Archive for the ‘Edinburgh’ Category
Thank You… Or Not.
What a surprise, I’m sure you’ll agree, that, at the start of an election year in which PR will make it very difficult for Labour local authorities to maintain no-overall-control, we are offered “below inflation increases” to the council tax. They expect us to believe that this is aВ “real result for the taxpayer”. It’s [...]
February 8, 2007
Posted in: Council, Edinburgh, Politics, Whinge 
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Smoky
As I was walking home up Lothian Road last night, I passed a “sauna” and two strip clubs. I was struck by a thought… I wonder how these businesses will be affected by the smoking ban.
In the sauna’s case, I’m not sure what their smoking policy has been, but I am sure there are a [...]
March 30, 2006
Posted in: Edinburgh, Health Comments Closed
The Cow-ntdown Begins
(Moo-ve over Ogden Nash… there’s a new pun-master in town!).
Only a matter of weeks to go until one of the biggest and most popular public arts events hits the streets of Edinburgh – the Cow Parade.
Colourfully decorated moo-cows will be appearing in Edinburgh’s public spaces between May and July. I plan to try to get [...]
March 22, 2006
Posted in: Art, Edinburgh, Wibble Comments Closed
Seasons – Updated
I’ve been a bit poor over the winter doing my “seasons” set on Flickr. Here is the latest offering. This offering comes with the following qualifiers:
I’m still not very good at taking photos;
I didn’t have my monopod;
The light was sh*t;
I was in a rush;
The gardens weren’t very photgenic anyway;
I haven’t had time do do any [...]
March 20, 2006
Posted in: Edinburgh, Photos, Seasons, Uncategorized 3 Comments
Photos of Snowy Sunday in Mid-March
Another thing I meant to do but didn’t get around to was putting up some of the photos I took when on Sunday we had more unexpected snow:
March 14, 2006
Posted in: Edinburgh, Photos 5 Comments
Do I Need To Get Out More?
Rather good news from the BBC this week that Waitrose (the “posher than M&S, but fairly ethical for a supermarket” supermarket) is venturing into the Scottish market.
Even better news is that one of these new branches is going to be a five minute walk from my new flat in Morningside (and even better still news [...]
March 12, 2006
Posted in: Edinburgh, Food, Wibble Comments Closed
Shameless Self-Interested Post.
Most of you can ignore this, but if you happen to know someone offering a 2 double bedroom flat in Edinburgh (preferably near Tolcross, or anywhere on the numbers 10, 16, or 45 buses) which is available towards the start of April (better early than late!) for 2 late-20’s, non-smoking, professional and all very sensible [...]
February 26, 2006
Posted in: Edinburgh, Personal 2 Comments
Blogmeet (all the good puns are taken so I decided not to try!)
What with all this re-jigging of the blog, I haven’t had a chance to tell you how the Edinburgh Blogmeet was on Saturday.
It was great! Having already been at the previous blogmeet in Glasgow, I had a fair idea what to expect, but there was still a great deal of excitement in wondering who might [...]
February 22, 2006
Posted in: Blogmeet, Edinburgh 2 Comments