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The Timberyard (1 on map)
The Radford family are creative, experienced restauranteurs and it shows in their clever conversion of a former warehouse into this surprisingly intimate space, with a wood-burning stove and rugs for the winter and a sheltered, sunny courtyard for summer. Committed to quality and provenance, they grow herbs, cure and smoke meat and fish and make their own bar cordials and shrubs on site, and they use unusual ingredients to great imaginative effect without ever lapsing into preciousness. The menu is usefully divided into 'bite', 'small' and 'large' dishes, all cooked with careful consideration. Add in the breezy but efficient service and genuine focus on sustainability and you have a close to perfect restaurant. You can go for just a drink and snack in the Yard Bar in the summer, but frankly, you would be mad not to go the full monty. I am happy to admit this is my favourite Edinburgh restaurant — when I die, bury me in the herb garden.
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Address: 10 Lady Lawson Street, EH3 9DS
Getting there: bus to Lady Lawson Street (2, 35) or Lothian Road (multiple services)
Contact: 0131 221 1222; timberyard.co
Opening times: Tue-Sat, midday-2pm, 5.30pm-9.30pm
Price: lunch or dinner around £25-£40
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Scottish, French
The Witchery by the Castle (2)
Famous for a reason, this restaurant is where I would take a first timer to Edinburgh wanting a dramatic, slap-up celebration. A few steps from the Castle at the top of the Royal Mile, it looks like a hectic cross between a church and a bordello — all lush leather and gilding, tapestries and oak carving. If you like your décor just as romantic but a little less darkly gothic, ask for a table in the enchantingly pretty Secret Garden. The cooking is reliably Scottish – Loch Duart salmon ceviche, Cairngorm venison and Tweeddale pigeon breast – the service as polished as the brass candlesticks. The à la carte menu may cause a slight intake of breath, but the three-course fixed-price menu is a friendlier £35.
Address: Castlehill, The Royal Mile, EH1 2NF
Getting there: bus to George IV Bridge (23, 27, 41, 42, 67)
Contact: 131 225 5613; thewitchery.com
Opening times: daily, midday-11.30pm
Price: set-price lunch or dinner £35; otherwise lunch or dinner around £40
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Scottish
The Kitchin (3)
Cherubic-looking Tom Kitchin took only six months to earn his first Michelin star at this restaurant in a converted warehouse on a previously uninspiring street in Leith. Applying classical French technique and exactitude to predominantly Scottish ingredients, he doesn't just talk the talk about his 'nature to plate' philosophy. The Celebration of the Season Surprise Tasting Menu will set you back £75 (plus another £14 if you want some of the most expensive cheese in Scotland), but I am reliably informed it is worth every penny. For a table at the weekend or during the summer, book well in advance – up to six months – though it is always worth checking for last-minute cancellations.
Address: 78 Commercial Street, EH6 6LX
Getting there: bus to Commercial Quay or Ocean Terminal (multiple services)
Contact: 0131 555 1755; thekitchin.com
Opening times: Tue-Thu, 12.15pm-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10pm; Fri, Sat, 12.15pm-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10pm
Price: set-price lunch £28.50; otherwise lunch or dinner around £65
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: French, Scottish
Restaurant Mark Greenaway (4)
You have to love a man who is all about puddings, which means I have the biggest crush in the world on Mark Greenaway. Peanut caramel cheesecake has my name written all over it, although 11-hour slow-roasted belly pork makes me go weak at the knees as well. Since his appearance on the TV show The Great British Menu, tables at the restaurant have been more in demand than ever, but the £22 pre-theatre Market Menu is worth eating early for. Personally, I would go just to find out what 'compact watermelon' is, as long as the 'broken tart' it comes with doesn't need counselling. For something a little more relaxed, try Mark's new outpost - the Bistro Moderne in Stockbridge - for brunch, lunch or a plate of soft shell crab and a glass of wine in the sun.
Address: 60 North Castle Street, EH2 3LJ
Getting there: bus to Princes Street (multiple services); tram to Princes Street stop
Contact: 0131 226 1155; markgreenaway.com
Opening times: Tue-Sat, midday-2.30pm, 5.30pm-10pm
Price: lunch or dinner around £35; also £22 pre-theatre menu
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Scottish, French
The Pompadour by Galvin (5)
London's Galvin brothers have come north to rehabilitate the stuffiest dining room in Edinburgh at the newly re-christened Caledonian, A Waldorf Astoria Hotel. A painted and powdered confection of a room, it is as French as Marie Antoinette's knicker drawer — they even use the old-school saucer-shaped coupes (said to be modelled on that lady's left bosom) for champagne. Having put the pomp back in the Pompadour, this is the sort of place where diners whisper, worshipping at the altar of high-end cuisine: silky rabbit and ricotta ravioli with artichoke barigoule and Poulet de Bresse with foie gras butter and truffles. The tarte tatin with cinnamon honey ice-cream has been known to make strong men cry – but then again, that may just be at the size of the drinks bill. Ask for a table by the windows overlooking the castle: at these prices you don't want to spend your evening gazing at the Tesco Express across the street.
Address: The Caledonian, Princes Street, EH1 2AB
Getting there: bus to Princes Street (multiple services); tram to West End - Princes Street stop
Contact: 0131 222 8975; galvinrestaurants.com
Opening times: Tue-Sat, 6.30pm-10pm
Price: set-price dinner £58
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: French
Tower Restaurant (6)
Of James Thomson's wildly romantic triumvirate of Edinburgh restaurants (the others are The Witchery and Rhubarb at Prestonfield), The Tower is the most decoratively subdued. Here, it's the view that creates the drama. Sitting at the top of the National Museum of Scotland in the Old Town, it is hard to tear your eyes away from the city skyline long enough to look at your plate — or the celebrities who frequent the place. The short menu is as Scottish as you like: Dingwall haggis with potato espuma and pickled turnip, Isle of Mull scallops, roasted red deer loin, and a choice of four Cairnhill Farm steaks. If the food, though good, can be a tiny bit underwhelming, who notices when they are looking at that view? Come at sunset and pop the question — any question.
Address: National Museum of Scotland, Chambers Street, EH1 1JF
Getting there: bus to George IV Bridge (23, 27, 41, 42, 67) or Chambers Street (35, 45)
Contact: 0131 225 3003; tower-restaurant.com
Opening times: daily, 10am-11pm
Price: set-price lunch or dinner £35; otherwise lunch or dinner around £35-£45
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Scottish
21212 (7)
Michelin-starred Paul Kitching (not to be confused with Tom Kitchin) works his endlessly inventive magic in a classic Georgian townhouse, its décor an immaculate lesson in soothing modern elegance. With never more than three courses and a new menu each week, he achieves a delightfully light-hearted feel for such serious cooking. Known as the man who served puree on a toothbrush with a side of minty mouthwash, his cooking has become less gimmicky, though no less adventurous. Do not come here if you like your food simple: with a reputation for completely unique if startling flavour combinations that always work, this is a chef at his most playfully confident.
