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Tag Archives: party
A ‘Special’ Day’s Work
Image: KGB Clothing A decent day’s work. My final two blog posts from the West Port Book Festival went live over at my (Unofficial) Edinburgh Book Festival Blog: Click here to read David Gaffney & Hannah McGill. Click here to … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh Book Festival, Fiction, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Websites
Tagged bevy, Blogging, dancing, David Gaffney, Day Job, Fiction, gig, Glasgow, Hannah McGill, Music, party, Poetry, pseudonym, Rob Shearman, SECC, ska, skanking, STV Edinburgh, The Specials, web dev, website development, websites, West Port Book Festival, Writing
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The Party is Over
Image: VividLife The party is over; the fun’s all done! My hair has been truly let down and I have wound back down to zero. Three nights on the razz is more than enough for me anyway, but the end … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Writing
Tagged beer, Day Job, DIY, Edinburgh: City & Festivals, friends, GDR's, gigs, Glasgow, home improvement, Music, O2 Academy, party, pub crawl, reggae, Toots and the Maytals, Whighams, Writing
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Dark Tales and Experiences with Aidan Moffat
Reviewing a unique performance from Aidan Moffat at the Sierra Metro art gallery, and a very special birthday bash for someone in the family Continue reading
Posted in Art, Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Leith, Music, Photography, Video
Tagged 70, Aidan Moffat, Arab Strap, art gallery, beer, birthday, Book Festival, Browns Restaurant, Carmen Sylva, dad, Day Job, Family, father, Glasgow, Leith Walk, Oceanlife, overtime, party, Peles Empire, Pub, Shawlands, Sierre Metro, The Auctioneers, Tropical Fish, Video, Writing
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The World’s Best Wedgie
Image: NRK We had our department Christmas lunch at Time 4 Thai on Castle Street in Edinburgh yesterday afternoon. I must have walked passed this restaurant a million times and never noticed it, but after a great meal I can … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Music
Tagged beer, Christmas meal, Depeche Mode, Editing, GDR, live music, Madness, party, Queen's Arms, Ranfurly Review, Reading, restaurant, St Mirren, Thai, Time 4 Thai, wedgie, work party, Writing
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Slobbish Behaviour
Image: Banalities While I was on holiday, the north side of Edinburgh was hit by such severe flooding that the gas supplies were knocked out for the Canonmills and Stockbridge areas. While shaking my head at another poor example of … Continue reading
Catch-Up and GDR Full Review of 2008
Image: Banalitie The first half of the holidays are now over and the second are about to begin. Christmas has been and gone and now the New Year celebrations beckon with earnest. Pretty soon, it will all be over, and … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Film & TV, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Glasgow, Reading, Scotland, Travel
Tagged and Bevvy, bevy, Boxing Day, Christmas, drink, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, GDR 2008 Review, GDR's, movies, party, television
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Easy Like A Saturday
I had another great writing day yesterday, starting work shortly after 5am before going to the day job, and then through my lunch. I did nothing in the evening because we attended the Ruby Wedding Anniversary celebration of Gail’s Aunt … Continue reading
Posted in Day Job, Edinburgh, Family, Food, Drink and Bevvy, Writing
Tagged Animals, Arthur's Seat, Dreaming, drinking, Edinburgh, Family, Fiction, Hangover, novella, party, Salisbury Crag, Stella, wedding anniversary, Writing
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