Hinterland or Box?

On the blog: 

A dating event with some ups and downs, a review of a mental-health-themed social media platform and a film-themed book review. 

In Manchester: 

International backpacking org WeRoad meet in Box Bar Deansgate, Friday night, 7pm. I expect the upper level of Box will have been set aside for us. I’ve not been to a WeRoad in Box yet. I’m going to shoot in and promote the Manchester Nightlife meetup and this blog. Hopefully there’ll be food like last time. 

Another Meetup group, Manchester Electronic Collective, closes down today. Their emphasis seems to have been House and Electronica events, perhaps with a slight emphasis on the production of the music. A lot of it was nights out to clubs too. I never attended. The latter of these, my Meetup group Manchester Nightlife covers. We went to Off the Square and Exhibition previously, so if you’re looking for a group to fill the void… 

Last week on Thursday, when I was running the Manchester Psychology Social Group, an attendee brought up another group also using alcohol-free vegan bar Hinterland as their base. Wisdom Way offers a chance to ‘gently discuss the deeper aspects of our living experiences - our inner journey.’ It seems to be very philosophy – oriented, something I’ve only briefly come across in psychology books. I’ll give it a shot: there could be good psychology content for a Saturday post. Who knows what I – or you - might learn. Sunday, 11am. 

So yeah, a wisdom group, and a group getting pissed in chav-central Box. Talk about yin and yang.