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Continue reading →: Life in the slow lane
I was too early for La Bottega once again so tootled towards Botanic Gardens on my bike. I had thought to take some nature photos of spring flowers and trees with young leaves in the sunshine. Instead I went looking for new artworks in the Ulster Museum.
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Continue reading →: The night before and the morning after
An exciting game of rugby with Ulster playing a better second half. At 29 points down their comeback had their fans, including me, hoping for a miraculous ending. Pints before during and after the match concluded with a final pint of Guinness in Robinsons bar with some Leinster fans. Afterwards…
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Continue reading →: Rugby – European Challenge Cup semi-final
Ulster have home field advantage against Leinster this evening. We stand a good chance of victory if we play like we did against La Rochelle last week. I have my regular seat in the Grandstand on the halfway line at a good height. As usual I have placed some small…
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Continue reading →: The power of oak
After extensive deliberations and procrastinations we went for a custom made oak table. Jimmy has crafted a beautiful table in oak with a live edge and A-frame legs.
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Continue reading →: Bicycle incident
I still take a chance when locking my bike on the street. I use the mechanism that locks the rear wheel. I did that this morning as I visited Gormley’s art gallery on the Lisburn Road where there was an interesting room filled with large acrylic landscape paintings by Irish…
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Continue reading →: Things that make you go mm
I have just finished helping my wife complete her retirement pension form. As well as a spelling mistake, the Adobe document was a pain in the neck to complete online. Even converting it to Word format didn’t solve all the formatting problems. We had to accept that the form would…
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Continue reading →: Franco Battiato – Sicilian singer
I asked Luigi, a Sicilian at La Bottega, who is the best singer from his homeland. With little hesitation he recommended Franco Battiato and a song La Cura Ti proteggerò dalle paure delle ipocondriedai turbamenti che da oggi incontrerai per la tua via,dalle ingiustizie e dagli inganni del tuo tempo,dai…
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Continue reading →: Happy days
My mood is elated by a moderate consumption of alcoholic beverages and an advantageous rugby result for my team, Ulster. We are through to the semi-finals of the European Challenge Cup and will play Exeter at home. Home field advantage can lift the Ulstermen and the crowd’s loud support can…
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Continue reading →: Writing for the hell of it
Today’s reflective post addresses my compulsion to write. In a writing workshop some time ago run by a local journalist he stressed the importance of creating content. To some extent it doesn’t really matter at the outset whether it’s any good or not. Once you have it on the page,…
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Continue reading →: Weight loss
I got soaked on my short cycle across Belfast this morning. After my appointment I had planned on stopping off at La Bottega to do some studying on the way home. With that in mind, I bought a pair of jeans in a charity shop. I was a bit worried…
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