It was all go yesterday, as Belfast did a fantastic job of raising a hell of a lot of money for Haiti.
The campaign which started less than 3 weeks ago, and on Twitter if I remember correctly, by Aaron and Anto, massively surpassed the original £20,000 target.
A 5km fun run took place yesterday morning, [...]

My last few posts have been quite wordy, so…
I’ve been out shooting some night scenes in Belfast, and if the rain stays off I’ll be out again over the next few days.

The snow has gone, and floods are replacing the freeze.
But while it’s still fresh in your mind, here are a few more snow pics from Belfast:

It’s about commercialism of course. But you already knew that.
And when all the shelves are empty, and everyone is shopped-out this is what the streets look like:

The snow that fell in Belfast yesterday.
It doesn’t look like it’s getting warmer any time soon either.

The annual Christmas Continental Market opened today in the grounds of the City Hall in Belfast, though oddly a week earlier than usual. According to the Lord major on the news this is the seventh Christmas Market, I’m just going to assume she’s right even though she said “I think…” (but for that I hope [...]

Getting home late in the evening the past few days I took some photographs of the traffic from the top of the bus:

“In Dublin they went to great lengths to create a curved street and we already have it here in Belfast for over 100 years.”

It’s all about the little things.

The Ulster Museum reopened today after 3 years of major refurbishment costing £17m, I was down to see what was different, and what I still remembered. Although not much has changed on the outside, inside it is very different.

The Museum was founded as the Belfast Natural History Society in 1821 and began exhibiting in 1833. [...]

This years Belfast Festival has been launched, with events taking place in various locations around the city from 16th – 31st October.
Below are a few that have caught my eye.
Music
Fionn Regan
Venue: Spiegeltent
Times: Tuesday 20 October 8.00pm £13.75
Ludovico Einaudi Nightbook Tour
Venue: Ulster Hall
Wednesday 21 October 7.30pm £22.50
Josh Ritter
Venue: Empire Music Hall
Sunday 18 October 8.00pm (Doors 7.00pm) [...]