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Things to do in Manchester
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THE Manchester blog, if you want to follow the progress of a wine-drinking, food-loving, theatre-going shoe connoisseur: restaurants, bars, pubs, theatre and general niceness in the finest city in Britain. "Never knowingly undershod."
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Opera Norths Carousel Comes to The Lowry: Local Girls Lack of Talent Cruelly Revealed

Now, as previously noted, I am a woman of many talents - in my head, at least. I cant count the number of times Ive moved an attentive audience (the cat, bribed to stay with liberal promises of Dream...

6 days ago

Mr Trotters Pork Crackling Dinner AND 30 Years of the Hacienda: Local Girl May as Well MOVE IN to H...

Now, Ive not yet spoken to the powers-that-be, but it strikes me that I have come up with a most lucrative premise for an exciting new TV show - Im pretty sure it will spark a bidding war and more or...

19 may 12

Hollands Pie Delivery: Local Girl Now Fully Indoctrinated into WORLD OF PIE

Now, much as we may like to pretend that we care not a jot for what others think of us, I suspect that actually, most of us care very much indeed. And it can come as something of a slap in the face w...

15 may 12

New Menu Launched at Gusto Didsbury: Local Girl Breathes a Sigh of Relief AND Finds Cheap Cocktails...

By and large, I am not a big fan of change. On the whole, I enjoy things being the same: I like, for example, that the same friend cooks the same meal on the same weekend in December every year, even...

12 may 12

Local Girl Won Over by Manchester Bank Holiday Weekend

A couple of years ago now, something happened to me that made me fall out with Manchester. In fact, there was a brief period when, had it been possible, I would have gladly moved to a small cave at t...

10 may 12

Forthcoming Events at The Lowry, Salford: Opera Norths Carousel and Jim White Allow Local Girl to S...

Quite astonishingly, come December this blog will be celebrating its fifth birthday. No-one is more surprised by its unexpected longevity than myself, for I am sadly aware that I am somewhat prone to...

06 may 12

Long-Awaited BrewDog Bar Opens in Manchester: Local Girl Has to Go to Bed Early

Now, there are obviously a whole RAFT of reasons why Mr Liz counts his blessings on an at least thrice-daily basis that he has the amazing good fortune of being married to me. Theres the constant ava...

04 may 12

"The Series": Local Girl Runs (Expensively) Amok on The Avenue, Spinningfields

Its a bleak day, for I have realised that I am starting to sound like an old person. In pretty much any conversation that revolves around Manchester - its architecture, its shops, its bars and restau...

29 apr 12

Mr Trotters Pork Crackling Dinner at Harvey Nichols Second Floor Restaurant: Local Girl Set to Brav...

As should be manifestly obvious by now, I am a good, loyal and above all SELFLESS wife, wholly committed to making Mr Lizs life as pleasant as possible in every conceivable way*. *if his wants, needs...

28 apr 12

Busy Wednesday Sees Plucky Local Girl Brave the Rain for The Yacht Club and The Mark Addy

Good old Manchester - it can always be relied on not to let you down. Take the 2002 Commonwealth Games, for example, which I seem to recall flew the flag with consummate pride by staging a closing ce...

27 apr 12

The Liquorists Whisky Trail: Reluctant Local Girl Now Converted

Now, Im aware that a casual, non-educated sort of glance at this blog MAY suggest that I am in the habit of going out for a drink or two. But whilst perhaps there IS some truth in this (OK, OK, there...

21 apr 12

Local Girl Wins BIG at Grosvenor Casino Didsbury

First of all, I have to admit I am not by nature a gambler. Whilst I am not particularly cautious in my general, day-to-day modus operandi, I am a little unsure about the concept of handing over mone...

13 apr 12

Not Afternoon Tea at Harvey Nichols, Manchester: Local Boy Saved From Shopping Nightmare

There are certain words in the English Language that work harder than all the others put together. Add them to any other word and they instantly bring pleasure - take "and chips", for example...

06 apr 12

Summers Here: Yay and Pah Says Fair-Minded Local Girl

First of all, let me start by saying that OBVIOUSLY, I like this nice sunny weather as much as the next person. Its clearly FAR easier to drag yourself out of bed in the morning when the sun is beami...

27 mar 12

The Red Lion, High Lane: Local Girl Defeated by Chef Stanleys Big Yorkies

A few weeks ago, an interesting contest developed between two of my favourite local chefs; a contest most helpfully broadcast over the ever-enlightening medium of Twitter. In one corner, the mighty A...

