It’s not everyday you are 21 for the umpteenth time so we decided to head off to show Ma the changes that have taken place in and around the the up and coming Baltic Triangle area of Liverpool. We visited the wonderfully chilled Love Lane … Continue readingMa’s Birthday – Love Lane Brewery
As there was a y in the day we thought we’d meet up for a few beers and what turned out to be a mini massage session. We started off in the ever favourite Grapes, meandered to the Merchant and ended up in the Swan … Continue readingA Sunday Swan Song
A great night out at the famous Dispensary, Renshaw StLiverpool was had the other week. An early celebration of my birth apparently was the occasion. Great to see everyone, all really good friends going backover the years, one back to infants’ school! (yes, they had … Continue readingBirthday Booze Up – Dispensary Medicine
I went to see this fabulous 26-foot high (8m) sculpture made out of knives and intended as a tribute to victims of knife crime which is being exhibited outside the Liverpool Anglican cathedral. The 100,000 weapons forming the Knife Angel have either been confiscated or … Continue readingKnife Angel – Cathedral
After spending a bit of time viewing the Knife Angel up at the Cathedral (I will post something soon about that), I dropped into the Merchant for a swifty and met up with Jonathan and Lynne. Lisa joined us later and we tried out a … Continue readingA New Bar Discovered
The Giants returned to Liverpool in October 2018, sadly for the last time!
Another great afternoon with our very good friends, joined this time too by Adam, Kat and Julia. Without sounding a bit unadventurous we went to our favourite bars including the Kazimier garden (check out the chips the kids had), the Grapes and the Merchant, Slater … Continue readingAfternoon Drinks – Christian’s Leaving
In the course of doing the recent P H O T O 30 Shot Challenge one of the particular challenges was Architecture. As a result, on that day I went a bit overboard and ended up with a fair few photos that would have been … Continue readingLiverpool Architecture – Part of the P H O T O 30 Shot Challenge
A wonderful afternoon with some very good friends of ours saw us visit one of our favourite pubs, The Grapes, on the corner of Roscoe St and Knight St, Liverpool. We then went on to visit the Kazimier garden which, on its own website describes … Continue readingAfternoon Drinks – with Pom Poms
Some really excellent exhibitions at this year’s Liverpool’s Biennial. We only just touched on some for this visit so plenty of time to explore them all! One was This is Shanghai displayed in the Cunard building was well worth a look. It explores and celebrates … Continue readingLiverpool Biennial and Graffiti