Elizabeth Brown didn't hold back in Issue 364 about the horrors of artificial flowers on high streets.
We were therefore relieved over the weekend to note that the vast majority of Broughton Street shops, pubs, eateries and services are using the real thing to beautify their premises.
Starting at the top of the street, Frenchie sets the tone …
The Shop with No Name at 2A Broughton Place is hosting a pop-up collaboration between PamPicks and Imprint Casts.
It is, say Pam and Katy, ‘a carefully curated pairing of botanical plaster artworks, timeless decorative antiques and vintage interior pieces’.
It features a charming and eclectic mixture of objects you probably never thought you wanted but may find hard to leave behind.
Books n’ Cups, on Raeburn Place in Stockbridge, is consistently busy. This success puzzles even some regular customers.
Lacking the elegant Scandi minimalism of Edinburgh’s coffee elite, the space, with its exposed brickwork, leather seating and general ‘homely’ feel, is reminiscent of a pre-Third Wave ‘coffee cave’ circa 2005.
The second of 2 pre-application consultations was held yesterday afternoon to discuss the future of Centrum and BUPA Houses at 108–16 Dundas Street.
Dakota Hotels proposes adapting a previously consented plan for housing here (Issue 325) to create a 143-bedroom hotel (maximum occupancy c.250 people).
Miss Marple investigates.
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Here’s a question for you. Where in Spurtleshire can you find for sale, under one commercial roof:
address labels, adhesive numbers, anti-slip pads for chairs …
basket bags, batteries, biros, bit sets for drills, black balloons, bow ties, boxes for carrying bananas, bracelets, brown paper, bubble wrap, bulldog clips, bungee ropes, buttons …
My walk from Stockbridge toward Leith began not by the river but on a tangent: a gentle wander along Heriot Row and past the Scotland Street Little Library, a charming, if chronologically confusing, trove containing the latest Spurtle alongside ‘vintage’ issues from early 2012.
Continuing along East Claremont Street, the morning’s rhythm broke only when a hearse emerged from Claremont Crescent: a sharp, unexpected moment of reflection.
Spending significant time in cafés means constantly stepping into parallel worlds, where the ‘clientele’ shifts dramatically from one location to the next.
In Issue 355, we reported the passing of Renaissance at 8 Antigua Street.
Here are two related images, vaguely philosophical first and very vixen second.
There is undoubtedly a cultish aspect to specialty, third wave or ‘artisan’ coffee, writes Charlie Ellis.
Certain cafes are revered; the best baristas venerated; the leading roasters worshipped. Cult Espresso (104 Buccleuch Street) is a playful nod to this. Spurtleshire has been deeply infiltrated by the specialty sect.