| Lifestyle | Wands and Wispies GIFTED

Hello Lovelies,

So before I get into this post I just want to mention that the lashes Lia and I are wearing were *GIFTED*, I will have a separate review post up for them soon.

A couple weekends ago I made my regular trip through to Edinburgh to catch up with my main gals. This was actually super exciting because we decided to try out THE CAULDRON (the inner Harry Potter nerd in me was dying). If you haven’t heard of it, its essentially a mixology class with the added magic experience. There are bars in Edinburgh, Dublin, London and New York! If this sounds up your street keep reading…

| Food |Cognito On The Corner

Hello lovelies,

 

Soo what beats a Saturday Brunch with a Gal pal and some vino… answer – nothing. A couple weekends ago I finally got round to visiting Cognito on the Corner and it totally did not disappoint. In fact I 100% will be rushing  back. Mainly to try out their cocktail menu. But also the food was pretty great too.

 

| Food | Urban Angel

Hello Loves,

 

So I’m just back in Abz after a fun filled weekend in the capital. Basically plenty of food, plenty of booze and plenty of laughs…so all wins. Alsoooo a trip into the city for Saturday brunch, is there a better way to start your day??! Don’t think so. Anyways, if you wanna hear about our Brunch spot of choice keep reading.

Urban Angel

 

| Food & Drink | The Spiritualist Aberdeen

Hello loves,

So currently in my life, for the foreseeable anyways, I have decided to avoid boys and stick with drinking plenty water and eating veggies cause they will deffo not cause me wrinkles and grey hairs. That being said I have found the absolute gals night out venue in the Deen.

The Spiritualist

| Food | Babs ~ Glasgow West Nile St

 

What do you do when you get a new hair cut…? 

Head out for a Saturday lunch to celebrate it. That’s what!

 

Ciaran and I can finally say we have ticked Babs off our “Places that are a MUST try” list.

We have been so excited all week (the health kick being a contributing factor). And I would be lying if I said I wasn’t sat at work on Wednesday lunch time checking out the menu and dreaming of all my maybes and musts haves…

And it was definitely worth the wait!

| Boozy Bits | Raspberry Fizz

Another cheeky wee booze/cocktail related post…

This might become quite the series as who doesn’t love a new cocktail recipe to give a go?! And I am all for being a guinea pig in my Bf’s search of a perfected new cocktail recipe!

This cocktail was made especially with me in mind and contains my favourite things…Raspberries annnd Prosecco/Champagne!

Who can complain with that winning duo?!

As usual if you would like this simple cocktail recipe keep reading. If not this post is not for you…

What You Will Need:

• Bottle of Fizz Of your Choice
• Raspberries
• Raspberry Liquior
• Ice

 

Method:

• Firstly Muddle (Squish) 6 Raspberries in the Bottom of a Tall Glass
•  50ml of Raspberry Liquor
• Fill Glass with Ice and Stir
• To Finish Top with Fizz And Enjoy

 

Simplistic yet Tasty!

 

What is your Favourite Fruity Cocktail?

 

Shona Marie xo

 

All Credits go to Ciaran Wilkinson For the Recipe.

| Six By Nico | The Forest

Last month Ciaran and I decided to treat ourselves to a Sunday date night and as usual head to our current favourite restaurant… Six By Nico.

I’m a bit late in getting round to posting this! By the time my post is live they will no longer be serving this theme, but I thought why not share it anyways!

As per the food and service was fab!

So without further ado let me introduce you to the last Six By Nico theme…

 

THE FOREST

 

Bramble Royale

Prosecco | Creme de Mure

 

| Boozy Bits | Wine Cocktail

The first weekend in November my Other Half and I took a trip up to the North East of Scotland to visit his family.  It was a fun filled long weekend consisting of plenty walks, food and of course booze…

While we were there my boyfriend put his cocktail making skills to the test. And he came up with a couple drinks to suit both mine and his aunties tastes.

His auntie is not much of a cocktail drinker as she only likes wine. But, this was just a fun little challenge for my partner as he rattled off a wine cocktail recipe he made up on the spot!

If you want a sneaky wee peek at what this contains and how to make, keep reading…

 

 

| Food | SixByNico ~ Illusion

My second foodie blog post. And this one, once again, is all about Six By Nico…

I know what you’re thinking, a bit of a reoccurring theme here, but honestly I cannot fault the place! It’s fine dining at such an affordable price. The atmosphere is perfect. The service is top class. And the work put behind each change in menu theme is ingenious.

This visit the theme is Illusion. Which as my boyfriends mum described, has a very Heston Blumenthal vibe to it.

For an extra £25 each we also added the wine flight which is perfectly matched to compliment each dish.

I’m not going to lie, I struggled to keep up! Which is why when the accompaniment to course 4/6 was a beer I happily passed this over to my other half!

| Food | Six By Nico…

Saturday 12th August

 

 

 

Today we ventured out towards Finnieston to finally experience the greatness that is SIX BY NICO. This is not your regular restaurant with its seasonal menu, no, Six by Nico has a themed menu which lasts 6 weeks and is then gone and replaced with a completely new theme all over again! Fab, right?!

 

And we had the pleasure of trying ROUTE 66…

 

CHICAGO

CRISP TART | TRAPANESE PESTO | GOATS CHEESE | OLIVE TAPENADE