local life free community & lifestyle magazine JUNE|JULY 2018 Caring about our coffee, our customers and our planet CONTENTS Look What we Found! 5 Fashion | Summer Suitcase Edit 11 F is for Father’s Day 12 Food and Drink | Almond and Saffron Sticky Cake 16 News for Foodies 17 SUMMER LIVING Local News 18 Finding your Inner Zen 20 Mind, Body & Soul | Your Gremlins Don’t Live in Nature 23 Dates for your Diary & Guide to Local Galas and Games 26 Fidra Fine Art Relocates to Gullane 28 LOCAL LIFE this issue It’s Show Time 32 The sun has been shining for at least three #East Lothian 34 days in a row and whilst the farmers, Your Local People | Peter and Jenny Maniam 35 greenkeepers and gardeners amongst us A Touch of the Hamptons Comes to Gullane 36 might be performing evening rain dances, the sun has everyone at Local Life HQ Let’s Talk Waffle 39 smiling and dreaming of the long hazy Interiors | Colour to Dip your Toes Into 42 days of summer. Gardening | Why Use a Garden Designer 46 This is my favourite time of year, when Tide Times & Local Numbers 54 the East Lothian landscape is at its most glorious; all in all, an inspiring setting for the fêtes and festivals that flourish across the county, from Fringe by the Sea to gala’s, festivals and games days in our local villages. We’ve pulled together a guide of this summer’s events, all you have to do is roll up! The warmer weather also encourages us out into the garden. And we’re delighted 20 to welcome new columnist, garden designer, Joy Grey. She’ll bring us regular gardening features and this issue she tells us why a garden designer can help you make the best of your garden. And of course we’ve all our regular features – interiors, health, fashion and 39 46 local stories – to whet your appetite too. North Berwick Enjoy summer, enjoy Local Life... To advertise in the August | September’18 issue please contact [email protected] Cockburn Street, Edinburgh or 07768 622 378. Inclusion in the events pages is free for local events and charity Church Hill Place, Edinburgh fund-raisers. For the next issue, please email details of your event to info@yourlocallife. nd Kim Peebles co.uk by 2 July 2018. Editor: Kim Williams | Contributors: Amanda Farnese-Heath, St Georges Place, Glasgow Hayley Flanagan, Joy Grey, Bernie Petrie, Elaine Ramanauskas. Distributed by: Johnson Byres Road, Glasgow Distribution Services www.jdsdoor2door.co.uk | Proofreading: MagicSpell Local Life is designed, edited and published by Local Life Magazines Ltd, 45 Middleshot Road, Gullane EH31 2DG. Whilst every effort is made to ensure accuracy in the information contained in this magazine, Local Life Magazines Ltd cannot be held liable for any errors or inaccuracies. Any opinions expressed in this magazine are not necessarily those of the publisher. www.yourlocallife.co.uk www.timeandtidestores.co.uk local life | 3 LOOK WHAT WE FOUND! A few things the Local Life team has seen and loved this month... OYSTERS AND COCKTAILS Food and Drink Columnist Amanda Farnese Heath’s foodie find Sionnach Glas I’d had a long day working in Edinburgh and as I was Editor Kim Williams discovers a grey fox walking back to the station I literally stumbled across this little treasure. Owned by the same group who This striking painting of a weather-beaten Greek own Chop House, The White Horse is classic, classy and fisherman reminds me of summer holidays spent in contemporary and the seafood, oysters and cocktails are the Mediterranean. Watching fishermen sit for days in divine. The emphasis is definitely on oysters paired with DISCOVER ALL THAT FLETCHER’S harbour, drinking coffee, awaiting the right wind and a ridiculously good cocktail to match! mending nets. It is from a series of stunning portraits COTTAGE SPA HAS TO OFFER THIS JULY which portray interesting faces by East Lothian based I enjoyed a glass of champagne and half a dozen oysters, artist Isla MacLennan. Originally from the Highlands, sitting at the bar reading Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens. It self-taught Isla, is inspired by the landscape, crofting, was hard for me to leave and I felt quite at home sitting at fishing, people and a traditional way of life. Isla paints the bar alone with my book. The interior was beautiful, SUMMER TREAT private commissions, exhibits at local galleries and her warm and inviting and the food delicious, so next time work can be seen on her Facebook page Sionnach Glas, I’m passing I’ll be heading in. See you at the bar? which interestingly is Gaelic for grey fox – a bit like my WHITE HORSE OYSTER & SEAFOOD BAR We have teamed up with our brand partner craggy fisherman! Aromatherapy Associates to bring you an 266 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh EH8 8AA | www.sionnachglas.co.uk exclusive treatment this summer. SIONNACH GLAS www.whitehorseoysterbar.co.uk Historic bliss Mind, Body and Soul Columnist Bernie Petrie A truly uplifting and revitalising treatment, incorporating a back, neck and takes time out with simple pleasures shoulder massage, facial, Ayurveda scalp massage and stretches to finish. An unexpected errand to East Linton led to Includes: 45 minute treatment, 2 hours use of the Spa facilities. Available Monday to Friday. a glorious dog walk along the river. Taking the path from Station Road, the path was scented with the aroma from the stunning Available throughout July £75 per person gorse bushes and wild flowers. After a mile and a half we found ourselves at the historic site of Hailes Castle – the perfect spot for a summer picnic. All right under our noses. A delightful find! 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