We were inspired to buy a record player after Peter from the old Watford Market opened up a Sounds Retro – a brand new record store on Market Street, only 5 mins from our house. Since then we’ve discovered that Watford has a plethora of great little record stores and so our last few weekends have… Read More A Record Store Revolution in Watford
I took a trip down Queens Road last week and was delighted to spot an old-fashioned sweet shop as my other half can’t resist Kola Cubes and I particularly enjoy those pink and yellow rhubarb and custard sweets. Once I got inside I realised that one half of the shop was Sweetie Sue, and the… Read More Sugar & Spice – Sweetie Sue & Nuts About Spice in new location on Queens Road
I spotted a new market stall on the High Street a couple of weeks ago selling a colourful array of candles in a myriad of shapes and sizes from gothic skulls to intricate flowers. I chatted to the friendly owners who have recently set up their business Warrior Women Handcrafts. They explained that each item… Read More Creative candles at Watford Market
I was delighted to get an invite from Justin of Watford Hospital Radio to join his Thursday night jukebox jams show. Justin plays a mixture of music but mostly the rock variety although he’ll play any song requested if he’s got a copy of it. It was my first time in radio studio and it was just… Read More An excellent introduction on the wonderful world of Watford Hospital Radio on Justin’s jukebox jams
A couple of weeks ago I received a tweet alerting me that there were monkeys in Watford – Intrigued I checked out the website for Cassiobury Farm and found that not only are there monkeys but a whole range of exotic wildlife living at the farm from Wallabies to Reindeer so popped down to the open day… Read More Animal magic at Cassiobury Farm – Did you know there are Wallabies in Watford?
We were lucky to be able to get a table at Sushi No Mai in New Watford Market on Saturday lunch time as the place was almost full. I’d heard lots of complimentary things about this family run sushi business and was pleased to finally have the opportunity to try it out. I ordered the salmon set, which was a beautifully… Read More Fresh & colourful lunch at Sushi No Mai
Great News – Watford now has an excellent free comedy night! Despite the torrential rain a good crowd of people came out to the enjoy Yellow Comedy night at the Reason Coffee Shop. The venue is a cosy café and a second hand bookshop. I ordered hot chocolate (with marshmallows of course) to fully embrace the cosy vibe. The evening was… Read More My latest discovery – a great free comedy night in Watford
The Rhubarb Café was recommended to my by a friend, although afterwards I found he had not actually visited himself, he’d just thought it looked nice from the outside! Located on the Cassiobury Estate it is slightly out of my area, but never the less I made a special trip over by bicycle and conveniently found… Read More A bicycle trip to the Rhubarb Cafe
I’ve been intrigued by the Reason Coffee shop for a while, located near the pond it looks from the outside like some kind of charity shop, and in fact it does sell a huge array of well categorised and arranged second hand books, everything from Richard Dawkins to Winnie the Pooh. There are a few tables and chairs outside… Read More Books, more books, and a chai latte at the Reason Coffee and Book Shop
On the way back from Bodegas a few nights ago (Bodegas is an excellent but rather well hidden drinking establishment up near the pond) I was delighted to see the product of some guerrilla knitting – Three trees were colourfully covered by themed patchwork squares, two were decorated with knitted insects and flowers and one was aquatic themed – it’s not often you see knitted crabs when… Read More Check out the trees with lovely woolly jumpers
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