Get Me Tae Glasgow

A blog documenting my relocation to Glasgow, Scotland and subsequent discoveries and adventures in the city.

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Jo Whitby
I'm an illustrator, musician and sometimes journalist. Lover of sci-fi, comedy and a good cup of tea.
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  • Jesus loves you, The Forge and a nightclub in no man's land.
    The East End of Glasgow “used to be really rough” according to a friend of mine. I have to admit there are definitely pockets (ok, rather l...
  • I’ll give you £1 for that, Ghandi and inaccurate weather forecasts.
    Part of project ‘get me tae Glasgow’ includes shedding some of the numerous belongings I’ve gathered over the last 6 years. It’s amaz...
  • STAN’S [insert clever pun here]
    I’m not sure what it says about a person when one of their main concerns when moving cities is whether there’s going to be a decent cafe ne...
  • Music, music, music.
    Over the next few weeks I’ll be documenting my relocation to Glasgow, Scotland. My aim is to post something twice a week but my aim might b...
  • We made it to Glesga, a farewell with Kate and an anxious start.
    As I write this sunshine is pushing through the blinds of my new flat – the bright rays marking the floor with glowing lines. Eliot the cat...
  • If a tree falls in the forest, is it still a tree?
    Hello everyone, my name is Jo and I’m a Doctor Who fan. My long bumpy ride in the time vortex started in 1996. I’d like to say that it was ...
  • The Yes City
    The Tuesday before voting day I headed into the centre of Glasgow on a mission to hand out CVs to various retail establishments and go for a...
  • Two old ladies go to a bookshop.
    It was a grey and drizzly Monday when myself and Lux decided to have a ‘day trip’ to the West End of Glasgow. Essentially anything that req...
  • Bellgrove
    As introductions to a city go, my first visit to Glasgow could arguably have been a little less dramatic. I was touring my music across Sco...
  • Have some mustard, take a trip.
    There’s a lot to do in Glasgow if you have the time and the means to get to places. I have a lot of time but a strict budget which limits m...

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  • alexandra park
  • anxious
  • architecture
  • art
  • art studio
  • artists
  • arty
  • bakery 47
  • Bellgrove
  • bimbling
  • black holes
  • books
  • bookshop
  • buchanan street
  • cafe
  • car boot
  • cardiff
  • cats
  • CCA
  • cheapskates
  • coffee
  • conceptual art
  • Craft Fair
  • Crystal Palace Pub
  • Doctor Who
  • duke of wellington statue
  • east end
  • film
  • getting rained on
  • ghandi
  • Glasgow
  • Glasgow Doctor Who Society
  • herbal tea
  • high
  • kate bush
  • kelvinbridge
  • love music
  • mental health
  • Merchant Square
  • mitchell library
  • moving
  • mr eion
  • musicians
  • mustard
  • naked soup
  • nightclub
  • nuggets
  • Olive Grove
  • oran mor
  • otago lane
  • pay what you want
  • rachel sermanni
  • recovery
  • sarah stanley
  • sauchiehall street
  • savoy centre
  • Scottish Music
  • scottish referendum
  • self doubt
  • shopping
  • st enoch
  • STAN'S
  • subway
  • the forge
  • The Glasgow Tea Room
  • traffic cone
  • vanilla black coffee house
  • voltaire and rousseau
  • wales
  • west end
  • yes

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    • ▼  December (1)
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    • ►  October (2)
    • ►  September (3)
    • ►  August (5)
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Monday, 1 December 2014

STAN’S [insert clever pun here]

14:44 | Jo Whitby | alexandra park, art studio, bakery 47, cafe, coffee, east end, Glasgow, mr eion, pay what you want, sarah stanley, STAN'S | No comments

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Two old ladies go to a bookshop.

11:45 | Jo Whitby | bimbling, books, bookshop, Glasgow, kelvinbridge, love music, naked soup, oran mor, otago lane, rachel sermanni, st enoch, subway, voltaire and rousseau, west end | No comments

Thursday, 9 October 2014

Have some mustard, take a trip.

13:13 | Jo Whitby | Craft Fair, duke of wellington statue, Glasgow, herbal tea, high, Merchant Square, mustard, The Glasgow Tea Room, traffic cone | No comments

Friday, 26 September 2014

The Yes City

09:09 | Jo Whitby | buchanan street, Glasgow, mitchell library, musicians, sauchiehall street, scottish referendum, vanilla black coffee house, yes | No comments

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

If a tree falls in the forest, is it still a tree?

08:33 | Jo Whitby | black holes, Crystal Palace Pub, Doctor Who, Glasgow, Glasgow Doctor Who Society, nuggets | No comments

Thursday, 4 September 2014

The smell of art.

05:41 | Jo Whitby | architecture, art, artists, arty, CCA, conceptual art, film, Glasgow, self doubt | No comments

Tuesday, 26 August 2014

Jesus loves you, The Forge and a nightclub in no man's land.

02:38 | Jo Whitby | east end, Glasgow, nightclub, savoy centre, shopping, the forge | No comments
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