Address: 3 Royal Terrace, EH7 5AB
Getting there: bus to London Road (multiple services); tram to York Place stop
Contact: 0131 523 1030; 21212restaurant.co.uk
Opening times: Tue-Thu, midday-1.45pm, 6.45pm-9pm; Fri, Sat, 6.45pm-9.30pm
Price: three-course lunch menu from £32; set-price five-course dinner £69
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Scottish, French
Restaurant Martin Wishart (8)
Awarded the first Michelin star in Edinburgh in 2001, Martin Wishart was a fine-dining pioneer in Leith. The restaurant serves what I can only describe as tweezer food with attitude: painstakingly composed to create the prettiest plates imaginable, but full of intense and sometimes surprising flavours. With a encyclopaedic wine list that starts at £26 and tops out at £5,500 for a bottle of 2003 Montrachet Grand Cru, this would be expense account dining, if people still had expense accounts. The piped music is puzzlingly intrusive for such an elegant, restrained setting, but it is the only off-note in a more often than not pitch-perfect composition. The six-course tasting menu, including the signature ceviche of halibut with mango and passion fruit, costs £75; there are fish and, more unusually, vegetarian tasting menus as well. If fiscal responsibility intrudes, try the terrific Tuesday to Friday lunch menu for £28.50, or head to Wishart's popular brasserie, The Honours, on Castle Street just down the hill from Princes Street.
Address: 54 The Shore, EH6 6RA
Getting there: bus to The Shore (multiple services)
Contact: 0131 553 3557; restaurantmartinwishart.co.uk
Opening times: Tue-Fri, midday-2pm, 7pm-10pm; Sat, midday-1.30pm, 7pm-10pm
Price: set-price lunch Tue-Fri £28.50; otherwise lunch or dinner around £70
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: French
Wedgwood the Restaurant (9)
Heavily influenced by chef Paul Wedgwood's travels, the menu here is Scottish with an occasional Asian influence, which in less skilled hands could be a disaster. Paul is also a keen forager (he co-runs a Gourmet Wild Food Foraging Course in Edinburgh), so wild herbs and salad leaves feature regularly on the menu. If you have trouble making up your mind what to eat, the menu includes 'Deciding Time' — a selection of amuse-bouches and a glass of champagne to help the moments pass while you agonise over which delicious things to eat, for £9.95. You will never feel rushed here as the tables are not turned. Come for the bone marrow popcorn and stay for the parsnip crème brûlée with thyme ice-cream.
Address: 267 Canongate, EH8 8BQ
Getting there: bus to Canongate (6, 35)
Contact: 0131 558 8737; wedgwoodtherestaurant.co.uk
Opening times: Mon-Sat, midday-3pm and from 6pm; Sun, 12.30pm-3pm and from 6pm
Price: set-price lunch £16.95; dinner around £30-£45
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Scottish
David Bann (10)
This attractive restaurant with its serenely zen-like look is not good in spite of being vegetarian; it's just good. The menu might read like 'Around the World in 80 Ways' with Thai fritters, Udon noodles and risotto on offer, but it is all fresh and light — and the homemade ginger and lime ice-cream has just the right amount of zing to stand up to the orange drizzle cake it comes with. The same menu is served all day, or you can have veggie brunch until a civilised 5pm on Saturday and Sunday. Though options may not change much from season to season or year to year, 'reliability comes as standard' in this reassuringly consistent restaurant. No reservations taken during the Festival.
Address: 56-58 St Mary's Street, EH1 1SX
Getting there: bus to St Mary's Street (6, 35)
Contact: 0131 556 5888; davidbann.com
Opening times: Mon-Fri, from midday; Sat, Sun, from 11am
Price: lunch or dinner around £25
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
The Gardener's Cottage (11)
With communal seating at two tables in one room and one table in the other, this little restaurant is no place for misanthropes. It really was a gardener's cottage although it sits rather incongruously just off the busy London Road. They grow vegetables out front to prove their credentials and the look is sympathetically simple, although I would describe the cooking as sophisticated-rustic. The six-course, no-choice set dinner menu is properly seasonal: hare pie or partridge, turnip and leek gratin; carrot and sea buckthorn sorbet with crowdie (a Scottish cream cheese) and gingerbread meringue. If you are a vegetarian or have allergies, request a copy of the set menu in advance so they can accommodate your needs. For those who just have to have a choice, lunch is served à la carte and there is brunch at weekends.
Address: 1 Royal Terrace Gardens, EH7 5DX
Getting there: bus to London Road (multiple services); tram to York Place stop
Contact: 0131 558 1221; thegardenerscottage.co
Opening times: Mon, Thu-Sun, midday-2.30pm, 5pm-10pm
Price: lunch around £25-£30; set-price dinner £30
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Scottish
Purslane (12)
I am not sure that Purslane's claim to 'casual fine dining' isn't an oxymoron, but I get the point. 'Never mind the tablecloth, feel the food' might be a better motto for this below-stairs Stockbridge restaurant where the atmosphere and service is relaxed but everything tastes expensive. The menus are arranged under simple ingredient headings which expand into terse but tempting descriptions: crab bonbons with saffron aioli and a crab bisque; fillet of sea bream with a squid, confit pepper and fennel compote; prune and armagnac rice pudding with candied rosemary. Personally, I cannot help but admire a chef who combines beef faggots and foie gras in the same dish, to the detriment of neither.
Address: 33a St Stephen Street, EH3 5AH
Getting there: bus to Stockbridge (24, 29, 36, 42)
Contact: 0131 226 3500; purslanerestaurant.co.uk
Opening times: Tue-Sun, midday-2pm, 6pm-11.30pm
Price: set-price lunch £15.95; set-price dinner £27.95
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Scottish, French
The Dogs (13)
David Ramsden, owner of The Dogs, is an Edinburgh restaurant stalwart (and well-known curmudgeon), and this consistently good, mid-priced place to eat is his response to the ubiquitous gastropub. It serves what can only be described as good, honest cooking in an appealingly rambling, just the right side of scruffy setting. The menu is heavy on recession-busting offal and cheaper cuts of meat, like liver, oxtail, venison and rabbit. The wine list is as straightforward as the food, with most bottles under £20. Usefully located on Hanover Street between Princes Street and George Street and easily spotted by the stone dogs guarding the door, there really is nothing like going to The Dogs.
Address: 110 Hanover Street, EH2 1DR
Getting there: bus to Princes Street (multiple services) or Dundas Street (23, 27); tram to Princes Street stop
Contact: 0131 220 1208; thedogsonline.co.uk
Opening times: daily, midday-4pm, 5pm-10pm
Price: lunch around £15; dinner around £20-£30
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Scottish
The Scran & Scallie (14)
'Scran' is a Scottish word for food, while 'scallie' appears to mean squint-eyed — which must refer to people having trouble with the menu, which is littered with phrases like: 'sit ye down yer welcome' and 'nae meat, nae fish'. Don't let these regrettable lapses into tweeness send you running for the door, because the food at Tom and Michaela Kitchin's new venture is as good as you would expect from a man with two Michelin-starred restaurants on his CV. The sheep's heid broth is a great deal better than it might sound and main course portions of fish pie and meltingly delicious braised hogget are enormous. By the time you've eaten your syrup sponge pudding, you will barely be able to stagger out the door. If you want to be sure of a table make a reservation, but they do hold a few tables back every service for walk-ins. Children allowed until 10pm.
