Last night's Christmas lights switch-on was a lovely event on Burton Road, with children from local schools singing carols and local restaurant Green's owner & TV chef Simon Rimmer hosting the official power up. He does look a wee bit chilly on the photo above but it wasn't as cold as last year when there... Continue Reading →
A stupendous taster evening for MFDF11 at The Rose Garden
It's quite something for a small local restaurant which has only been open a few weeks to already have created a buzz in it's city, get itself a great reputation and be nominated for Best Newcomer of the Year, so Mr M & I knew we were missing out by not having eaten at West... Continue Reading →
Our Royal Wedding at The Albert Club, West Didsbury
What a completely fabulous, fun-filled celebration of Britishness, romance and friendship yesterday was. It's been ages since the country joined together in such a positive way and bar a few misery-guts wheeled out by the media but ignored by most of the rest of us, I think it's safe to say everyone enjoyed the day... Continue Reading →
Didsbury Dinners & how to blow a cucumber (pre-watershed)
Everyone once in a while, you see something which makes your jaw drop and your mind question whether it's really seeing what it thinks it's seeing. Sunday was one of those days when, at the launch of the Didsbury Dinners cookbook organised by the Action for Sustainable Living project in South Manchester, an audience of... Continue Reading →
Food: Heaven is finding yourself on a cake tasting panel
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 →
Project Green Tea – Launching a fab West Didsbury collaboration
Being self-employed can sometimes be a fairly solitary experience, so sometimes it can be great to be part of a team. Although I do work with builders, trades and decorators etc, the lion's share of my time is spent in my own company, sourcing, designing, doing admin, dealing with tenants and the responsibility for all... Continue Reading →
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