March 15th, 2009 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Film / TV, Music, Work
Last week (bear with me, catching up!) I helped out at Do You Remember The First Time? A gig organised by Belfast City Council and broadcast live by ATL and recorded for TV (being broadcast this Tuesday, details at the end of the post).
The gig was held to celebrate the re-opening of the Ulster Hall [...]
February 23rd, 2009 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Friends
So, first night out in ages on Saturday night – for my mate Jill’s birthday. She was having a joint party with two guys down at AM:PM on Arthur Street – it was the first time I’d actually been to that one, and I quite liked it.
The party kicked off at about 9.30pm, and carried [...]
February 18th, 2009 | by Simon | published in Belfast
It’s a sad day for music, dvd and game retail in Belfast, and also of course in particular for those who will lose their jobs with the news that Zavvi in Belfast will be closing its doors for good by 20th February.
I much preferred Zavvi over HMV – I found it cheaper, better laid-out, and [...]
February 9th, 2009 | by Simon | published in Belfast
We finally got some snow this week, after the rest of the UK seems to be completely deluged by it. Unfortunately it did not lie, so it was a bit boring. That’s not to say however that I didn’t nearly fall on my ass when walking down the slope outside my flats on Saturday.
We want [...]
January 29th, 2009 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Friends
So Saturday before last was my birthday celebrations. It was the first time I’d been drinking this year (so that was 17 days alcohol free!) and it all got pretty messy.
I wanted to do something a bit different from the usual just-go-out-and-get-drunk shennanigans, so first of all we headed to the only bowling alley still [...]
July 31st, 2008 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Food and Drink, Friends
Yes that’s right! I can exclusively reveal on my blog (well it’s an online exclusive as no-one else I know has written about it) that my mate G is getting married! He is having a barat on Saturday in London Town (well Watford) which me and the Miss Jill Morgan are going to. I am [...]
July 13th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Belfast
Whizzgo has launched a green car-sharing scheme in Belfast. Basically you sign up for a £50 a year fee, and then you can go online and book a car for the hour, couple of hours, a day, a weekend etc. This quite intrigued me as I don’t have a car. I’ve avoided getting one because [...]
June 29th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Food and Drink
Boojum is a fast-food Mexican place that’s opened on Botanic in Belfast (along with Oodles, a casual noodles place which also seems like the first in a possible chain).
Boojum is an absolute carbon copy of Chipotle in the US – but that’s not to knock it. I’ve been to Chipotle a couple of times when [...]
March 9th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Shopping
We have a new snazzy shopping centre in Belfast! It is called Victoria Square and it is quite big. G and I went down and checked it out on the opening day on Thursday and it was crazy bonkers with millions of people. I just wanted to wander around and get a feel for the place but [...]
February 14th, 2008 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Friends
Hello blog readers! I was lucky enough to have two friends over to stay this weekend past. I used to work with Rob on Dick & Dom, and then went to see him and his wife while they were living in Chicago, so they came across to see me in Belfast!
We went a bit crazy [...]