Address: 1 Comely Bank Road, EH4 1DT
Getting there: bus to Stockbridge (24, 29, 36, 42)
Contact: 0131 332 6281; scranandscallie.com
Opening times: daily, 10am until late
Price: lunch or dinner around £18-£30
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Scottish
Bia Bistrot (15)
It seems strange that affluent Merchiston, blessed with well-heeled residents like J K Rowling and Alexander McCall Smith, does not have more good restaurants. Maybe that is why this place is always so busy; or it might just be the food. The ever-changing menu makes good use of game and fish and always has appealing vegetarian options as well. With consistently flattering reviews and reasonable prices for such ambitious cooking, it looks as if this modest little restaurant will be a permanent fixture. They just need to perk up the puddings and it will be perfect — but in the meantime try the homemade shortbread and tablet (a delicious Scottish fudge).
Address: 19 Colinton Road, EH10 5DP
Getting there: bus to Morningside (multiple services)
Contact: 0131 452 8453; biabistrot.co.uk
Opening times: Tue-Sat, midday-2.30pm, 5pm-10pm
Price: det-price lunch or early supper (5pm-6pm) £11; otherwise lunch or dinner around £20-£30
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: Recommended
Cuisine: French, Scottish
Café St Honoré (16)
The auld alliance between Scotland and France is alive and well in this charming little bistro hidden down a lane off Thistle Street. Dishes like North Sea coley brandade and confit duck leg show the bilingual influence, although I am not sure what a Frenchman would make of an Ecclefechcan tart. The wine list is a little more widely travelled, with a good selection of wines by the glass. There is an attractively-priced 'café classics' menu with two choices in each course, as well as the à la carte menu. The tables are authentically close together, so this is not the place to come if you are having an argument — just say, je ne regrette rien with a shrug as you walk in the door.
Address: 34 North West Thistle Street Lane, EH2 1EA
Getting there: bus to Princes Street (multiple services)
Contact: 0131 226 2211; hilary-sturzaker.squarespace.com
Opening times: Mon-Fri, midday-2pm, 5.15pm-10pm; Sat, Sun, midday-2pm, 6pm-10pm
Price: set-price lunch £19.50; set-price dinner £23.50; otherwise lunch or dinner around £30-£40
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: French, Scottish
The Mussel Inn (17)
If you are shopping on Princes Street and need a quick lunch, head to Rose Street and the Mussel Inn. Small, usually crowded and always noisy, it serves mostly fish, always fresh. You can go a full three courses, but I particularly like the 'Lunchtime Quickie' (well, who doesn't?) of a bowl of seafood chowder or mussels, crisp salty fries and a glass of white wine, all for £7.95. Sadly, the Quickie is not available during the Festival due to its popularity — you can't get a better recommendation than that, can you? Have a dozen oysters instead…
Address: 61-65 Rose Street, EH2 2NH
Getting there: bus to Princes Street (multiple services)
Contact: 0131 225 5979; mussel-inn.com
Opening times: Mon-Thu, midday-3pm, 5.30pm-10pm; Fri, Sat, midday-10pm; Sun, 12.30pm-10pm
Price: lunchtime Quickie £7.50; otherwise lunch or dinner around £25
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: not necessary
Cuisine: seafood, quick bites
Chaophraya (18)
Part of a successful chain of glossy, up-sized Thai restaurants, Chaophrya occupies the rooftop space on Castle Street where the late, lamented Olorosso Restaurant used to be. The menu is comprehensive, with all the usual suspects: satays, massamans, pad thai and curries both red and green, as well as generous set menus. The food may not be spectacular, but it is consistently good and although pricey when compared to many other Edinburgh Thai restaurants, it is possible to eat relatively inexpensively if you choose carefully from the menu. Arrive a little early and head for the Palm Sugar bar for the whole point of the place: the sensational views from the Castle in one direction to the Kingdom of Fife in the other.
Address: 4th Floor, 33 Castle Street, EH2 3DN
Getting there: bus to Princes Street (multiple services); tram to Princes Street stop
Contact: 0131 226 7614; chaophraya.co.uk
Opening times: Sun-Wed, midday-10pm; Thu-Sat, midday-10.30pm
Price: Thai Green Chicken Curry £10.55; set menu £25-£40.50
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: not necessary
Cuisine: Thai
Mother India Cafe (19)
Who doesn't order too much in Indian restaurants? Which is why the tapas-style menu here is a great idea rather than a gimmick. The smaller sizes mean you can try lots of dishes, but be sure to ask your waiter to try to stagger your order if you don't want to run out of room on your table. The food is both authentic and inventive: I always end up ordering the spiced haddock and baby aubergine, and the saag lamb, and rather a lot of other things as well. Always busy, it can be easier to get a table for lunch and there is take-away as well.
Address: 3-5 Infirmary Street, EH1 1LT
Getting there: bus to South Bridge (multiple services)
Contact: 0131 524 9801; motherindia.co.uk
Opening times: Mon-Thu, midday-2pm, 5pm-10.30pm; Fri, Sat, midday-11pm; Sun, midday-10pm
Price: lamb Saag £5.40
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Indian
Chop Chop (20)
Jian Wang arrived in Edinburgh from north-east China in 1997 to open a dumpling factory. In 2006, she opened a no-frills restaurant in Haymarket serving unfamiliar food at take-a-gamble reasonable prices. Edinburgh had never eaten anything like it, and the Chop Chop empire has never looked back. Another outpost has now opened in Leith sharing the same menu and pared-back aesthetic, albeit in rather smarter quarters, but I prefer the original. There are 30 boiled and 16 fried dumplings on the menu as well as dishes such as fish balls in chilli, lamb in cumin, shredded potato salad with garlic, coriander and sesame oil and the legendary sugar string apples for pudding. Happily, howling success has not changed the original formula: less a case of chop chop — more slurp, slurp, sigh.
Address: 248 Morrison Street, EH3 8DT
Getting there: bus to Haymarket (multiple services); tram to Haymarket stop
Contact: 0131 221 1155; chop-chop.co.uk
Opening times: Mon-Fri, midday-2pm, 5.30pm-10pm; Sat, midday-2pm, 5pm-10pm; Sun, 12.30pm-2.30pm, 5pm-10pm
Price: eight pork and prawn dumplings £4.85; banquets £19.75
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: Chinese
Palm Court at The Balmoral (21)
There are times in life when a mug of stewed tea and a tired rock bun just will not do. When you need a sparkling chandelier, a silver teapot and a waiter who looks like a penguin wearing a tie. No chance of stewed tea here — it is poured into a fresh pot at the table while you work your way up the cake stand through the daintiest sandwiches and the tiny scones (do grab all the cinnamon ones), ascending to cakes and tarts and all manner of sweet things. If necessary, have a glass of champagne too. It may be expensive, but why wait to get to heaven to hear harps while you eat your egg and cucumber?
