Let's Go: Glasgow

Went to Glasgow yesterday and remembered what it was like to be in a city, to see restaurants with more than five tables in it, and to be in the midst of people. Felt very jealous of Glaswegians as I spotted Chinese restaurants galore. Respectable Chinese restaurants at that.

Because Scotland has just a handful of cities, each one of them claims to be the 'capital' of something. Eddie is the political and cultural capital, and Glasgow, as it turns out, is the capital of fashion, style, and curry. Yeah, I wasn't convinced either, and decided to just capitalize all sorts of other things for the city, since it was so easy to do. Like cast iron. Glasgow is the cast iron capital of Scotland. And headphones. And nylons. Don't question me in these things, they just are.















The George Square of Glasgow. Not to be confused with the George Square of Eddie. Or many other cities in the UK.















The Nelson Mandela Place of Glasgow (if you click on the picture, you can see the plaque that says so a little better). I don't think anyone could have picked a whiter spot in the world to honor the great anti-apartheid leader. Just look through the sea of people and try to spot one person of color (ok, so ignore the Asian lady in the front, but I challenge you to find a black person in the picture. No, to make it even easier, I challenge you to find a black person in the city).

Glasgow: The Jesus Capital of Scotland. Actually, with only 30 minutes, can they even get through everything fast enough to talk about Jesus?