[Trash-talk] [NGR] belfast was sgr: belfast (and garbageyhappenings)

[Shirley vixen]

nopes your questions arent stupid..

first thing COME TO IRELAND. everyone should come to ireland. if they dont 
they are really missing out cos they have absolutely no idea how absolutely 
fabulous this place is. i love the UK and ireland with all my heart. this is 
so wonderful and of course northern ireland is the best place. im very 
patriotic in that sense! i love my country! it kicks ass!

anyways - the differences between dublin and belfast. well i love both of 
these cities. i have to admit that i would have said that i would preferred 
dublin a few years ago but over time and experience i have started to really 
appreciate belfast and all the great things in it.

the main difference that you would notice in these two cities is the 
architecture... dublin has some great buildings.. very old and majestic. im 
afraid i couldnt quite tell you which century or period they come from. 
belfast is more "modern" and by modern i mean, its mainly 18th/19th century 
architecture and upwards... i mean you can compare i guess just the two main 
universities in this respect queens, belfast (www.qub.ac.uk) and trinity, 
dublin (www.tcd.ie).

from here on in, i shall not compare the two cities but rather discuss them 
seperately okays...

dublin is irish. yes *very* irish. not that thats strange. i mean 
considering its in ireland! but its a lot more irish than belfast! and its 
hard possibly to explain that to someone who doesnt live here because by 
irishness im not referring to guinness and big green hats - its not a 
tourism thing, its more an atmospheric thing. the streets are always busy 
and the crowds of people are always diverse and interesting. the shops are 
good - *love* the shops. you have your normal high street stores on large 
scale and then you also have little individual shops and stuff which sell 
great music, great clothes, great original things.. some cool markets.. you 
just gotta search for it. dublin nightlife also rocks. being a capital, its 
strict on ID (so for you underagers like me head for a pub rather than a 
club they're always easier!). but the nightlife is great. there are places 
that are wild for the students. there are so many places basically, all 
different styles - alternative, gay, disco etc etc... the gig venues are 
also pretty hot in dublin and i think that the theatre scene isnt bad.. 
there isnt the kinda variety of musicals that you get in london of course, 
but there are always loads of good plays going on in the various little 
theatres.. its true ireland is so very *rich* in culture and arts...

there is a lot in this city for the discerning tourist and its nice to walk 
around.. the streets are generally based along squares with little green 
parks in the middle. traffic sucks ass during the day so walk! there is 
loads to do.. it rocks..

BELFAST i love this city so much.. i know it inside out.. i could take you 
around blindfolded.. im not really interested in the tourist side.. i mean 
yeah ive been up the shankill, the falls.. ive seen the murals etc etc but 
*shrugs* yeah its weird.. but thats just... anyways!

belfast is a great city.. it has a nice atmosphere.. its feels friendly.. to 
me it feels safe.. it feels like home.. its *my* city... i get excited when 
my favourite bands play there because i want them to love it and i want to 
be among northern irish people while enjoying the bands i love... its easy 
to get around this city.. the main things are pretty close together.. and 
anything worth getting to is much less than an hours walking distance from 
anything else worth being at!

the shops are great.. also high street stuff.. but then there are special 
northern irish high street chains likes dunnes!!! does anyone else know 
dunnes?! it kicks ass.. *hehe* but then there are some FABULOUS alternative 
stores that i love.. number 1 has to be hectors house which is a great music 
collectors store.. now this man is the true example of how lovely northern 
irish people are.. hes done some great stuff for me (i once left like an 
entire bundle of letters to be stamped and posted somewhere in his shop and 
he posted it all for me and paid for it and everything and im like aww - i 
mean like yeah id just spent £30 in his shop but still!) also there are 
fabulous clothes shops for the femmes et les hommes - CULT is soooooooo damn 
cool... girls check it out.. i havent checked out the guy bit but the girls 
bit rocks.. its set in a huge warehouse style building.. all metal and 
stuff.. with cute paul frank monkey stuff and then little tshirts with 
leather cats and polka dot skirts and it ranges from goth to trippy to boho 
and i love it.. then there is fresh garbage and casbah - both of these shops 
SMELL like dope.. casbah is very hippy with stripey woollen cardigans.. and 
fresh garbage is full of expensive dresses made from spiderwebs, awful 
hoodies and cute tshirts.. also a fabulous range of spikes! then there is 
liberty blue - another alternative shop which is actually set out like a 
proper shop (like cult phew) lots of cute tshirts... a character similar to 
emily strange but different "im so happy i could die" anyways yeah very 
cool... does some very unusual tshirts... loads of cute gay sales 
assisstants who are over-friendly.. fab!

okays nightlife is great in belfast.. i think ive nearly been to every pub 
because of last week! ha - well yeah during the day no pubs in the centre, 
in shaftsbury, on lisburn road, in stranmillis or botanic are out of bounds 
i dont think.. at night maybe there are places that i wouldnt recommend.. 
but yeah there are various different bars and clubs for everyone...

the limelight (a favourite gig venue of mine) also doubles as a club and its 
great for sweaty students getting down to rock beats that cannot be danced 
to.. its so crowded on student nights where shots are £1 and the place is 
packed with "alternatifs!" :P its heavy on ID - even during gigs... you just 
gotta learn the tricks of the trade, most of which i have employed by now! 
:P

the parliament is the only gay bar i know.. its okays.. very cheesy and not 
exactly looking great.. i was scared to go in in case i got shot! but yeah 
its fine - bit cheesy and very dark.. very shady.. has a restaurant and club 
attached

anyways loads of other clubs and bars that are good.. cutters wharf, the 
empire, tatu, milk, the bot, the eg, orpheus, wetherspoons(!), katy dalys, 
bar twelve...

belfast also is full of culinary delights.. the restaurants are a treat and 
absolutely amazing and lovely.. so yeah.. some fabulisu little places 
waiting to be discovered...

belfast rocks in the sun.. the city hall lawns are flooded with people 
almost permantently sunny or not.. everyone sits there eating lunch and 
sleeping - the botanic gardens are also popular.. this place is buzzing.. 
its full of students, young people, professionals... its great...

gig venues rock.. unfortunately bands forget about us cos we're out of the 
way and because of the past but we rock.. we really know how to riot :P 
there are loads of great places for everyone... all different times

also the ice hockey is supposed to be damn cool as well.. its in the 
odyssey.. i havent been there recently but supposedly its turned into some 
huge american style thing.. ie there are LOADS restaurants all under one 
huge roof and there is a cinema and hard rock cafe (ireland first!!!) and a 
cool science museum... yeah belfast is full of cool museums as well like the 
one at cultra and stuff.. so yeah i love belfast

the only thing that sucks is the trains. and they *really* suck

lou
xx



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>Subject: Re: [Trash-talk] [NGR] belfast was sgr: belfast (and 
>garbageyhappenings)
>Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2003 21:49:10 -0500
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