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The cork fir tree or fir cork tree in the basement window of Broughton Street’s Villeneuve Wines is a sight to behold at the moment.
It was created by Villeneuve staff members Vanessa and Bob in a day, from a supply mysteriously accumulated at the back of the premises over many years.
A tram, bus, operational staff, Council Transport Convener, Government Transport Minister and busker all coincided in St Andrew Square yesterday.
It is Pilrig Street’s very own ‘eats, shoots and leaves’ moment.
The thoroughly respectable and attractive guesthouse pictured right has only one flaw – the courteous and informative sign in its window.
Some of the ‘stakeholders’ at last night’s Leith Central Community Council have grown so frustrated with Council officials that they're wondering why they're still involved in meetings to discuss Leith Walk repairs and improvements.
It’s that time of year when foodie mags and weekend supps are padding out their pages with soup recipes, and rightly so. You really can’t beat a bowl of the stuff when it’s cold and windy and wet outside. And where there’s soup, there has to be bread for dunking in it – not bread of the sliced-loaf variety but bread of the more artisany tear-and-share type.
A reader has kindly steered us towards this rather splendid polar bear which, during the run-up to Christmas, has been nodding agreeably in the window of Ian Smith Design on NW Circus Place
As you struggle to complete those all important purchases from your list of presents for family and friends, or find that knock-out number for the office bash, spare a thought and perhaps a few shekels for local hero Ian Robertson of Radio Forth's Cash for Kids, writes Scott Richards.
This glittering array of festive glassware, decanters and carafes (decanters without stoppers) caught the eye in Duncan & Reid Books and Antiques at 5 Tanfield last week. The shop stocks all manner of unexpected treasures – including porcelain, jewellery, fabrics, pictures, and other old and intriguing stuff.
Most people's rubbish collection service will be as reliable and convenient as usual over the holiday period, although no uplifts will take place on Christmas Day and New Year's Day Wednesdays.
In search of a festive calling bird, we turn again today to F.O. Morris’s History of British Birds, on sale in 6 volumes at Le Troubadour on Henderson Row (Breaking news, 4.12.13). This is the origin of the plate shown right.