Christmas is always a crazy time of the year; the shopping, battling crowds, rushing around, wrapping presents, and of course the big family dinner.
As usual, there was too much food. We all sat down to eat and when we finished the table was still full of food.
Here’s my contribution to the table.
It took 3 failed attempts but I finally managed to make a successful(ish) pavlova.
We went to Rubyos in Newtown for Anna’s birthday and boy was there a lot of food! We went with the Banquet menu and it just did not stop. Highlights of the night were the pork belly salad and the peking duck. Yum! I was really impressed by the pancake that went with the duck, it was so soft and silky.
Sorry I didn’t really get good photos of the food, I felt slack making everyone wait for me to take a photo so I just took one photo and let everyone dive in.
All up, great night. Good food, good drinks and great company to share it with.
Happy Birthday Anna! Hope you have a great night and like your pressie!
I can finally tick U2 off my “Bands to see before I die” list. Yay! Here’s a few pic from the night.
Jay-Z opened for U2, which I thought was really strange, but man he went off! We got there just in time for Empire State of Mind and everyone was bopping to the music. Wasn’t expecting him to be that good but boy did he lift the crowd.
We had floor tickets (because they were the cheapest) so we got pretty close to the stage at times.
Funny bopping heads.
Now for the stage… the freaken amazing spaceship stage. The thing was giant!
And the screen moved up, down and expanded like an accordion. It was worth going just to see the stage set up.
Crazy!
The only annoying thing about the night was not being about to sit down. That and a bunch of punks jumping the fence to get into the floor section. This one guy jumped the fence and fully landed on me, idiot nearly knocked me over. Gr… But besides that it was great to see U2 live.
After months of putting it off I finally got myself to Toni & Guy for that much needed haircut. G and Anna always rave on and on about how good it is there and finally got me to check it out for myself.
I get it now. Love Toni & Guy! It is a bit expensive, but it’s worth it.
A bottle (or 2) of Moët should only be cracked open on a special occasion and what better occasion than celebrating when your mate finishes an excruciatingly painful 5-year Masters degree.
Emma’s Wollstonecraft apartment was the perfect spot for pre-drinks. Sophisticated, classy, and with a stunning view of the city. It was just what we needed before hitting town to hang out in a run-down pub, alleyway and a bunch of warehouses.
I was actually planning to take more photos but I got a bit distracted by the free booze.
I love this photo! It sums up the night: Blurry, colourful and full of laughter.
My grandma showed me how she makes her famous Pineapple tarts and OMG they’re a lot of work.
After kneading the dough to the right silkiness and chopping it to the right size, we then had to fill them with the pineapple mixture and roll them into shape.
Now that was the easy part. The rest of the afternoon was spent cutting each and every tart to make them look like pineapples.
One spike at a time.
Try doing that 92 times.
We eventually finished what seemed like a mountain of dough and here’s how they turned out:
