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Scott Martin and Darroch Ramsay get in the spirit of things. Picture: Contributed

Whisky Stramash returns for second year

IT may look like an innocent pharmacy from the outside, but when you peel back the faux facade, you will be transported back in time to 1920s New York.

You will be greeted by Lindy Hoppers dancing as though their lives depend on it, musicians plucking away on the double bass, and illicit Manhattans being served as quick as the bartenders can mix them.

Anna and Jonathan Freemantle. Picture: Ian Georgeson

Noir! Spring Fair: It’s stall there for great day

RESIDENT Edinburgh supermodel Anna Freemantle is out to prove that serious glamour can be a family affair.

GP Goh pours the tea at Pekoe Tea on Leven Street. Picture: Neil Hanna

Chinese tea is turning over a new leaf

EVERYONE knows that “a nice cup of tea” solves all problems - that could be why a staggering 165 million cups of it are drank in the UK every single day.

Restaurant review: Revolution, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

REVOLUTION has built up a reputation as a destination bar for cocktails, parties and flavoured vodkas.

Gardening: You know it makes good scents

With the unseasonable cold weather now behind us, the Horticultural Trades Association is encouraging gardeners to start planting some ‘pick me up’ plants in their beds and containers to enhance well-being into the summer months.

My perfect weekend: Tom Falconi, La P’tite Folie

Tom Falconi is head chef at La P’tite Folie restaurant in Randolph Place.

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The Weekender

Whisky Stramash returns for second year

Noir! Spring Fair: It’s stall there for great day

Chinese tea is turning over a new leaf

Restaurant review: Revolution, Chambers Street, Edinburgh

Gardening: You know it makes good scents

My perfect weekend: Tom Falconi, La P’tite Folie

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