8th Period: It's OK, But Just This Once!

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Cemeteries/Graves

So, when I walk Treacle, we usually go through the cemetery - I love cemeteries.  There's something so peaceful and serene about them.  In a way, something so reassuring - I don't know why.  However, I was walking through one night when something caught my eye, and I just had to go over and investigate.  This picture is of the grave that I had seen.  Now, it was for a stillborn child, and I can't possibly imagine the pain of losing a child in such a way, but I just thought this was a little excessive (apologies if it's your child's grave) and not something that I would expect to find in a cemetery.  I think it would be okay perhaps without all the lights, but that's just my opinion.  I find the solace of cemeteries perfect for thinking and just being. I used to go and sit in there on a night just to think and sort things out in my mind.  A little weird maybe, but it helped.

Food

Last week I went to two different places for dinner - on Tuesday I went to Little Tokyo, which is a Japanese (shock!) restaurant, and quite possibly my favourite in Leeds.  I always have the same thing - a mango duck bento box followed by lychee ice cream - and it was delicious, although trying to eat the last few grains of rice with chopsticks when it's designed like this is hard.  So, for those of you in Leeds, even if you don't think you like Japanese food, I recommend checking it out.  It's behind House of Fraser on Central Road and does takeaway - here is a menu (although it could be slightly out of date now, but the majority of the items are still available) - http://www.take-a-way.co.uk/menu/693/Little+Tokyo/

On Wednesday I went to Brio's in Colton.  I've been to both the one in The Light and this one a couple of times before, and have always enjoyed it.  This time I went with my auntie.  There were meant to be three of us going for a late Christmas dinner thing, but the other person from our office couldn't make it, so the two of us decided to go, and the three of us would have a Christmas dinner at a later date.

I had bruschetta with parma ham and parmesan on it to start - it was delicious, although perhaps too much parmesan (the parma ham rolls were filled with it) as it is quite an overpowering cheese in the quantity that it was served in comparison with the quantity of the other ingredients on the plate.  For my main I had a chicken and beetroot salad thing, which it turned out I had actually had before and not realised - I enjoyed it the second time around too, and it was very filling.  There wasn't enough room for desert!

On Sunday I went to Frankie and Benny's and had a Manhattan double stack burger - it was sooooo nice, I really enjoyed it, and I had the best banoffee sundae.  I love anything banoffee, and it was the perfect ending to the meal.  Slightly sickly, but I would have eaten it again!

Steelers game

After Frankie and Benny's we went to the Sheffield Arena to watch the Sheffield Steelers beat the Cardiff Devils and it was so good to see them play again.  It makes me miss the days when we used to go to every single home game and quite a few away games.  It's a shame it's so far away really, because if I lived closer, I would certainly go more often.

In the programme for the game was a page talking about a "legends" game that is going to happen in August, where they've been trying to get old players back for a game against the Cardiff Devils "legends" to celebrate our 20th anniversary and Cardiff's 25th anniversary.  Me and Christine decided that we were going to go, even if Brian couldn't.  It will be great if they can get some of the old players back and be able to see them play again!