Saturday 25 October 2014

Hello and welcome back
I have been busy
Say hello to Adam Richman
MAN V'S FOOD
I have spent many an hour watching Adam
In pure fascination of what he was eating
What lengths he went to
and more so what people like to eat.
Adam has made a huge transformation
and I admire that!
I would love to meet Adam I hope his trip here is everything he hoped it to be.
Find more about Adam here via google search 
 Adam took a visit to Tottenham Hotspurs ground
otherwise known as Spurs
See Adams time at Spurs Ground right here

This dish I made
Chinese slow roast belly pork and pigs cheeks with an oriental salad
The image above 
Mango,thin sliced ginger spring onions,sliced fig also.
The dressing is a lime and lint seed with a but oil.
The green is thinly sliced lettuce with fresh red chilli the white of a spring onion 
The image below
Slow cooked belly pork and pigs cheeks cooked in a red onion and Chinese bbq sauce
With sugar snap peas carrots and baby sweetcorn and rice.
My dog Shadow was having some
time out from my kitten Coco
Her antics was getting a little much for him
This article and the comments about it
Fake think again the reality of 
"All my friends are so amazingly cultured" 
Then behind their backs
"Not even my nearest and dearest are cultured"
Just screams fake darling 
Are you guffawing darling?
Then the comments
Say hello to my 
French inspired trifle 
Sponge fingers

Creme De Cassis 
French Blackcurrants
 Waitrose fruit confetti

Berries in jelly before it's set
Then the sponge fingers rolled in the Cassis

Put the fruit mix ontop and put in the fridge
Then add the custard allow to set also
Then whip cream with icing sugar in
Pipe on and add the confetti 

This home
This spooky happening on Newland Avenue 
The window of Eden Floral Boutique 
Is always dressed up and this window display is just one
of the many that I have had to stop to admire

This picture frame from 
The photo is from The Stonehouse Emporium


Now sat on my winter living room mantel 
I went to a creative event at The Moon on a Stick
On MY local high street sits
The Moon On A Stick 
A place to marvel admire and enjoy
They hold creative classes and I gave in
I decided I had to go to a class!
I went to my town centre to get the fabrics
Fun stripes deck chair fun!
See where I bought my fabric here 
These images by Chic Chic

It is good to know I am not the only person 
who loves cushions 
This is an image of my front living room 
Me and "The Lovely Ade" this morning
Thieving Harry's on MY beloved
Humber Street this morning
Who the hell has coffee table books?
Ha come on!
However twelve on this list is not bad going
There are so many events not enough time for me to get to them all.
Apart from 
"coffee table books"
because frankly they are pretentiously old fashioned darling.
We went down to Scale Lane Footbridge
to help set up for the relaunch of Hulls Fish Trail.
All the things you see have been hand made.

This event I am attending next year
The Charlatans
I have had a wonderful four days off starting with 
Friday morning
I went to go see a kitty on Chanterlands Avenue
Say hello to Coco
Can you donate?Can you re-home?
Please help animals that need us not just me and you everyone can do their piece to help animals in 
need.Find them here 
137 chanterlands avenue Hu5 3TJ

Coco was part of a litter of four left at a pet shop local to me.
I have a lovely huge Victorian house
that has more than enough room.
The was no question but to have another cat as I have two already and a dog.
Notjustpets Waggys Wash
After going to see Coco I really wanted a nice drink and some breakfast.
However I spotted Dolce Italian Bakery
 was open so popped in.Dolce Italian Bakery
is sat on a busy road next to a charming 
house interior fabric/homewear shop and a very 
lovely looking smokehouse joint.
Stepping in felt like I was back in Italy 
the shelves have some most amazing Italian produce on them there's three sweet stools for a quick coffee and oodles of things to be amazed by.
He makes hand made Panettone for Christmas
I could not imagine anything nicer than my loca baker making me a Pannettone thankfully I have one.

  • Dolce can be found at 66 Chanterlands Avenue HU5 3TT Kingston upon Hull 

I often bike The Avenues but decided to walk that day and walked down to Princes Avenue I thought to go have a coffee and cake as it was heading to lunch rather than breakfast.
 There are many places you can eat and drink in my community there are so many places we are just starting the food adventure I would like to share with you.

