The Little Life Of Shazza P

if you haven't tried Belvoir drinks and cordials have you been living under a rock?! , growing up drinking the tasty Elderflower Cordial was a daily rite of passage in my household, the taste really takes me back and still at 30 years old it's one of my favourite tastes, I really love that the wide range of soft drinks has now spiralled and Belvoir now have there own ranges of Non Alcoholic Mocktails, Botanical Sodas and a lovely wide range of cordials, in my opinion a glass of anything Belvoir is a real treat that i love to call 'Sunshine In A Glass' . looking outside the box and looking at all the love and care that goes into every single bottle of Belvoir, im a massive fan of the simplicity and naturality of the ingredients which are homegrown, with an air of nature and a lovely natural feel to the products, simple and quality ingredients are used  in all the drinks, for example i love that the sparkling raspberry lemonade has only 4 ingredien...

Hello loves, anyone who knows anything about my blogs know my absolute fondness of finding small little quaint Yorkshire towns full of independent shops, amazing food places and a bit of history for you to delve into, let me introduce you to 'Birstall a small little market and mill town in Kirklees, West Yorkshire just a stone throw away from Batley. Birstall has plenty of historic links, with links to the Brontes and was the birth place of Joseph Priestley the English chemist who discovered oxygen, people travelling from far and wide to discover the history of Birstall and avid Bronte fans are always among the visitors walking in the footsteps of the world famous Sisters which makes me proud to be a Yorkshire lass.  This week a fabulous new website  What's On Birstall  is being launched which aims to help small local independent businesses, shops and eateries get their name out to a wider audience, the exciting new website launch will also let you...

The live summer music continues to set little Yorkshire town Halifax alight and the acts just keep getting bigger and better, as a local lass I just cannot stop pinching myself, last week music legend Sting rocked up and turned the heat up a notch and Folk Indie band the Lumineers mellowed the Piece Hall for a night of world class music .  Last Tuesday english legend singer song writer Sting rocked up and my oh my did he turn up the heat, he boomed onto the stage playing hit after hit including ' Message In A Bottle', 'English Man In New York' and 'Roxanne' to name a few and what a show the rocker put on , the whole crowd were screaming and singing along at Stings beck and call, for the ripe old age of 71 the fella still knows how to move and he definetly rocked the stage, he brought a Tuesday night in Halifax alive and kicking, it was such a pinch me moment one of them where you are stood there thinking wow Sting is actually playing live...

Let's set the scene, it's a rainy Monday evening in Bradford but never fear the sunniest musical is in town, Annie came opened at  The Bradford Alhambra  last night and let's just say ' 'The Sun Will Come Out Tomorrow' after last night's winning performance, how in my 30 years have I never seen the all time favourite movie Annie, let me tell you having not seen it I knew the songs well and the story left me going home with that feel good theatre feeling.  Annie was staged and set in the 1930s with the opening scenes set in Miss Hannigans home for orphans, where heroine of the story young 'Annie' lives her friends and savage Miss Hannigan played by Craig Revel Horwood, the orphanage is not an ideal home for any of the youngsters, they all have a feisty witty side and take on Hannigan at any turn, Annie who is forever trying to escape, happens to escape one winter's evening and meets her trusty friend Sandy the dog, I loved ...

Anyone who knows me or follows my blogging knows I always like to help where I can, with the platform I am on and the reach I have I always love helping small local businesses and charity's and always on the lookout to help, so having heard about  Allerton Cat Rescue  and the trying times they are having I knew that I needed to step on and see if I could help, i headed down this morning to meet to little loves and i left feeling the urge and need to want to help , I am hoping with the help of my followers, those who follow my blog and anyone else who reads and want to help can help, Allerton Cat Rescue are in dyer need of food donations, kitten food and help with ever mounting medical bills, the rescue is non for profit and solely relies on donations and any help they can get so I'm hoping with my little plea how ever big or small we can help.  Allerton Cat Rescue  is a non-profit sanctuary for felines abandoned, mistreated or otherwise betwee...

I cannot lie, I have a massive soft spot for cheeky chap George Ezra so I was pretty excited for the summer gig, I think it left quite a lot of people speechless having George upon the stage in our little town on a Monday night, he definetly brought his A game and put on a corker of a show .  Playing in front of 5,500 adoring fans in an open air show at the historic cloth hall, the show was opened by Limerick band Kingfisher who with there catchy tunes really got the show started and got the crowd going in anticipation for a bit of George Ezra action. George really set the scene when he came on stage to massive applause and you could really feel the energy and excitement building.  George opened the show with Anyone For You, Cassy O, Get away and the cheeky cheap packed his set full of number one hits such as Paradise, Green Green Grass, Barcelona, Budapest and had to finish with non other than fan favourite Shot Gun  I aswe...

I was back at it last night blogging at my favourite little spot The Piece Hall for the summer music gigs, last nights offering was Irish legend Hozier who brought the Unreal Unearth Tour to Halifax to an adoring crowd of 5,500 with a sell out show, taking to the stage the Irish hit maker declared to his fans 'What A Beautiful Place' statements like this makes me proud of out little town.  Hoziers hit set opened up with the dreamy ' Eat Your Young ', and closed the show with number one hit the absolutetly fantastic ' Take Me To Church ', as a fan of Hozier I sang along to song after song, hit after hit and the setlist hit me with all the feels, like most I think it was pretty surreal he was actually performing in the Piece Hall on a summer Sunday night in July.   Hozier was joined by very special guests Alison Russell and Victoria Canal who both brought something special and unique to the evening with their sets.   Hozier will...

As Yorkshire Food Blogger Of The Year it is my absolute pleasure to be writing this little article bringing you my favourite little foodie spots to visit before enjoying one of the much anticipated summer gig at the Piece Hall, im always on the look out for new foodie spots to visit, these are a few of my favourite little spots to grab a bite before hand whether its a light bite, mezze boards or a sweet treat there is a spot for every taste bud, each week i will bringing you a little guide to spots i recommend first up this week, here is my little guide so let's get started .  Totem - 8 Westgate Arcade   Totem has to be my new favourite upcoming little foodie spot, I love the whole feel good foodie vibe, I like to visit regularly as they are always changing the menus and trying new things out being daring with food combinations which I love,  Totem also have a vast menu available before the gigs such as veg, meat and fish plates, can I just say the evening mez...