The Guy and I have our birthdays about 2 weeks apart, and as a joint (but mostly for The Guy) birthday present, my parents bought us an overnight stay in an apartment hotel and a Greek Meze meal in Manchester. We decided we'd book it for later into the summer as something to look forward to, and as it happens, I'm glad we had this at a time when there's so much going on, as it gave us a chance to spend some time together, away from everything else that's going on in our lives. Oh.... and I accidentally booked it and realised that it was our first "anniversary" (we think, anyway). I'm not a big believer in celebrating anniversaries unless you're married, but it was nice to reflect on how much things have changed in the last 12 months.
Anyway... onto the good bits.
Apartment in Manchester City Centre |
We weren't sure what to expect from Bouzouki by Night, the Greek restaurant we had our meal booked at, what we found on arrival was a simply furnished restaurant that was busy and lively and smelled pretty damn good. Our dinner was a 15 course Mezze some of which was brilliant...
Cold dishes from "round 1" Centre- Tomatoe, Aubergine and veggie dip Clockwise from top Chickpea Salad Stuffed Vine Leaves Yoghurt Dip Hummous |
A couple of snaps from our wander home, I'm a bit fascinated by photographing lights at the moment...
Princess St, Manchester |
The Printworks Dantzic St Exit, Manchester |
I did do a little shopping whilst in the city- it's a rare chance to get near a Primark for me, so I grabbed it with both hands. They seemed to have some very nice bits and pieces in for Autumn and I really loved the neutral/oatmeal/rust type autmnal colour pallettes. But more on my goodies next week.
As well as a few new additions to the wardrobe, I've been having a bit of a clear out. In fact both my mother and I have been clearing things out, the consequences of which, are a few bits we're selling. I've set a new SALE page, where you can see the first few bits that are up. I'm gutted that I have bigger feet than my mother, because it pains me to sell a beautiful pair of shoes, exactly what I'm looking for, never worn, but a size to small for me.
A sneeky peek for you....
Pretty shoes...
...VERY Pretty Shoes
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I'm really growing to like Manchester. I still find that it lacks a definable sort of central feature for me so I'm a bit crap and tend to wander round not knowing where I am but I like the bits I do discover!
First of all a huge thanks for your comment on my blog, they were lovely words and very comforting, thank you!
Sounds like you had a lovely stay in Manchester - that Greek meal sounds amazing, I am a huge fan of halloumi and houmous so you have me sold already! Glad you had a nice break amidst all your busy-ness - sometimes you just need to get away!
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Ooooh I'm glad you had a nice time! Big fan of mezze and the purple shoes for that matter!
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This looks like it was such a fun stay- how lovely of your parents! At uni, a friend of mine cooked up a great big greek meze, it was awesome and I love how it is all about sharing, a lot like Chinese culture actually! Love the new shoes!
The greek food looks amazing, love going to Manchester, especially how big the Primark is there! x
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