Esquiver
@esquiver.bsky.social
IMMIGRANT.
US diplomat (ret); US-German dual citizen; Jew. Enthusiastic Edinburgher. Crumhornist. Journalist, critic, and writer of fiction/plays.
Will not cede em dash to AI.
Mordant, feminist, and generally oblique.
Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut.
US diplomat (ret); US-German dual citizen; Jew. Enthusiastic Edinburgher. Crumhornist. Journalist, critic, and writer of fiction/plays.
Will not cede em dash to AI.
Mordant, feminist, and generally oblique.
Quadratisch. Praktisch. Gut.
My fellow Americans living in Edinburgh: the Supermercado Invicta, on Roslin high street, a local bus ride away, HAS FRITOS.
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
My fellow Americans living in Edinburgh: the Supermercado Invicta, on Roslin high street, a local bus ride away, HAS FRITOS.
Atmospheric ruin outside of St. Monans, Fife. Some aesthetic compensation for the sun being this low at 3:40 pm, sigh.
November 9, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Atmospheric ruin outside of St. Monans, Fife. Some aesthetic compensation for the sun being this low at 3:40 pm, sigh.
Leaf-peeping in East Lothian.
(Binning Wood, about 25 miles from Edinburgh, and very near an excellent Konditorei in Haddington I hadn’t known about. It was a good day.)
(Binning Wood, about 25 miles from Edinburgh, and very near an excellent Konditorei in Haddington I hadn’t known about. It was a good day.)
November 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Leaf-peeping in East Lothian.
(Binning Wood, about 25 miles from Edinburgh, and very near an excellent Konditorei in Haddington I hadn’t known about. It was a good day.)
(Binning Wood, about 25 miles from Edinburgh, and very near an excellent Konditorei in Haddington I hadn’t known about. It was a good day.)
Better Living Through Masonry?
Spotted at Western General Hospital, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh.
Spotted at Western General Hospital, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh.
November 5, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Better Living Through Masonry?
Spotted at Western General Hospital, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh.
Spotted at Western General Hospital, Crewe Toll, Edinburgh.
October 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Aye.
(Alley near the Royal Mile, Edinburgh.)
(Alley near the Royal Mile, Edinburgh.)
October 5, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Aye.
(Alley near the Royal Mile, Edinburgh.)
(Alley near the Royal Mile, Edinburgh.)
"This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary."
OMG, unbidden and unwanted AI Assistant, please do. I insist.
OMG, unbidden and unwanted AI Assistant, please do. I insist.
October 4, 2025 at 1:34 PM
"This appears to be a long document. Save time by reading a summary."
OMG, unbidden and unwanted AI Assistant, please do. I insist.
OMG, unbidden and unwanted AI Assistant, please do. I insist.
I have, with immediate effect, banned tetrapak juice (we usually get the kind in plastic bottles) from our household. Pre-coffee, it is tragically indistinguishable from milk.
October 3, 2025 at 11:28 AM
I have, with immediate effect, banned tetrapak juice (we usually get the kind in plastic bottles) from our household. Pre-coffee, it is tragically indistinguishable from milk.
The town of Bo’ness, near Edinburgh, is currently experiencing a Dalek warning.
September 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The town of Bo’ness, near Edinburgh, is currently experiencing a Dalek warning.
Highlands sanity break.
September 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Highlands sanity break.
More than a bit creepy, and the audience might feel kinda ripped-off about the one-sided “dialogue,” but, TBH, I probably saw worse at Fringe.
September 13, 2025 at 6:46 PM
More than a bit creepy, and the audience might feel kinda ripped-off about the one-sided “dialogue,” but, TBH, I probably saw worse at Fringe.
Suddenly autumn, Inverleith Park, Edinburgh.
September 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Suddenly autumn, Inverleith Park, Edinburgh.
Moonlight, Queensferry St., Edinburgh.
September 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Moonlight, Queensferry St., Edinburgh.
Hello. We’d like to talk to you about cheeses.
August 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Hello. We’d like to talk to you about cheeses.
10:30 pm at South Bridge
Go home Lothian Buses; you’re drunk.
Go home Lothian Buses; you’re drunk.
August 3, 2025 at 9:38 PM
10:30 pm at South Bridge
Go home Lothian Buses; you’re drunk.
Go home Lothian Buses; you’re drunk.
And we’re off and running with #EdFringe.
My schedule is 110% full until Aug 8, but if you want a review after that, feel free to pitch. I mainly do drama, but open to everything.
Please note I won’t step foot in venues that cancel or exclude Jews.
My schedule is 110% full until Aug 8, but if you want a review after that, feel free to pitch. I mainly do drama, but open to everything.
Please note I won’t step foot in venues that cancel or exclude Jews.
July 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
And we’re off and running with #EdFringe.
My schedule is 110% full until Aug 8, but if you want a review after that, feel free to pitch. I mainly do drama, but open to everything.
Please note I won’t step foot in venues that cancel or exclude Jews.
My schedule is 110% full until Aug 8, but if you want a review after that, feel free to pitch. I mainly do drama, but open to everything.
Please note I won’t step foot in venues that cancel or exclude Jews.
“Juden raus” 2.0.
This wasn’t up in the Pianodrome last time I was here. I won’t be here again.
This wasn’t up in the Pianodrome last time I was here. I won’t be here again.
July 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Juden raus” 2.0.
This wasn’t up in the Pianodrome last time I was here. I won’t be here again.
This wasn’t up in the Pianodrome last time I was here. I won’t be here again.
Avant le deluge.
(Crewe Toll, Edinburgh.)
(Crewe Toll, Edinburgh.)
July 21, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Avant le deluge.
(Crewe Toll, Edinburgh.)
(Crewe Toll, Edinburgh.)
Our first time leaving the girls with a sitter while we go away for six days. And even though the sitters are a nice, responsible couple whom I know fairly well and totally trust, I’m wracked with guilt and misgivings. That little face!
July 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Our first time leaving the girls with a sitter while we go away for six days. And even though the sitters are a nice, responsible couple whom I know fairly well and totally trust, I’m wracked with guilt and misgivings. That little face!
#NoKings In Edinburgh, where it was quietly rebranded as #NoTyrants, so as not to upset the Brits, and their, y’know. Kings. 😄
June 14, 2025 at 7:27 PM
#NoKings In Edinburgh, where it was quietly rebranded as #NoTyrants, so as not to upset the Brits, and their, y’know. Kings. 😄
The fantastically dystopian Barnton Bunker, which really needs to become more of a music venue.
#Edinburgh
#Edinburgh
June 14, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The fantastically dystopian Barnton Bunker, which really needs to become more of a music venue.
#Edinburgh
#Edinburgh
Piano players anywhere: could you volunteer to make a phone recording of two short pieces by trailblazing Edwardian female composer Marguerite Marigold?
I volunteer with Lauriston Castle, and we’d love to let our tour groups hear her music. More details are in the alt text, or DM me — thank you!
I volunteer with Lauriston Castle, and we’d love to let our tour groups hear her music. More details are in the alt text, or DM me — thank you!
June 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Piano players anywhere: could you volunteer to make a phone recording of two short pieces by trailblazing Edwardian female composer Marguerite Marigold?
I volunteer with Lauriston Castle, and we’d love to let our tour groups hear her music. More details are in the alt text, or DM me — thank you!
I volunteer with Lauriston Castle, and we’d love to let our tour groups hear her music. More details are in the alt text, or DM me — thank you!