With soaring temperatures just around the corner (fingers crossed everybody!), chances are you’re looking forward to heading to your local pub beer garden to soak in the rays and revel in the good times after a long winter cooped up at home. The thing is, only 38% of UK licensed premises have a beer garden, meaning competition for tables of six is going to be fierce. To get around this while the world gets back to normal, why not bring the pub to your back garden this summer? Here’s how… Build your beer garden Start by asking yourself what you want your beer garden to look like, and how permanent…
7 Top Tips For Setting Up A Home Entertainment System
It doesn’t have to take much effort to turn a room into a home theater or a home entertainment set-up, for movies, streaming, and music. Here are some simple tips for creating a home theater you’ll love. Find Your Visual Sweet Spot Find the optimal viewing distance for your TV. For HDTV’s this is simple to do. Take the diagonal screen size and multiply it by 1.5 to 2.5. This is how far your seating should be placed relative to your television. For Small Rooms, Try a Soundbar Most modern HDTVs can produce pretty good sound, but nothing will deliver the cinema sound experience in the same way as dedicated…
3 Fun Activities to Plan for When the Pandemic Passes
We’ve been stuck in the coronavirus and Covid-19 pandemic for around a year now. 12 months ago, nobody could have anticipated the huge changes that would occur in our lives as the direct result of a potentially fatal disease spreading rapidly around the world. We’ve had to learn to spend most of our time at home. We haven’t been able to see friends and family as we usually would. Many shops have closed. Many of us haven’t dined out at a restaurant or cafe for months. A lot of us are working remotely. We’re teaching our kids from home. The list goes on and on. The good news is that…
Why Play and Entertainment Are As Important for Adults As for Kids
As a general rule, we are all pretty clearly aware of the fact that it’s important for children to enjoy play and entertainment. But, there’s a common view that once we grow up, it’s time to get totally “serious.” While you may well buy your kid toys such as Super Wings Agent Chase, Astra, Flip, and Todd, there’s a good chance that you, yourself, will feel somehow guilty if you aren’t using your all of your time as “productively as possible,” more or less constantly. Well, here are some reasons why play is just as important for adults as for kids. Because it helps to connect you to your natural…
4 Ways to Build A Unique Board Game For Your Kid
Everybody loves a good game, and kids more than anyone else. Games can serve multiple purposes in the development of your child. It can teach them how to organize thoughts strategically, how to cooperate with others, how to build up their creativity, and how to engage in social activities. At an age where digital technology is taking over as an educational and engagement tool, it’s important to remind our young ones that offline games can be just as entertaining. If you are experienced with craft tools, you can even create a unique board game for your child. This is a meaningful present that no one else could get them. So,…
3 Ways to Make a Career For Musically Gifted People
Do what you love, and you won’t work another day! Gone are the days when career options were limited to medical, science, and legal fields. Today, people are exploring and choosing careers to match and boost their talent. There are painters, musicians, and poets, making their mark all over the world. But it’s always tough to take that first step! You need to cope with fear, confusion, and some setbacks. But that’s life. Right? So, what if you are one of those lucky ones who have the gifted art of music? Do you want to make a career out of it but confused about how a musical career will…
