Tag Archives: ballroom

Strictly envious (Rousse)

Posted on October 27, 2024 by Dreamaticus

I was consumed with envy as I watched FG lead SPL in an elaborate dance across the sprung dance floor of the cruise ship ballroom. He was my godson. Why had he partnered with her and not me?

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Traitors, faithfuls, and the University of Birmingham Ballroom Dancing Society (Rousse)

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Dreamaticus

Playing a traitor was not as easy as it looked, especially when the other two insisted on tailing me as I wandered around the building. We spent so much time apart from the others that when I asked a prominent … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 1980s, ballroom, Birmingham, dancing, faithful, faithfuls, society, traitor, Traitors, university | Leave a comment

Dot.com heyday reunion party gatecrashed by secret lover (Rousse)

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Dreamaticus

The huge Sun Microsystems Sunrise reunion was hosted in a massive chain hotel in a major US city. It was almost as if the heady days of the dot.com boom had never ended. My boat was so late docking in … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged antique, ballgown, ballroom, boat, bot, dancing, DJ, dot.com, head, hotel, husband, lover, party, pushchair, reception, shoes, shop, Simon Moore, Sun Microsystems, TPR, US | Leave a comment

Westminster dance and romance (Rousse)

Posted on May 22, 2020 by Dreamaticus

Where was Belle? She would be able to tell me more about this Westminster dance club and its amazing ballroom. Taking into account the clientele, I couldn’t decide whether this was the coolest disco ever, or a marriage market for … Continue reading →

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From garden wall antics in North Berwick to ballroom dancing at Glasgow Queen Street (Rousse)

Posted on January 29, 2019 by Dreamaticus

I hoped that that those travelling in the morning traffic out of North Berwick towards the A1 and west into Edinburgh passed by at a sufficient speed not to notice our antics on a stranger’s garden wall. Afterwards we considered … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged A1, ballroom, breakfast, Brexit, cafe, colleague, dancing, daughter, deli, Edinburgh, Europe, forecourt, garden, gay, Glasgow, Martin, North Berwick, Queen Street, red, shoes, slip-on, socks, station, suede, wall, wife, woolly | Leave a comment

Nicola Sturgeon to introduce friend tax (Rousse)

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Dreamaticus

4a Audrey Terrace, Edinburgh was a West End palace – and ours, all ours. We bought it for the ballroom and the prospect of the fabulous parties that we would host there. The immense front porch had plenty of space … Continue reading →

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Celebrity top trumps: Ed Sheeran versus Paul Weller (Rousse)

Posted on May 31, 2016 by Dreamaticus

My online friend TBM came to stay with S, the youngest of her three boys. Our flat had plenty of space, yet they both shared our bedroom. In fact, none of us really appreciated the vast size of our flat … Continue reading →

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A missing slide deck (Rousse)

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Dreamaticus

Although they said that it would never run again, I found that the conference was actually meeting in secret, and I was an invited speaker. In the break on the last day I went up to the podium to upload … Continue reading →

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Woman in a pink nightdress “haunts” modern Georgian house (Rousse)

Posted on December 6, 2013 by Dreamaticus

At first I thought that this “modern Georgian house” was pretty dull. Of course the drab paintwork and the tall presses on the ground floor were in keeping with the Georgian ideal, but you could find this kind of decoration … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged ballroom, books, conservatory, decoration, drab, Edinburgh, estate, Georgian, house, housing, landing, modern, nightdress, nightie, paintwork, palm, pink, press, RBGE, Reader's Digest, Royal Botanic Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Edinburgh, The cookery year, woman | Leave a comment

Selling timeshares in Spain with coconut cakes and coffee (Rousse)

Posted on February 12, 2013 by Dreamaticus

We knew that KMcM lived and worked in Spain, so it came as no surprise to find her in a hotel ballroom delivering a presentation on timeshares in a long shimmery black backless dress that showed off her tan. We … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged audience, backless, ballroom, Birmingham University, black, cake, cakes, coconut, coffee, concerns, conversation, dregs. coffee, dress, flask, flasks, hotel, modularisation, module, Spain, Spanish, students, tea, timeshare, timeshares, trolley, university, University of Birmingham, University of Hertfordshire | Leave a comment