Order of Events.
Cake, presents and champagne on the balcony.The Maritime Museum then Squires Brewery.
Dinner a Doyle's at Watsons Bay.
Water taxi home to Mosman
Thursday 27 November 2008
Cocktails at the library
We took a walk up to Mosman Library this evening. I had a somewhat overdue book, oops, got a fine, $3.20 and I hadn't even finished it. Keith spotted the Larousse Cocktail book whilst we were there and is now sitting pouring (ha ha) over it seeing what he can create. I think that will mean another trip to Dan Murphys (Booze supermarket) to stock up on goodies.
After the library we walked around to Fourth Corner Providores - which is a lovely Italian deli which is actually huge like a supermarket. It sells flowers, lovely fruit and veg and has a walk in cheese fridge. There is also a huge counter with hams, cheeses, salads and what not as well as fresh breads and a cafe through the back. Its not cheap but it is very good :-).
Just round the corner at Spit Junction is a nice selection of places to eat so we decided to forget cooking and grab dinner out. We settled for the Thai kitchen (there was also Japanese and Vietnamese) and it was a great choice. Crying tiger beef for starters was good rare with a great spicy, sweet, limey dipping sauce. For mains I had fish salad which had crisp snapper, mango, apple, basil, mint, kafir lime leaves, chili and tomato - totally yummy. Keith had a curry of beef and potato in a lovely sweet and creamy sauce. All very tasty and no room for pudding! Another one for our "menu" book - in which we are collecting all our faves to make a foody guide book.
We trudged down the road to home, laden with books and food and have just been sitting out on the balcony for a while with the fairy lights on (solar powered too). I got a new ipod thingy today that lets you connect it wirelessly to the stereo so we have that on. Pretty nifty we can take it in the NEW car too - ha ha, yes I caved and bought one - after all I said about not. We pick it up on Saturday. Its a little silver Yaris. Pretty good deal on it and a nice feeling to buy it cash down. Now we just need a road map and some swag and we'll be off!!
After the library we walked around to Fourth Corner Providores - which is a lovely Italian deli which is actually huge like a supermarket. It sells flowers, lovely fruit and veg and has a walk in cheese fridge. There is also a huge counter with hams, cheeses, salads and what not as well as fresh breads and a cafe through the back. Its not cheap but it is very good :-).
Just round the corner at Spit Junction is a nice selection of places to eat so we decided to forget cooking and grab dinner out. We settled for the Thai kitchen (there was also Japanese and Vietnamese) and it was a great choice. Crying tiger beef for starters was good rare with a great spicy, sweet, limey dipping sauce. For mains I had fish salad which had crisp snapper, mango, apple, basil, mint, kafir lime leaves, chili and tomato - totally yummy. Keith had a curry of beef and potato in a lovely sweet and creamy sauce. All very tasty and no room for pudding! Another one for our "menu" book - in which we are collecting all our faves to make a foody guide book.
We trudged down the road to home, laden with books and food and have just been sitting out on the balcony for a while with the fairy lights on (solar powered too). I got a new ipod thingy today that lets you connect it wirelessly to the stereo so we have that on. Pretty nifty we can take it in the NEW car too - ha ha, yes I caved and bought one - after all I said about not. We pick it up on Saturday. Its a little silver Yaris. Pretty good deal on it and a nice feeling to buy it cash down. Now we just need a road map and some swag and we'll be off!!
Sunday 2 November 2008
Nothing doing
Well, things have been pretty quiet of late. Yesterday I checked out the Mosman Festival super Shopping Saturday. Apart from a few balloons and some kids busking I failed to see where the "super saturday" came in. The whole festival seems a bit lame really. Which is a shame as I had quite high expectations for it.
I finally got down to Cremorne to look around the shops. I had a good nosey in grok (http://www.grok.com.au/) , which sells a nice range of fair trade goods and made a couple of small purchases. I then walked back towards Mosman - checking the shops out as I went and stopped off at Woolworths to get some shopping bits.
Today I have had a pretty boring day, but I kind of needed it. During the week I have work (obviously), yoga (doing well) and pottery - which I am loving. Its such a great chance to switch off and just concentrate solely on a lump of clay. Anyway what this means is that sometimes its nice just to sit and do nothing. Which is what I am doing today (although m second load of washing just went out). So that's it really.
They always say no news is good news so this blog is ecstatic!!
I finally got down to Cremorne to look around the shops. I had a good nosey in grok (http://www.grok.com.au/) , which sells a nice range of fair trade goods and made a couple of small purchases. I then walked back towards Mosman - checking the shops out as I went and stopped off at Woolworths to get some shopping bits.
Today I have had a pretty boring day, but I kind of needed it. During the week I have work (obviously), yoga (doing well) and pottery - which I am loving. Its such a great chance to switch off and just concentrate solely on a lump of clay. Anyway what this means is that sometimes its nice just to sit and do nothing. Which is what I am doing today (although m second load of washing just went out). So that's it really.
They always say no news is good news so this blog is ecstatic!!
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