#Stravaigin' 30th Birthday Party

[sgiandubh]

The trouble with Stravaigin'

This pic is currently making the rounds on Tumblr and X, and for all the good reasons (thank you @mariaae, for bringing it here):

After a rather busy week and an even busier week-end, it's certainly nice to check in for this 👆.

Funny how the dunces across the street dub this a 'wrap party combo' of sorts. Oh, come on, are you that stupid, people?

Jamie Roy's OG post is absolutely clear with this regard:

'Thank you @thevinepr for having us at @stravaigin_g12's 30th Birthday.' An event that is directly linked to this very recent Stravaigin's announcement, that has to do exclusively with S's spirits' business:

'In an announcement that will delight the legions of whisky lovers who have been demanding its addition to Stravaigin’s renowned drinks menu, The Sassenach @sassenachspirits by @samheughan is today confirmed as joining the bar’s Scotch whisky offering as a permanent fixture 🥃. (...)

Stravaigin's Olivia Wong - Scotland's Bar Manager of the Year says: “We are thrilled to welcome The Sassenach to Stravaigin. We are all big fans of Sam and his Scotch whisky here at Stravaigin and know excitement levels will be running high with our patrons, as we announce it is becoming a permanent addition to our drinks menu.'

Note to self: this is something Marple 'forgot' to post about, despite her all-consuming obsession for S. Without this information, the rest was presented as just another heavy drinking sesh. Tss, shame on you, madam! Is this where you're at? Lying to your readers, in an attempt to demonstrate: a) S is a highly-functioning alcoholic (by your reasoning, half of the UK might be, ROFLMAO) and b) Ashley Hearn is a lazy, entitled idiot, who spends her time in bars chatting and drinking with her buddies?

Lying by omission is either a mortal sin (when made with the purpose of hurting someone's reputation) or a venial one (when 'in jest', like the Screeching Banshees pretend to do). But I have no idea if that woman is a Catholic, nor do I care. Either way, it's unsavory as fuck. So long for playing it Switzerland, in here.

All of the above to emphatically (LOL for ages) say that this event has nothing to do with Outlander. This has everything to do with Sam Roland Heughan and his own, local business network. This is exactly why Jamie Roy was thanking the organizing PR firm (more on this, a bit later in this post).There were zero reasons for C to be there that night, something that has been confirmed by fans on X:

Interesting: 'took a picture with them'. In the context, people were wondering if there were pics with the Two of Them, not the rest of the cast. But hey, didn't you know? THEY CAN'T STAND EACHOTHER, NEVER COULD!

And there we go, we have the arrival video (why does it always have to be Brazilian fans directly or indirectly involved? that is a mystery on par with who killed JFK, LOL):

And here we have it, courtesy of @maripimpao, the OG X poster (https://x.com/Mari_pimpao/status/1850588095046971487?t=p3_lv013WuINhA085ayr4A&s=19).

... S arriving separately, as predictible, probably on his own (fucking Tumblr doesn't let me upload more than one video, but you'll find everything on the X page above), then C and Skeleton (God, that girl must KNOW stuff!) together - not surprised at all, either:

A normal convo ensues, C stating that she feels 'both happy and sad' because Friday was their last day ever on set. I was very surprised by her genuine warmth, to be honest, as I wasn't expecting it, but it is in line with public lore on her being spotted before by fans.

A word on The Vine PR company. This is one of the biggest PR firms in Scotland and even the UK, with a very nice portfolio of clients, partners and events they manage on the regular:

Oh...

And re-oh...

So, there should come as no surprise to find, among The Vine's clients (for whom it managed flagship events), two of LVMH's portfolio companies/brands: Moët & Chandon and Glenmorangie. I also remember being ridiculed, as writing fanfic, by both Marple and her minions. Well, eat crow now, I have been announcing it for a year, already, for both of them. Not once, but three times in a row.

One...

Two...

Third time's a charm/Jamais deux sans trois:

Business-wise, this is about the amount of time it takes to make things of this amplitude happen. Wait, I forgot that business was bound to flounder, sweet Baby Jesus on a motorbike!

On top of it all, I have some very inconvenient, yet rhetorical questions (for the people across the street, a rhetorical question is supposed to make a point, not wait for an answer):

What about McTavish's spirits business? Still in promo mode, bought medals, and all the tralala? Hmmm.

What about Tony McGill? Why isn't he seen at any event at all, in the music business or otherwise, like ever? Isn't he supposed to manage (Media Manager, my 🦶) a Scottish band? Where was he, on Friday night? How does he even do business? Hmmm.

Oh, FFS.

[samheughanupdates]

Stravaigin's 30th Birthday Party

📸 Gerardo Jaconelli

[brian-in-finance]

Where’s Tony?

Give me strength...

Right now? No clue. Friday evening? At home with his son, is my best guess, Anon.

Lately, I find it hard to know which of my Anons is a friend from Mordor, taking the piss and sending messages they know will make me laugh... and which of my Anons is a visitor from The Shire, purposely trolling, thinking they’re clever.

Whichever you are, friend or visitor, Anon, you're quick with a keyboard. Your message arrived five minutes after I had posted:

And three minutes before I posted:

Screenshots

Couldn't wait to imagine my laughing? Or primed to prod?

So, where was Tony?… Where was Sammie R? Where was Annika F? Like Caitríona, neither Richard nor Jamie attended the party with their significant other. Sophie and Sam attended sans sweetheart, too. (Anyone recognise the woman Sam left behind in the taxi?)

It seems pretty clear this wasn't date night. This was Stravaigin’s 30th birthday celebration, and one of its suppliers, Mr Sassenach Spirits himself, attended, as did four of his Outlander friends/colleagues.

