New Friends, Old Friends, Fishy Friends.

Friday night began at the Green Park Hotel with Jackie, Chris, Dave, Carl and myself enjoying a few bevvies. We then headed off to scoff down a few gourmet burgers before enjoying the very black comedy, Dinner, at the Stables Theatre. I had heard good reports about the show and surprisingly it lived up to its my expectations.

Jack went home and the rest of us kicked on for a while at the very packed Flinders, then to a smoke free Manacle. I must say that I've never been much of a fan of Manacle but the atmosphere was quite jovial and not being shrouded in a haze of toxic chemicals made it all the more enjoyable. It was nice to get to know Dave and Carl a bit better, they are lovely guys and I look forward to spending more time with them.

I think I got to sleep at about 3am and woke up at 7am. I got out of bed and showered as I was petrified I would sleep through my bed delivery. The window of time I had been given was 11:30 - 2:30. It was a long wait but at 1 pm I was pleasantly surprised to discover that my ottoman was also being delivered.

My bedroom and study are now completely operational. I just need to buy a few extra cushions and I will be living in the lap of luxury. My bed kicks arse.

Saturday night I enjoyed a lovely meal at a Greek Restaurant in Marrickville. The highlight was the pickled octopus. I put it on my bread roll to make a sandwich with heaps of butter and dipped it in the vinegar/garlic/olive oil marinade. Drool.

Sunday morning I went and bought a fish, well, an eel, called Neil. He is so cool.



Sunday afternoon I met up with my oldest friend, René. He had been living in NYC for 3 years. It was so nice to hang out with him and share a few beers. We've both grown up a lot since we saw each other last but our friendship has not changed. René is probably one of the most grounded people I know and it was great to reconnect with him, and although it might sound a bit weird; he gave me a timely reminder of who I am and where I came from.

Busy Saturday

I started off the day with a healhty breakfast of leftover spaghetti bolognaise pizza (yes, you read right). I needed some carbs to get me through my workout, OK? Went to gym and did an hour of cardio. Picked up a few things at IGA supermarket. Did some housework.

We went to the bakery to visit Kev and caught up on all his melbourne adventures and got fed by his mum. She made these crispy omelette pancake things filled with savoury mince with prawns and bean sprouts in it. You cut some off of the omelette and then wrap it in a lettuce leaf with mint and cucumber. Very tasty.

After driving to the art shop to pick up a few supplies we popped into the Impy to have a quick beer with Ange who is in Sydney for the weekend. Soon after we headed over to Murray's for dinner and poker with Geoff. It was that kind of poker on the TV (I don't know what it's called). I finally understand how it all works. I was really getting the hang of it towards the end but I need to work on my poker face and not telling people when I was bluffing... which was most of the time. I might even be tempted to play at the Raglan one Friday night.
Bella being cute