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Category Archives: Eating out

Swan, Autumn Leaves and Guinea Pigs

After singing this morning there was one swan in the mud where the tidal Penryn river had gone out.

Some of the trees across the river were in lovely autumn colour.

Lots of local people were invited to be guinea pigs as our Buttermarket food hall opened for a trial run. We had a fabulous evening in what will be Cornwall’s only street food kitchens in a properly lovely venue, the renovated and restored Buttermarket in Redruth. The official opening will be next week and we can’t wait to go back. We are so lucky to have this wonderful new venue in Redruth.

Feasters

Glitterball

Sara, Sue and some of my curls – Thanks to Tamsin for the photo

Little Ears menu

Bango Kitchen menu

Cowgirls menu

Earth and Soul menu

From outside. Thanks to Tamsin for the photo

We had fun!

Jan and the architect Clare, both very happy as their project goes live

Thank you to all of you who sent love and condolences in one form or another today, it’s been good to feel the love.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on November 7, 2024 in Cornwall, Eating out, environment, nature, Penryn, Postaday 2024, Redruth, Uncategorized

Tags: #The Buttermarket Redruth

Guest Blogger Catch-up

23 Aug

On Thursday, I went to choir with Granny as I always do. This session was extra special as it was ‘Sing for your heart’ instead of regular choir. So it wasn’t just the Suitcase Singers but it was also people from the public who wanted to just sing for their hearts. At the end we did a sound bath where me and Granny and other pairs stood back to back surrounded by a circle of basses, altos and sopranos. First the basses sang a hollowing note then the altos joined in with perfect harmony and finally the sopranos sang an angelic high note as a cherry on top. As they got closer and closer towards us in the middle, the sound got fuller and fuller. Everything in my mind was still and empty and at that point it was almost like white noise in the most beautiful way. I recommend.

We went to Truro to mooch about the shops and swerve around the cobbles. We also had our delicious Cornish pasties and no pesky seagulls stole them.

Before our delicious feast this evening, we went to see my great Grandmama and Grandadad’s bench which was dedicated to them. It was a simple yet beautiful sight to see and lovely to see how much beloved they were by our family.

Granny and Grandad took us, as well as my Uncle and Auntie, to Home Ground in Redruth where we had pizzas, pasta and many servings of Tiramisu.

Tiramisu

HomeGround, outdoor section

Walking home after dinner, three ‘kids’ and one LiveWire. Three of us went home by car!

See you guys soon, can’t wait to be back!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 23, 2024 in Cornwall, Eating out, environment, family, Food, Happiness, Postaday 2024, Truro

Tags: Home Ground coffee shop

Humanism, Breakfast and Double Daisy

21 Jun

It is World Humanism Day today.

We met friends at The Blue Bar in Porthtowan for breakfast again this morning and had a super indulgent and very tasty meal. The wind was too cold and rough for our intended walk on the beach afterwards.

Waffle with berries, mascarpone and honey with a side of crispy bacon

One of our daisies was broken off in the wind so I brought it in and then realised that it is a double! I’ve never seen one like it before.

I hope you can see the magical doubleness

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on June 21, 2024 in Cornwall, Eating out, Food, friendship, garden, Porthtowan, Postaday 2024

Tags: The Blue Bar

Tastes of Tuscany – Meals

27 May

Oh my, we ate some delicious food! Some I can give you the name, others, I forgot to get a photo of the menu. Such beautiful presentation and absolutely delicious. It was really lovely to share them with new friends K and A.

In Montecatini Alta

Pici with Ragu

Delicious but I’ve forgetten the name

Bruschetta for lunch in Florence

Lemon Tart in Florence when sheltering from the rain

Menu in San Gimignano

Street food – Vegetariana -in San Gimignano

Our meal in Pistoia was another treat.

Roasted vegetables

Pizza

Liver Paté, Chicken Livers, Caramelized Onions and Brioche Bread

Caprese for supper one evening in the hotel in Montecatini Terme

Our last meal with aforementioned friends in Montecatini at a delightful restaurant in the town.

