Showing posts with label music. Show all posts
Showing posts with label music. Show all posts

Friday, October 17, 2014

autumn love

 
 


























"October"- Broken Bells

My absolute favorite season is autumn, but I never really get to experience it in California (or any season, for that matter). I hate California's weather 80% of the time, as it is often ridiculously warm one day and not-so-bad the next. While Manchester's weather is just as unpredictable, I much prefer the rain over the blazing hot sun. But between the rainy days, there have been really gorgeous days where the skies are clear and the air is crisp and cool. I can feel autumn being in full swing with my scarf blowing in the wind and hearing the crunch of the golden leaves as I walk to class. With a hazelnut latte (Costa Coffee seriously needs a pumpkin flavored one!) in my hand, everything is perfect.

Happy Friday, and have a lovely weekend!

Monday, September 15, 2014

it's curry time!

Today was filled with shopping/mainly browsing and eating, and attending a rather boring (but important!) safety meeting in-between. Stacie and I headed to the Manchester Arndale in the afternoon to see what it was all about. But before we went in, we stopped by a neat little music store called Fopp. Manchester is well-known for its music scene, and I really want to attend a local concert while I'm here.





Back to the Manchester Arndale: It's another very large shopping center in the UK. Surprise, surprise. But it was nice to look at more UK shops and some familiar American ones as well. We couldn't resist buying three bars of fancy chocolate from a fancy chocolate store. TREAT YO SELF.


It was so hard to choose.


At night, Stacie and I met up with a few of our friends to eat at a place on Curry Mile. The safety meeting for our hall took longer than expected, so we were late to the original meet-up spot and couldn't find them. Luckily, they were sitting near the entrance at the most vibrant looking restaurant on Curry Mile called mylahore. And what is the Curry Mile, you ask? It's a street filled with South Asian restaurants and shops, and the whole area smells amazing due to the rich spices and ingredients used in their dishes. I absolutely love Indian food, and the chicken masala did not disappoint. Oh, and the garlic naan. You must have the naan! Their portions are also pretty big, so I'm glad I have leftovers for tomorrow's dinner in order to relive the experience. I really think we should start the "Curry Mile Club" and make this a weekly get together where we try a different curry house each time.


This is how it's done.