Had a nice Sunday catchup a couple of weekends ago at the newly renovated Forresters. Gone are the days of the humble (yet delicious) $5 steaks – the Forresters latest iteration is at the hands of the capable folks behind the Norfolk, Abercrombie, Flinders and Carrington. This time around, it’s been transformed into an Italian...
Caught up with L last Friday for lunch at the resplendent Felix. It’s magnificent surroundings like these that whisk you away… In Felix’ case, to France, to an opulent bistro. Or perhaps to an idealised version of a French bistro: it was more French than any French bistro I had visited. Mind you, I hadn’t...
I’m currently studying photography at the Australian Centre for Photography. For a portion of one of my assignments, I undertook a study of light. Wikipedia has a much better explanation of Colour Temperature than I can give. I quote: …The color temperature of a light source is the temperature of an ideal black-body radiator that...
It’s been a terribly busy few weeks, preoccupied with property settlement (not mine), medical emergencies (not mine) and much much work (alas, mine). February had just flown. An extra (leap) day notwithstanding, the shortest month felt even shorter. What March brings other than the end of summer (like it ever really came ), is Merivale’s...
A trip to the Four in Hand Dining Room had been long overdue; even well before a recent trip to its excellent bar bistro. I’d mentioned it to L and T late last year and they were also both keen to try out this award winning restaurant. Calendars synchronised and partners and friends notified, a...
Last week, V and I dropped into Wilbur’s Place, partly because of Dee’s mouth-watering photos and partly because we couldn’t be arsed cooking that night. We took the short stroll over to Llankelly Place; westward along Darlinghurst Road, just past the strip joints but the last turn before the road bends into the more genteel...
My sketching/painting has suffered greatly this past year due to various commitments. One particular focus of my attention is the largest contributor to the stagnancy. One specific aspect of this has persistently dogged me this week. I’ll commemorate this illustrating slump with this old drawing, which aptly depicts how I feel at the moment. What...
This morning, V and I dropped into the new Bourke Street Bakery in Potts Point, which opened around November (?), to grab some bread and a quick breakfast. The latest of the Bourke Street Bakeries, this is the largest and nicest one I’ve been to (though I’ve yet to visit the Marrickville branch). In stark...
Before rain started bucketing today, apparently for what now passes as a summer day in Sydney, V and I trotted on over to Surry Hills to try out a cafe she was interested in. Alas, they hadn’t opened yet, thus making a future trip necessary. The Urbanspoon app had taken our GPS position and laid...
For close to the entirety of the last decade, neither professional requirements nor my sartorial ambitions (or lack thereof) necessitated knowing more than one way to secure neckwear. A healthy inquisitiveness (read: boredom) has since taught me the multitude of variants (read: 2) to the windsor knot. Abundance of options notwithstanding, the four in hand...
I attended my very first food blogger event, arranged by the bubbly ChocolateSuze and the lovely Helen of GrabYourFork, last Saturday at Centennial Park. Though dark clouds hovered ominously in the sky, the rain kept at bay and the Sydney Food Bloggers Picnic commenced. As more and more bloggers arrived, food in tow, the spread...
I had a slight lull in food blogging in December. Besides being overseas for most of the month, the silly season still brought about a few opportunities to try out new Sydney restaurants. Alas, a couple of these places left a bad taste in our mouths; the experiences were less than stellar. I’ll write about...
