A night of hilarity
Hanging out in the flat this morning. Jade off to work this afternoon, and we walked to the University later, and found a café bar just opposite, called the Paradise Palms, where Lorraine and I had some vegetarian fare, a chilli bean on fries thing which was gorgeous. Then Lorraine and I went with Jade back to her office in the philosophy department, which I wanted to see. Felt odd for me to be lurking in a philosophy department again, a thing not witnessed for decades. Jade and her colleague Anna had decorated the door to their office with images of important women thinkers, which was good to see, and seemed quite a significant thing to have done in a bland looking area with the odd painting of gentlemen philosophers from former times at Edinburgh. Lovely views from there too. An inspiring place. Then a toddle across the meadows to a pub rejoicing in the name of The Royal Dick. This a strange place with bones of cattle on the walls, and medical tomes lining the walls. Then home ...