Saturday, 29 September 2012

Manchester's Seven Word Wine Review Dinner at The Market Restaurant: Local Girl Gets Legs

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Now, I have to admit that I've always been markedly better at drinking wine than at tasting it. Confident with a corkscrew from the ag...
Wednesday, 26 September 2012

An Evening of Burlesque at Manchester's Palace Theatre: Local Girl (Thankfully) Keeps Clothes ON

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Now then, let's be honest about this: Manchester, much as I love it, does not always make it particularly easy for its residents to feel...
Sunday, 23 September 2012

A Tribute to the Blues Brothers - LIVE Gets Local Girl Dancing in the Aisles at Manchester's Lowry Theatre

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Now, although I like Edinburgh very much, and visit on a pretty regular basis (not least because Mr Liz claims at least twice a year that ...
Saturday, 15 September 2012

Things to Cheer You Up in Manchester - Books, Crafts and Films to Banish Those Autumn Blues

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Well, season of mists and mellow fruitfulness it may be, but so far I have only noticed September offering increasingly dark evenings, motor...
Sunday, 9 September 2012

Hey Little Cupcake's New East Coast Collection Proves There's Life in the Old Cake Yet...

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Over the last six months or so, I've heard plenty of people pontificating on the decline of the cupcake. The trend for small, tasty cake...
Thursday, 6 September 2012

Didsbury Wine Club: Local Girl's Hopes of EVER Staying In Cruelly Scuppered

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Now, for all the crazy and unfounded accusations regularly hurled my way about how I'm never at home, always out, blah blah BLAH, I am a...
Tuesday, 4 September 2012

Perfect Saturday - Liquorice Bar, WestFest and the Return of the Alchemist Chicken in a Basket

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Sometimes, a day just goes right . And to be honest, you know you're off to a winning start when you wake up to find that a/ it's Sa...
Monday, 3 September 2012

Stuart Roy Clarke Exhibition at The National Football Museum: Mr Liz (yes - Mr Liz) TELLS ALL

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Over time, it has come to my attention that Mr Liz has quietly but steadily been acquiring something of a cult following. Upon meeting him f...
Saturday, 1 September 2012

The Liquorists' Rum Trail: Manchester Rejoices at NO HANGOVER GUARANTEED

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Amongst the many good things about getting older (better wine, better shoes, better restaurants, going to bed early with no shame, thinking ...
Monday, 27 August 2012

BrewDog and Trof Take Over Manchester's Deaf Institute for Night of Beer-Loving Boy's Dreams

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Like many others, on Thursday evenings we have been watching The Hairy Dieters, looking on as a couple of gentlemen who are both overweight ...
Friday, 24 August 2012

The Alchemist on New York Street, Manchester: Giant Chicken Makes 70s Child VERY Happy

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Eagle-eyed readers may recall detecting the smallest smidgeon of disappointment (hastily and professionally concealed, of course) when I was...
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Tuesday, 21 August 2012

Rat Pack Live, Blues Brothers Live and An Evening of Burlesque all Come to Manchester: Local Girl Casts Off Shakespeare Shackles

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Sometimes, it's hard to accept that we are who we are rather than who we think we should be. Getting older of course helps with this: be...
Friday, 17 August 2012

Trof and BrewDog Bring You an Evening of Beer and Food-Matching at Manchester's Deaf Institute; Local Man in Not-Working-Next-Day Shocker

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As I have grown older, I have become increasingly susceptible to the seductive charms of beer. I put this down to two key factors: the newly...
Wednesday, 15 August 2012

Fresco Freddo's Gelateria Brings Joy to Manchester and a Dream Come True for Mr Liz

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Whether we choose to share it with the rest of the world or prefer to nestle it close to our hearts, we all have a dream. For some, it may b...
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Monday, 13 August 2012

Alchemist NYS, Manchester - Roving Reporter Raves, and Demands Special Pad

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Now, as I'm sure that many of you will be aware, I am a brave sort of soul, not really the type to complain about being poorly, or about...