If you are not familiar with the story, it is set in Cephalonia in 1941. The story is based around Dr Iannis (Joseph Long) and his daughter Pelagia (Madison Clare). A war has started and the once safe Cephalonia where they live, is now involved in the war, with thanks to Mussolini. Pelagia is attractive…
Toby Carvery, Norton Canes
Have you been here? I’m pretty positive most people have tried a Toby Carvery. They’re fab aren’t they!? Masses of yummy vegetables, potatoes and meat (or the veggie option) and as much gravy and condiments as you want. So when we were invited along to the Norton Canes branch to check out how they fare,…
Food Review: The Journeys End, a Sizzling Pub
On Sunday we headed over to Yardley to try out The Journeys End, Sizzling Pub and Grill and were eager to find out what the food was like. The outside of the pub is similar to many of the Sizzling Pubs but had joined in with the new fashion of a splash of grey paint…
Mini Brum
We were invited along to check out the brand new child sized play version of Birmingham, entitled Mini Brum today, so that we could share some pictures and our review with you all.Mini Brum can be found on the third floor of Thinktank Museum and is opening officially this Saturday. Just in time for the…
PYO Strawberries
This morning me and Jemima headed over to Essington Fruit Farm for the first day of Strawberry Picking season. Jemima was incredibly excited. We had just completed the school run and were both thirsty, so decided to pop into the restaurant for a drink and some breakfast before we headed to the PYO tunnels. Jemima…
Pop Pops Snotz by YULU
‘Just Pop, Can’ t Stop’. A rainy day/day at home idea: On Saturday afternoon, if you checked out my Instagram stories, you would have seen we opened our gifted Pop Pops Snotz from YULU . The girls were in heaven. They had bubble wrap, slime and the collectible craze all in one. There’s 60 Snotz…
Sycamore Adventure
Today we had a beautiful afternoon in the sun at Sycamore Adventure in Dudley. It’s closed on Sundays unless you private hire it for a party (which is why we were there today – attending the party). We have reviewed here before but thought we would share some pictures and remind people how great it…
Ristorante Sorriso
Venue: Ristorante Sorriso, 28 Bird Street, Lichfield, WS13 6PR. Opening Hours: Closed Mondays. Tues- Thurs 12pm – 2pm and 6pm – 10pm. Fridays 12pm – 10pm, Saturdays 12pm – 10:30pm and Sundays 12pm – 9pm. For table bookings: Email sorrisolichfield@gmail.com or telephone 01543 300789 Last weekend we headed to Beacon Park for a play and…
Book Review: Playgroups & Prosecco
Jo Middleton, blogger at www.slummysinglemummy.com has written her debut novel “Playgroups & Prosecco: The mis-adventures of a single mum…” and I managed to read all 388 pages in just three days, armed with Jaffa Cakes (why have they reduced them to only 10 in a pack?) and a glass (bottle) of Prosecco I have to…
A Thousand Splendid Suns
The European stage première of Khaled Hosseini’s spiritual sequel to The Kite Runner is now at Birmingham Repertory Theatre and last night I was lucky enough to go along to the press night to see how it fared up in comparison to The Kite Runner which had me feel every emotion humanly possible and left…