Weekly Musings

2018 - Week Eighteen

'Shes no Barbie. She's Wonder Woman. With a sailor's mouth.'
(J Iron Word)

I seem to be attracting bad luck at the moment, but the gloriously sunny Bank Holiday weekend helped to keep my spirits high. On Tuesday I got a poem up on Instagram here, and then met up with my mate Lewis at Altrincham Market for some food and a catch-up, as we have been rubbish at sticking to arrangements we have previously made to meet. I tried one of the salmon rice bowls from Wolfhouse Kitchen which was amazing, and it felt a lot healthier than the pizza or pie I would usually have ordered. Song of the week above is a corker of a remix by Marian Hill of the latest single by one of my favourite bands, PVRIS.

The rest of the week was fairly quiet, Chris came 'round on Wednesday, I went to my parent's house for tea on Thursday, and I dyed my hair on Friday, so am back to 100% ginger again! I have fallen out with my car however, as I managed to burst my tyre on a pothole on Wednesday, and then got a leak in my coolant tank over the weekend. Luckily I still have a warranty, and am going to try and claim from the council for the puncture, so fingers crossed it won't be too financially damaging. 

Yesterday I met up with the usual motley crew for a day drinking session. We went to Media City to try somewhere new for a change, and it was perfect with the sun shining as there are loads of deck chairs stationed around the area on patches of grass. We veered down the cheapskate route and bought a few tinnies instead of being patrons of the bars; albeit rhubarb cider from Booths, not quite Frosty Jacks on a park bench.

We got the met into town later on for some food at the second branch of Rudy's that has opened on Peter Street. Now I have digested a lot of pizza in my lifetime, but honestly the offerings there are easily in my top three. I shared two different ones with my friend Ellie, one with anchovies, capers, olives, herbs and cheese, and the other was one of their signature 'white' pizzas, where the usual traditional tomato base is bypassed in favour of an alternative, or just extra topping. Ours had pesto as a foundation, with olives, sundried tomato, and loads of cheese - super tasty, and definitely needed to soak up the prosecco and cider!

We were walking on from Rudy's to get a few more drinks when we were pulled inside Albert Hall for the last 90 minutes of the Margarita Rumble festival that was happening there. The rest of the crowd had paid thirty quid for a two hour slot ticket, but they let us in for a fiver with it being nearly done, and it was all-you-can-drink once inside, winner. Ten different venues from around town had each developed their own version of the signature cocktail, and the premise of the event was to sample as many of them as possible and then vote for your favourite. There was a shot bar and DJ playing some great tunes so it was a lot of fun, I always love a bit of spontaneity!

Today I met Chris after his guitar teaching had finished at Boho Utopia for some lunch there off the new menu. We both opted for iced lattes to ward off the heat, and he stuck to his usual vegan all day brekkie, but I chose the beer battered mushrooms with a sour cream dip, which were divine and really filling! We headed back to the boat afterwards for a spot of sun worshipping on the roof before I got ready for a night on the tiles with Rosie at Dulcimer where Chris is DJing a 'Rebel Girls' night. Bring on the vino!