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Christmas Menu at Il Forno, Liverpool
#AD #PressEvent I absolutely adore this time of year. The weather is just starting to turn but not too baltic and we can start the gently crawl towards Christmas without feeling too frantic. And the Christmas food starts appearing! We ...
Annie’s Manchester Afternoon Tea Review
A couple of weeks ago, a group of us from our WI went for afternoon tea in Manchester at Annie's. Annie's is co-owned by Jennie McAlpine of Coronation Street fame & her partner, Chris Farr. It is based right in the City Centre on Old ...
Sabroso Tex Mex Restaurant St Helens Launch Night
I'm well known for my love of Tex Mex food - Its the reason we chose Acapulco for our disastrous honeymoon (but that's a tale for another day). St Helens has been sadly lacking in a good Tex Mex restaurant for a long time now but happily ...
Tara reviews Cafe Rouge at The Trafford Centre
We are really lucky to live less than 45 minutes away from the Trafford Centre. Such a variety of shops, with free parking and no need to get wet or cold as it is all under cover (I cannot STAND being cold & wet!) Obviously, after a ...
Behind the Scenes at the Food Banks – How we can REALLY help
There seems to have been a lot of talk this year about food banks. This is a good thing, yet not so good at the same time. Last week, I was asked by Oxfam and Unilever, if I would like to visit behind the scenes at a local food bank to see ...
The Costellos Go Ape Junior – Delamere Forest
If you go down in the woods today ... you'll find a lot of people swinging about having a brilliant time! A couple of weeks ago, we were invited to the opening of the new Go Ape Junior at Delamere. You can only imagine how excited the girls ...
Imperial War Museum North Manchester
A couple of weeks ago we were invited to take part in a preview of The Big Draw at The Imperial War Museum, North in Manchester. This event is inviting families to take part in the world's largest drawing festival. The people at the ...
The Costellos visit Chill Factore, Manchester
These are pictures of my children having a brilliant morning. A morning that they are still rabbiting on about 3 days later. Ok, I know the picture of Tara looks like I've squashed her into a rubber ring (and to be truthful I had but she ...
Host your own Cake Club
Well, I did it! I hosted my first Clandestine Cake Club on Sunday - and survived. In fact, I did more than survive..I actually enjoyed it. How to go about hosting your own CCC: I'm not sure what came over me the day I thought about ...
