Taking Pictures Of Street Food
As observed from inside the hatch. We have all probably got one of those friends on Facebook who has Instagram, the accepted way to take pictures of all types food. In certain parts of society it is now the only permissible way to communicate lunch choices. It is worth noting, however, that in the case of street food you are trying to encapsulate the entire experience of dining from a van, rather than just the meal. I have watched many pictures being taken of our van, and now consider myself an expert on what it is you need to preserve for your photo feed. Start your photographic experience with a long shot. Best taken at ground level. You then have a few options, which I’ll tackle in detail later: Whatever you do, a picture of the menu is important. Then:...
Coping With The Off-Season
This year was probably not what Frank had in mind, but this song has been floating around my head since I started thinking about this post, and a lot of it seems apt, at the very least. Our last event of 2012 approaches, and our last event serving food is already behind us. We are getting ready to pack up for the rest of the winter and let the Beast gracefully sink a little further into the drive over the next few months, without troubling him. Our next booked event is not until May, because food vans don’t really venture out over winter, and I’m not sure how well ours, determined as he is not to start at the best of times, would cope with anything colder than the present climate. So we have not booked anything else for the rest of December, and will...
Catering All Over Warwickshire and the Rest of the World
As I write this the wedding is going to happen, and the rain is still set to come down, but by the time you read this, we will presumably have been hitched and will be taking a break from Jabberwockys, weddings, work and most other things. I will go ahead and assume that everything went beautifully and that the sun shined at exactly the right moments. No only that, the speeches were a triumph, the food was amazing and everyone will be talking about the day for years to come. I look forward to that. Go time is currently less than a few hours away, so I have been distracting myself with my current hobby, which is travelling the world with the Jabberwocky, so that despite his age and health he can go and see all those exciting places that really deserve to try...
Things, and how they keep happening
It’s been a while since the last post in the style of the good old days, back when I could celebrate having a working gas stove or an MOT. Things used to be so tangible in those days,so full of gosh-darn fixability. There was a problem, and we would tackle it with whatever means necessary until it was fixed, I would get to write a blog post that sang of achievement and general story-telling goodness. Now the van starts, the pitches are lining up and we have almost everything sorted for the wedding. Actually that’s not true, we have loads left to do for the damn wedding, but we don’t have to cater for it, so it’s really not that difficult. In fact I literally just have to say two words in the right place and I can sign off for the day....
The Small Triumphs
The year is wearing on, and even though part of my mind still seems convinced it’s February and dates things accordingly, we are now almost a quarter of the way through the year. The Jabberwocky has picked up some events for the summer, which is excellent news, and I am in an excellent mood as a result of this. I think general Spring feelings also help, with Leamington Spa once more coated in blossom and the garden full of bare earth that might even turn into flowers. The last few weeks have been spattered with good things, in many ways, and these have helped outweigh a certain amount of sadness that would otherwise have nested in the darker reaches of my mind. The good things haven’t been earth-shattering enough to warrant troubling the internet...
Advertising is Fun
The internet has made a commodity out of us all, with the that wonderfully hateful word “advertising” lurking around every corner, skittering into every picture, resource or spare square inch and screaming for your attention. The internet is nothing more than another platform to advertise on, and the product, in most cases, is you. For example. The Jabberwocky phone gets a call inviting us to purchase advertising space. The website in question has 14,000,000 unique visitors a month, all of whom would be exposed to our advertising until they submit and click on the link. That’s you, right there, being a product as you browse. You don’t get paid for it, because the website has already paid someone else to optimise their site so that you would...
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