Say hello and a warm welcome to Wagon's Coffee Bar
Wagons is a very pretty place with all sorts of bizaars that entice you to look and desire them.

Wagons has this warm embrace to it 
With comfy chairs and a counter brimming with
handmade cookies and cakes



I really needed to get going and as the day was lovely and there 
is nothing nicer than walking around in Autumn where I live.
Fridays are always busy in my house
The goddess of cleaning comes in mid week to 
clean for me so I have a quick tidy round 
and go about my day.
Food shopping is done on a Friday
so dinner is always quick and easy.
Dinner is chicken with a white wine and cheese sauce.
You need
Smoked lardons,chicken fillets around ten,
Pasta,cream,white wine and chives.
Boil the pasta,fry the lardons and diced chicken fillet lightly yo give colour to it.
Then add quite a good glug of white wine.
Enough that you'd want for a sauce of course.
Put on a very low heat to pick up all the sticky bits on the pan because we all know they are the best bits.
Add the cream and chopped (I use scissors actually)
Put the pasta in the pan with the sauce etc etc stir and leave on a medium heat and add in grated 
parmesan.

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Tuesday 21 October 2014

Hello and welcome back
I have had a busy week or more and now back to the blog and the lifestyle of
The Early Bird Eater
Today I started my four days off
down Newland Avenue 
to have a catch up with a friend.
I wanted to make the house pretty so I went to


and found some "oh so vintage" lovelies
This pussy cat
This floral tray that sits on my 
French Dressing table


Every girl needs her candy
Prada and Chanel darlings
Burano,Venice lace 
and a vintage bracelet from
 a Whitby vintage
House Of Rose And Brown vintage fair
This divine 
Lulu Guinness designed linen
that my partner gave me
The house really is shaping up to be 
something rather LUX 
These love hearts bought for my by my partner
The deer was bought in a chic boutique 
In Barcelona
I am very excited to be attending this event
Our next workshop is the ever popular RAG RUGS on Monday 27 October. Great for a cosy evening by the fire and can be adapted to make bags and accessories too. All materials and refreshments provided. £12.50. 6.45 - 9.15pm. 
The most desirable of rooms
This from Harper's Bazaar


Madonna fans, the Material Girl has some VERY exciting news for you

New Years Eve this year will be spent 
in a wonderful country pile 
We go for a three course dinner and dance
and then a LUX stay over night
in the Coach house


Lovingly restored, our Georgian family home now offers you Luxury Bed and Breakfast 

We'll dine in style of course 
With the most prettiest of rooms 

The Gin Palace within the hotel
This coming to Hull next year
2015 Hull Fashion event
Then this blog 
I got new glasses
Prada of course
Exquisite
Engineers of Desire, handmade leather corsets and finery

This Sunday see the re-launch of Hulls
famous Fish Trail
See more about it here 
Find out more about the Bridge here too
Here are two photos of the Scale Lane
footbridge by Hull based 
Jon Fish 
Of JonFish Photography 
I was and am part of a creative event/group
 that runs nation wide 
All the things you see here have been knitted and sown from all over the country

There have been plays concerts and now a display in Hull this Sunday 
At the Scale Lane bridge.
I am helping to set up this Sunday it will be open from mid day

This from the talented Bink PearlsSwine
My cities theatre is expanding 
Images from Biarritz where we holiday 
Street food picnic time
The most delightful of foods 

Oysters in the morning in the market
An image I shot on the East Coast Of Yorkshire
This great news for My city

Bomb-hit National Picture Theatre to be bought by Hull City 

Council

camera always comes along
My front living room 
I made cake
Victoria Sponge
With home grown fruit jam
Damson and plum 



This coffee guide from


How To Drink Coffee Like A Local In Paris,     Rome And Barcelona


Nostalgic Whitby
Where we stopped off for a drink or two
There was a vintage 40's weekend taking place
I found the most amazing French Creperie in
Whitby
 Breakfast tea and oodles of goodies to take home for Chirstmas.

An Amnesty International event held in Hull
With the first ever collection of images all together at The 1 Gallery Hull