(Last Updated On: 27th January 2020)
NB: As of November 2017 Diane’s is now permanently closed. What an absolute bummer.But I’m going to leave this here as a little reminder of what an authentic Edinburgh cultural experience it was.
Say what you will about online reviews, but never has one so perfectly described a destination like Gavin M’s Yelp review for Diane’s...
(Last Updated On: 22nd September 2021)
I’m about to totally rave about Civerinos. But to understand the significance of said rave, you must first know how much I love Italy. Ever since I was a bambino I’ve longed to live there. I’ve visited many many times, and so yes, I’ve also eaten there. A lot. So when I read the...
(Last Updated On: 6th January 2018)
If you hadn’t heard of Greyfriar’s Bobby before you visited Edinburgh, odds are pretty high that by the time you left you’d know all about it. It’s a tale that seems to appeal to both tourists and residents alike and if you guessed it had something to do with a policeman (‘Bobby’ being a 19th Century...
(Last Updated On: 22nd September 2021) You’ve heard of Roller Derby, yes? Girls on skates hurtling round an auditorium, lots of bashing about to stop the other team passing, thrills, spills, tattoos, crazy, pun-tastic pseudonyms? Sound familiar? Maybe? OK, how about ‘Whip It’, Drew Barrymore’s 2009 film with Ellen Page as a shy girl who breaks out of nowhereseville...
(Last Updated On: 24th July 2021)
Look up Patrick Geddes and you’ll no doubt see a distinguished list of accreditations; town planner, biologist, sociologist, philanthropist, conservationist, ecologist, zoologist. That’s a lot of ‘ists’ for one man, isn’t it?
One of his biggest achievements in Edinburgh, and the start of his phenomenal regeneration of Old Town, sticks out like a big, old...
(Last Updated On: 22nd September 2021)
Here’s what I know; Edinburgh is the ‘birthplace’ of the Harry Potter world. JK Rowling penned a chunk of her Potter Books in the Edinburgh cafe The Elephant House. Harry was forced to live in a bedroom under the stairs of his Muggle Aunt and Uncle’s house. Edinburgh has a bar/restaurant called Under the...
(Last Updated On: 10th January 2020)
Is it cabaret? Is it vaudeville? Is it burlesque? Is it a damn good dance party? Yeah, it’s all of that, but most of all it’s a place where Edinburgh’s queer community can gather to show off their talents, be entertained and boogie their bums off to super cool beats from guest DJ’s.
Dive Queer...
(Last Updated On: 22nd September 2021)
Edinburgh; a city of castles, cobblestones, tartan, bagpipes and… err… the wild west? Yep, that’s right, Edinburgh has a wild west.
Well, sort of.
Tucked away down an alley off Morningside Road in Edinburgh’s south west, you’ll find the remnants of a Wild West facade built in the mid-1990’s by a resident furniture store owner. It’s...
(Last Updated On: 22nd September 2021)
The Devil’s Advocate is in my favourite type of location; hidden down an alley. I don’t know if it’s because I’m from Melbourne and that’s where all the good things are in that city, or if I’m just a sucker for thinking I know a secret. Either way, this bar got points from me before...
(Last Updated On: 22nd September 2021)
If you’ve visited a few bars in the last couple of years, you’ve no doubt come across cocktails served in glass jars, mismatched tea cups or maybe even test tubes. But have you ever had one in a light bulb?
I think the only way to describe Edinburgh’s Lucky Liquor Co is to call it a concept cocktail bar....