We do love going out and doing various different things! I have not been to a stadium gig, so when I heard My Chemical Romance was playing, I figured I knew enough of their music to go along. At first, I invited Dann, but he said he wasn’t a big enough fan really. Kai overheard this conversation and said he was, and that he wanted to go. So there was two of us. When talking about possibly going, Amelia said ‘I like live music’ and after a bit of talking, we decided that she would go even though it’s not her favorite type of music.
[Ad- gifted experience] I am always looking for new activities and ways to connect with other people. I find that as people get older, they find it much more challenging to make friends. I work from home, which is one of the reasons why I go out so much – to have human interaction and continue to meet people. So, when The Pure Social said they were hosting their Spin ‘n’ Paint at The Refinery in London, I was pretty excited to go along with Dann and see what it was all about.
[Ad- gifted experience] We go to quite a few video games events throughout the year, and Dann and I have gone to Hyper Japan in the past, but this year the dates lined up so we figured we would take the entire family along. Hyper Japan is the UK’s largest Japanese culture event. As we’ve got kids with sushi packed lunches and a big love of cutesy things, it just felt like they’d enjoy it.
Dann and I often try to get along to a lavender field, with Hitchin Lavender Field being one of our favorites, but we wanted to check out a new one this year. The Secret Lavender Garden at Mayfield had a lovely Golden Hour ticket and as we’ve been quite busy during the day, Dann and I wanted to make an evening out of it.
One evening, we didn’t have much going on, so Dann took me out to Chicos in Leyton. The week before, we went to Dave’s Hot Chicken with a friend of ours, where I was sure they had these Nashville mozzarella sticks that I have always wanted to try. In England, however, they do not have them on the menu. I had been craving them since, so Dann started looking up how to find them, and Chicos appeared! Chicos is a sort of Instagramable place to eat, with a lot of casual food like loaded fries, mozzarella sticks, and sandwiches. We went one evening right afterwards.
Nashville Hot Mozzarella Sticks and Buffalo Chicken Tenders
Of course, they had the Nashville Hot Mozzarella Sticks, which are massive rectangles of mozzarella, coated and deep-fried. Then, they put this spicy powder on it. It’s just such a spicy, delicious thing! The Nashville Hot Mozzarella came with a ranch, which felt very American, and tasted good too. I liked these a lot and it really fit my craving. I do feel they could have used more of the chili oil that they are meant to have on them, as they were dry, but it was fine. Whenever Dann and I see buffalo chicken on the menu, we have to try it. The buffalo chicken tenders at Chicos were very good. I am extremely picky with buffalo sauce and this buffalo sauce was so good we ordered a second plate of chicken tenders. It was just so good.