Address: The Balmoral Hotel, 1 Princes Street, EH2 2EQ
Getting there: bus to Princes Street (multiple services); tram to Princes Street stop
Contact: 0131 556 2414; thebalmoralhotel.com
Opening times: daily, midday-6pm
Price: afternoon tea £27 (£42 with a glass of Bollinger)
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: not necessary
Cuisine: other
Henderson's of Edinburgh Restaurant (22)
Henderson's first opened in 1962, back when folk were still burning vegetarians in Scotland. First there was a shop, quickly followed by a restaurant, bistro, deli and bakery; now there is live music (mostly jazz) in the wine bar and they have just taken over the old Cornerstone Café in the vaults of St John's Church at the west end of Princes Street. The original basement restaurant is open for breakfast, lunch and dinner, and it serves good vegetarian food largely, if not entirely, free from the taint of extreme worthiness. There is nothing original or groundbreaking here; it is the sort of place they invented the word 'institution' for, but none the worse for all that. You can breeze in for a quick lunch or snack or spend a bit longer in the cosier bistro. Reassuringly tasty and good for you, it's reassuringly inexpensive too.
Address: 94 Hanover Street, EH2 1DR
Getting there: bus to Princes Street (multiple services) or Dundas Street (23, 27); tram to Princes Street stop
Contact: 0131 225 2131; hendersonsofedinburgh.co.uk
Opening times: Mon-Wed, 8am-10pm; Thu-Sat, 8am-11pm
Price: lunchtime main dishes around £6; dinner around £15
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: not necessary
Cuisine: Vegetarian, Quick bites
Bells Diner (23)
This is no Johnny-come-lately to the burger scene — Bells is 40 years old and the food hasn't changed a bit. It might be looking a bit lived-in, but let's face it, who doesn't after 40? I know there are starters and steaks and even rumours of salad, but don't kid yourself; you are there for the burgers, which come in three sizes and any number of topping variations. My only problem is deciding between a bottle of wine and the ridiculously delicious malted milkshakes. There are puddings on the menu too, but I have never managed to eat one, although I know a man who knows a rugby player who has.
Address: 7 St Stephen Street, EH3 5AN
Getting there: bus to Stockbridge (24, 29, 36, 42)
Contact: 0131 225 8116
Opening times: Sun-Fri, 6pm-10pm; Sat, midday-10.15pm
Price: 4oz cheeseburger and fries £8.50
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: recommended
Cuisine: American
Loudons (24)
Lots of good things have come from Fountainbridge, like McEwan's Export and Sean Connery — and now there's Loudons. Big, bright and airy, it is one of those places that is so relaxed it's nearly horizontal. As well as the usual mainstream delights there are obscurely healthy things to eat, like warm, spiced quinoa with dried fruit, and chywanaprash (apparently an Ayurvedic health tonic) to spread on hot toast (they offer ghee as well). Everything is baked on the premises, including a huge variety of delicious cakes (gluten free and dairy free available) and other sinful treats like their own English muffins, which elevate the Eggs Benedict to an art form. With soups, sandwiches and pizza available as well as the best cappuccino in Edinburgh, this is a great place to have a chilled-out breakfast, lunch or snack. They serve alcohol so you can have a drink, and they do take-aways too – useful if you are heading down to the canal to cycle or hire a boat.
Address: 94b Fountainbridge, EH3 9QA
Getting there: buses to Tollcross (multiple services)
Contact: 0131 228 9774; loudons-cafe.co.uk
Opening times: Mon-Fri, 8am-6pm; Sat, Sun, 9am-6pm
Price: soup with a sandwich or piece of quiche or slice of pizza, £8.95
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: not necessary
Cuisine: quick bites
Peter's Yard (25)
Handily situated next to Middle Meadow Walk, this light-filled and attractive Swedish café and bakery has a generous outdoor seating area (they will even give you a blanket in the winter) where you can watch cyclists collide with pedestrians on the Walk while you sip your coffee. You might go for open crayfish sandwiches and the cardamom buns that are rapidly achieving cult status, but there are also generous salads, wood-fired 'no compromise' pizzas on sour-dough (£10, every day from 4pm) and simply the best ice-cream in Edinburgh. It isn't the cheapest café in town, but oh, those cardamom buns…and I haven't even mentioned the crispbread. There is a branch in Stockbridge, too.
Address: 27 Simpson Loan, EH3 9GG
Getting there: bus to Lauriston Place (multiple services)
Contact: 0131 228 5876; petersyard.com
Opening times: Mon-Fri, 7.30am-7.00pm; Sat, Sun, 9am-7pm
Price: vardamom bun £2.50
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: not possible
Cuisine: pizza, quick bites
Social Bite (26)
Social Bite has big ambitions. This little sandwich shop in Rose Street, created by a Michelin-star chef, aims to grow into a chain to rival any on the High Street. The difference is, it is a social business so all the profits go to good causes. They also support the 'suspended coffee and food initiative' — pay for a drink or food item and someone who is struggling can come into the shop and ask for it for free. You get a delicious soup, sandwich or salad and someone who really needs it gets help; I think that's called a win-win situation. There is a branch in the West End on Shandwick Place, as well.
Address: 131 Rose Street, EH2 3JN
Getting there: bus to Princes Street (multiple services); tram to Princes Street stop
Contact: 0131 220 8206; social-bite.co.uk
Opening times: Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm
Price: filled baguette £3.50
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: not possible
Cuisine: quick bites
Kim's Mini Meals (27)
The Kim family have brought deliciously punchy Korean food to grey old Edinburgh. Tucked away near the university, the restaurant sells generous food at student prices (there are free side dishes and a rice re-fill with every main course). I am not ashamed to admit I have a bit of a crush on Mr Kim, who appears ready to adopt all of his customers — if you need instruction on how to eat your bibimbap, he is happy to oblige. There are no bells or whistles here, but a fair old number of fireworks. Try the japchae (sweet potato glass noodles with vegetables and beef) or osam bulgogi (squid and pork with red pepper paste and kimchi) and wash it down with genuine Korean soft drinks: rice punch or a cinnamon drink that will put hairs on your chest. They do not have a drinks' license so you must bring your own bottle if you want alcohol. Like all the best places it is frantically busy and although you cannot book, it is worth waiting. Try anything and everything, but especially try 'Ramen in the Portmeirion Bowl' — it brings new meaning to 'provenance'.
Address: 5 Buccleuch Street, EH8 9JN
Getting there: bus to Buccleuch Street (41, 42, 67)
Contact: 0131 629 7951; kimsminimeals.com
Opening times: Mon-Sat, midday-3pm, 5.30pm-9pm
Price: chicken bolgogi: £8 for lunch, £12 for dinner
Payment type: credit cards not accepted
Reservations: not possible
Cuisine: Asian
L'Alba D'Oro (28)
Everyone has their favourite chip shop. Mine has an alligator on the wall although there is no sign of the mythological deep-fried Mars Bar. L'Alba D'Oro on Henderson Row at the bottom of Dundas Street has been dishing up the best fish and chips for almost 40 years and has the accolades on the walls to prove it. As well as the standard menu items there is always a fish of the week: monkfish, pollack or halibut. The chips are fat and fluffy and come in a distinctive cardboard box which ensures they never go soggy on the way home — if you can wait that long to eat them. I would never go anywhere else for my fish supper, and all those Edinburgh taxi drivers parked just outside the door can't be wrong. If you don't want to take away, there are a few seats at a counter where you can eat in.
