Regular readers of the Moregeous blog will have noticed a few recurring themes: property renovations, events in West Didsbury, random injuries.... and cake. As a confessed self-employed stresshead, cake plays a major role in my life for it's comforting, uplifting, fortifying and pleasuring qualities, it never fails to make me smile. Unless it has jam in... Continue Reading →
Life: The Christmas festivities begin in West Didsbury
I can't remember a more festive beginning to the month of December than this year, it's been absolutely perfect. Firstly, snow. Yes, I know it can be a bummer for business and terrible for traffic, but it's just so blinkin Christmassy! We've only had a little flurry here, a single day of flakes, but it's... Continue Reading →
How to make your kitchen warmer: Try some under cabinet insulation
One of the by-products of helping make other people's homes Moregeous is that people assume mine is already done and dusted, they imagine some kind of show home with plumped cushions, a designer bathroom and spectacular decor - NOTHING could be further from the truth! When we moved in here four years ago it was... Continue Reading →
Business: Is it possible to ‘like’ recessions, as Anya Hindmarch controversially claims?
There's been an interesting furore created this week by handbag designer Anya Hindmarch, one of David Cameron's newly appointed trade ambassadors, who said in an article: 'I quite like a recession, weirdly. Generally, for business, the recession has obviously been hard. But I think often a recession is a very good clean-up time. It makes you get... Continue Reading →
Project Green Tea – Lush menu gets a great M.E.N review
Delighted to read the review of Green Tea in tonight's Manchester Evening News, they gave the new menu a resounding thumbs up. Jenny & Xioana have worked so hard, they definitely deserve this very positive feature. Green Tea’s new décor is suitably fresh and modern, with dark wood, crystal light fittings, shell-toned accessories and white... Continue Reading →
Project Green Tea – Bose Acoustimass 3 speakers
I don't do speakers, or rather I didn't used to! Mr M gets overly excited about speakers and the sounds which comes out of them and I find this a bit disturbing. Maybe it's a man/woman Mars/Venus thing because I don't know many women who salivate with delight when the conversation turns to sound quality,... Continue Reading →
Property: Honestly, Chef Ramsey, it’s not just you getting screwed…
Blimey, if banks had ears, there'd be a set burning bright scarlet this week. During several conversation with property players and professionals, my eyes have widened at the venom out there in the property marketplace and beyond for this big player in the UK market, good god, how short do they think people's memories are?... Continue Reading →
