My Semester In Scotland

Last night I was hanging out in one of my buddies’ room and we were chatting and he asked if I had any plans for the night. I said no and he asked if I wanted to hit up the local jazz club. Being the jazz¬†aficionado¬†that I am, I of course said yes. We took off and got there around 10ish. It was in this little basement bar with red lights… typical jazz club. There was a quartet on that consisted of guitar,bass, drums and sax/flute. They were really good. It was more modern jazz and not the swing type that we were looking for but non-the-less we enjoyed it. Around 12:00 they finished and the MC for the night announced that next was a funk band. As soon as they started we new our entrance cover fee had been well worth it. The funk band consisted of a female vocalist, guitar, drum kit, electric bass and a guy on the B3 Hammond Organ. It was great! They played everything from Aretha Franklin’s RESPECT to Cannonball Adderly’s Mercy Mercy Mercy. People were dancing, singing along and just grooving. The atmosphere was perfect. Suddenly we realized it was 3am so we decided to head back to the flat. When we got outside it was pouring so we walked a little ways then took a cab. On the way home my buddy tells the cabby suddenly to pull over. Im thinking what the heck is he doing? He told me that the “chippy” (thats fish and chip shop to you and I) was still open and we were making a “pit chip stop” on the way home. Yes thats right. There was a fish and chip shop open at 3am. Only in Edinburgh.¬†