try glasgow more

RIP g-force
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qvpq66YNAZw

surprised it lasted as long as it did - given the high street's difficulty. best glasgow games store still probably the one that was in de coursy's (also RIP)

CA Games

ma da has seen every fast and furious film so he'll be right intae that lol

Glasgow already played London in Furious 6 btw

might need to catch up with the series

two anecdotes:

The lads at my school used to wear Trespass jackets but they used to pronounce it like it was a French word even though they are made in Glasgow - Tray-Paaa.

The menu at The Grosvenor cafe sold many strange items - for example "Oxo Beef drink" (my dad used to drink this) and whatever you ordered was served on a red hot plate even if it was ice cream. The menu was very strangely worded too and we used to laugh at the descriptions like "half pizza pie portion" - you could also get "have pizza pie portion with fried egg" but one that remains seared on my brain was Calzino and, this is not a word of a lie, the description next to it said "An Italian bridie".

the first time i went to the grosvenor was 1994 and i was absolutely dumbfounded by the idea that i could get a 'burger' for less than a pound. i ordered it. and then i understood.

we made the nytimes homepage!

obviously not for a good reason

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/07/world/europe/scotland-heroin-deaths.html

*swells with national pride*

Crackin' photies, by the way.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-49476107

Those are super!

I'm in Glasgow for the first time 5th to the 9th September with me Dad. We like whisky, Ivor Cutler and Alasdair Gray. I think he's hoping to see a bit of heritage stuff as his family's originally from Glasgow and go way back.

DL, Hillhead Tube Station, in the West End of Glasgow, has a great mural-map of the area by Alasdair Gray, worth a look if you're passing by.

The Marzaroli photos always feel (to me) much older than they actually are - the sixties as the thirties.

The 70s in Glasgow looks older than the 70s too.

Those are lovely!

that St Enoch one hit me hard

I love the Raintown shot

Coincidentally, saw this shared on Facebook today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKTKgcEqB6k&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR1Yqr88VHx1BI5heESE5j7YHEbWkmBgjRLLzNpZJYgFHfcmLWZA7DgDQ6U

the depardon shots are always mind-blowing for me because they're only from 4 years before i was born but look like a completely different world compared to the glasgow of my childhood

I've probably posted this before but it is lol af!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZL6tcQfCQs

ha ha ha

Sir I salute you👏👏👏👏👏 pic.twitter.com/L0oQa0yZOf

— Tam sellics son (@gibbogibby1) September 21, 2019

lol, what a hero

Did a few Glasgow Doors Open Days things yesterday, most notably Anniesland Court, the 22-storey grade a listed tower block at Anniesland Cross, which was spectacular and really interesting in its design. The visit was meant to be to the communal areas on the top floor, but the guy in the first flat there had opened up his place for everyone to wander freely. He was a lovely chap and seemed to be enjoying chatting with everyone passing through and showing us all about. He'd stuck little hand-written notes about the place to invite you to explore ("storage cupboard here, please take a look" and that kind of thing) and the place was brilliant - a neat layout and stunning views, of course. Thoroughly recommend it if it's on the line-up next year.

that sounds excellent.

Sounds great. I feel like I've run out of things to see on Doors Open Days a wee bit – will try to remember about that next year.

Bump! Am up this way end of month for a very short time. Is there anywhere that does decent steak or burgers etc? Don’t judge me, I’m asking for family. Probably won’t get to see much this time around but is there anything else I should see and do this time around if I have a spare couple of hours?

Best steaks I've had in Glasgow are at Tiffneys on Otago St in the west end

bread meats bread do decent burgers in the west end and centre of town

Tiffneys or the Spanish Butcher for steak. Not been there for ages, but Bread Meats Bread has excellent burgers

Ha, xpost mindmeld

the butchershop bar and grill is pretty good for steaks (or at least it was the last time i was there a few years ago) and has a nice view of kelvingrove and the university if you get a window table

Thanks all! If I don’t do any of these this time I will certainly next time cos I really haven’t spent enough time in Glasgow

Tiffneys always look shut when I go past it (admittedly that's mostly on a Saturday afternoon, on my way to Voltaire and Rousseau) and I'm getting this listing of their hours from a Google hit:

Address: 61 Otago St, Glasgow G12 8PQ
Hours:
Monday Closed
Tuesday Closed
Wednesday Closed
Thursday Closed
Friday Closed
Saturday Closed
Sunday Closed

If you have a couple of spare hours in the daytime, I would recommend this exhibition of Oscar Marzaroli's Glasgow photography - the gallery is situated near to both Mono and the 13th Note, both of which do pretty decent veggie burgers if you have some non-meat eaters in your party:

http://www.streetlevelphotoworks.org/event/oscar-marzaroli

I saw those opening hours too so checked the website and they still appear to be open, only evenings tho and closed Tuesdays

I went into town to go to that Oscar Marzaroli exhibition on Friday but it was shut over the holiday period. We went to the People's Palace instead.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l85L7hJ0-7U

I love Scotland

I love Sandra.

gyac where did you end up eating in glasgow in the end?

Hey! We didn’t actually end up in Glasgow proper, we were in Troon the whole time. Well, my parents were in Glasgow, I wasn’t. But I want to go back properly, hopefully later this year, so it’ll happen then.

you should try glasgow more imo

Definitely. I was very impressed by the trains while I was there (and found it a bit strange how dead Paisley Gilmour St area was around 7pm).

i’d count yourself lucky that you didn’t receive a more traditional paisley welcome tbf

wee hurrie good in troon

gyac closet golfer confirmed

lol I’m the only member of my immediate family who’s never golfed (deems will consider this confirmation of what he posted elsewhere in the week and he’s right). No golf, just lots of rain and wind. Tbf bg a very kind man in Paisley helped me with my suitcase without saying anything to me!

If you've got a decent description, the police might be able to get you the case back, if that's any consolation.

Holl', bit less o' the slaggin' Paisley aff if ye know whit's good fer ye.

I quite like Troon but my experience of it is mostly lazing around the Marine in a white robe.

Same! They were doing it up while we were there and I hope part of that work is to fix up the window frames, cos they kept the wind itself out but it howled almost the whole time. Enjoyed drinking whisky by the fire downstairs though.

Holl', bit less o' the slaggin' Paisley aff if ye know whit's good fer ye.