tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-322938242024-03-14T11:20:27.098-06:00No Writer, Just An Over ThinkerScotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.comBlogger326125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-54194260257046835422017-12-18T19:13:00.000-07:002017-12-18T19:13:04.763-07:002017 And so 2017 is coming to an end, its been a crap year for many reasons. Its been a year of Donald Trump as President, with perhaps 7 more to go.
It was a diastrous year for Puerto Rico.
A horrible year for many in Venezuela - I know one story of a man who came to London a few weeks ago, struggling to speak English in a foreign land. A proud man who had his own business back home, but because heScotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-75408954981935210432017-08-28T17:45:00.001-06:002017-08-28T17:45:10.963-06:00CarnivalSo this weekend was Notting Hill Carnival weekend.
I've been living in London for 4 summers now, and never had the Monday off until now. So I have always missed out on this spectical. Today having the bank holiday I was determined to enjoy the show. Turned out having an appointment earlier on in the day and unsure of when it may end I was jimmy no mates doing it by myself.
The atmosphere startsScotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-13079967551579219442017-05-20T19:57:00.000-06:002017-05-20T19:57:09.978-06:00More BarcelonaSpending 5 days in Barcelona and 4 days in Glasgow, after over 2 years without a holiday was a sweet relief. It sure helped to blow some cobwebs to the side that had been built up when a 5 week job turned into 2 years of long hours and not a lot of room for life.
Barcelona in particular had been a long held ambition of mine. For some reason Spain in general has never been on the radar for Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-22597441512552609802017-05-11T14:14:00.003-06:002017-05-11T14:16:51.656-06:00Had I planned this better, had I had some foresight of what I was going to do in Barcelona I might either have taking more pictures here than just the one, or at least straightened this one up and had more foreground. But really I don't really plan my shoots too often, instead I tend to go with the flow and see what I come across.
The reason I took a quick photo of the lawn bowlers in Glasgow Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-60677646540346317532017-05-11T13:27:00.001-06:002017-05-11T13:27:39.899-06:00Un, Dos, Tres!Vamos!
Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-30105338273828545722017-05-07T15:20:00.001-06:002017-05-07T15:27:51.831-06:00GlasgowAfter 5 years of living in the States and coming up for 4 years in West London I finally made it home to Glasgow for a few days. I have always been proudly Scottish and a weegie to boot but it really took this trip to hammer home just how much I have Glasgow in my veins. Getting off that Virgin rail train it hit me hard just how much I miss this city.
I've worked hard at liking London, I go in Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-59402413843927180852016-08-25T16:32:00.003-06:002016-08-25T16:32:38.161-06:00I Am Not My Hair
Growing up as the son
of a hairdresser I spent too much time as a kid sitting bored during
holiday season or after school as finished in a quiet corner of the
salon so as an adult the last place I want to spend any time at all
is the hairdressers or barbers. I want to get in and, as little time
sitting waiting for my name to be called and having my head in front
of the mirror as possible
Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-40630886909859553712016-05-29T04:07:00.000-06:002016-05-29T04:07:15.683-06:00At this time of year, my heart has been at its heaviest the last couple of years. Back when I was married and living in the States, it was about this time of year that we as a couple got to keep the kids for the Summer months. As a couple we always busy and having two kids that needed to be entertained did add a little extra stress at for those 12 weeks of Summer, especially when both kids seemedScotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-51128326761211325572015-11-15T19:03:00.000-07:002015-11-15T19:03:14.775-07:00So I ended up making myself some ceviche today instead of taking the one hour trip from the West of London to a Peruvian restaurant in Soho which tends to be my weekly excursion. The commute is getting old, it would be better if the portions for the main courses after a ceviche appetiser was worth the trip, but sadly I can't in all honesty say that it is. So yes after buying the fish yesterday, Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-70186996549053444852015-11-01T18:12:00.002-07:002015-11-01T18:12:12.173-07:00Adventure begins with youScotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-78319999119225642972015-09-05T04:26:00.001-06:002015-09-05T04:26:18.465-06:00Well thats another Summer in London gone! An initial five week temporary assignment at work turned into 3 - 4 months and just like that summer came and went and I'm like hey its September how come I never saw any of the Summer. Dates in the calender in June, July and August got lost in 15 hour days, crappy take away food and not enough sleep and before I knew it September slapped me in the face Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-58719707764725336052015-06-14T04:53:00.002-06:002015-06-14T04:57:10.194-06:00Summer Time Eating
Its starting to feel like summer here, well the temperatures are rising anyway, even if the clouds like to remind you that this is London still. With summer I seem to get even more lazy with cooking. Ideally I'd walk out of work and pick up some food being prepared in the street but I'm seriously fed up with the choices here, Indian though good is expensive, Chinese is just blah, if I have Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-55657981818076160082015-04-29T00:11:00.000-06:002015-04-29T00:19:57.187-06:00Feeling A Little MelancholicThe day I fell in love I wanted to give the world, the moon, the sun, the sky, the sea. Give the gift of flight. I didn't need to be a hero to no one, but I did want to protect my love from dawn to dusk. Then when it all turned sour I realised I needed all that as much for me as for my love. Without the one I love being my focus I grew weak, lost my strength and became directionless. With Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-30442913073334907002015-03-28T14:51:00.001-06:002015-03-28T14:51:25.854-06:00When not in Gotham ....... Batman hides in plain sight in - Peru, in a simpler type of vehicle.
Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-2508648463273261002015-03-28T11:48:00.000-06:002015-03-28T11:48:01.123-06:00Chile 101 - 1Pancito
Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-35926505613390965882014-09-17T19:41:00.000-06:002014-09-17T22:04:11.678-06:00Today, Scotland Decides!
WOW! Where do I begin with this post?
Today, yes TODAY, this is going to be a momentous day for the future
of Scotland, and for the rest of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
too. Sadly events conspired in my life that in this day I don't get
the chance to vote on the issue. I would not change the last six
years of my life to allow me to do so, not when most of those 6 years
were the best yearsScotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-22827922098145856672014-06-18T19:45:00.000-06:002014-06-18T19:45:10.587-06:00Adios Espana - A London Celebration!Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-81170477073344515902014-05-22T18:00:00.003-06:002014-05-22T18:01:39.035-06:00Outside Shakespeare's GlobeScotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-83896488262613331502014-05-21T18:14:00.003-06:002014-05-21T18:14:58.940-06:00Six Months Without Dessert What The Pho!I've been living in London now for a little over 6 months, without going into London itself very much. Living by Heathrow, working the hours I do, and getting little time off, going into the city is just inconvenient. Yesterday was a killer day though, after working over 14 hours I just needed to get a break. So I got the bus, and the tube, so as to walk around town while the weather was still Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-82390733740267124372014-05-17T19:34:00.004-06:002014-05-17T19:43:16.202-06:00A Walk In The Wild Side
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fever. I need to just get out there, stretch my legs and take time to notice life.
Early Spring is all about life. I love every season, but Spring and Autumn are probably my favourite seasons because the colours and the light change so frequently from day to day. Where as in Autumn everything starts the Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-62370036058781541382014-04-05T18:07:00.001-06:002014-04-05T18:26:49.681-06:00Well That Sucked!Its a funny thing - life! For years you can go on blissfully ignorant of the need for love. You are seemingly happy alone, being an independent person - then BAM! Love happens, and life is never the same again. Where once you were happy to go through life alone, now that is no longer enough. Now you have a higher purpose, desires more pure. You are less selfish, its no longer about you and you Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-20048198314460793082014-03-08T16:59:00.000-07:002014-03-08T16:59:20.616-07:00Maybe I'm Artistically Stupid, But I Didn't Feel ItToday was a day off from work, and seeing I was in London I thought I may as well see something artistic so I checked out Time Out London to see what was recommended this week and settled on a Visual art exhibit at the Barbican Curve Gallery called Momentum. Waited for over an hour in line eagerly anticipating what was to come.
Only to enter the darkened room, and find 12 white lights Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-53231232597675087472014-03-06T15:47:00.001-07:002014-03-06T15:47:09.610-07:00Finally The Weather Is Changing....Is it 11 weeks? Or 12 weeks I've been living in London? I've lost count on that, but it seems easier to count the days of no rain in that time. 3!
But at the weekend the temperatures are on the rise, reportedly up to a balmy 17 Celsius, of course it won't last but it will make a nice change. Looking outside today there already seems to be a change in the air.
Scotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32293824.post-1590375950779830712014-03-03T17:58:00.002-07:002014-03-03T18:05:43.088-07:00A Five Minute Walk Around A Surburban London VillageScotsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09721900255963034112noreply@blogger.com0