18 mar 12

Great Cocktails, Top DJs and a LOVELY Bit of Purple Velvet at Uber Lounge, Castlefield

When youre young, the whole idea of being OLD seems truly, utterly terrible. You stride confidently about town in the oxblood-red Doc Martens that you think look really most desirable indeed, stoppin...

11 mar 12

The Mark Addy Gourmet Evening February 2012: No Romance, No Proposals, but some VERY Tight Jeans

I imagine that February 29th is a pretty scary day for unmarried menfolk who happen to be in a relationship. Either they are madly, deeply, desperately in love, and spend the day moping winsomely, ho...

02 mar 12

Jamies Italian Restaurant Review: Manchester (Reluctantly) Falls for Jamies Essex Charms...

So. I have to admit I was a little bit sceptical about the new Jamies Italian restaurant that has just opened at the top of King Street. Sure, I like Jamie Oliver, with his admirably "can-do"...

29 feb 12

Top Night at The Brew House, Altrincham; Local Girl (Brave) Doesnt Even Feel Homesick

Honestly; never let it be said that I am not adventurous of spirit. This week I am a foot-weary traveller with a passport full of stamps; a hoary old wanderer with a knotted handkerchief tied up with...

26 feb 12

Triumphant Pig Night at North Star Delis Join Us For Supper; Local Girl Upsets Morrissey

When I was a teenager - a terribly earnest, slightly mardy-faced one at that - I spent a brief period as a vegetarian. This was a well thought-out, committed sort of decision, based almost entirely o...

24 feb 12

Jamies Italian Comes to King Street, Manchester; Local Girl Waits, Hungrily

Give or take a few months, Jamie Oliver and I are pretty much exactly the same age. And by a huge coincidence, our career trajectories to date are also virtually identical: he has been on television ...

15 feb 12

The Woman in Black: Local Girl Not, Ahem, Frightened AT ALL

Now obviously, with hindsight, I should have known better. Some years ago, I read what I thought was a fairly innocuous little book called The Woman in Black, a mildly spooky tale by a writer - Susan...

14 feb 12

Manchester Girls Night Out Offers Vital Life Lessons

Sometimes, after a particularly tough couple of weeks, the only solution is to don a terrifyingly short dress and some correspondingly high heels and go for a swank night out; boys may of course subs...

12 feb 12

Things To Do in Manchester on Valentines Day 2012

Valentines Day is a funny old celebration, isnt it, and surely one of the least popular on the social calendar. Its not one of those that merit a day off, nor one that specifies the consumption of a ...

04 feb 12

Afternoon Tea at Airyfairy Cake Boutique: Saturdays Now Perfect

Saturday is my very favourite day of the week. Some of the reasons for this are obvious - although Im not one to let a little thing like that stop me listing them anyway. 1. No requirement to get up ...

29 jan 12

Rhubarb, West Didsbury: Early Evening Menu Deal Rewards Selfless Girls in Thrilling School Night

Throughout these posts, I hope it has always been entirely clear that whatever I may be - greedy-faced glutton, sucker for a pointy heel or a slinky lipgloss, not entirely reliable in the music depar...

27 jan 12

A Brief Paen to Bombolini: Sticky Faces All Round at Gusto Didsbury

So. I hadnt really planned to blog about last nights visit to Gusto, Didsbury villages ultra-reliable Italian restaurant. Not because I dont like it there, but because I go there quite a lot, and oft...

25 jan 12

North Star Deli Hosts Exciting Supper Club Mash-Up as Join Us 4 Supper and Diablo & Supper JOIN FOR...

Just a few short years ago, if youd outlined the concept of the Supper Club to my incredulous ears I would have called you a DREAMER, a crazy, beautiful optimist with a head full of shiny ideas and a...

21 jan 12

Excited Local Boy Gets Sticky Hands on New PS Vita at Playstation Vita Rooms Manchester

Never let it be said that I dont know my limits. True, I have certain areas of very precise expertise; I am very good on shoes and bags, for example, and can talk pretentiously about virtually any bo...

16 jan 12

Perfect Saturday - Culture, Food and Bargaintastic Supper at Harvey Nics

Yesterday was another of those perfect January days with which we are sometimes spoiled: crisp, fresh air gently warmed by a surprisingly brave winter sun, while an over-arching sky of cloudless blue...

15 jan 12

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