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I regularly go to the Showcase cinema but for ages I’ve been wanting to see films at different venues other than purpose built cinemas, and also independent films rather than just the usual, big blockbusters. There’s plenty on in Leeds… Continue Reading →
I’m a little bit surprised that I haven’t already blogged about Red’s, considering it is one of my absolute favourite places to eat in Leeds. Perhaps because I know it’s so popular already, I didn’t feel the need to promote it… Continue Reading →
Last month I went to the launch of EPIC cocktail bar (which used to be Brooklyn) on Call Lane. Despite the cringey name and an unfortunately long queue for drinks, there were some rather tasty cocktails being served. I had a… Continue Reading →
Whenever my mum goes away on holiday, I use it as an excuse to go out for tea with my dad. They tend to be evenings of over-eating and drinking. We went to Smoke BBQ last time, and Reds before… Continue Reading →
I love a good night out, and I love a nice big breakfast in the morning. Revolución de Cuba ticks both these boxes. Revolución de Cuba is a Cuban bar and restaurant on the corner of Call Lane. It opened… Continue Reading →
It’s become a tradition that every summer, my friend Becky and I watch a play by Heartbreak Productions at Temple Newsam. Two years ago we saw Pride and Prejudice; last year we saw Emma (we love Jane Austen) and this year we… Continue Reading →
My friend Chloe has been mentioning for a while now that one of her favourite local treats is to browse the Oxfam second-hand bookshop in Headingley and then go for a bite to eat somewhere afterwards. This sounded like an ideal… Continue Reading →
It turns out that this is my fifth blog post that mentions pies. I must really like pies! It’s a good thing then that we have a Pieminister in Leeds – a whole restaurant dedicated to pies. Pieminister opened in… Continue Reading →
Earlier this week I went to my first “Bettakultcha” event. Bettakultcha is an evening where people deliver presentations on a topic of their choosing (but no sales pitches allowed!). The catch is that they have to do it using exactly… Continue Reading →
Inside the Parkinson Building – the white building with the clock tower on Woodhouse Lane – there is a small gallery which houses a number of rare and special manuscripts, notes and maps. The Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery opened… Continue Reading →
I absolutely love going to the theatre, and in Leeds we’re spoilt for choice when it comes to exciting plays and musicals. There’s enough on at various venues across the city that you could always see something new; I’d go every week… Continue Reading →
I spent Friday evening in a car park dancing next to a giant disco ball, and it was awesome. As part of Yorkshire Festival, Duke Studios organised a massive disco in the car park by the Tetley, and encouraged people… Continue Reading →
I had a lovely day in Leeds on Saturday, despite it not going quite as I had planned. My intention was to go to the Leeds Waterfront Festival and watch the dragon and junk boat races. The plan was to leisurely… Continue Reading →
There are a number of amazing Thai restaurants in Leeds, which is handy for me because I love Thai food. I’ve been planning on writing this blog post for a while but have been waiting until I visited My Thai… Continue Reading →
Just a quick post from me today to let you know that the Yorkshire Food and Drink Festival is taking place this weekend in Millennium Square, so if you haven’t been yet – there’s still time to go get some… Continue Reading →
I was recently invited to a blogger event at the Lighthouse Union Store in Cookridge. As one of my aims for this blog is to explore more of Leeds and not just keep going to the same places, I was… Continue Reading →
One of mine and James’ favourite films is Chef. Nothing much really happens in it – it’s just a really cute film. The main character is a chef (hence the title) who is creatively stifled in his restaurant job, and ends up… Continue Reading →
I regularly go to Trinity Kitchen – the food court at the top of Trinity Shopping Centre – and think it’s a great place to eat with friends whilst out in Leeds. Here’s why I would recommend it: There’s a… Continue Reading →
One of my aims for writing this blog was to encourage me to try different things and discover new places in Leeds, so when I got an email asking if I’d like to attend SWARM – an “immersive experience” at… Continue Reading →
If you’re from the area, it’s likely that you’ll have heard of Leeds Grand Theatre and perhaps will even have been yourself. Not many people know about the Howard Assembly Room however, tucked away on the first floor of the theatre…. Continue Reading →
Most people will have heard of Leeds festival, the annual music festival held over August bank holiday weekend at Bramham Park, but did you know there’s also a city musical festival, independent food festival and literature festival, all taking place… Continue Reading →
If you asked me what I fancied eating for a meal out, tapas would never spring to mind. Too many tomato and garlic rich dishes in big chain restaurants put me off for a while. Luckily, there are a few… Continue Reading →
I was lucky enough to be invited to try out the new cocktail menu at The Botanist on Thursday. The Botanist is a bar and restaurant located at the bottom of Trinity Shopping Centre. As the name suggests, there is a… Continue Reading →
Instead of getting each other tangible presents, my friend Lorraine and I buy each other experiences for our birthdays. This year she’d booked us and the James’s in for a game of Tick Tock Unlock – “a simple and exciting real… Continue Reading →
Okay, so my title for this blog post is a little misleading as we’ve actually had the First Direct Arena for a few years now, but after waiting for an arena in Leeds for ages, it still feels very new… Continue Reading →
I never seem to get the timing right when I want to catch the train home from Leeds at the weekend and always just miss it by 5 minutes, leaving me with some spare time before my next train arrives…. Continue Reading →
The last two times I’ve been to Kirkstall Abbey, I’ve been wearing a tie. “That’s quite formal for walking around some ruins” you might be thinking to yourself, and you’d be right. But it wasn’t because I wanted to suit… Continue Reading →
Good Friday ended up being Great Friday as I spent the day with some of my very lovely friends eating copious amounts of pizza and drinking bottomless prosecco. Celebrating two of our friends’ birthdays, we went to Buca di Pizza –… Continue Reading →
Not wanting to show favouritism amongst libraries, I went to a poetry reading at Leeds Central Library earlier this week. I’m ashamed to say that I’ve only been to Central Library a couple of times before and I’ve never ventured past… Continue Reading →