From the Daily Scot:
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Well, the good news is we have turned the corner and spring will soon be here, as I look out the window on this dark rainy day. This means more opportunities to be in public spaces, people watching, interacting and enjoying city life.
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Last summer I noticed bars and restaurants (especially in Gastown) were successfully blurring the lines between indoor and outdoor space with spill-out seating and open-concept architecture. The results place the customer in the public realm and draw the passerby into the social scene.
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We’ve got a long way to go before we get to the levels of a Melbourne where you feel like you’re walking through someone’s dining room, but we’re getting there. Here are some more shots from around the city from the summer.
I take my ‘winter turning the corner’ direction from Punxatawney Phil, thank you. Or Staten Island Chuck in a pinch. Do they ask the same thing in Melbourne? When the hell will this bone dry 50-degree northerly cease so we can start looking forward to a decent and comfortable autumn? I bet they don’t.
It sounds like you’re in some of these establishments at the moment tilting some back