Birdy and a friend heading along to The Voodoo Rooms for a Christmas concert from La Dolce Vita Swing Collective to get into the festive spirit.
Review: Smugglers Spirit’s Gin Baubles
Six gin-filled baubles to enhance any Christmas tree, which works as either a treat for yourself or a great and novel gift idea. The timing isn’t easy, though; someone must decide when to drink the tree.
Review: Festive Dinner at The Botanist
Birdy descended on The Botanist as part of the Edinburgh Businesswomen’s Club festive dinner – a date in her calendar she’d really been looking forward to! I’d been casually aware of The Botanist for a short time – and had actually tried to book dinner there one night with a couple of my ladies when […]
A Review of Castle of Light: Magic and Mystery
Girdy & Birdy made their way to the Castle of Light: Magic and Mystery on a cold November evening, where they encountered dancing historical Scottish knights, majestical beings, sleight-of-hand trickery, smoke machines, magic mirrors and more!
Review: Girdy & Birdy Lose Badly at Fayre Play, Picardy Place
Fayre play is a really fun way to spend an evening with friends or family – as long as you remember not to bring any kids along, you’ll have a fab time!
Review: Chocolatiers Edward & Irwyn, Morningside
This small, family-run chocolatiers with an Icelandic twist makes chocolate like no other, and if you haven’t been yet, I highly recommend getting down there before all the Easter chocolate is gone. Amazing chocolate all year round, but gull’s eggs are time-limited!
What’s going on with the giant shopping bag in Bristo Square?
Have you seen the giant shopping bag in Bristo Square? It’s part of a campaign to get Edinburgh excited for Christmas by Rakuten Play. Rakuten is a big Japanese shopping site that bought Play.com a while back. Play’s now called Rakuten Play.com and the address on the bag is www.rakuten.co.uk. It’s a marketing campaign from […]
Winter in Edinburgh
Marketing Edinburgh’s new (first?) campaign for Edinburgh has been forced to ditch the “Incrediburgh” slogan. The rest of the work pushes on. This ad, from The Leith Agency, is the first in the six figure campaign. The Winter in Edinburgh site, currently offering a chance to win a two night stay at the Princess Street […]