I’m definitely not the first person to blog about this, and this post has been sitting in my drafts for the whole of winter so far. Many of the posts already out there are very much focus on how to entertain kids when it’s raining, but what about adults? We need entertaining too! I ...
‘Go on then it’s Christmas’ can now officially be used as an excuse – for anything. Drinking midweek (not that it stopped me before), helping yourself to an extra mince pie or swiftly giving up on your Christmas shopping in favour of the nearest bar. Most places have launched their ...
Fenwick’s window 2019 is Charlie & The Chocolate Factory, the much loved children’s story by Roald Dhal, and illustrator Quentin Blake. Like every year, the window unveiling marks the start of the festivities in the North East, and for this year the Northumberland Street windows tell the ...
‘Superenting’, is the term the team at The Forge luxury apartment complex in Newcastle claim their service to be, and after spending part of the weekend there last week I’d have to agree. City centre living in Newcastle isn’t something I’ve ever done myself, the ...
The North Shields fish quay has been transforming itself over the last year or so with the addition of new restaurants and apartment blocks, and one of the newest here is the Californian inspired Mexican restaurant Lobo Rojo, specialising in tacos!
When you eat out often, it can take something really special to knock your socks off, but that’s exactly what our three course meal at Jesmond Dene House did last week. We were very kindly invited to try the new menu created by head chef Danny Parker, and to experience it in the recently ...