It’s always nice to meet up with other Manchester and North West bloggers, and this week Rock on Ruby hosted a fab event for us – the #RORBlogSwap. The idea of the Blog Swap was to re-gift/trade items of clothing, accessories and unused beauty items, because we all have some unwanted items gathering dust that … Continue reading Rock on Ruby Blog Swap
This week I enjoyed a midweek treat, as Jamie's Italian invited me along to check out their Manchester restaurant. Jamie Oliver's restaurant chain now has 30 individual restaurants, and the Manchester one has the benefits of a great location on King Street and being housed in a gorgeous renovated 1930's bank building (complete with vault, which has been … Continue reading Reviewed: Jamie’s Italian, Manchester
After a very successful campaign last year The Empty Shop 2015 launches again today at Manchester Arndale. The Empty Shop is a charity fashion project, and together Manchester Arndale and Manchester-based homeless charity, The Mustard Tree, will be creating awareness of homelessness as well as generating funds for the charity. The idea is that there … Continue reading The Empty Shop is Open!
The Garden Kitchen at Holden Clough Nursery may be a little out the way, but its picnic table afternoon tea spreads have made it a very popular little tearoom. So when they started advertising the Christmas version of the afternoon tea for December we booked in right away! As you can see the novelty presentation … Continue reading Christmas Picnic Afternoon Tea at The Garden Kitchen
If you follow me on Instagram and Twitter you may have seen my updates from the Manchester Arndale After Dark event last Thursday (#MAAfterDark). Honestly this was such a fun event and such a great way to start the Christmas party season, and I've been really excited to post some of the images on here! … Continue reading Manchester After Dark
You may have read my previous post about BREAKOUT Manchester – the real life escape game where we played the John Monroe room and successfully escaped. Well following that post I was contacted by the team to come back and try out their newly opened new room – Sabotage. The image below explains the Breakout concept … Continue reading BREAKOUT Manchester: the Sabotage Room
At the weekend I met up with some lovely Manchester bloggers for another unique event from South Beach, which involved pizza, cocktails, candy floss, pick ‘n mix and… Clueless! That’s right, we enjoyed a private screening of the funniest, girliest 90’s movie there is over at Manchester’s independent cinema The Cornerhouse. I always forget how … Continue reading South Beach Movie Day
I’ve been hearing good things about Allotment Bar since it opened Manchester's Northern Quarter in August, and when I heard about their Picnic Basket afternoon tea it was only a matter of time before I got round to checking it out! Allotment Bar is quirky and original as you would expect from the Northern Quarter, and as … Continue reading The Picnic Basket Afternoon Tea at Allotment Bar
The Blue Pig is a bar and restaurant in Manchester’s Northern Quarter, and as I walk past it on my lunch several times a week I’ve been eager to try it out. It has a unique style, not least because of the big blue pigs hanging outside the door and inside from the ceiling, and … Continue reading Sunday Roast at The Blue Pig
Last weekend I went down to the launch of The Vintage Beauty Parlour, which opened in Chorlton, Manchester. Decorated in vintage Hollywood style it will be a specialist salon for vintage makeovers and they'll be creating authentic glamorous looks from the different eras, from 20's flappers to 50's pin-ups, something I was able to witness first hand at the launch! … Continue reading Get the Pin-Up Look at the Vintage Beauty Parlour
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