Not everyone can say that they’ve had their knitting-in-progress cooed over by a BAFTA winner and OBE recipient but now I can. My mother’s quite excited.
Yesterday David and I went out for dinner to celebrate my two years in Scotland. On our way to the restaurant we stumbled across ‘Polish Taste’ - a little Polish [...]
Some time ago my partner, David, bought us tickets for the one-year anniversary of Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School - a burlesque-meets-art school monthly event. David and a pirate had attended a previous Dr. Sketchy’s and loved it.
What happened? A lot, I tell you. I sang along to Cole Porter songs and my partner produced [...]
Misquoting Shakespeare is always amusing and frequently apt: “Vanity, thy name is Karie Bookish”.
This evening we were invited to the opening of World Press Photo 08 exhibition at The Scottish Parliament. My partner wore a suit and I opted for a little black dress. Sadly I also opted to wear high heels for the [...]
For various reasons I have been unable to post a photo of my first major foray into knitting in fifteen years. This is the stole shawl that spawned an obsession, dear readers.
I have known E. for many years and she is one of my closest friends. She turned forty in February and I [...]
Today has not been the best of days for various reasons but one thing does amuse me: David and I are on the guest list to an exclusive event at the Scottish Parliament.
My life sometimes surprises even me.
All I can say is that I know and love this Terry Wogan and we had a splendid Eurovision party together.
Wheylona and I go back a decade (gosh). We first met when she worked in Sweden and was heading with friends to Denmark for a concert. I remember us walking through the streets of Copenhagen singing History Never repeats (youtube link) about twenty minutes after meeting for the first time. Ten years on, the American [...]
Sundays in February can be quite dreary - so why not dash into Mono here in Glasgow on Sunday at 8pm? Famous Scottish writers such as Alasdair Gray(!), Liz Lochhead, and Tom Leonard will be discussing the war in Iraq. As Mono also houses a record shop/informal gig venue, there will also be live music [...]
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