Archive - The Carouser

Stollys: Almost famous

Aug 7 •

May 2025

The cities I've lived in and the drinks that remind me of them.

May 10 •

April 2025

Apr 6 •

March 2025

The Golden Hour

In photography, the Golden Hour is a period of time shortly before dusk or just after dawn when the sun is furthest away from either being there or…

Mar 30 •

February 2025

Free Drinks at The Sheffield Tap

There are few happier things in this world than a man who is forced by circumstance to be sat drinking in a pub.

Feb 23 •

Revenge of the crab

I took myself on a walk down to Poissonnerie Quoniam – Medard on Rue Mouffetard, looking to pick up some oysters or perhaps a crustacean or two.

Feb 16 •

January 2025

Up until a couple of years ago, this was a bar called Le Refuge.

Jan 12 •

December 2024

The Death of the Butcher.

As a youth I never wept in butcher shops.

Dec 12, 2024 •

October 2024

Welcome to Chicken Street, where the ladies perch on boxes with their goldie chains and Louis Vuitton watch straps, sitting outside shops called Paris…

Oct 20, 2024 •

Le Verre a Pied

The rain starts to fall as you reach the foot of Rue Mouffetard.

Oct 13, 2024 •

July 2024

Can I escape the Corsican curse in Le Marais? No, apparently.

Jul 21, 2024 •

The Lunch Conundrum

Featuring Le Baratin, Avant Comptoire de la Mer and Aux Deux Amis

Jul 14, 2024 •

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