July 15th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Belfast
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 [...]
July 3rd, 2007 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Food and Drink, Shopping
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 [...]
June 10th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Friends
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 [...]
May 23rd, 2007 | by Simon | published in Belfast
Yet another appallingly blurred photo from my mobile ‘phone camera. I really don’t know what’s up with it, but I shall be getting a new ‘phone soon. Hurry up iPhone!
Anyway, the ban on smoking in public places came into effect in Northern Ireland on the 30th April. One side effect of this has been that [...]
May 7th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Friends
Well I had a pretty lazy long bank holiday weekend there, which suited me after a frustrating week at work.
Saturday was lunch with G in Holywood, before visiting two shops I have never been to before. One was Matalan, which I wasn’t really that impressed with. The other was Lee Foods Oriental Supermarket, which I [...]
April 24th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Family
I had my Mum, Dad and sister Ailsa across in Northern Ireland this weekend which was nice, ‘cos I’m usually a bit stuck for things to do at the weekend.
They arrived on Friday, so after a really nice dinner at AM : PM, I promptly went and got completely hammered without them in the Stiff [...]
April 16th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Friends
It was a SCORCHIO weekend here in Belfast this weekend - it was great! So, G and I headed out in the sun. First off was a trip to Starbucks for lunch, where I quite fancy a girl that works behind the counter. She was working, but I didn’t speak to her. I’m not going [...]
April 12th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Belfast
I also got one of these on the way home tonight! I was quite excited as I am skint, and was thinking it is perfect weather (i.e. very sunny) for going out for some beers tonight.
Unfortunately it is not a real five pound note. It is advertising what used to be my favourite bar before [...]
April 12th, 2007 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Weird
For some reason my camera phone has started taking really blurred photos. I don’t know why - the lens is clear, so maybe after two years it’s just gone a bit wonky. Anyway, I was on the way home from swimming tonight and spotted this massive wonky arm thing putting some stuff on top of [...]
April 1st, 2007 | by Simon | published in Belfast, Friends
I’ve been out the last couple of nights, and am only just recovering! Thursday night I was out at Rigsy’s night at the Stiff Kitten - Sketchy. I really like the Stiff Kitten, but I didn’t make it down there until about 11pm, so failed to catch up with the level of drunkeness that everyone [...]
