Just What the Doctor Ordered

The festival is over (of which I am still due to report back on), but the real fun is just around the corner .

Always with a finger on the pulse, we at withwood are able to let you in on a secret, a new night is coming to Edinburgh, one to get very slightly excited about.

Keep Thursday the 25th of September free, it’s the launch night of idielectro, which I have been told ‘will be guaranteed fun’. So, make sure you come on down, book off the next day off work if you have to, which you do.

WithWood will be there with bells on. Literally.

I imagine it will sound somewhat like this:

Stripping in the Fringe

On our travels we found two collections of abandoned human attire.

I can only assume that people either had catastrophic soiling incidents, or stripped down as part of the fringe festival. WithWood is hoping for a disgusting combination of the two.

Did anybody see these people disrobe in Leith or on bus?

As well as bringing the excitement of nudity and the fear of no dancing, the fringe will also provide some laughter. Last year I saw two of my childhood comic heroes (Lee and Herring) and had intentions of repeating this, sadly something went terribly wrong with the purchase of the Stewart Lee ticket, I didn’t seem to go through with the order online.

I stood in the box office for about 30 minutes trying to collect the tickets I hadn’t bought, it was fun, almost.

Well, at least I have tickets for Richard Herring, which in my opinion was the superior show last year, I’ll be sure to let you know if it good. Although there aren’t many more performances left.

So what else is on the cards WithWood?

DEADMAU5 @ Liquid Rooms

I knew I was fated to see this DJ when I saw a dead mouse swimming in the Waters of Leith, this will be one special weekend.

Now I’m off to find Edinburgh’s best Mexican!

Wanted

1 Digitalism Ticket

The Day of Rest

Edinburgh had a good Sunday in store for us, last Sunday.

We were privy to one of Edinburgh’s greatest unknown look-out points, on a par with Carlton Hill (actually pretty much on the same level).

The adventure involved lots of Spiderman leaps and Scottish courage.

For passers-by, access to this roof would seem impossible and incredibly dangerous, both of these may be true.

Nevertheless, it was an amazing day, bottles of Buckfast on top of a tall tall building, what more could you ask for???

…for it to not start raining!

This burst of relaxation was good practice for my upcoming week off, where nothing but fun will occur. The festival will be used and abused and if any time is left over, reviewed.

Previosuly, on WithWood

I’ve been away so long, not sure about sitting here and recalling all of my adventures, I don’t have the time or the memory capacity.

Forwards, not backwards, sometimes sideways, but not often. So, instead of letting you all in on the past few weeks WithOutWood, I thought I would just delve deep into my phone and show you what we achieved.

Here we go…

Hay-fever

A WithWood special – but for now summer has been and gone, time to replace my summer sneezes with festival flu.

Festival Furore

I forgot that the festival was happening so soon and left it too late to buy the cheaper tickets, I’ve already started to become annoyed by tourists – which is a great sign of me finally being a Scottish.

Sculpture

My housemate got play-doh for his birthday, I couldn’t help but rekindle my love for Henry Moore.

The phallus was later thrown against the living room wall, in years to come people will wonder why there is a green stain in our flat, they’ll never guess! Unless they are you.

Meat

The local curry house seemed to have some of the strangest meat in their bins…

I don’t search all bins, just interesting ones, the smell from the restaurant was amazing, but the screams from the kitchen were a little over the top.

Music

Polish DJs are amazing, but I was slightly dissapointed by the foam party only lasting one hour.

Rested

Another speciality, my feet settled in to the new flat pretty quickly, although my hands are a different story altogether.

So that’s my life in a pistachio nut shell, I think we’re all up to speed now. Soon I can update you on my new pet, my new pub, my new friend and my new shoes. Excited? I doubt it.

Wood

WithWood Back to Business

Glued my glasses.

Packed my suitcases.

Moved further into Leith.

Took a photo.

Waited for the internet.

Got the internet.

It’s going to take so long to update you and even longer to catch up on other people’s blogs.

Better get started.

My new home