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Window to the sky

By drdblogs on January 29, 2018January 30, 2018

The venue felt and looked like someone’s back yard. I think it was someone’s back yard. A makeshift bar offered such drinks as “chapange” and “charbonay.” A small stage area had been constructed and the sound system sounded “bespoke.” After a hot, hot day when the mercury had been pushed to its limits, the trees stressed

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Haggis, neeps and tattoos

By drdblogs on January 26, 2018February 17, 2018

Variations on a theme Being the 25th of January, and especially as one of our nearest pubs is Adelaide’s Scottish pub, the Rob Roy Hotel, it would have been remiss of us, if not downright unpatriotic, not to have celebrated the Bard (Robert Burns) in the traditional way. Traditions remain, but customs change; so instead

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Super Burns Supper

By drdblogs on January 24, 2018February 17, 2018

Originally posted on Dr D in Oz:
Scots celebrate the life of poet Robert Burns (aka the Bard) on 25th January, traditionally with HNT (haggis, neeps and tatties). Of course it’s not a Burns Supper without the HNT, but stovies – a meat and potato stew – is a good alternative and provides excellent digestive…