Oh, I've started something now. Last week's Knutsford trip out was such a treat that the idea of visiting a different Roastie venue each Sunday has firmly taken root. Volta in West Didsbury was recommended as a must try and isn't somewhere I'd clocked as a roast dinner venue without that heads up (thanks Lottie!). It's a... Continue Reading →
Any good illness needs a good page turner and for an interiors obsessive like me, this newly published guide to creating a wonderfully personal and unique look to your kitchen couldn't have come at a better time. Jam packed full of images and useful tips for the amateur or the expert, it captures the essence... Continue Reading →
So, this week I did that thing with my builder which makes them twitch, shake and quietly sob. I started the sentence with his name stretched out in that persuasive, slightly wheedling way, then followed it with "I saw this thing, and it doesn't look difficult at all, just looks really interesting. I've been thinking about... Continue Reading →
In between the madness of our renovation we took some time out yesterday to help with a Heritage Open Day at Withington Baths, a charity many of you know we're involved with to try and save a beautiful Edwardian Baths local to us in Manchester. This national weekend celebration of England's heritage is just wonderful... Continue Reading →
Realised today that I'm totally missing a trick and have this DoUpDiary building site malarkey completely wrong. What was I thinking? It's not a negative, soul destroying mud field, it's a potential gold mine! Artist Olafur Eliasson has just opened Riverbed at the Denmark's Louisiana Museam of Modern Art and I quote A surface of... Continue Reading →
Down at the Splendid Sausage Co, a restaurant where I redesigned the interior a few months ago, Mike & Em have commissioned some fabulous artwork from our friend Amanda at Manchester Mosaics. The pieces capture the different fonts used for the quirky names of different dishes, including my personal favourite, the Mighty Meaty, and are... Continue Reading →
Much of the foodie offers going on at the moment involved gargantuan amounts of food, whether at supper clubs or at pop up events where the object is to try as much of the delights on offer as humanly and sometimes inhumanly possible. Not so at Wahu, which we called into last week, where the... Continue Reading →
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