Seriously...

...what happens here in Winter? It's September! I think I am drastically unprepared....

Sun, sea, sand and ice cream....

....in September-it's craziness I tell you... Spent the day in Aberdour today which was lovely.

Oh yes, and there were kites too.

Time and Tide zine AND an Etsy shop

Yes Christmas has come early for me today! After hours of blood (paper cuts), sweat and tears, I finally have some items in my fabled Etsy shop . Take a little gander if you fancy....

Maximo Park

This was such a fantastic way to spend a Friday night: it was happy, sweaty and loud.

Things that I have learnt so far about the crowds at Scottish gigs

• they are eclectic
• enthusiastic
• wonderfully vocal
• and they even sing along to the insturmental parts of the songs (this can be no bad thing in my book)

(PS This is not my video, I was one of the people jumping around near the front...)

There is also a great video here, which consists of the majority of Maximo Park performing in a taxi. Splendid

Fringe Benefits

Our very first Fringe. We'll we survived. A month of full on craziness. Excellent. Wonderfully weird at times, and I cannot recommend it highly enough.

Willy Mason

We were lucky enough to see Willy Mason at Cabaret Voltaire this week. And well, we were not disappointed! I am always awe struck how some people are brave enough to get up on a stage by themselves and sing. I don't even think I could even make it onto the stage... It was a brilliant night and a tiny venue- here's a sample of Mr Mason's work....

When the world zigs, zag...

I'm going to see John Hegarty give a talk later this week. He is the man behind the BBH advertising agency and is responsible for some very memorable-not to mention famous- advertising campaigns including that jeans advert.



"...Cynicism is the death of creativity. Never become a cynic. That's the important thing."

John Hegarty

Our very own little piece of Scotland

We have keys and everything!

When we were vikings...

I spent the evening playing Kubb in the Meadows- which is a game invented by the Vikings apparently- Anyway, it involves throwing sticks, at well essentially other sticks but it was a great way to spend a summer evening.

( I can report that no pillaging or further viking activities ensued)

North Berwick

An outing to North Berwick today. We went on the train-which gave the day a bit of an old school holiday-outing-vibe...

Hello Scotland...

...so nice to see you again. The day of our big move north of the boarder:

(Please ignore the remnants of our white van man's breakfast on the dashboard)