Month: November 2017

I'm no stranger to afternoon tea, we know that by now. It's also become something that I do with my mum, our little time-out together to catch up on life and send ourselves into a sugar coma. The latest venue was Ivy's Vintage Tearoom in nearby...

We don't get to Nuneaton that often. Maybe twice in the past few years - usually after we've been invited for the blog. So how we could manage to choose the day that the whole town was on lockdown after someone took a few people hostage beggars...

From the minute Birmingham's first Sear and Smoke Festival was announced, I knew it was going to be a good'un. Add Original Patty Men to the guys from Digbeth Dining Club, throw in some of the UK's best street food traders, a load of music and...

Trying to get a firefighter to a spa isn't the easiest thing. Especially when they've been mentally scarred by one. The last time I took Mr M into a spa, I inadvertently signed us up for some 'romantic' experience that involved us having to read...

Argh I'm so behind with my blog posts. Looking at pictures of our trip epic road trip, it feels like a million years ago but I'm only just over a month behind. Ironically I'm writing this after just returning from Italy AGAIN for the day job...

What's this? Two blog posts on Leicester in succession? I've been making an effort to branch out a bit more and am finding myself all over the place these days. But with Leicester pretty much the same distance from me as Birmingham, I figured it's...

Street food is where it's at. It's a craze that just seems to be growing and growing, with no sign of anyone getting bored. Digbeth Dining Club is a must-do event in Birmingham and even ventures over my way sometimes, taking up residence in Coventry...