How is this outing A Big Deal... for anyone but the gang at Stravaigin and their guests? Thirty years is a long time. Happy Birthday, Stravaigin! 🥳

Just typed that last bit when this inquiry arrived, most definitely from The Shire:

How am I feeling? 😂😂😂😂😂 Completely gutted I’m not privy like you are to 24/7 coverage of Caitríona’s life this past week.

No. It’s not strange at all. During the week she filmed pickups for Outlander. Why would her husband be on set? Why would he be in the makeup trailer? (And if he was, you’d shout “Narrative!” so loudly, you’d hurt your own ears.)

Why wasn’t he at Stravaigin Friday evening? Like I told the first Anon, my best guess is he was at home with his son.

I’ll repeat what I wrote on Thursday:

Nothing is disconcerting. Nothing has rattled, triggered, unnerved or done anything more than inspire laughter.

Remember... today you could say this sky is pink, You could repeat it tomorrow. You could repeat it for the rest of the year and throughout 2025, into 2026, and beyond. And the sky will still be blue. Your thinking it's pink doesn't change reality. — Brian-in-Finance

[thetruthwilloutsworld]

Instagram thevinepr

Happy 30th birthday @stravaigin_g12 🥳

The Sassenach @samheughan @sassenachspirits brought the party 🥃🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The celebrations continue today.

Visit Stravaigin today and enjoy a free Wee Haggis with whisky sauce when you buy a dram of The Sassenach 🥃

(Thanks for the birthday cake Sam 🥰

📷 @gerardojac

Posted 27 October 2024

[bcacstuff]

Oh... private party!

Oh his booze.....

Is he there you ask??

Of course he is!

25 October 2024 Stravaigin 30th Birthday Party, Glasgow

[sgiandubh]

Rik Sophie and Cait were there. But have you seen the video of Sam's arrival with the cab? There is a brunette next to Sam but the girl stopped filming when she was about to go out. Not sure if it was Cait because we see her in another video going out of a car with someone looking like Sophie

Dear Brunette in the Car Anon(s),

Yes, this is correct:

(gracias a ti, siempre; credit given to @mariaae - I just focused in)

But didn't you know he came alone? ROFLMAO: the eagle-eyed detective suddenly needs her sight checked. I can understand that, this is inconvenient AF:

But she didn't. LOL.

I am not sure either, but I won't be surprised either way.

[sgiandubh]

Watch your heid

It is my understanding one of the main 'debunking' arguments about that Stravaigin' event is that well, didn't you know, 'nobody else in attendance went with their significant other'. Or at least nobody from the OL crowd, which wasn't numerous, nor central at all, by the way (perhaps C not being mentioned anywhere is what really pissed her Stans off? 🤷‍♀️).

Oh. So be it. Bummer.

Then who is this charming blonde young lady, mind I ask you?

Could it be...

... Sammie Russel, Rankin's girlfriend?

Nah. My eyes are definitely tricking me. We have been told by people who are always RIGHT and FIRST and BEST such a thing was not possible. You are looking at a shamelessly photoshopped collage, courtesy of Sgian-dubh, the Stupid, Stupid Shipper.

Heh. You'd wish:

The above frame comes from this clip, posted on Stravaigin's IG account:

[Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBlKUC7qHu8/]

How dare they, btw, thank their 'wonderful customers, suppliers and friends' in that fake news post of theirs? This cannot be and is just beyond me. We have been told otherwise by Two Authorities, therefore we should shut the fuck up and go home: they know BEST.

And surely this guy, too, Mr. James Anderson, a set builder for OL, must be lying through his teeth:

[Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/DBoqR_otF1M/ and respective IG accounts' bios]

Marrit? Oh. Too bad. But... but... this cannot be. We have been told otherwise.

And oh, lookie here, too. Disclaimer: not Tony McGill - I wonder if you can ask for a refund, or something?

I surely want my money back, on this one.

[Source: The Glasgowist's IG account]

Oh, well. They never got along with irony, either, all Those Righteous, Those Supremely Intelligent People Across The Street

Liars, Fascists and Fools. God bless them all.

PS: thank you, darling. You know who you are and as always, this is spot on!

[sgiandubh]

It was confirmed it wasn't Caitriona in the car. The brezilian said so. Sam would not have a random woman in the car with him going to the party if nothing

Dear 'Brezilian' Anon,

Aside your appalling spelling, you too are in a state of mortal sin, considering your last phrase about S not having some 'random woman in the car with him':

Unlike that 'brezilian' fan at the Infamous London lunch with Sarah Holden, these two have been reasonable about what they saw.

But look at what you people did to Miss Pimpao's X account:

She deleted the video posts, but forgot to delete the other one:

This is exactly why this fandom is so undeserving of any information spare the hogwash you ingest daily.

What a fine bunch of cretins y'all are... I have no words.

[sgiandubh]

Again you are manipulating. The point is All these other cast mates were there who have Sig others but you are only insinuating he is with Caitriona. Why not Sophie? Or even Jamie? Or many of the Outlander crew there? They were all there and none of these people are dating or married to each other. Coworkers, all of them coworkers.

Dear Manipulating Anon,

Again you are the same triggered idiot.

'Many of the Outlander crew, there'? Look at you, little liar.

You know how this conversation ends, right?

Kindly fuck off.

[bcacstuff]

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Private event; Stravaigin 30th Birthday Party, Glasgow 25 October 2024

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Stravaigin IGS 25 October 2024

30th Birthday Party of the Stravaigin, Glasgow