DERRY \ LONDONDERRY

HELLO ALL
THIS WEEKEND WAS REASONABLY BUSY AGAIN ! SATURDAY WAS "SEA BANGOR "DOWN BY THE PIER IT WAS A BRILLIANT DAY OUT FOR THE KIDS WITH A FUNFAIR AND STALLS SET UP WITH TASTY BITS , LOTS OF STREET ARTISTS AND JUGGLERS ETC , IT WAS BUNGED . YOU WOULD THINK THAT I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF IT ALL BUT I WAS WATCHING FROM OUTSIDE THE SALTY DOG PUB WITH MY BEST MATE HANNA CATCHING UP ON ALL THE GOSSIP !! ALLOWED .

SUNDAY THE SALONS ARTISTIC TEAM WERE UP VERY EARLY TO GO TO DERRY , WE WERE DOING A SEMINAR ON CUTTING AND COLOURING FOR 20 HAIRDRESSERS , YOU NEVER KNOW HOW THIS IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT YOUR MODELS WILL BE LIKE TILL YOU ARRIVE !! LUCKY ENOUGH WE HAD GREAT MODELS WHO WERE UP FOR A CHANGE OF STYLE AND COLOUR , I GOT THE CURLY HAIR TO CUT FIRST I DID IT DRY AND FREEHAND SO IT WAS LIKE CARVING A SHAPE INTO IT SHE HAD NEVER HAD HER HAIR CUT LIKE THAT AND LOVED IT . DAVIDS MODEL WAS SUPERB A LOVELY SHORT CUT WITH A PURPLE BASE AND NAVY FRINGE- PURE STYLE WITH AN EDGE WE DID 10 MODELS IN TOTAL AND EVERYONE OF THEM LOVED THIER HAIR ALSO THE CLIENT WAS DELIGHTED AND WANTS US BACK ALWAYS A GOOD SIGN . ON THE WAY HOME WE CALLED INTO THE PONDEROSA FOR A WEE EARNED PINT OF HARP IT WAS PISSING IT DOWN WITH RAIN AND WE COULD HAVE STAYED THERE RIGHTLY !!!!

LATER WE WENT TO MALMAISON FOR A MEAL WITH OUR PAL KERRY FROM COLRAINE THEY DO A GREAT OFFER THAT IF YOU SPEND 75 QUID IN THE BRASSERIE YOU CAN STAY THE NIGHT FOR A TENNER !!! BRILLIANT VALUE . THE FOOD WAS GREAT AND THE SERVICE PERFECT AS USUAL , I MUST SAY IT IS THE BEST IN BELFAST FOR ME AT THE MOMENT .. AFTER A FEW BOTTLES OF VINO WE WERE OFF AGAIN TO THE WATERFRONT TO SEE RY COODER ALONG WITH NICK LOWE I HADN'T A CLUE WHAT THAT WAS GOING TO BE LIKE AND I WAS VERY IMPRESSED IT WAS BRILLIANT THANKS TO GEORGE FOR THE TICKETS (STAR YOU ARE ) THEN BACK TO MALMAISON FOR A PUDDING AND HOME SHATTERED AFTER SUCH A LONG DAY !

I SLEPT ALL DAY MONDAY AND SLEPT IN THIS MORNING ITS CREEPING UP ON ME AGAIN LOL ! ADRIAN FROM HOLYWOOD GARDEN CENTRE CAME DOWN AND PLANTED UP MY FRONT GARDEN AND I AM SO HAPPY WITH IT XX

TILL NEXT TIME XX LOVE LAWRAIN