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
Everyone is loving a hot cloth cleanser right now, and I've just discovered a new one. Tropic is a lovely British company with both great products and great ethics. They're environmentally friendly and avoid using unsustainable palm oil among other things (which I love because the palm oil industry is basically a bad thing for the survival … Continue reading Tropic Hot Bamboo Smoothing Cleanser
I've owned a few workout videos/DVDs in the past and found that I got bored of them pretty quickly. After going through them a couple of times I lose interest and they end up gathering dust on my shelves and that's actually what happened with this New York City Ballet Workout too, but I've recently pulled it … Continue reading New York City Ballet Workout DVD
I own two of the Hairy Dieters books now and as I have road-tested quite a few of the recipes I thought I'd share some of my favourites with you, and maybe even recommend one of the books as being better than the other. I think the main thing to remember with the Hairy Dieters is that many of these … Continue reading The Hairy Dieters – My Favourite Recipes
All the shops are well into their new season products now, and it’s the homeware that is really catching my eye! Here are the cute and quirky things I’ve been loving lately… Goose doorstop from M&SDuck egg mixing jug from LakelandSilicone biscuit stamps from Debenhams"Tea" jam jar from DebenhamsRetro alarm clock from ASDAPin-ups duvet set from ASDAGrocery … Continue reading New Season Home Inspiration
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!
This is the first of Kate Morton’s books that I’ve read even though I’ve had a couple of them on my “to read” list for a while, and I have to say it’s been a great choice for this time of year with its cold, dark evenings perfect for snuggling up with a book. The Secret … Continue reading Book Review: The Secret Keeper
Nola recently got in touch with me to see if I wanted to try some of their Vodka Spritz drink. Well of course I did, and not least because one glass has 35% fewer calories than one glass of wine – brilliant! I’m not doing a dry January (I don’t drink regularly enough to bother) … Continue reading Nola Vodka Spritz and a Girls’ Night In
I reviewed the Zara White fragrance after I picked up a bottle in Barcelona, and decided the price was ideal for an everyday perfume! So I was really chuffed when my Secret Santa from work bought me this new Zara perfume – Rose. Obviously I liked the look of it straight away because it’s all pink, … Continue reading What I’m Currently Wearing: Zara Fragrance
At the weekend I enjoyed a theatrical treat at the Lowry in Salford –The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, which is the newly-touring version of the National Theatre play based on the award-winning book by Mark Haddon. I’ve read the book in the past, and although I had forgotten most of the … Continue reading Theatre Review – The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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