Time to sum up what I’ve been doing (or at least blogging about) this year…
It seems like a fairly busy year and I suppose the main reason for that is that this year D’ and I started dating and on the 23 July we got engaged while in St Andrews. We have set a date for the wedding and since then it sometimes feels like all we are doing or talking about are wedding plans. However, there have been a few other things going on and here is the summary:
GIGS, EVENTS & THEATER…
- Jan: Celtic Connections Festival Club
- Feb: Celtic Connections: Peatbog Faeries
- Feb: Mark Kermode talk and book signing at GFT
- Feb: Citizens Theater “Backbeat”
- May: KISS as the SECC
- Jun: Snow Patrol in Bellahouston Park
- Jun: Paul McCartney in Hampden Park
- Jul: The Tron Theater “Valhalla”
- Sep: The Academy “Barenaked Ladies”
- Oct: Royal Concert Hall, RSNO “Nice ‘n’ Easy”
MOVIES watched at the cinema…
- Jan: A Serious Man
- Jan: Sweet Smell of Success
- Feb: Avatar (3D at the IMax)
- Mar: Micmacs
- Apr: Exit Through The Gift Shop
- Apr: Blind Side
- Jun: The Brothers Bloom
- Sep: The Girl Who Played with Fire
- Nov: The Social Network
- Nov: RED
- Nov: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
- Dec: The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest
- Dec: Monsters
RESTAURANTS, blogged about…
- Feb: The Lansdowne Bar and Kitchen
- Apr: Mzouda
- May: Mitchell’s Restaurant Carmunnock
- Jun: Hillhead Bookclub
- Oct: Dragon-i
- Nov: No. 16
- Jan: Terry Pratchett “Monstrous Regiment”
- Jan: Don’t Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
- Jan: Stuart Woods “Dirty Work”
- Jan: Stuart MacBride “Dying Light”
- Feb: Simon Kernick “A Good Day To Die”
- Feb: Simon Varwell “Up the Creek Without a Mullet”
- Feb: Stuart Woods “Reckless Abandon”
- Mar: Mark Kermode “It’s Only a Movie: Reel Life Adventures of a Film Obsessive”
- Mar: Stuart MacBride “Cold Granite”
- Mar: Stuart Woods “Dark Harbor”
- Mar: Stuart Woods “Fresh Disasters”
- Apr: Stuart MacBride “Broken Skin”
- Apr: John Bevere “Under Cover”
- Apr: Alex Gray “Never Somewhere Else”
- May: Stieg Larsson “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo”
- Jun: Stieg Larsson “The Girl who Played with Fire”
- Jun: Stieg Larsson “The Girl who Kicked the Hornets’ Nest”
- Jul: Alex Gray “A Small Weeping”
- Jul: Lee Child “61 Hours”
- Aug: Harlan Coben “Hold Tight”
- Aug: Stuart MacBride “Flesh House”
- Aug: Stuart MacBride “Blind Eye”
- Sep: Wu Cheng En “Monkey”
- Sep: Christopher Priest “The Separation”
- Oct: Lee Child “Worth Dying For”
- Oct: Jeff Lindsay “Darkly Dreaming Dexter”
- Nov: Stuart Woods “Kisser”
- Nov: Stuart Woods “Two Dollar Bill”
- Nov: Stuart Woods “Orchid Beach”
- Dec: Raymond Chandler “Playback”
- Dec: Terry Pratchett “Johnny and the Dead”
- Dec: JK Rowling “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”
- Dec: Stuart Woods “Orchid Blues”
Holidays (a new and exciting section to my blog as I haven’t done much in the way of ‘breaks’ but hope to in the future)…
Jan: London: part work trip to a conference but three days to myself for sight-seeing, concerts and shows. — Day1 – Day 2a – Day2b – Day3 – Day4 – Day5 – Day6 — highlights included: Victoria and Albert Museum, National Theater gig – Marcia Mello, British Film Institute, Tate Modern, St Bride’s Church, British Museum, Trafalgar Square, The National Gallery, St Martin-in-the-Fields (which isn’t), Broadcasting House, recording of Newsjack in the Radio Theater, Hyde Park, Albert Memorial, the Monmouth Coffee Company, Tower Bridge,
May: York: a quick weekend break in the city of York was great. I didn’t blog as much as in London (when I was on my own and deliberately trying to do everything I could in as short a time as possible). This trip was much more relaxed and great fun.Happy New Year!
October: Isle of Lewis: another very quick weekend break in Lewis to visit family and to introduce my fiancee to them and to this beautiful island. We had great weather for the time of year and took lots of photos.
Nov: Campbeltown: again, just a quick one-night stop over in (well just outside) Campbeltown to visit Grant Logan to choose wedding rings.