Life in Leeds
Posted in Life in Leeds by Clare King | 25.06.08
Three teams from Clarion joined in the fun at the Jane Tomlinson Run for All at the weekend. As sponsors of the Corporate Challenge, we had to lead by example! There were two serious running teams, and the team that I was on (lets call us the ?B? team) who were all dressed in Hawaiian costumes and planned to walk / run / limp or crawl around the 10k route, as long as we were involved.
As the B team lined up with the other 30 Corporate Challenge teams at the start line, the atmosphere was really buoyant as Jon Hammond got the 11,000 runners and huge number of spectators going from the stage outside the...
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Posted in Life in Leeds by Sharon Pallagi | 09.05.08
Travel Review ? Destination - Oman
I have just returned from a twelve day break in Oman with my husband, and as it has been hailed as the new destination to go to, I thought that I would review my holiday.
As soon as you arrive in the airport there is no escaping the heat or the sun ? you are surrounded by desert and mountains. Muscat is very hot in April. We were advised by locals that this generally is the last month of the tourist season as their summer becomes very hot. Whilst we were there most days reached 38 degrees!
On arrival we took a taxi from the airport to our first hotel...
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Posted in Life in Leeds by Sara Rogers | 14.04.08
Any offspring of Richard Thomas (of Jerry Springer ? The Opera fame) and Javier de Frutos (of the contemporary Phoenix Dance Theatre) was likely to be interesting, challenging and probably controversial! The brand new ?Cattle Call? is all of that, and more.
The new production premiered at the West Yorkshire Playhouse on 9th April 2008 and is sponsored by Clarion. It will now be touring the country over the next few months and is next to be seen at Sadler?s Wells at the end of April.
The performance is an unusual combination of original music and lyrics and contemporary dance. It centres around a group of hopefuls auditioning for a theatre production and...
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Posted in Life in Leeds by Clare King | 09.01.08
An eventful year saw 2007 ending for me in our new cottage in Peyrat le Chateau in Limousin, France. We saw the New Year in with our friends and co-owners sitting down to a Desperate Dan sized steak of local Limousin beef accompanied by several bottles of good local red wine (we splashed out and spent nearly five euros a bottle as it was a special occasion) followed a rather liberal amount of further wine and (oh the shame) tequila at a local hotel with our new French, Irish and English neighbours. It was a much needed de-stress after the hard graft we put in to acquire the cottage?..
During our first research...
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Posted in Life in Leeds by Sharon Pallagi | 28.06.07
Review of The White Bear and Black Sheep Brewery, Masham
One of my favourite ways of spending a Sunday is to find a traditional, country pub in which to have a Sunday Lunch and relax with family and friends. This father?s day was no exception. Largely as a treat for my dad, but my mum, myself and my husband also benefiting, I booked to go on a tour of the Black Sheep Brewery at Masham, followed by lunch at the White Bear for father?s day.
The weather, as it has been recently, was quite miserable, although there were periods of sunshine. Masham itself is easy to get to from both...
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Posted in Life in Leeds by Joanna Downes | 11.05.07
I?ve decided that it?s about time that I did a Life in Leeds blog, and what better time than the week in which I have sampled the delights of Japanese restaurant Little Tokyo for a friend?s birthday. Little Tokyo is situated on Central Road, behind House of Fraser and not far from the Corn Exchange. Yet despite being a regular visitor to the Hifi Club on the same road, I had no idea that it even existed.
It?s not a large restaurant (there is some outdoor seating, but in the pouring rain this wasn?t a great option for us) and is set on two levels, with a...
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Posted in Life in Leeds by Clare King | 18.04.07
La Bonne Vie
Mmmmm long lazy summer days spent doing nothing more strenuous than hauling yourself out of bed in time to stroll to the local shop for bread and croissants, followed by long periods of lying horizontal in the sun with a good book to recover from the strain of having to keep yourself topped up with food and drink. Sounds like heaven and a dream that I am hoping will turn into reality if our new plan of finding and purchasing a little holiday bolthole in the Limousin region of France comes to fruition.
My husband and I currently live in Bradford, and our plan of buying a cheaper house...
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Posted in Life in Leeds by Sharon Pallagi | 18.04.07
To Wii Or Not To Wii?
I have never been into gaming. I am not interested in PlayStations or going into Arcades with noisy games, and can still remember playing space invaders on my Amstrad computer, so I am a bit behind the times! The Nintendo Wii has therefore taken me by surprise, brought me back into this century as far as gaming is concerned, and I am hooked!
This gadget was launched before Christmas, but it has become the most sought-after gadget in Britain. Nintendo have created a frenzy, as I was informed by many retailers that they are not told by Nintendo when delivery dates and the stock amount are...
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Posted in Life in Leeds by Susannah Bottomley | 04.04.07
I recently attended a recruitment fair at BPP Law School, which was intended to promote non legal careers for the students. As a paralegal, who has yet to embark on a training contract, I was able to offer some assistance with possible careers within the legal profession for those who do not wish to qualify as a solicitor, barrister or legal executive.
I was approached by a number of students asking questions about the role I play as a paralegal and the type of work that I do on a day-to-day basis. Various individuals expected that as a paralegal I would be classed as the dog?s body and be passed the...
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Posted in Life in Leeds by Steve Milner | 21.03.07
Altogether now, sing along with Tom, ?Why, why, why??
?did I bother going to the Millennium Stadium again?
I have been to Cardiff quite a few times now and I like the place. However, I must be one of the most unluckiest fans any team can have supporting them on a trip there. At the weekend I visited the fantastic stadium for the fourth time, and for the fourth time I returned home defeated! (Leeds Rhinos x2, Leeds United, and now England)
The weekend was not entirely depressing however. The stadium is the best I have been to. It remains to be seen whether the new Wembley can match it. Personally, I...
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