Tag Archives: flat

Pudding wine and a patient (Rousse)

Posted on January 5, 2014 by Dreamaticus

I winced when TPR ordered pudding wine. He was a last-minute guest at our business dinner, and it certainly wasn’t his place to make demands of the waiting staff to meet his expensive personal tastes. I hoped that BR and … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bill, blanket, business, care, client, clients, demands, desk, dessert, dinner, expensive, flat, indiscretion, infection, mission, money, office, owe, pale, patient, pay, personal, pudding, puffy, questions, recovery, request, requests, staff, taste, tastes, teaching, team, throat, TPR, transport, waiter, waitress, wine | Leave a comment

Sharon the fine art vandal and a welcome Christmas gift (Rousse)

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Dreamaticus

As she moved the pictures around our flat, the woman with long dark hair complained to me that she hated her name. I suggested that if she really wanted to do so, she could change it from Sharon to something … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged antibiotics, art, canvas, canvases, Christmas, compensation, dark, drawing, drugs, fine art, fir, flat, frame, frames, gift, hair, hate, headache, house, model, name, picture, pictures, pin, pins, present, red, Sharon, soap bag, tablets, tree, valueless, vandal, wood | Leave a comment

John Fisher, his mistress, football, and cake (Rousse)

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Dreamaticus

My lover was John Fisher, a tiny teenage Hearts supporter. I met him on London Road, where we intended to catch the bus to the Hearts ground at Tynecastle. Unfortunately John’s pocket money would not stretch to the bus fare … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged adopt, adopted, amour, brother, bus, cake, fare, flat, football, forget, Hearts, hide, John Fisher, London Road, lover, match, mistress, money, pocket, relationship, soccer, supporter, teenage, teenager, ticket, tickets, TPR, Tynecastle | Leave a comment

David Tennant dons disguise for Dr Who day visits (Rousse)

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Dreamaticus

The timelord had landed. I knew this because I heard a clatter of footsteps as the Doctor and his crew descended the steps to our basement flat. David Tennant had made some effort to disguise himself by blackening his face, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged assistant, basement, biscuit barrel, blacken, bleep, brother-in-law, camera, cellar, cheeks, clatter, coats, costumes, crew, Dalek, dark, David Tennant, Day of the doctor, disguise, doctor, door, dowdy, Dr Who, dressing up, Easter, equipment, face, flat, footsteps, friend, fur, hall, height, house, incognito, kiss, kisses, kitchen, make-up, middle-aged, precious, prisoner, rail, rude, screw driver, silver, sonic, steps, surprises, team, the doctor, theatre, timelord, TPR, trinkets, unlock, visit, woman | Leave a comment

Jane Garvey acrobat commentary, bad taste in clothes, and slum living (Rousse)

Posted on September 11, 2013 by Dreamaticus

Even with Jane Garvey providing the commentary, the Chinese acrobatic performance was dull, dull, dull. Indeed, it was so tedious that I could feel myself drifting off to sleep in my seat. The looks that my neighbours cast my way … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged accommodation, acrobat, acrobatic, acrobats, attic, bed, bedroom, broken, brown, camp, cardigan, Chinese, clothes, colour, dull, flat, Jane Garvey, living, outfit, performance, purple, room-mate, room-mates, seat, shoes, skirt, sleep, sleeping, slum, snore neighbours, taste, tedious, tights, Women's Hour, work | Leave a comment

Double decorating disaster (Rousse)

Posted on August 25, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I was furious with the decorator. First, he splattered my brown winter cashmere coat with paint. Second, he was already half-way along the windows of our Georgian flat before he confessed that he was painting them pink.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged brown, cashmere, coat, decorate, decorator, disaster, flat, Georgian, paint, pink, window, windows | Leave a comment

Packing advice: don’t forget your bread knife (Rousse)

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Dreamaticus

I would have loved to have been a full team member for the project cooked up by IS and MG, but my role ended up to be more of an observer than that of a full participant. At best, my … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged activities, algae, belongings, black, boots, bread, busy, contribution, Disney, DIY, extra, flat, green, home, knife, leather, member, obswrver, pack, packing, parade, participant, pool, private, project, socks, swimming, team, workman | Leave a comment

Sir Sean Connery and Simon Cowell appalled by aging actress’ wig (Rousse)

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Dreamaticus

From the fourth row in the stalls my student party had a very clear view of Sir Sean Connery, Simon Cowell and the rest of the panel on stage. I watched Sir Sean closely when the star performer of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged actor, actress, aging, American, amusing, annoyance, arms, attendance, audience, baby, class, commercial, complain, deal, drama, embarrassed, face, fall, flat, former, funding, grand-daughter, ice-skate, James Bond, knowledge management, lady, leading, learn, money, mouth, panel, party, passion, performance, performer, public, rink, row, Sean Connery, season, second, series, shut, silence, Simon Cowell, Sir Sean Connery, skate, skid, slide, sponsor, stage, stalls, star, States, student, unharmed, university, waste, wig | Leave a comment

Tsunami safety (Rousse)

Posted on July 30, 2013 by Dreamaticus

The plan was that I would send a few more e-mails before heading home for the weekend. I delayed this a little more when I accepted an invitation to go and sunbathe on the pier. Everyone was enjoying the casual … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bed, casual, chatter, e-mail, flat, hills, invitation, mountains, mud, mudflats, pier, plan, river, safety, sea, sea water, sign, silver, sunbathe, swell, TPR, tsunami, valley, water, weekend | Leave a comment

North Sea tsunami hits land north of Aberdeen (Rousse)

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Dreamaticus

TPR, His mother, his sister S, CM and I watched in amazement as the huge tsunami rushed in from the North Sea. It hit the coast just north of Aberdeen. When the first wave crashed into the town house garden … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Aberdeen, amazement, barbecue, calm, camera, coast, flat, fling, furniture, garden, hit, house, kitchen, land, loungers, magical, mother, mountains, north, North Sea, sea, sister, town house, tsunami, Uig sands, vantage, view, washing line, water, wave, west, window | Leave a comment

Tag Archives: flat

Pudding wine and a patient (Rousse)

Sharon the fine art vandal and a welcome Christmas gift (Rousse)

John Fisher, his mistress, football, and cake (Rousse)

David Tennant dons disguise for Dr Who day visits (Rousse)

Jane Garvey acrobat commentary, bad taste in clothes, and slum living (Rousse)

Double decorating disaster (Rousse)

Packing advice: don’t forget your bread knife (Rousse)

Tsunami safety (Rousse)

North Sea tsunami hits land north of Aberdeen (Rousse)

Dreamaticus populae

Recent reveries

Top dream themes

Dreamaticus updates direct to your inbox

Archives