Categories
Blogging Books Children's activities Feature Leeds Review

Rainbow Factory Heads to Space

The Rainbow Factory is an interactive adventure for children that brings stories to life. (If you haven’t been to the Rainbow Factory before, read my previous post about it here.) This weekend we headed back to there to explore the new theme that has just launched; SPACE. When we arrived, Emilia immediately became shy and nervous […]

Categories
Blogging Children's activities Feature Leeds

Geronimo Festival at Harewood House

UPDATE: You can read about our experience at Geronimo Festival here. Geronimo Festival is heading to Harewood House for the first time, on 1st – 2nd May 2016. This festival, which is aimed at families with children agen 2 to 12yrs old, is jam-packed with familiar faces from Cbeebies, including Mr Bloom and his veggies, the adventurous Andy Day […]

Categories
Blogging Feature Food Leeds Local food Recipes Review

The Mercers of Yorkshire

The Mercers of Yorkshire is a quality conserves and condiments producer based in Yorkshire. There’s a whopping 43 products being sold by the company, and these products sold nationwide in large supermarkets, but Mercers still retains a small producer’s pride in their products; production is never subcontracted, quality British ingredients are always used (where available) and everything is hand […]

Categories
Feature Leeds Music Review

Dear Friends – Tales from the Den

A friend of mine recently got in touch to say that his band was releasing a new album. I’d never heard the Dear Friends’ music before, but I said I’d take a listen. There’s always a bit of pressure to like music when you know the people involved, but luckily for me, it really wasn’t hard to […]

Categories
Eating out Feature Food Leeds Local food Review

Homage2Fromage – Leeds’ First Cheese Cafe is OPEN

Four years ago, I went to the second ever monthly meeting of the brand new cheese club, Homage2Fromage. Who knew that this club would not only spread cheesy joy to five other cities, but also create a new CHEESE CAFE? Amazing. At the top of the Merrion Centre you will find their beacon of local cheesy goodness. I […]

Categories
Drink Feature Food Leeds Local food

Foodies Festival at Ripley Castle, Harrogate

Foodies Festival has been running in different places around the country for the last ten years, and this year it came to Ripley Castle, near Harrogate. The event was great fun. Tents, street food vans, tasting theatres, live music, a bar on a bus, a giant Pimms teapot and much, much more brought the site […]

Categories
Children's activities Feature Leeds Review

The Rainbow Factory, Leeds

This is the BEST new centre for children in Leeds. The Rainbow Factory is a place that brings books and stories alive. I hesitate to call it a play centre, because it isn’t really that; it’s an interactive adventure. Entering The Rainbow Factory, you go to The Gingerbread House to buy your tickets, and then follow the Yellow […]

Categories
Blogging Eating out Feature Food Leeds Local food Review

Red’s True BBQ Opens in Headingley, Leeds

Whenever anyone mentions Red’s True BBQ in Leeds city centre, there’s an element of awe in their tone. Their eyes widen, their voices hush, or they go to the other extreme, becoming high pitched and almost hysterical; THE RIBS!! So, although the language on Red’s website is tongue in cheek, it seems that they may have inadvertently created […]

Categories
Drink Feature Review

Taylors of Harrogate gets Fruity

A couple of months ago now (I have been a little behind on my blogging antics recently!) I received this box in the post: Can you imagine? A surprise box from BETTYS. I tore at the box with a certain amount of excitement, and found within a treasure trove of Fruit and Herbal teas. Now, I’m […]

Categories
Feature Food

Launching People – Foodie TV Opportunity

Launching People is a new television show hoping to nurture food lovers, film makers, musicians and photographers and to launch their talent and ideas. This is a large skill set to cover though, so the show is using experienced pros to guide entrants in each area. The famous four on board are pop-up chef and Sunday Times […]