Hot Brazilians and The Outsider do it again.

August 24, 2010

Friend Ellie came to stay for a couple of days. Out of her bag she produced a large piece of cake.  Nice.  God it’s pink! I commented. Yes she said,  it was in the shape of a man’s willie this is one of the bollocks. Nice. Instantly we forgot all about it. Two days on [...]

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Anthony Gormley’s sculpture – a suspected transvestite

August 23, 2010

Pissing with rain,  Edinburgh during the festival. Posted up the top 10 one liners this morning – then realised they are in all the papers.  Don’t believe in plagarism so thought I’d better post something else pronto. Just walked through town.  I am sure you have clocked sculptor Anthony Gormley’s  bronze statues all over town. [...]

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Top one-liners from Edinburgh Festival 2010 – bloody funny

August 23, 2010

Top one lines from this years Festival – the pefect way to start the week. 1. Tim Vine “I’ve just been on a once-in-a-lifetime holiday. I’ll tell you what – never again.” 2. David Gibson (as Ray Green) “I’m currently dating a couple of anorexics. Two birds, one stone.” 3. Emo Philips “I picked up [...]

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Teenwolf is an alien – confirmation

August 22, 2010

Tanking round the streets of Edinburgh seeing shows as teenwolf is at a rugby course. It is the only time he leaps from his bed before lunchtime – specifically 8.30am – jumps downstairs two steps at a time and appears grinning at the breakfast table to ingest a half hundred weight of cereal with a [...]

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Fringe reviews from you and I

August 21, 2010

Another top day at The Fringe and thanks to everyone who is sending me their personal reviews and recommendations of things to see, avoid and love forever. Which you can see at the end of this post. After a day strapped to laptop I went off to Blonde restaurant to meet my pal and pr [...]

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Linda Lovelace, Arthur Smith, Aida and a Geordie.

August 20, 2010

Waking up on the morning of the festival without a hangover is a joy. When I say a hangover I don’t necessarily mean one of these shivery, low blood sugar, nausea hangovers courtesy of 3bottles of wine and no dinner. No I mean after a day off seeing shows I can focus, daylight looks quite [...]

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Dafties, Ronnie Corbett, rose wine & 5 Guys Named Moe!

August 19, 2010

Shuffling through town went into a funny wee antique shop opposite David Banns vegetarian restaurant on Jeffrey Street. As we walked in Mum says in a loud voice ‘oh look at that daftie trying on that horrible old mans jumper’   It was a woman, daftie or not, and she was not trying on a [...]

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Adam Riches Rides! A Rolling Stone & A Bolivian flute.

August 18, 2010

Just fallen in the door after another frantic day of fringing. Saw 3 shows. First things first hit Leo’s Beanery for a coffee and piece of homemade blueberry tart – thank you God great start to the day. Then dodging the bullets of rain to Assembly. Not sure what to see, hit the info office [...]

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Wild salmon caught on the River Carron – what a beauty! I thank you.

August 18, 2010

Yup ! It’s real. I caught my first salmon ever when up North West last week. A five pound beauty. Bob Kindness is the guy who is looking after the fish conservation up there and the results speak for themselves. The man is a genius. The fish are plentiful and if caught get put in [...]

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Cafe Marlayne – outstanding!

August 17, 2010

Heard about it for years. Finally got there last night. Cafe Marlayne in Thistle Street. The chat is she is Pierre Victoire’s sister – I don’t know if that’s true but  whoever she is she runs a wonderful restaurant.  We were in at 6.45pm on our way to a show or 3 and had scallop [...]

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