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T<\/span>hings can happen that can surprise the most jaded of us.\u00a0 I\u2019m feeling jaded by the latest interest rate rise.\u00a0 It\u2019s cruel for families and businesses trying to survive and recover but as Monty Python sang, always look on the bright side of life.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n I\u2019ve mentioned how beautiful the Chanel 4 Series \u201cThe Piano\u201d was.\u00a0 Hearing lovely Lucy, the winner,\u00a0 play at the Coronation Concert would leave nobody jaded. I often say (I must have stolen this from someone as it\u2019s excellent) good food feeds my soul but good music fills my heart.\u00a0 And I\u2019m tone deaf. Food never makes me cry, even when I\u2019ve eaten too much, but music often does.\u00a0 Lionel Ritchie had Victor and I up dancing on Sunday night, temporarily distracting us from the obvious lack of Scottish Coronation participation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Thanks to a tiny suggestion from a lovely virtual friend on Twitter, we\u2019ve managed to catch up with Sean Logan and Daniel Wilsher, finalists in The Piano Series and we\u2019re thrilled to announce that we\u2019ll be putting on six shows in August at The Scottish Cafe & Restaurant. Serendipity indeed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n 14th, 15th, 16th and 22nd, 23, 24th August, 7pm to 10pm shows. We\u2019ll have a light supper before the show (a choice of two delicious courses) and two sets from Sean and Daniel shared with all their love of music, life experiences and fun.\u00a0 I know I\u2019ll be crying, happy tears, at some point. \u00a340 per person.\u00a0 A Fringe bargain not to be missed.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n We\u2019re so looking forward to confirming all the details but get these dates in your diary.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n To add to the fun, The Scottish Cafe has adopted (not another Rocco, although that would be exciting) a Piano from The PianoDrome.\u00a0 Located at the Wee Hub at Ocean Terminal, filled with donated pianos that can be brought back to life, loved and the joy of their souls can be shared with a new community.\u00a0 Unbelievably by another stroke of fate, Tim the architect of the PianoDrome shared that back in 2017 the idea was born over coffee at The Scottish Cafe.\u00a0 Wow. We do live in a very small world.\u00a0 Our new Piano is available, everyday, for any of you talented lovely people who would like to pop by and delight us with a tune.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Contini George Street is now open from 9am Monday to Friday, by popular demand, yes we do listen to your requests and I\u2019m delighted to say we\u2019re staffed enough to be able to deliver. \u00a0 Our homemade ravioli stuffed with Parmigiano Reggiano DOP and burrata with burnt butter, porcini soil and fresh summer black Truffle from Calabria is our team and our customer favourite.\u00a0 Delicious.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Cannonball is starting to feel like it\u2019s at the heart of the summer.\u00a0 Full of tourists and the stand for The Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo slowly and incredibly rising up around the perimeter of the Castle Esplanade. The engineering feat of this task is world class, the slow but steady build is a visitor attraction in itself.\u00a0 There are too many favourites on the Cannonball menu to choose one.\u00a0 Best to just enjoy the Tasting Menu which is the best reason to visit.\u00a0 Great news that a direct flight from Beijing to Edinburgh has been reintroduced, a first since the Pandemic.\u00a0 A sign of global recovery.\u00a0 We just need our politicians and Bank of England to be as focused on our recovery at home, I\u2019m being good and not getting grumpy. It\u2019s too draining. \u00a0 So, bad news aside there are many talents around us and much in our lives to shout about.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Keep well and keep dancing, it\u2019s good for the heart, the soul and your waistline.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Carina\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Good morning lovely people, Things can happen that can surprise the most jaded of us.\u00a0 I\u2019m feeling jaded by the latest interest rate rise.\u00a0 It\u2019s cruel for families and businesses trying to survive and recover but as Monty Python sang, always look on the bright side of life.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I\u2019ve mentioned how beautiful the Chanel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":21248,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1],"tags":[293],"restaurant":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n