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After the downtown sketchcrawl, I wandered about the shops, and then popped into the Bull’n’Mouth (formerly De Vere’s) for a beer before heading home. I’d really wanted to get another ske...

https://petescully.com/2024/02/06/playing-with-pure-pink/

Still in Old Sacramento last Saturday, I went and stood by the big Christmas Tree on Front Street, where people were gathering for photos, and there were different singers nearby filling the stre...

https://petescully.com/2023/12/23/old-sac-at-christmas/

After a busy week, and after we’d just had our annual Holiday Party at work (my belly filled up with hot chocolate), I popped downtown to have a festive pint in honour of the dearly departed Sh...

https://petescully.com/2023/12/16/i-turned-my-face-away-and-dreamed-about-you/

I went downtown on Saturday afternoon a couple of weeks ago; I had a big drawing to do on short notice, and had to scout out a few locations to preliminary sketch for it. Of course this was the d...

https://petescully.com/2023/10/16/bullnmouth-2/

The other drawing that I’ve put into the Pence Gallery’s Art Auction was this one of Deacon Brodie’s Tavern, on the Royal Mile in Edinburgh. I wanted to draw an old pub, and I decided to go...

https://petescully.com/2023/09/04/deacon-brodies-tavern/

I was disappointed and sad when I heard that Anchor Steam was stopping production. I didn’t even try to come up with amusing things to say like, well they ran out of steam, or calling their own...

https://petescully.com/2023/08/29/the-search-for-the-last-anchor-steam/

A must-see spot in Edinburgh for ghost hunters (or ghost hunted?) is Greyfriars Kirkyard. I went there twice. The second time was early on our final morning in the city, when I got up and walked ...

https://petescully.com/2023/08/08/bloody-mackenzie-turn-the-key/

I am glad we stayed in the Old Town of Edinburgh, among all those tall sandstone tenement buildings, just steps away from the Royal Mile. So this Royal Mile, what exactly is it? Well it is a long...

https://petescully.com/2023/08/07/edinburgh-old-town-a-wee-bit-more/

My first time out of the house after we got back from the UK, spending a week indoors sick, I felt pretty good on the Sunday afternoon so I cycled downtown to do a sketch. I drew on E Street, the...

https://petescully.com/2023/07/28/bullnmouth/

After spending the day in South Ken and Knightsbridge, I sought out another place I have not been to in over two decades. The Nags Head, in a quiet back road behind the busy Knightsbridge, was an...

https://petescully.com/2023/07/19/afternoon-at-the-nags/