Random Acts
“Do you know her?”, the bloke behind the counter at Coffee Trails asked me this morning. “No idea”, I told him. Coffee Trails, by the way, is where I grab … Read the rest “Random Acts”
With the exception of four years in Brisbane, I spent the first thirty years of my life in the country: Lismore, Bourke, Renmark and Wagga. When my career brought me to Sydney, I was really excited.
As I knew I didn’t want to live too far from work, I drew a “walking circle” (old style protractor) around Ultimo, that reached out to Glebe and Pyrmont, but I quickly settled on an apartment in Surry Hills. And even though I’m a country boy at heart, Surry Hills has pretty much become “home”.
“Do you know her?”, the bloke behind the counter at Coffee Trails asked me this morning. “No idea”, I told him. Coffee Trails, by the way, is where I grab … Read the rest “Random Acts”
If I had a boyfriend, I would have come home tonight, opened the door at about 8.20 and would have at first, complained about the cold.
And then, as we … Read the rest “If I had a boyfriend”
“Shall we have another glass of wine?”, said one of my friends, to which they other replied, “Did you say ‘bottle’?”
Look, in the grand scheme of things, when you … Read the rest “Night Out in Surry Hills”
The transformation of “our end” of Crown Street continues with the imminent closure of another long-term local business.
For as long as I’ve been living in Surry Hills, I’ve been … Read the rest “No More Variety”
Despite the temptation to stay inside the entire wearing track pants, I still managed to make it out of the house today.
It’s been one of those awful cold, wet … Read the rest “Out To Lunch”