Newcastle is rightly renowned for being a killer night out. And it is killer – your head will not be quite the same after a night on the toon. I’ve been to a few fabulous bars recently with new menus and new things going on, so thought I’d share them here to help you plan your next girls night out!
We seem to have been blessed with some beautiful sunshine at the start of the month, even though it has disappeared now. When it did show its glorious golden face, I turned to a pleated midi skirt and embroidery. In fact the two are huge news this summer, even if they are a little divisive.
Indonesia has been number one on my bucket list for as long as I can remember. I’ve had the guide book since I asked for it for Christmas in 2010 but somehow it’s never worked out until now. Andrew and I considered it for the honeymoon but decided we wanted to go for a safari (largely because it was more expensive and therefore more justifiable for such an important trip!). So we planned it for this year instead.
Thursday, 8 June 2017. The day we vote in the General Election 2017. It could be that this year is the first year you’ve voted and so I thought I’d write a post to explain what to expect when you go to the polling station.
As I sit here writing this post, I’m watching the One Love Manchester concert that has been put together to honour the 22 lives lost at the Ariana Grande concert on 22 May. I looked at Twitter last night to find out that yet more people had been killed after an attack on London Bridge. 90 people were killed and over 460 were injured by a car bomb in Kabul. The world is a desperately sad place at the moment and you just don’t know what’s going to happen next.
I remember when I was recommended to read my first self-help book – I was a teenager crying to my GP about feeling depressed and he suggested The 5 Love Languages to try and help me understand myself and my relationships with others better. At the time I didn’t really get it and I felt really ashamed about being depressed and taking tablets. Fast forward 10+ years and my relationship with self-help books has totally changed.
Instagram is absolutely killing me at the moment. It feels like I put so much effort into it for absolutely nothing at all in return. I don’t think people get to see my posts and my likes are going down and down. Whenever I do get a new follower, I know they just want me to follow them back. Is there anyone genuine anymore? Is anyone on Instagram real anymore?
I hate washing my makeup brushes. It is SUCH a chore! I will do anything to make it easier, so when I saw a review of this KEDSUM Makeup Brush Cleaning Mat on Buzzfeed, I put it on my Amazon wishlist immediately. It arrived just in time because my brushes are well overdue a clean. So is it any good?
When we decided we were going to Canada for our holiday, one of the things we knew we HAD to do was go see some bears. I’m actually pretty terrified of bears but, nevertheless, they are incredible animals and just amazing to see in the wild. So we booked a bear watching tour in Tofino, on the west of Vancouver Island. I wrote a post about 10 incredible things to do there even when it’s raining, but bear watching deserved a whole post of its own.
Ahh, tattoos. Love em or hate em, they are pretty popular things at the moment. Once the preserve of criminals and ne’er do wells, they are now well and truly mainstream. The good thing about that is that there are now professional, hugely talented and downright awesome tattoo artists everywhere. The bad things about that is the rise of hideous programmes like Just Tattoo Of Us and Tattoo Fixers. Call me old fashioned, but I think that tattoos need considering, after all, they will be on your body forever. Now I’m no expert (I only have 3 tattoos) but I thought I’d share the process I go through when getting a tattoo so you know what to expect.