Today I took my friend for Afternoon Tea at The Glasshouse Hotel, Sligo. It was a late Christmas present and an early treat for her birthday. You all know what a fan of afternoon tea I am so it was as much a treat for me as her. There was a lovely selection of sandwiches... Continue Reading →
The 12 Treats of Sligo
Well me and Lucy came up with an idea of our version of the 12 Pubs of Christmas featuring 12 Treats of Sligo. It seemed like a fantastic idea at the time but not so great for my figure or my bank balance, what started as 12 was rapidly expanding by the minute - like... Continue Reading →
Taste Leitrim Winter Feast
I went along to The Food Hub in Drumshanbo today for the Taste Leitrim Winter Feast Festival. The Food Hub is a fantastic initiative that houses various food producers. I'm hoping to cover it in greater detail in the new year. The Winter Feast consisted of a producers market in the marquee, food talks and... Continue Reading →
Hooked, Sligo
Just when you thought the food scene in Sligo couldn't get any better along comes Hooked. This new venture by Anthony and Eilish Gray already has people travelling from all over the North West of Ireland to check it out. You may know Anthony from the beautiful Eala Bhan Restaurant in Sligo - just down... Continue Reading →
Hooray for happiness
Well I'm baffled as to what has happened to me. I am so happy and about everything - well the good things anyway! I can't believe at the change in my mindset and it's turned my life around. The depression, at the moment, seems to have crawled back under the rock it came from. Little... Continue Reading →
Taste of the Lakelands
On Sunday I met up with Lucy and Laurence at the Taste of the Lakelands Food Festival. The festival was held in Lanesborough, Co. Longford which is just on the border of Longford and Roscommon. To be honest I only found out about this event by accident because a lady on the Irish Bloggers Group... Continue Reading →