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Hi,
we’re four guys, and we’ve put together Westminster’s restaurant scene in an app called Vota. The concept is simple: you see two places side by side (for example Famille vs. Kachina Southwestern Grill), you choose the place you’d rather go to, and the ranking updates instantly. The more people vote, the more accurate the list gets over time. There are still a few duplicates here and there, but I’m continuously cleaning up the data.

Here’s the iPhone version, with categories that actually fit Westminster’s food scene:
https://apps.apple.com/app/vota-restaurant-ratings/id6744969212

And here’s the Android version (finally live):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.vota.app

P.S. I’m not from Westminster (I live in Gothenburg). I’m not collecting data, not selling anything, and the app does not use AI-generated content. I’m posting in a few different subreddits because we now support more regions, and I genuinely want honest feedback from people who actually know the area.

You might remember me posting here about Space Jam. A new night at Club 85 where musicians put their names into a hat, get randomly placed into bands and then have to make something happen together on stage in 10 minutes.

Well, our first one took place last Wednesday!
We’d only sold 12 tickets, so we thought it would be a nice, small introduction to the idea. Then people kept arriving. 54 musicians turned up, and we made 11 completely different groups performing throughout the night.

We had guitarists, bassists, drummers, singers, saxophonists, a trumpet player, keyboards, cajón and even a modular drum machine. Some people were experienced performers, others it was their first time on stage, and most had never met their bandmates before that evening.

The random combinations worked better than I could have dreamed of. People turned up without knowing exactly who they’d play with or what would happen, and completely threw themselves into it. The room was incredibly supportive, and it genuinely felt like the beginning of a little local music community, with everyone staying until the end to see the different creations being made on the spot.

Coming off the stage, we had people being approached to join their bands, high five’s, laughter and positivity, and a massive smile across everyone’s faces.

Thank you to everyone from here who encouraged the idea, shared the original post or came along.
We’re doing it again at Club 85 on Wednesday 16 September. If you’ve got an instrument gathering dust in the loft, this might be your reason to get it back out.

TLDR: Thank you!

Hiya, I was recently trying to look at the local news on Welwyn Hatfield Times, and found that any page I attempted to go on had blocked me.

I have done some research and this is most likely due to my IP address being flagged by hyper - sensitive security protocols. While looking at the news isn't terribly important, I would like to try and fix this.

Just wondering if anyone else in the area had a similar issue, and if so did it go away?

Thanks :)

St Albans' Waterend Barn is at capacity!

Hi All. I seem to have walked everywhere to little avail however I thought I’d ask on here just in case I’m missing anything.

Can anyone recommend any approx one hour fully shaded dog walks (that can be off lead) around North or East Herts that are relatively flat (max elevation gain 75ft ish) please? Because I’m really struggling at the moment. It also needs to have reasonable parking nearby for one car.

I’m not looking for secure fields.

Many thanks!

I’d left the pure gym in Hitchin at around 7.20pm this evening and was walking up Paynes Park and saw this object moving incredibly fast across the sky. I was on the phone with my girlfriend at the time so couldn’t get a video but managed to get this photo. Have no idea what it is, but I’ve never seen anything like it. Within seconds it had disappeared from sight. Absolutely bizarre.