Friday, 18 March 2011

Manchester... Oh so Cosmopolitan!

Do the words classy, sophisticated and sensational even begin to describe Manchester's array of restaurants, bars and clubs?

It is what is known as a smaller form of London. Not to mention its fabulous Northerners!

Manchester really does dress to impress with its; good food, fine dining and spectacular bars, it aims to attract people from different backgrounds.

For food, you can experience a little Italian at the award-winning, San Carlo restaurant on Manchester's Deansgate... There you can taste good hearty Italian food at its best. With its extensive range of clientelle, from Cristiano Ronaldo to couples, families and business arrangements. San Carlo truely caters for all!

Manchester has its very own China town, with a vast range of chinese restaurants to choose from. You can be sure to experience fine dining, the Chinese way.

By day, Manchester is the prime city for shopping, it features Manchester's Arndale centre, Selfridges, Harvey Nichols department store, Kendals, all the main high street stores and hundreds of great shops to choose from. You can always rely on Manchester to make your shopping enjoyable and promising.

By night, Manchester features Panacea, a modern trendy bar for all those wanting to drink in style. Living Room is also another one of Manchester's favourite classy bars, which seeems to be famous for its footballers, based on Deansgate.
Tigertiger is a popular chain of bars running throughout England, with its smart/casual dress code, fantastic drinks menu, relaxing booths and its many dance floors. It really is the ideal bar/club for all party people.

Manchester is the Northwest's home to culture, eating out, shopping; featuring the Trafford centre and many shops within Manchester city centre. It is famous for football and has its own football teams; Manchester United and Manchester City... which for many decades have proven to be very successful.

Sarah Jessica Parker AKA Miss Carrie Bradshaw

My Journalistic idol.

So yes, Carrie Bradshaw does star in Sex and The City, and the writer is not a real Journalist, but the series and the films are enough for me to believe that Bradshaw is a good journalistic figure.

Bradshaw is for many women, an inspiration. I see her as a strong-willed, remarkable woman, who lives a very Cosmopolitan life style; whilst being a freelance writer, she seems to diary record/discuss her every day life happenings in her work. She has so much passion, this is the approach all REAL journalists should have.

By day, she leads a typical Manhattan way of life, constantly making dinner arrangements with her friends in New Yorks oh-so-classy district. Whilst putting pen to paper, writing.

By night,Carrie and her friends hit the busy Manhattan bars to enjoy the pleasure of sipping a cocktail; ironically, a Manhatten. If cocktails galore isn't enough for the girls, they will usually attend a party, or some formal event, (in style, of course!) - Usually from one of Sammantha's contacts.

I believe Carrie to be someone who is very loyal to her friends, partner (her husband, John James Preston, AKA Big). In her first movie- we see just how devoted she is to "Big", when he leaves her heartbroken on their wedding day. Carrie and her friends decide to battle it out in the couples "meant to be honeymoon resort" in Mexico. After the honeymoon, circumstances force the couple to meet, or perhaps it's just down to fate. And eventually they realise, that having forgotten the main reason why they fell in love and wanted to marry in the first place, they really cannot live without eachother. Instead of Carrie's ideal wedding big venue, with many guests, and the works, she works a more simpler, smaller affair, with "Big" and her close friends.

Miss Bradshaw to me, in three words would be: delightful, classy and sensational.

So here's looking forward to seeing what Carrie has in store in the near future. Whatever it may be, it will no doubt, excite, stun and impress all her fans! So for now, cheers, sip on a Manhattan or two, and write oh so beautifully...

Friday, 11 March 2011

Me, Myself and I: The Future of Journalism.

What's my name? Rianna! I am a young lady who's studying Journalism at UCLan. I come from an unconventional background, half English and half Italian. This blog is part of my work as part of my Journalism studies at the University of Central Lancashire. With online tools and multimedia becoming more accessible and popular, it is only fair that I enter the bloggersphere.
You can contact me at RIkin@uclan.ac.uk