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Tag Archives: Khushis
Christmas Headaches
Image: News.com.au I was into everything over the weekend—everything! Not only did I get through a ton of Christmas cleaning, DIY work, TV and gadget fixing, and writing work, but I also managed a Day Job Xmas bash, and a … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, eBooks, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged alcohol, bevy, birthday party, brunch, Chrimbo, Christmas, Christmas cards, Christmas headaches, Christmas tree, cleaning, Cloisters, coffee and pastries, computer games, curry, daughter, DIY, eBooks, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Castle, ereaders, Family, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, free ebooks, Greener is the Grass, Indaba, Indian meal, Khushis, Kindle, Kobo, Mother-in-Law, novel, novella, pizza, pubs, Slick, South African food, summer reading, The Pear Tree, work, Writing, Xbox, Xmas
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Khushis No More
Image: Mike Byrne (BBC News) I woke up to the terrible news that the best Indian restaurant in Edinburgh and the venue of my work’s Christmas lunch last week, Kushis, burnt down last night. The building it’s located in just … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Music, Photography, Scotland
Tagged album, carpets, Christmas, DIY, Edinburgh, fire, gigs, Grassmarket, Khushis, Madness, Photography, Shopping, The Liberty of Norton Folgate, Victoria Street
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Slow Day
Image: Angela 7Dreams I’m still buzzing from the gig on Monday night and I struggled to get to sleep last night for Prodigy songs rattling around inside my head. It’s always a sign of a good gig when you can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy
Tagged alcohol, and Bevvy, beer, bevy, Christmas lunch, curry, Day Job, drink, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Indian meal, Khushis
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The Prodigious Prodigy
Image: Britannica I got back from a couple of days through in Glasgow around 4pm today; sore, weary, but very happy. The reason for my visit was to stay at my sister’s flat, do some catching up, and go to … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Editorial Comment, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Freelance, Glasgow, I.T., Music, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged articles, Carling Academy, Christmas lunch, Fiction, Freelance, Glasgow, Indian food, Khushis, live music, Madness, poems, Prodigy, Scruffy Dog Review, Submissions, T in the Park, tribute album
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Wee Bobby
Image: WordRidden Back in the swing today; no dodgy tummy, no feel crappy, although still not much of an appetite but I can live with that for now. And an early start meant high levels of creativity, particularly since I’ve … Continue reading →