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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 [...]

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 [...]

I saw this this morning on my way into work. WTF?!!!! It is like a mass shambles of everything. I call it the House of Jesus Santa. I had to stop and look at it for a good 30 seconds before my eyes could decipher what exactly is going on. It’s like a nativity play [...]

I have been out and about to various different Belfast venues in the last couple of weeks after coming out of a ‘non-going-out’ hibernation. Last weekend we started off in the Stiff Kitten before heading to the Limelight where John, Leah and I proceeded to get absolutely hammered and start moshing about in the crowd. [...]

Belfast now has a big wheel! Just like the London Eye, except smaller. It still looks quite high though, and I think I may be tempted to go up for a ride in it. Obviously it would be great to take a lady up there and show her the sights (ahem) but I might just [...]

Well I was out for the first time in AGES this week, not once but twice! Thursday night was a night catching up with Christine, G and Jill, who was going on holiday for a week – she’s raving in Ibiza as we speak. Probably. We started at Apartment and then went down to the [...]

Walking home from work tonight, I spotted a tent outside the now closed Burger King just up the road from work. Well it was more of a gazebo type affair with a table. On the table was a clipboard and a sign saying ‘dream interpretations’. The most recent dreams I’ve been having don’t really need [...]

This last week in Belfast has been very quiet, as it was the Twelfth. There’s a really weird atmosphere around the place this time every year, as on the twelfth of July itself, absolutely nothing is open. Shops are all shuttered, offices closed, schools off. So you kind of need to remember to stock up [...]

Two things have closed this week which make things a bit rubbish. Firstly, the great record / dvd / book store called Fopp closed its doors. If you are not aware of them, Fopp was mainly a Scottish chain of stores where the staff were friendly, the stores were a bit funky, and they always [...]

Yes, I’d been getting a bit fed up of going to the same old places round town, but on Friday night, John, Charlie B and I headed off to the opening of a new bar called “The House” in Stranmillis. G also joined us but had to leave early as he has gone to become [...]