Though I had vague plans for the day to visit a couple of galleries, do some work I needed to catch up on, and to go the Surry Hills Festival, the day started slowly. I woke, fumbled around, and then went back to sleep. Later in the morning I picked up a message from my […]
Read More Reunited at Surry Hills Festival“I’ve heard mixed reports”, the barman at a nearby venue told me when I mentioned I was meeting a friend for dinner at Bondi’s “Blanca Bar & Dining”. “It’s Mediterranean food, with “Japanese flavours”, the waitress told us. And with a Finnish chef! What an odd combination, we thought. As you’ll see from the photographs, […]
Read More Blanca Bar & Dining“They’re all very well dressed”, Debra Lawrence said to the overlay, as we walked on to the set of “Hell’s Kitchen”, the celebrity cooking program that’s screened on Australian television over the last few months. Even before the comment, she was our favourite, as we got down to the final four, ahead of the program’s […]
Read More Hell’s KitchenThe only sad moment of my trip to Stockholm earlier this year was the discovery Victorias Bar had closed down. I had been there on many occasions, with many fond memories of their schlager nights. It was there, I discovered the band, “Hallå hela pressen”, seen here performing with one of the members of legendary […]
Read More Swedish PopAfter a month of travelling back and forward between Sydney and Canberra (for work), it’s terrific to be back at home. Hotel rooms are lovely, but there’s nothing like the feeling of being in your own bed and having your own “stuff” around you. For those who do it more regularly, it must be a […]
Read More Ain’t it good to be back home again…It was a beautiful spring day in Sydney: perfect weather for the first Marriage Equality rally since the plebiscite was confirmed. Current estimates: 30,000 people. Here are some photographs.
Read More Sydney’s Marriage Equality RallyThis was my third week of travelling to Canberra for work, with only another week left. To be honest, I’m starting to feel a little fatigued with all of the hotel living and bus commuting. And so today, I spent the day largely doing nothing at all. Tomorrow will be busier, meeting a friend for […]
Read More Random CanberraWhat a terrific night. Great conversation, wonderful stories, beautiful music. Moving. Here’s some photographs.
Read More Archie Roach, Jack Charles, Namila Benson at Sydney Opera HouseIt was such a beautiful night in Sydney. Early spring. No need for a jacket. Perfect.
Read More Sydney Harbour Bridge and Sydney Opera HouseAs I sipped on my glass of red wine, I looked around last night at the people in Canberra’s Bar Rochford. They were all well dressed, and aged late 20s to late 30s, and they were probably working in the public service, or in politics, I concluded, without any real basis for making such a […]
Read More Commuter LifeA few months ago a friend and I got together over dinner at a restaurant in Surry Hills. Compared with many, I’m a long-term local, whereas she is a reasonably new arrival, but with a passion for the suburb in which we live. And a common concern, that as Surry Hills goes through the latest […]
Read More Surry Hills and ValleysAs I ate my breakfast this morning, I reflected on two things. First, the Sunday papers are terrible. Second, there was a time when I’d be barely awake on weekends before lunch-time. On Friday and Saturday nights, I’d go out drinking and dancing with friends, often until 3 or 4 in the morning. Then, I’d […]
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