Address: 7 Henderson Row, EH3 5DH
Getting there: bus to Henderson Row (23, 27, 36)
Contact: 0131 557 2580; lalbadoro.com
Opening times: daily, 5pm-11pm
Price: haddock supper £6.90
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: not possible
Cuisine: seafood, quick bites
Falko (29)
The website for this German bakery and coffee house in Bruntsfield helpfully tells you that a Konditormeister is the highest state qualification for a master baker — don't you just love a country that has laws about cake? Falko, the owner of this shop and coffee house, is a Konditormeister. The place is first and foremost a shop, selling traditional breads, as well as sublime cakes, tarts and pastries. But there are a few tables where you can have a cup of coffee while you fall face-first into a cloud of Black Forest gateau. You cannot reserve a table, but there is a waiting area where you can drool over the menu or buy a pastry or six to take away while you wait. Take my word for it when I say you have no idea what strudel is until you have had Falko's strudel.
Address: 185 Bruntsfield Place, EH10 4DG
Getting there: bus to Morningside (multiple services)
Contact: 0131 656 0763; falko.co.uk
Opening times: Wed-Sat, 9am-6pm; Sun, 9.30am-6pm
Price: slice of gateau £3.60
Payment type: credit cards accepted
Reservations: not possible
Cuisine: quick bites
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The New York City Department of Transportation (NYC DOT) recently completed the installation of nearly 1,600 LED luminaires that light walkways and grassy areas in Central Park. The new luminaires from Spring City Electrical feature Cree (Nasdaq: CREE) XLamp ® XP-G LEDs in each fixture and were produced using an advanced light engine from Heatron. DOT officials estimate the new LED lighting will reduce energy usage by 62 percent and deliver annual maintenance savings of nearly $30,000 compared to metal halide lighting.
The NYC DOT initiated the project in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) GATEWAY demonstration program to improve the park environment for local citizens and visitors and to significantly lower energy and maintenance expenses for the city. "Located in the heart of Manhattan, Central Park presented a unique lighting challenge," said James Brodrick, DOE Lighting Program Manager. "For walkways in general, it's important to measure both horizontal and vertical illuminance. The former to monitor available light for paths and to determine how much is distributed onto the adjacent grass and the latter to determine whether the illumination is sufficient to identify approaching pedestrians."
Addressing the challenge head-on, Spring City Electrical joined forces with Heatron and Cree to deliver the new fixtures. The luminaires, which Spring City projects to have an estimated 75,000-hour lifespan, are being placed on existing 9-ft tall cast iron posts and are spaced about 80 ft apart along the paved walking trail.
"Spring City's engineering capabilities and old world craftsmanship are well represented in the Central Park LED installation," said Chris Rosfelder, vice president sales and marketing, Spring City Electrical. "We are very pleased with the performance of Cree's XP-G LEDs in our luminaire systems. Cree LEDs are consistently among the highest performing LEDs in the industry. And Heatron is really the glue that brings us all together – their OEM leadership enables us to leverage the best LED technology in the industry."
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CPL's Movie Maniacs Blog is holding a contest giving away free tickets to KUNG FU PANDA 2!! All you have to do is follow this link to the Movie Maniacs page, where they ask you to leave a comment naming any ONE person who voice-acted in the first movie (it's almost TOO easy). Don't forget to leave a name and number they can reach you at!
So the casting of "The Hunger Games" was pretty high on my radar for a while there, but I just couldn't keep up with the constant drama that Hollywood was putting us through – Who's going to be the perfect Katniss? How do we please Team Gale and Team Peeta at the same time? What ethnicity is Rue supposed to be anyways? At any rate, I checked a couple of days ago, and most of the cast now looks set in stone. Here's the problem… aside from Josh Hutcherson being cast as Peeta (…WHAT?!?! Adorable little Josh from Bridge to Terabithia is now old enough to play hunky Peeta!??!?!), and Elizabeth Banks being cast as Effie… I realized I have NO IDEA WHO ANY OF THESE PEOPLE ARE! A preliminary search of IMDB told me that the guy playing Gale used to date Miley Cyrus, and the girl playing Katniss was in this movie that surprised everyone at the Oscars last year. But I have seriously never heard of any of them before! So here's my question: Is a cast of relative Unknowns better than an All-Star cast? Will this help separate Suzanne Collin's characters from other characters that better-known actors have played before? (I once watched a movie that had Rupert Grint in it, and I was like "Ron Weasley? What are you doing here?) And finally… if you could have your ultimate Dream Cast, who would star in The Hunger Games?
"Beastly", the new movie starring Vanessa Hudgens and Alex Pettyfer was released Friday, ranking 3rd in Box Office Hits for the weekend. If you haven't heard already, it's the modern re-telling of 'Beauty and the Beast', and it's getting some really great reviews. What's more, all our copies (and E-Copies) of the original book keep whizzing off the shelves, so put yours on hold now!
CPL's TeenZone Blog, Movie Maniacs Blog and Interact PR are teaming up to bring you one 'beast' of a contest to celebrate the release of the movie!
To win one of our book prizes, just comment on this blog post with the title of one OTHER novel by 'Beastly' author Alex Flinn, which you can find through the library catalogue. Make sure to leave your full name (the one you use for your Library Card) so we can contact you and get you your prize!
You can also come to Crowfoot Library, Shawnessy Library, or the 2nd Floors at Central and Fish Creek Libraries this weekend (March 11-13), to pick up some cool 'Beastly' swag, including posters, notebooks, and some phenomenal bag charms! Come to the desk and say "BEASTLY" -- prizes will be given out on a first come, first served basis.
There once was a woman in Calgary,
She was OUTRAGEOUS, her name was Sheri-D
She made jokes 'bout her age,
brought her dog on the stage,
and now we all love Slam Poetry.
(Sheri-D Wilson @ The Calgary Spoken Word Fesitival. Photo by James Tworow)
Sheri-D would hate that. She would absolutely loathe it. It's too "lalalalalalalalala" and not enough "ZWEEEEEEEP deepee DA de zoop DWA da". Sheri-D Wilson, called "The Mama of Dada" (well, she certainly is surreal...) is one of Calgary's most successful spoken word poets. AND NOW (imagine this next part as if I were a radio-announcer) FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY (okay, back to normal), she is appearing at CPL's "2nd Saturday Slam" -- a series of workshops and competitions taking place on the second Saturday of every month.
Last week, youth from around the city came to the Central Library for a two-hour long workshop with Sheri-D and Tyler Perry, teammates from the Calgary Spoken Word Society. Participants received constructive (if slightly psychotic) criticism about their poetry and lyrical stylings that was well-worth the trip downtown: One guy had to translate, ON THE SPOT, every other line of his poem into his native Creole and then SING IT to a room full of people. It was suggested to another girl that she re-write her intensely emotional and angry poem as if it were a love letter. Yet another poet had to read her work as if it were a children's storybook -- Sheri-D sat on the side acting like a three-year-old to help the artist visualize the scenario better. Feedback was as entertaining for the audience as I'm sure it was enlightening and frustrating for the performers.
