If you're in the city at any point during the next few months I thought I'd share some places with you that are new [ish] on the Sheffield scene . There's something for everyone ... the beauty obsessive , fashionista and the lush! PUBLIC BAR I first heard about this place after I was tipped … Continue reading What’s new Sheffield?
Just when I think I'm getting my 'shit' together , I find myself in tears watching today's Christmas movie offering. I kinda figure this is my normal and I'll be up and down for most of the festive season... [ and like Buzz Light year ...to infinity and beyond.] I'm embracing the good moments and … Continue reading ‘Budweis Mule’ Hoptails and my Mince Pie ban …
As far as I’m concerned there’s never NOT a good time to enjoy cake and a coffee ... so when I was asked along to Cawa Coffee to the Bloggers event to sample their coffee and cakes I was on it like a car bonnet ! I actually couldn’t think of a better way to spend … Continue reading Ladies that Lunch | Coffee Shop Corners – Cawa comes to Broomhill, Sheffield
Last night I took my new car out on it’s first official ‘not driving to work’ trip. I picked fellow blogging buddy Hannah up and we trundled down the M1, headed towards the dizzy heights of Rotherham; a promise of getting up close and personal with McDonalds Aldwarke Lane on the cards. I’m not sure … Continue reading #YourNewMcdonalds … I’m loving it
"The writer is a mysterious figure, wandering lonely as a cloud, fired by inspiration, or perhaps a cocktail or two." Cake, cocktails and good company are three things that make me happy. I might not have got cake but I got the later two when I was invited along to The Botanist for a Bloggers … Continue reading Ladies that Lunch | The New Lunchtime Menu at The Botanist, Sheffield
"We live in Sheffield, we write about things we see here. What else is there to write about" - Alex Turner, Arctic Monkeys It may seem strange to anybody looking in that I got invited to spend the night at St Paul's, Mecure Hotel and Spa in Sheffield. Why you may ask ?... Well basically … Continue reading Discover Sheffield … #StayDifferent
You all know of my love affair with the North Yorkshire coastal town of Whitby. I mean if you don't where have you been? ... I've mentioned it enough over the years. My obsession with all things vampire and especially Dracula only adds to the mystique. In the Bram Stoker novel Count Dracula's ship crashes … Continue reading A Sheffield Girls Guide to Whitby … #draculacountry
Back when I was a student studying art and design I did my thesis [ a long essay or dissertation involving personal research, written by a candidate for a university degree.] on jazz. I'd not particularly got an interest in jazz at the time. What I did have was an amazing tutor who sold the … Continue reading Jazz Hands & Cocktails … ‘Manhattan til Midnight’
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