Christine Knight
Christine is the editor of Adventure, Baby! She loves cake, her tolerant husband and her busy preschooler.
Pinky And The Brain Take On Europe
Pinky and the Brain take Over Europe
30 days, nine countries, 3,000 photos and one wedding later, we’re back where we started from.
Europe is great because:
They love dogs. I’ve never seen so many happy, healthy, butt-sniffing pooches before. Now if only they picked up their poop as well, it would be completely AWESOME.
Berries taste 100 time better than they do back home. As does pasta. Cheese however, goes the opposite and tastes blander as the others improve.
Puzzling things I will never understand:
Czech dairy – it looks like cream, but tastes like nothing. It’s a big wedge of calories for no pleasure.
Pedestrian crossings in Budapest are more of a suggestion than an actual road rule. Cross at your own peril. The car coming towards you is indeed speeding up at the sight of you, so you’d better movie it.
Bidets in hotels – they take up heaps of room in tiny little bathrooms and are there even when other basic things are lacking, like towel racks or soap dispensers for example.
Public bathrooms in Italy seem to be lacking in toilet paper (and a lid you can sit on) most of the time, so alway carry emergency tissues and do some leg squats before your trip to prepare yourself.
What I missed the most:
English TV. I am now very good friends with BBC, CNN and MTV as they are the only English channels shown all over Europe. I have also read about 6 novels in the past month and become acquainted with all kinds of world politics.
Bringing Sexy Back
Buff and Kahlua. Super stars. So hot. This is a trial of a new program I found called Animoto. Check it out.
I Heart Havanese
Nothing new today. Just more pics of my puppies. I went out west to wash the mini Buff. She’s looking like a fluff-nut these days. How much hair can one tiny hamster grow in proportion to her body? Experiment worthy, I believe.
Waiter, There’s A Rat In My Soup!
Alec and I finished up a great day with the new Pixar movie, Ratatouille.
We’ve been hanging out to see this movie for months, and it didn’t disappoint. In fact, we both agreed it was a toss-up with The Incredibles for best Pixar movie ever. Big call!
Animation has come so far since Toy Story. The humans looked great. Not real, but a still really well done. The rats were made very human-like with big eyes and ears and cute little pink hands.
The animators have also managed to make amazing backdrops, such as the country house at the start of the film and the scenes of Paris all lit up at night.
The storyline was great – super cute and not all predictable, some unexpected villains, and a back-up cast of thousands of fluffy little rats. One of my favourite scenes has them washed and fluffed dried in bulk. I would love to get one of those machines for washing my own dogs!
Happy Birthday Jules!
For Jules’ 28th birthday Alec and I drove out to the fabulous inner west for lunch at the Union Hotel. What a great day! Really nice food, the best company, and we re-discovered how much we love the inner west.
Jules, me and Shells.
After lunch Alec and I walked around King St. I love the cafe above – cutest name ever, plus all the adorable dogs outside!
One of this things I love about the area is how dog friendly it is. So many adorable pooches trotting around. Also many great shops with cute clothes and cheap second-hand books. The Elizabeth Book Store for example, sells very good quality second-hand books for around $8 each. Bargain! No chain stores in sight, just lots of boutiques and friendly people.
"The Extreme Always Seems To Make An Impression"
Tonight was the long-awaited ’80s movie night.
Calman, Janice, Alice and Jamie came over for a feast and awesome ’80s movies.
We started with Heathers, one of my faves. Mean Girls recently ripped it off, but it can’t compete with the black humour of the original. Plus, the original had Christian Slater, everything a bad boy should be – hot, with a great head of hair, and a psychotic look in his eyes.
The movie really highlights what bitches girls are in their teens – it’s all about the queen bees and wannabes. It’s also funny and has some fabulous ’80s fashion and hair. My personal favourites are the bright tights. Who could pull off blue tights these days apart from Winona in her Heathers heyday?
I also loved that in the movie, getting rid of the head bitch doesn’t actually change anything – there’s always a new head bitch waiting to spring up in her place. Shannon Doherty, as always, makes an awesome queen bee.
Movie number two was the very cool Ferris Bueller’s Day Off. Janice watches this movie once a month apparently. It’s a worthy movie to watch that frequently, even after all these years.
Matthew Broderick is fabulous as the cocky Ferris. It’s a shame that this was his one and only really great film as he is really entertaining to watch.
Watching Ferris always makes me want to have more fun and be more daring. I’m most like Cameron in the movie – cautious and anxious. I want to be like Ferris, taking chances and having “you can never go too far” as my motto.
I really love Jennifer Grey in this movie as Ferris’ evil older sister. She has so much rage towards Ferris and the lengths she goes to to catch him out are hilarious.
Equally hilarious is the cameo by Charlie Sheen in his very young, very hot stage.
After Ferris, the troops headed home, leaving me and Alec to watch The Breakfast Club. When I watched this when I was a kid, I thought it was really deep and meaningful. Now I just think it’s a pretty cool coming-of-age movie.
I like teen movies like this. They seem more real to me then the current ones as I can relate to them a lot easier.
The conversations they have in the movie are very real, unlike recent teen movies that really stereotype teens into categories, The Breakfast Club starts out with stereotypes and breaks them down so that at the end, they’re all brought down to the same level – just people with problems and opinions.
I Think I Have A Problem
Hello everyone. My name is Christine and I’m a shopaholic.
I stopped by Alannah Hill today accidentally … and came out with a top, skirt and dress. The top and skirt were both drastically reduced to less than one third of their original prices, which I think makes up for buying the dress at full price – FULL PRICE! I can’t remember buying anything full price from AH in years.
I needed a dress to wear to the weddings in Prague however, and this one is perfect. Lace overlay with a removable slip, so I can roll it up and just shake it out when I get there. Plus, it’s also perfect for my work Xmas party.
The cute brown jersey top. A bargain and matches a lot of pieces I already have.
Sweet taupe skirt. Fits really well, lovely embroidery, perfect for work without being too corporate.
This photo doesn’t do my gorgeous new dress justice. Bless you Alannah Hill for making such gorgeous clothes.
Broom … What?
Alec and I drove way out west to Penrith last night to watch Alec’s friend Brian play this odd sport called broomball.
Turns out it’s a game kind of like ice hockey, but without skates. So the players run on ice, looking like cartoon characters trying to get traction, then often slipping over – or pushing each other over.
See? It IS a real game.
Australia vs Canada.
NSW vs ACT.
The best thing about Penrith is the 24hr Krispy Kreme store. Producing a town of fatties.
Yuuuuuummmm …. faaaaaaat and suuugggaaarrrr …..