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Quadrophenia At Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre

Image: Jeff Edoe

Set in London and Brighton at the height of the Mod era, Quadrophenia is told through the eyes of Jimmy, a hedonistic style-conscious teenager searching for a place to belong and a girl to love. Misunderstood by his parents and stuck in a dead end job, he sets off on a trip to [...]

May 27th, 2009 | Tags: 1960s, Ben Sherman, Blonde Restaurant, Brighton, Britain, dining, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Festival Theater, London, meal, Mods, musical show, punks, Quadrophenia, Rebus, rockers, scooters, St Leonards, The Who, Union Jack | Category: Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Music, Theatre, UK | Comments (1)

Harrington Bliss

Image: Colin Galbraith

Pay day! Hallelujah! And that means later on today I’ll be going for my monthly Pay Day Lunch with some friends. Today, I think we are going to a new Thai restaurant (new for us) on Frederick Street. Should be fun – it’s got good reviews.
It’s a lot cloudier today, thus, much cooler. [...]

May 15th, 2009 | Tags: Day Job, dining, Harrington Jacket, money, restaurant, Thai, Warrior Clothing, Weather, Writing | Category: Day Job, Fiction, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Writing | Leave a comment

Culture Vultures

Image: www.mckellen.com

I had a wonderful day off work yesterday (Wednesday). I met my mum off the bus from Glasgow and we had a wee day to ourselves, and as it turned out, one to remember.
After a morning coffee we took a trip out to the Dean Gallery and spent an hour and a half browsing [...]

April 16th, 2009 | Tags: acting, Art, Dean Gallery, dining, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Family, Ian Mckellen, Kings Theatre, Le Sept, Patrick Stewart, play, restaurant, Samuel Beckett, sculptures, Theatre, Waiting for Godot | Category: Art, Edinburgh: the City & the Festivals, Family, Food, Drink, and Bevvy, Theatre | Comments (2)