September. Month of back to school, light knits, and grey skies, with occasional reminders of the summer.
And the first of my now monthly ‘Life Lately’ posts. The plan is that the first Monday of the month will feature a wrap up of the month just past, and teasers for the month ahead. As this is the first one, and I’ve been doing weekly posts up until now, this one will probably be pretty short and sweet.
So what’s happened?
I’ve been out and about more, which means fewer recipes, something I want to work on again in September. I think I had a bit of recipe burnout – nothing seemed exciting or interesting enough for me to write up. But it did mean more brunch – including French toast at Ducie Street, and birthday poutine at Brewski (finally).
Another long term ‘on the list of things to eat’ was the Yum Cha at Cottonopolis. Along with Brewski, this is absolutely recommended, especially good for a catch up with mates, because you’ll need as many mouths as possible to eat all the food!
And we made it to favourites The Hip Hop Chip Shop. Still bloody excellent fish and chips, but now in a permanent home, rather than on the hoof. Eat great food, whilst feeling like you’re in an NQ record shop. But in Ancoats. Go, you’ll get what I mean.
Pride happened, but didn’t happen over my birthday weekend. I visited a few venues to talk with them for Canal Street – catch the videos on their social feed. And enjoyed a drag themed Champagne brunch at Peru Perdu, something they’re going to be doing every month going forward.
I’m looking forward to creating more videos going forward, now I have some more kit to play with – and have kind of got my head around it!
Booze wise, there’s been plenty! The Booze and Bites section on Your Mcr continues. I’ve covered everything from cheap versus cheerful vodka, fake it til you make it with wine, and my recipe for the Manc 75 cocktail. Monday Night Lives have continued too, with chats with Temperance Street Cider, Heart & Graft Coffee, Andy Pope revealed his plans for Paloma Bar & Kitchen in Prestwich, I chatted beer with Julie from Neptune Brewery in Liverpool, and had a beer with blogger Oh Gosh Em. As a reminder if there’s anyone you’d like me to chat with, drop me a message!
Oh and tonight I’ll be chatting to Lucy Antal, aka Grab Your Spoon, talking food sustainability, negronis, ‘waste’ food, and her Hungarian recipes (which I’m currently ogling for inspiration). Catch us tonight at 7pm over on my Instagram page.
You’ll have also noticed a new look. I still want to fiddle with the font a bit, but the new logo and imagery is courtesy of Sian Absalom, aka Fanny Gogh. She’s an incredibly talented artist, whose work I’ve loved for ages. That she offered to create something for me, was incredibly humbling, and then that she should go with an eighties style was even better. It’s very me!
That about wraps it up for this month I think. Keep an eye out in September for lost more booze, food, and probably a rant at some point. I kinda feel something brewing!
- – Charlie x