The day was a complete blast, with advice that ranged from language lessons ("Observe the slight cliches..." Sheri-D says, "Poetry is Manipulation") to life lessons ("Empower yourself! Get mad! Take 'em down!"), and even included some words for your L.A. and English Teachers:
"If your teacher asks you 'What does this Poem mean?', you just give them my number and I'll teach them a thing or two about poetry. POEMS HAVE NO MEANINGS".
The next Saturday Slam will take place on March 12th from 1:00-2:30 in the John Dutton Theatre at the Central Library. This event will be an actual slam competition, and some exciting news was given to prepare us for it: The ultimate winner of the Second Saturday Slam series will be given a spot on the Calgary Slam Youth team, and a chance to go to finals in 2012 as an adult performer!
If you have any questions about Slam Poetry and Sheri-D's work in particular, you can check out her homepage. The links for the Calgary Spoken Word Society and Youth Slam can be found here or here. Any questions regarding the Second Saturday Slam series at the Library can be phoned in to (403) 260-2657 (Services for Children, Teens and Families). And if you want to get a jumpstart on your entry for the competition, check out resources like this one, this one and this one.
See you on the 12th!
Okay. So you kind of blew it this semester. You started out with the best intentions -- this was going to be the year that you got straight A's, this year you would try out for the team and make it, this year you would get some volunteer hours under your belt… but hey, life happens. Maybe you became a total gLeek and couldn't peel your eyes off the tube. Maybe 'Black Ops' snuck into your life faster than it did over enemy lines. Maybe you are the school champion at Tap Tap Revenge and had to maintain your title at any cost. Whatever the reason, you found your drive to do better this year sink faster than Justin Bieber's vocal range.
But it's okay. DON'T PANIC. The Calgary Public Library is here with a ton of excellent resources that will get you motivated and help you out in the second half of this school year.
Homework Help
We've got loads of books packed with Study Tips and Steps to Success. Check out titles like:
Study Smarter, Not Harder
Study Skills: Do I really need this stuff?
Hacker Knowledge: 77 Ways to Learn Faster, Deeper and Better
(this one is from the E-Library)
Or type "Study Skills" into the Online Catalogue Search and see what comes up! Rather not add another book to your already huge workload? We also have DVDs like:
Studying and Test-Taking
Researching, Reading and Writing and
Active Listening and Note-Taking
Only one subject got you down? Try doing a search in the Online Catalogue for the course you're struggling with:
Math Doesn't Suck: How to Survive Middle School Math without Losing your Mind or Breaking a NailNo Fear Shakespeare: A Companion
Don't forget, the Library carries the most recent copies of "The Key" in all Provincial and Diploma subjects, FREE with your library card! Put a hold on yours now, they rarely make it back onto the shelves.
If you haven't checked out the E-Library yet, that explains A LOT about why you've fallen behind in your homework! It's easy to use and gets you results fast – the kind of results that are guaranteed to have true, recent and useful information, unlike some sources I could name (yeah, I'm looking at you Wiki…)
And as always, there is a helpful librarian waiting on the other side of "Info Chat" to help you with your homework questions any time the library is open. Click on that uber-happy smiley face on the main page, or the grey "Homework Helper Online" button higher up this page and a little to your left.
Don't forget to keep checking back at the TeenZone Blog for more tips and tricks to get you through the year, as well as info about interesting news and sweet events going on around Calgary!


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"If Batman is so smart, why does he wear his underwear over his pants?"
"I think this uniform needs something, something that says, 'I'm here to destroy you...' but with a sense of fun! I've got it! Wear your underwear outside your pants! (to audience) Hey, it worked for Madonna!"Sister Trope to Leotard of Power, Underwear of Power is when a superhero or a related type of character wears a speedo or something similar as part of their outfit. Speedos or briefs are usually used for this today. Initially used for nearly every hero (who didn't wear a full body suit) back when they looked like short pants or trunks instead of a speedo, this eventually became more associated with female characters, occasionally even going into bikinis, actual underwear, and thongs, although less often (and usually on women). For most super heroes this was initially a reference to the Strongman uniform (i.e. a bathing suit) from the day, although then it became iconic of super heroes, mostly due to Superman, which the rest of the heroes then drew upon. Wearing them over tights was a staple of The Golden Age of Comic Books, but today only really exists in parody (or for characters from that time that are still around). For comedy, drama, Fanservice, or simply for their enemy to give them huge humiliation, expect those who wears Underwear of Power to suffer Groin Attack at least once. Especially for Superhero, it's not uncommon because surprisingly, some of them are weak on that part while some others are not. However, just like Leotard of Power, with the shift from trunks into anatomically revealing "underwear", this has become a Fanservice Trope and is also pretty much dead - dropped in favor of Leotard of Power, bodysuits, and pants. See Most Common Superpower and Show Some Leg for some related tropes. If the hero looks monstrous, expect the Underwear Of Power to be the only thing the hero wears. Compare Superheroes Wear Tights, Chainmail Bikini.
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In the last three years there has been a 21% increase in the number of investors who are investing on behalf of children, according to the latest Halifax Share Dealing Market Tracker.
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Savvy ISA savers £5k better off due to tax free benefits
Savvy UK taxpayers who have taken full advantage of the tax free benefits of cash ISAs every year since they were first introduced in April 1999 would be almost £5,000 better off than if the same amount had been invested in an easy access savings account, according to analysis by MoneySuperMarket.com.
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Just like going to the dentist or finishing housework, many of us see investing our ISA allowance as a chore to be put off until the last minute each tax year.
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Skipton Building Society has launched a new Fixed Rate Bond range, with rates paying up to 3.00%. The Society will also launch a new range of branch and online Fixed Rate ISAs, paying up to 3.00%.
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West Brom launches market leading five year fixed rate bond and ISA
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Eleven years ago this month, Matthew Shepard was killed. A bill that
had been slowly gaining support in Congress -- the Hate Crimes
Prevention Act -- soon became associated with Matthew, his memory and
the legacy of his death that is his mother's work.
The legislation allows for federal support to be given to local law enforcement in investigations of bias-motivated violence and for penalty enhancements under federal law when violent crimes are motivated by the real or perceived gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or disability of the victim. The penalty enhancements previously could be sought for crimes based on race, color, religion or national origin.
Today, as President Obama signed the National Defense Authorization Act
that includes the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes
Prevention Act in the East Room of the White House, he said, "After
more than a decade of opposition . . . we have passed inclusive hate
crimes legislation to help protect our citizens from violence based on
what they look like, who they love, how they pray or who they are."
The focus of the afternoon remarks was the entirety of the National
Defense Authorization Act, so much of his comments related to defense
spending and our military priorities. Later, however, the White House,
in partnership with outside foundation support, held an evening
reception for proponents of the Hate Crimes Prevention Act, which
included additional comments from the President.
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said then that with the passage of the legislation, "the bells of
freedom ring out a little louder." Today, Obama said that "bell rings
even louder now," but noted that the work of securing freedom for all
Americans "certainly does not end today."
The work is not done, but the question with which we are left today is what will be the legacy of today's signing.
Will the legacy be that with its passage, the White House and Congress
passed a watershed moment in LGBT equality to be followed in short
order by action on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act; the
elimination of Don't Ask, Don't Tell from our Armed Forces; and
significant movement toward the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act?
