g.johnson

I've mostly stayed out of this....

There is a distinct train spotting element to tasting.

The ones I remember had hearts on them, but I can't find them online.

You're thinking of Love Hearts but the violet ones are Parma Violets, apparently made by the same gloriously named company Swizzels Matlow.

I returned very briefly to NYC last week and really couldn't think of anywhere I felt compelled to visit. Chinese? Better in London. Steak? Better in my back garden. Mexican? Not that great in NYC anyway. I did want to visit Louro but feared I'd be overwhelmed by David's generosity. In the end I opted for mid-grade sushi even though I don't like sushi.

"There are still some people who try to insist that to use which... in a defining clause is wrong, and that every such clause must have that. There is no justification for this. There are some sentences in which that comes more naturally, others in which it does not."

Gowers, p122.