With less than 8 hours until I'm next in Liverpool, I actually can't describe how excited I am.

It’s not that I don’t get excited by London or anything, but since moving here I've became rather more appreciative of the north. Being able to walk from one end of a city to another for instance, is rather cool. Who wants to be underground all day anyway? The best way to explore is always en pied. My usual ventures of 'escaping the city' each weekend have usually ended up with gorming at Lalique’s glassware at the Victoria & Albert Museum, where you sort of truly feel this great sense of escapism (I’ve yet to see that room overpopulated…)

Plans for this joyous weekend include…

- Checking out the Galápagos exhibition that opened at the Bluecoat yesterday. Marcus Coates is one of the artists featured, and I am a mahoooosive fan after I first saw one of his performance-come-documentaries pieces at the Walker Art Gallery a few years back. I popped along to a talk of his as well, and he’s incredibly good at talking about his work.

-Leaf on Bold Street. This is just inevitable; they’ve somehow managed to suck me into this habit of returning whenever I make a trip up to Liverpool. Their Liquorice cuppa is brilliant!

-Visiting an artist studio or three.

-MelloMello, one of the best gems in Liverpool, has recently refurbished their premises so that’s on my list of things to see

-There’s an artist talk at The Royal Standard tomorrow morning. I haven’t been to their gallery/studio space yet so I’m really excited about this!

-and partying, albeit with a tiny bit less alcohol. I’m now gracing the age of where hangovers are inescapable if I’ve had anything more than two glasses of wine...

Last time I went out. I appear to be doing an impression of Kate Winslet in Titanic

Have a great bank holiday weekend all! Je t'aime Je t'aime x


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Labels: ART DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE, Galápagos exhibition The Bluecoat, Leaf Bold Street, The Royal Standard Artist Studios