As Elizabeth Birch, the former head of the Human Rights Campaign, said
at the evening reception, "This was the moment that was required in
order to have new laws follow."
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Perched on a small peninsula that juts into York Harbor, this boutique inn wins over visitors with its stunning locale. The Stage Neck Inn's Colonial-style guestrooms boast spectacular sea views, and you can watch boats bob in the harbor while enjoying fresh lobster on the Sandpiper Bar & Grille's outdoor terrace or from other ambient dining venues, Harbor Porches and Outdoor Terrace. Plus, all accommodations come furnished with sumptuous linens, complimentary Wi-Fi access, minifridges and cozy terrycloth robes. The inn also houses two pools (one indoor, one outdoor), a full-service spa and an 18-hole golf course. But for many, it's the inn's quality customer service that clinches the deal; several guests highlight the front desk and restaurant staff as particularly friendly.
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This is my 2nd C-section and my DS will be 2 months tomorrow. And I feel back to normal. Not sure if it's because I also have a 21month old toddler to look after as well that I am always on the go no time to "think" I did take the 6 weeks a little easy with the help of my DH and Mother. (THANK GOODNESS) but I'm in fully back 100% to myself and on top of that back to working out at the gym. Give yourself a few more weeks hang in there!!
I am 6 weeks PP and this was my first baby, first c-section etc--and I'm totally fine. My incision is sometimes still a bit sore but I'm back to working out and I really don't feel there is anything I can't do at this point.
I really started feeling pretty good about 4-5 weeks PP. Hang in there, I bet you notice a huge difference in how you feel in another week or so!
It must vary from woman to woman. I feel like a millon bucks. I ran errands yesterday, did laundry, and went for my first post-op mile walk with my DH last night.
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Nib Bank Limited
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"nib Holdings Limited (NHF) : Company Profile and SWOT Analysis" contains in depth information and data about the company and its operations. The profile contains a company overview, key facts, major products and services, SWOT analysis, business description, company history, key competitors, financial analysis, recent developments, key employees, company locations and subsidiaries as well as employee biographies.
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nib Holdings Limited (nib Holdings) is one of the leading health insurance companies in Australia. The company, along with its principal subsidiaries: nib servicing facilities pty limited, nib health care services limited, The Heights Private Hospital pty limited and nib Health Funds Limited, offers a wide range of insurance products and services primarily across the Australian health insurance sector. nib Holdings provides health coverage to more than 900,000 people throughout Australia at reasonable prices. It offers health insurance policies for individuals, couples, families, employees and also operates retail, dental care and eye care centers in Australia. In addition, the company offers life insurance, travel insurance, employee benefits and claim services to its customers. nib Holdings is headquartered in New south Wales, Australia. SHOW LESS READ MORE >
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2 Analysis of Key Performance Indicators
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4.5 Threats
5 Company Statement
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Table 3: Key Ratios - Interim
Table 4: Key Capital Market Indicators
Table 5: History
Table 6: Key Employees
Table 7: Key Employee Biographies
Table 8: Subsidiaries
Table 9: Locations
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Figure 1: Total Revenues and Operating Profit
Figure 2: Total Premiums Earned
Figure 3: Financial Position
Figure 4: Valuation
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Familiarize yourself with the island of Phuket on a half day guided coach tour. Take in the islands natural beauty as you drive along the beach roads through Patong, Karon, Kata and Rawai beaches. Each beach offering a different type of holiday experience. Photo opportunities are included at the Karon viewpoint and cultural sights such as the sacred buddhist temple of Phuket 'Wat Chalong'.
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It's been widely believed that the late entertainer Louis Armstrong had no children, but one woman has come forward claiming she is his daughter, and she's written a book about her painful journey as a superstar's secret child.
Louis Armstrong was one of the nation's most beloved entertainers, but it was anything but a 'wonderful world' for a woman who claims to be his daughter, a painful secret and burden that she has carried for a lifetime until now.
"I was always told, 'For your safety, your father's a big man, so we have to keep this quiet,'" says Sharon Preston Folta, who bares her soul in her book "Little Satchmo," which is the nickname she says her dad gave her.
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35 Photographs of Abandoned Places: Where Eerie and Beautiful Overlap
Abandoned places around the world make for some of the most stunning pictures, but they also have an eerie quality about them. These photos from the popular Twitter account Abandoned Places lead you to wonder about what the place was once like. Kings, queens, empires, cities and even architecture and infrastructure can fade from fame and glory as the years pass.
These photos of abandoned places remind us that nothing is everlasting or indestructible. They are proof that deserted buildings break down, and unused roads vanish as the earth reclaims what was once hers. So much of what's man-made will eventually surrender to the greatest force around us, the force of nature.
Ta Prohm Temple. Angkor, Cambodia
Ferris Wheel in Chernobyl
Abandoned Palace, Poland by Lukasz Malkiewicz
Abandoned Hotel
Ivy Covered Train Tracks, Japan
Abandoned Crystal Mine
Abandoned Walkway
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Abandoned Rail Bridge, Taipingshan National Forrest in Taiwan
Abandoned Church in Snow
Abandoned Piano, Pripyat
Abandoned Mall
The Last Lighthouse, Alcatraz
Abandoned Hospital
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Abandoned Car in Desert, Australia
Abandoned Home Surrounded by Wheat Fields in Oregon
Abandoned Cottage, Norway by Max Rive
Abandoned Church
Abandoned School Bus Engulfed By Lava
Abandoned Roller Coaster by Chris Luckhardt
Abandoned P-39Q, Recovered in Russia
Abandoned Church in Etienne, France
Abandoned Frozen Soviet Submarine
Abandoned Roller Coaster "Jet Sky," New Jersey
The Paris Inner City Little Belt Railway, Abandoned Since 1934
Abandoned Hotel del Salto, Tuquendama Falls area of Colombia
Abandoned Mansion, Italy
Abandoned Train Trestle
Abandoned Castle Ruins, Poland
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I believe that the hospital one is either VERY edited in Photoshop, or is completely CGI. Anybody see "redrum" written on the right wall?
Jacob Rubnitz Well now that I'm looking at the photo closer you can see the source and it is completely CGI, but I still feel like if the photo were a real place I don't see someone editing a real photo to do all that on there, more likely someone would go in there and do it in real life imo. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq3C7RDU1Bc
light source is what gave it away for me. blacked out windows, up and down shadows, no lights on the ceiling.
Austin Traylor Not surprised. Maybe for someone who doesn't know much about CGI and all that it seems less likely, but I've been into this stuff my whole life. It's not that complicated and it takes a lot less time and energy to do it than actually going somewhere and doing that.
Jacob Rubnitz Actually it's quite common. I've shot a music video for my band in the abandoned Linda Vista hospital in Los Angeles. There are rooms VERY similar to this. Tons of them. Lots of music videos and movies have been filmed in these hospitals. And the people who rent them are able to decorate however they would like. We had fake blood that we had thrown around a few rooms. That room looks much like the rooms in Linda Vista. Definitely not photoshopped.
"Made with Softimage XSI 6.5, Global illumination and Final Gathering and retouched in Adobe Photoshop CS3." I don't know HOW people think it's a photograph. http://forums.3dtotal.com/showthread.php?t=61596
Hehe I don't either.
