It was a friends birthday at the weekend and went for a meal at Alberts Shed. I had ribs for starter and duck for main. Ribs had a slightly strange sweet taste but was OK. The duck was very nice and tasty. A little pink so the juices still running. Mmmmmmm. I was quite lucky with the portion sizes. One of my friends had pate for starter. It was a little pot of pate and 4 small pieces of toast/toasters ciabetta!!
Afterwards we went to Cloud23 which is the bar on the 23rd floor of the Hilton hotel on Deansgate. We had to wait for an hour to get in. Seemed to have to wait for 10 ppl to come out before 10 ppl (us) could go in. The place is quite expensive. The cocktails were about £7.50. It tasted OK but you are really paying for the view which is very good. One of my friends – same one who had the pate – had a drink which had mostly ice in it!!! Like I said the view was nice and you could see for a fair distance. Got a nice view of where I live as its next door to the Hilton. Took some photos and they will be online – click on the usual link to view photos. Unfortunately the photos of the views dont look that good because of reflections on the glass etc. One thing in the bar is a glass floor where you can see all the way to the ground 23 floors down. As if you are walking on nothing. Seen these before in places like CN Tower in Canada and Blackpool Tower – these are a lot higher up than this one!! 
Afterwards we went to Baa Bar in Deansgate Locks for a few drinks and 1 or 2 shots – it is only a £1! Afterwards a few ppl went back to mine and watched some very random TV.
The next day as usual I played football. It always seems to be that I play a lot better after drinking the night before. I was not hungover as didnt drink that much and scored 7 goals including a cracker from a tight angle into the inside side netting – I was particularly pleased with that one!!!
