Lightly Toasted

Up until Sunday the 1^st of June 2008 I truly was a Tupperware Virgin. I knew what they meant and had heard good reviews from Tupperware converts and people that used them but never ever held one in my hand or knew what they could possibly do and what life changing experiences they could bring about! It was nice of Adrian & Richard to invite us over for a lovely Tupperware party. Great experience and need I say that I learnt a few things. Having had done practically no research at all I was under the impression that I would find something nice to buy under $20.00 well! That was about to change soon! Although David had dropped in a hint to say they are not really your average run of the mill plastic. Yet I landed up buying a bit even for my first experience. The stuff is really good! Trust me Or maybe I’m easily convinced. But I’d like to think the former!

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Sydney as many of you already know sports the minus 5 degree experience in the Opera Quays. While this has been open about 2 years back I never had the opportunity until yesterday. I finally experienced the Ice lounge at Minus 5 where everything is made of ice… the seat, the cocktail glasses, the ice table, ice chairs the ice sculptures of-course. The girls who serve at the front desk and on the way in through the antechamber seemed rather miserable though! No smiles, flat as a sheet of paper, totally bereft of any emotions. Too much cold weather does that to you! Seriously though, thats a very small whinge to the fun we had in there…

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Given the love we have for food and dining out its almost impossible to pass up an opportunity and given we hadn’t seen John, Tanya and Pam in such a long time it was only fitting we caught up nice and proper.

We did pose for a quick snap, unfortunately it was long after dinner and coffee. The Ginger Room, 165 Wycombe Road, Neutral Bay.

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The Line of Beauty , appropriately named or not, or am missing the link still, sure makes for an enthralling story that takes place in the Thatcherian UK — early 80s when Britain is experiencing the winds of change. Reading the reviews in the newspapers the other day I wondered if this would go wayside but soon caught my attention as I started watching the drama on ABC last night. The story starts with Nick Guest(Dan Stevens) moving in with Toby his best mates family — the wealthy Feddens. All through his graduation years at Oxford Nick has fancied Toby but moving in with the affluent Feddens at their London home brings about a sea change in the young heart of Nick. He experiences his sexual urges, falling in love head over heels after losing his virginity, drug induced highs and lows… dysfunctional and dramatic living, till things start to heat up. Amidst the euphoria of the champagne and parties, Nick witnesses political scandal, the deception and hypocrisy of the rich and desperate tragedy of the outbreak of AIDS. It truly makes for a gripping family drama. I’d say its a must watch if you’re reasonably broadminded. Here is a review from The Guardian Unlimited.

Pink Martini has hit our soft spot since the time we’ve been listening to them. China Forbes(Vocals) and Thomas M. Lauderdale’s(Pianist) multi-cultural families and upbringing brings forth a unique touch to their music. Having learnt many languages and music in different parts of the world also gives them an edge of immense multiculturalism. We knew most of the songs that were played but it was good to hear the background behind them all and what encouraged them to write or compose the tune. I love the Hang on little tomato song, such a song of hope and dulcet sound of La Soledad (the solitude). Music truly transcends cultures, languages, all barriers…

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The lovely-lovely D has won us a fully paid ticket to Paris for two for a week. This also includes a stay at the Accor group of hotels in Paris for a week. GRATIS!!! Oh My God! We’re so ecstatic. I can’t even start to tell you… there’ll be more updates soon. The only pressing need is that we need to avail it by the end of this calendar year and we’re both extremely busy but hey you can never be too busy to take a free luxury ride to La Pari!

Bonjour Paris! Here we come.

It was the start of the weekend. It was Friday evening. Robyn, David and I went to the Safari bar in the Exchange Hotel in Balmain. Its a lovely pub indeed and the Brasserie menu is very reasonable. My beer battered flathead fillets with lime and corriander was rather scrumptious. If you live in the Inner West Sydney, or Sydney if at all this is a worth try. Of course we had to go to Glebe Point road for our coffee and cake tradition. It was a lovely night indeed.

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The last time D gave me a few clues I could very well tell our venue was going to be Tabou for a scruptious meal… satisfying our inner man is important and we acknowledge that…. my clues mind you were very cryptic yet I could get my head around it. This time though, it took much longer but did work finally…

My 1^st set of clues were: Beautiful Awkward Pictures

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Last weekend we were lucky to get free tickets to the Goddess Divine Energy exhibition at the Art Gallery, NSW featuring Hinduism, Buddhism, Tantra, Chakras, Yantras, Mantras and Mandalas. It was absolutely fascinating and one could clearly see the effort that had been made to put this whole presentation together as some of the stone sculptures were flown in from different parts of India, Tibet, Nepal and some archeological finds of the Indus valley — the oldest clivilisation that walked this planet… the twin cities of Harappa and Mohenjodaro, which now belong to Pakistan. Unfortunately though we left it too late to go to the Art Gallery and it was somewhat crowded but that aside it was such an amazing and esoteric experiences.

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