the autumnal and economic gloom we are currently enduring. Sorry to be a miserable old Hector!Greg Dunnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03574601300118836568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-87284644971047339642008-11-22T13:50:00.000+00:002008-11-22T13:50:00.000+00:00Love the Art Cafe! Like 60 going on 16 says, here...Love the Art Cafe! Like 60 going on 16 says, here in Torbay I'd have to drive a fair distance to find anything like this - Topsham is a bit arty, so is Totnes, but it's the combination of the two which is so great: food and art! Love the photos, too, especially of James's lovely paintings. And I've now learned where Ruth Watson hangs out! I always watched Hotel Inspector and actually preferred her cut-and-thrust approach to that of Olga Polizzi (who has taken over in this series as the Inspector, lovely though Olga undoubtedly is.) I love Orford and every inch of that Suffolk coast! Indeed, seeing all those lovely cakes (and as I can't get to Mersea right now to eat in the Art Cafe!) has encouraged me to bake this afternoon! Husband's birthday tomorrow, so will it be a chocolate cake or spicy rock buns? Certainly nothing the vile scones we had this week in Honiton which were heated up in a MICROWAVE! I ask you ... they came to the table steaming and smelling of raw dough. How difficult is it, I asked myself, to bake a half-decent scone? But I've digressed. Thank you for a lovely Art and Tart blog!<BR/>Margaret Powlinggalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-37598047124211641772008-11-22T08:09:00.000+00:002008-11-22T08:09:00.000+00:00Beautiful as the landscape is here on Exmoor, I wo...Beautiful as the landscape is here on Exmoor, I would have to drive a fair old distance to find anything that would compare with your ArtCafé. And that would completely defeat the object. We all need somewhere like this within easy reach - to revive all our senses.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a gorgeous post, J!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-74508115293852081562008-11-21T22:45:00.000+00:002008-11-21T22:45:00.000+00:00Well, I confess to not having done an awful lot of...Well, I confess to not having done an awful lot of work this morning, at least! And you are now top of my To Be Visited By list, M, so let's get our 2009 diaries out soon and pencil something in.Juliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18055924620237477722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-684094023681819935.post-50719433448791516912008-11-21T22:24:00.000+00:002008-11-21T22:24:00.000+00:00What a fascinating interview, J. I am surprised th...What a fascinating interview, J. I am surprised that you manage to get any work done with such temptations on your doorstep. Mersea Island is now top of my To Be Visited list.monixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16631194815411019266noreply@blogger.com