Arancini

Asparagus tart

Auberine Parmigiana

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 27, 2024 in Eating out, Food, friendship, Italy, Postaday 2024, travel

Navajo Wisdom and Affogato

20 Oct

I bought a beautiful little book while we were at the Grand Canyon, a gift for a dear friend, and took photos of some of the pages before I gave it to her this evening while we were all out together for dinner.

I’ll share pages over the next week or two. I love all the wisdom therein.

We enjoyed excellent pizzas and then affogatos.

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on October 20, 2023 in America, Eating out, friendship, Postaday 2023

Tags: Lessons from Native America, Listening with your Heart, Wayne Peate MD

Shop Window, Chocolate Cake and A Dahlia

19 Aug

We’ve been in Truro this afternoon and I just love this shop window.

Charlotte’s Tea House is always our place for a treat and my goodness, was the Chocolate Fudge Cake a treat!? We shared a piece with ice-cream and I had almost finished when I thought to take a photo for you.

Our big shaggy Dahlias seem to have survived Storm Betty. In fact, although the winds were crazy, the storm itself with thunder and lightning passed us by though other parts of Cornwall saw some dramatic skies and some lost power. .

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on August 19, 2023 in art, ceramics, Cornwall, Eating out, photography, Postaday 2023, Truro

Tags: Charlotte's Tea Rooms, Mallets Home Hardware

Guest blogger once again!

07 May

Hello everybody! It’s LiveWire3, again, and today, we found lots of things. However, the first thing we did was visit Porthtowan to have some very filling brunch in the Blue bar. Granny got some delicious avocado toast. Most of us had avocado toast so the table was full of green!

Afterwards, we went for a short yet satisfying walk around the beach. We stood there for a bit looking at the waves as they splashed onto our smiley faces.

While we were walking back, we noticed clusters of snails lying contently on the leaves. Some of them carried sand with them which gave the bushes some texture. We also noticed that on the fence, there were signs about peaceful protests from history. There was a pop of purple, so we looked closer and it was about the suffragettes. My Great, Great, Great Grandmother was a suffragette so this was very special.

A few hours later, we decided to go to Community Roots to go and get a tour and as I was walking looking at the acre of vegetables, I found a four leafed clover! They are extremely rare and these clovers had a special white border and their leaves were much bigger than any other leaves I have seen!

Near what we thought was the end of the tour, one of the staff told us their was a market full of things people have made and small companies so we had an excuse to stay! The market was amazing, full of colourful and ‘beautful things’. We found an ice cream van with a twist! All the ice cream was plant based so my partly lactose intolerant soul told me to ‘Go and get some ice cream!’ So we did and found these crotchet ice creams hanging over us!

When we got back home we had to rest from a very successful day but then Granny had the idea to go for an evening allotment visit where we replanted some fennel we got gifted from Community roots. It looked very happy in its new home!

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Posted by mybeautfulthings on May 7, 2023 in allotment, community, crochet, Eating out, environment, photography, Porthtowan, Postaday 2023, Suffragettes

Newlyn, Art Gallery and Scallops

25 Aug

Enjoy the gallery. Click on any photo for a larger view and a caption.

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In the Makers’ Exhibition, loved the handle

Love this!

Sadly, the only info was on the wall, not in the booklet we picked up so I can’t tell you the artist.May pop in again tomorrow to check.

By Vicky Higginson

View from the Art Gallery garden

View out of the Art Gallery window

From the garden across to Penzance

Art Gallery cafe and Pride flag

View from the doorway of the Red Lion pub where we called in for a drink among locals

The Smugglers Restaurant with Rooms

View from The Smugglers

I love scallops!

The artist who made the tapestries is Cecilia Charlton.

Flowers, Breakfast and Sea

10 Jun

We met our lovely friends for breakfast as we have done each month for a couple of years. It was the turn of the Blue Bar in Porthtowan today and as usual we enjoyed delicious meals and talked almost non-stop!