A
busy busy week as always. On Tuesday Northern Quarter's Kettlebell Kitchen turned one, and offered
free brownies to those who dropped in. I had a great kettlebox with
mashed sweet potato, steak and nuts. I then stayed in town for a
meetup with Manchester Cool Bars to Tiger Tiger for their Tuesday
night event, Taboo. Good cheap drinks and a fun
night. Facebook pics
here.
Wednesday
night was planned as a trip to Hot Mess on Deansgate Locks, but the bar,
Revolution, wanted student ID. This ruled us out so we shot across town to The
Birdcage, where Voodoo was in full
swing. A nice night, but there were too many guys and the décor needs
a touch-up- part of the handrails were missing, for one thing. I
first went eight years ago and the design was outdated then.
Good atmos though, and friendly people.
Pics
here.
On
Thursday night Manchester welcomed former UFC
fighter and current UFC commentator Dan Hardy. The welterweight MMA fighter
and the lead on UFC analysis segment Inside the Octagon dropped into
Waterstones in the Arndale to sign
copies of his newly-released autobiography, Part Reptile. I had a
chat with him- it was good to hear he knew my old MMA instructors
Dave and Ian Butlin. Dan seemed like a top bloke.
Friday
night: Manchester Cool Bars were
out in force again, this time to The Birdcage for
Flirt, the weekly Friday event. We
started in Mambos next door, a nice and
relatively new bar. If they just got a joiner to look at their toilet
doors it'd be an all-round ideal starting place.
The
night in Birdcage was touted as a meet-and-greet with three cast
members from MTV's Ex on the Beach. (See the
Facebook event.)
I saw a queue at one point, but couldn't actually see who was at the
end of it. There were barriers cordoning off one area, but no
announcement on the mic that they were there and, if they were, they
didn't hang around long.
I
was equally disappointed with the clunky bootlegs and overplayed RnB
that the DJ was churning out. But hey, it's Friday night in
Manchester. Slim pickings.
Pics
will be here.
Aside
from the above, the night was a good one- good looking people, a
friendly crowd and a fun night.
Saturday
night: Cool Bars
again headed out, this time to Genting Casino to watch local lad Anthony Crolla against Venezuelan Jorge Linarez. Predictably, Crolla lost, but he took a good beating before losing
on points. He's a tough bastard. Both men are.
There
were a few no-shows from the Meetup group, which is a shame, but a
good night overall. Nice to break up clubbing nights with something
different.
Revisiting
Kettlebell Kitchen to finish off:
they're looking for a thief. Do you recognise him?
More
to come!
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