quick one...

had an awesome weekend (GLWE '09) with the high school pals...12 girls (I use that term loosely as we're all over 30 now...) in a big barn in the middle of the country with way too much french toast, wine, cheese and Dr Jurd's Jungle Juice (don't even ask what that crap was...)

Got some gorgeous earrings from a little shop in Balmain/Rozelle crafted from tiny paper cranes made out of japanese paper...I've always had a love for miniature things...

Sorry again...will update with a better photo when I get a chance...

Small tip, the op shops around this area are really good...saw a Parker coffee table and multiple pieces of kitsch homewares I wanted to snavvle up...booo...must plan a trip to the south side op shops...

But, I was very restrained and didn't really buy much else as I didn't want to carry it all around...stupid excuse I know...

My friend also lives basically next door to the wonderful Society Inc. which was unfortunately closed each time I was there...had a very good peek in the windows though...and lots of lusting after was had...

Some more bullet points:

• Tintilla Estates 05 Shiraz is awesome, as is their Rosato di Jupiter (A rose! I hate sweet wines! But ah hah! It's not sweet!)
• Berocca actually does what it says it will do...I'd never tried it before and now I am a convert...
• The new safari is awesome...it is fast, and smart...love the guessing it does as you type things into the address bar, the Top Sites page and the status in the right hand side of the address bar...glad they took on board the feedback from the beta and sped it up!
• I promise more crafting will be done soon..I have a couple of things in the works, just no time...
• Coolest site of the week: http://www.gestalten.com/

Shameless brand promotion...

Gonna be as quick as possible with this as I wanna watch Hell's Kitchen...

So I was given a watch for xmas in 2005 by my gorgeous Khannie. It was a Nixon watch bought in Canada and I loved it to death. Unfortunately, because I loved it so much, I wore it all the time and it wore out, the band (which was irreplaceable as it was glued to the face and was unique to the design) basically fell to pieces...

As I loved it so much I contacted Nixon Australia to see if they would replace the band for me. They said no they couldn't as they weren't making them with the bands like that anymore. Boohoo...
But, if I wanted to they would REPLACE it for $40!!!
I was like nah...this can't be right, they'll just somehow attach the new band to the old face, but holy crap...I got it yesterday morning...a brand new version of the same watch for $40!!! This watch retails at $250! My old watch was weeeelllll out of warranty! It was a 4 year old watch!

Anyway, kudos to Nixon for their awesome customer support...who'd ever expect that to happen these days eh?

BTW off to Sydney/Hunter Valley for the girly long weekend...will report back with some awesome double denim photos... :)

Mmmm breakfast!

Ohmigod!

Finally found a good breakfast in out extended neighbourhood!!!

We first ventured to the Social Roasting Company yesterday after Khan read about these local guys employing people from migrant or refugee backgrounds, long term unemployed people or those with personal problems such as drug addiction or mental disorders to deliver their coffee...Had a coffee and an awesome 'Lemon Delite' which left me salivating after each mouthful...mmhmmmm...Beautiful flavours and social justice served with a smile...noice!

So it was decided a 2nd visit was in order for breakfast this morning...good move...I had the home made beans which were slightly mexican in flavour with a rich tomatoey sauce that was divine topped with a dollop of sour cream and spring onions...Khan had the baked eggs with feta, caramelised onions, hash brown and olives...very good also...way too big portion sizes but it's worse to get not enough...

Stupidly, I was too involved in reading the Snow '09 lift-out from the Sunday paper to take photos...next time I promise cos we are definitely going back there...

Their logo rocks too...

You'll find them on Racecourse Rd next to the antique shop that is only open when the elderly lady who owns the place has a good crime novel to read and can be bothered entertaining people who venture in to find some interesting and unique objects...should have bought that old wooden fold out ruler dammit!

Some happy snaps...

Getting arty farty with the Camerabag app for the iphone whilst waiting to begin the Melburn Roobaix...most fun had on 2 wheels...EVER!
Out with the old, in with the new...

Interesting how they kept the colour exactly the same (not that you can tell so much from my crappy iphone pic) over so many years...the design is so similar too...the newer model being plasticised to reduce production costs.

I pass these bugs nearly everyday on my way to and from work, both always parked in the same place and the funny thing is I've only ever seen somebody driving the old one...
Ain't he sweet? I don't think there's anything you couldn't do with a penguin....they're just so darn cute and maleable...

I have to remind myself all the time to look around for street art..there's some clever kids out there...