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Tag Archives: Mount Florida
Culture in Glasgow
Image: Samantha Nicol It’s been some weekend! I started last Friday off with a very large and strong black coffee (apparently this is called an Americano in some places—places I now avoid) and a healthy and bountiful morning roll with … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Theatre, Writing
Tagged Advanced Dialogue Workshop, Alishan Tandoori, Cafe Ludovic, Citizens Theatre, City of Literature, Clockwork Pub, culture, Culture in Glasgow, Dropbox, Edinburgh, Ena Lamont Stewart, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Indian meal, Literary Salon, Men Should Weep, Merchant City, Mount Florida, sisters, Sizzlers, Sloan's pub, The Sky Project, UNESCO, workshop, Writing
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Four and a Bit Decades
Image: Wikimedia Anniversary My parents, Dave and Ena, were married 41 years ago today. Yes, that’s two score and one years ago – four decades and a bit – they took their vows in Mount Florida Parish on the south … Continue reading
Posted in Books, eBooks, Reading, Websites, Writing
Tagged 41, anniversary, Books, boudoir, coding, decades, Devon Ellington, dialogue, eBooks, forty one, four decades, Glasgow, JA Konrath, Jack Daniels, Kindle, marriage, Mount Florida, Origin, parents, Reading, scenes, web development, websites, wedding, workshop, Writing
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A Day Of Absolute Madness
Image: Me! It was a weekend to remember; a weekend never to forget. From St. Mirren Park on Saturday (arguably forgettable) to Depeche Mode on Saturday night (definitely forgettable), and from the ska party in Glasgow on Sunday to the … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Photography, Sport
Tagged 1980s, bevy, booze, Clockwork Pub, Depeche Mode, friends, Glasgow, live gigs, Madness, Mount Florida, Music, O2 Academy, Paisley, Pivo Pivo, ska, skinheads, St Mirren
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Hampden In The Sun
Image: glasgowguide.co.uk Well the Buddies got beat; another semi-final disappointment, this time at the hands of the Forces of Darkness. As far as footie matches go it wasn’t one of the best, but St Mirren, I felt, could have taken … Continue reading
Posted in Edinburgh, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, I.T., Music, Scotland, Sport, Writing
Tagged alcohol, Beltane, bevy, Chinese meal, DVD, e-books, Family, Festival of Fire, Football, friends, gigs, Glasgow, Hampden Park, hot and sunny, live music, Mount Florida, PC, Pub, Rangers FC, reggae, Scottish Cup, ska, St Mirren, The Specials, Weather, work, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 