Austin Traylor He is 100 percent correct this image was created with pixeltale studio which is comparable to maya. For those who are unfamiliar these are game design and animation platforms. It even says in the left hand corner of the pixelimage studio. The animation is okay but the blood looks horrendously fake. No abandon building is going to have that fresh of blood.
Ember Thompson Thank you for mentioning that. Blood turns brown as it ages. The look of this place is that of a long-abandoned building. That, along with the lighting, the blurriness of a couple spots, the perfect wrinkles of that hanging cloth, the only words being "REDRUM"... this only looks real at first glance. I don't know how it's fooling anyone, either.
It was probably used as a haunted house at Halloween. They did that with one of the "asylums" in St. Louis. Made a lot of money on it too.
Hannah Marr I figured it was paint not real blood.
I wish you included more about these ghostly relics. They are incredible. Perhaps the lack of additional information and adds to the mystery
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Very "end of the world-ish" pictures. I could see any of these as the setting for a post apocalyptic movie. I think my favorite for that look is the one titled, "Abandoned Church." Just spectacular.
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Thomas Speck said "Abandoned Church" was fantasy art. I am a little surprised I didn't notice it myself. When I watch a movie, I wait to the credits and write down the names of the matte artists, such as Kino Scialabba, Sven Sauer, or Frank Hong. My Second Life friends know I have a passion for creativity. Even though "Abandoned Church" is fantasy art, it still captures the imagination.
Two pictures of Alcatraz and looks like veruckt insane asylum also... Nazi Zombies FTW!
"Abandoned Church is artwork, not a photograph... Still cool though
the hospital? blood on the floor and walls? like from when? the zombie apocalypse?
The MAJORITY of these are edited, Photoshopped, etc. For instance, that church was abandoned and now there is a rocky stream running through the place where the sanctuary stood? Riiiiight.
The hospital one is completely fake. I can to this page to see stunning photography, NOT FAKE PHOTOSHOP BULLSHIT. Utterly disappointed.
I think that the roller coasters were once part of Six Flags New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina destroyed the park back in 2005. It was a shame that no one wanted to put the park back in running order. I didn't see it the last time I went to New Orleans so it may have been torn down.
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Zero Motorcycles is recalling 268 of its electric motorcycles due a faulty mounting bolt on the front brake caliper, which is prone to corrosion. Were the bolts to fail or fracture, the caliper could come loose and that could stop the front wheels. This, of course, would be very bad news at anything more than a few miles per hour.
The recall covers 2011 and 2012 S and DS models. Zero will begin reaching out to owners in the next week or two to come in and have the faulty bolts replaced. Scroll on down if you want to read the official notice from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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Zero Motorcycles is recalling certain model year 2011 and 2012 S and DS motorcycles. On the affected motorcycles, the front caliper mounting bolts are susceptible to corrosion which could lead to their cracking and possible fracture.
If a front caliper bolt fractures, the caliper may come loose and interfere with the rotation of the front wheel. This could cause the front wheel to stop suddenly, increasing the risk of a crash.
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Goth Doll Tween Costume
Not all dolls prefer pink frills and poofy dresses! If you're more of a black velor and red lace kind of gal, you may be a good fit for this Goth Doll Tween Costume on Halloween. Knee length black dress has flared sleeves, hood, and includes white china doll mask, and fishnet tights.
Sweet Raccoon Tween Costume
Arrive as the most sought out nocturnal creature this Halloween in the Sweet Raccoon Tween Costume. Scavenge for candy in this velvety black dress with plush faux fur lining. Stay stripey with the black and grey striped stockings which match marvelously with your tail. No other creature stands a…
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Set sail for buried treasure in the Pirate Cutie tween costume! This adorable ensemble comes complete with striped red and black dress, Jolly Roger hip wrap, leggings, glovelettes and bandana.
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Never forget the 5th of November--or October 31st--in this vengeance-ready and officially licensed V for Vendetta adult costume. This character costume comes completewith midnight-black shirt andpants, matching hat, flowing cape, eerie mask, and belt with 6 fake, yet fearsome, daggers.
I Love Nerds Tween Costume
If you're a sucker for the smart guys why not try this I Love Nerds Tween Costume on for size? You'll be just their type in this dress with suspenders, blue plaid pleated skirt and attached "I <3 Nerds" v-neck tee. Matching bow tie and glasses also included.
Rocked Out Zombie Tween Costume
Party for eternity in this killer cool Rocked Out Zombie tween costume. It's Goth meets rock with a short sleeved cropped jacket, black belt and matching leggings! Do the monster mash and the zombie walk and discover the dark side in this black and white blood-stained tunic.
Ready For Takeoff Pilot Adult Womens Costume
The sky is the limit when you take off on Halloween in this Ready For Takeoff Pilot adult womens costume. The black and white dress of this womens pilot costume comes complete with a matching hat, collar with necktie and two flight pins. Wear this sexy womens costume and join the mile high club!
Huntin for Love Bride Adult Womens Costume
Are you up for a huntin' good time this Halloween? Then the Huntin' for Love Bride Adult Women's Costume is for you. This hilarious costume features an off the shoulder bridal gown with camouflage print and a veil.
V for Vendetta Adult Womens Costume
Get sinister on Halloween with this officially licensed V for Vendetta adult womens costume. This sexy ensemble comes complete with a midnight-black dress, matching hat, flowing cape, boot tops and belt with six fake, yet fearsome daggers.
Luigi Tween Girls Costume
Funny and frequently fighting trouble in the Officially Licensed Luigi Tween Girls Costume, you'll always be the first choice for favorite side-kick. Featuring blue jumpsuit, with cute white gloveletts and bright green hat.
Red and Black Pirate Tween Costume
Set sail for an adventure in this Red and Black Pirate tween costume. Plunder the neighborhood for Halloween treats in this lively polyester blend dress with mini lace-up bodice and ruffles accompanied by a sash, head scarf, leggings and glovelettes.
Thing 1 and 2 Tween Costume
Here comes trouble, times double! Cause some troubling fun this Halloween in theOfficially Licensed Thing 1 and 2 Tween Costume. Features a red and blue tutu dress, fun fuzzy hair band, blue leg warmers and striped leggings.
Wizard of Oz Cowardly Lion Tween Costume
In this officially licensed Wizard of Oz Cowardly Lion tween costume you add the courage and so much more when you wear this adorable twist on a classic costume. The faux fur trimmed lion dress with cute hood is cozy and warm, so you'll be prepared for a cold run-in with any witch.
Wizard of Oz Scarecrow Tween Costume
Be the brains of this officially licensed Wizard of Oz Scarecrow tween costume. The green, brown, beige and orange shirt is accompanied by a choker, skirt, hat, boot tops and wristlets. Get the girls to go as the Cowardly Lion and the Tin Man for a fun group costume.


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When I was younger I was a huge fan of Queen's music and Ben Elton's comedy. This show has basicly managed to pee all over that. What a complete and utter load of rubbish, it was the longest 2 and a half hours that I have spent in the Mayflower theatre. When the interval came I managed to get 2 pints down my throat to numb the pain and if I hadnt been with family and friends I would have gone home after half an hour of this complete tripe.
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